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Operations Manager

Highlight · San Francisco office · On-site

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About Highlight

Highlight is AI that captures what matters across your meetings, screen, and tools, then drafts the follow-ups where your work happens. Free to start. Backed by General Catalyst.

About the role

Conduct initial candidate screens to assess fit before looping in hiring managers Coordinate interview logistics with contract recruiters from start to finish, ensuring a smooth, professional experience for every candidate

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in people operations, HR, recruiting, or a related generalist operations role
  • Prior experience at an early-stage or high-growth company
  • Working knowledge of HR compliance fundamentals (benefits administration, basic labor law, employee classification). You don't need to be an HR expert, but you know what you don't know and when to escalate
  • Exceptional organizational skills and an eye for detail
  • Genuinely energized by startup environments, comfortable building process where none exists yet rather than waiting for it to be handed to you
  • High discretion when handling sensitive employee, candidate, or company information
More about this role

Highlight is building a shared intelligence layer for the modern workforce. Highlight unifies context across every person and tool on your team, seamlessly bridging information silos. It evolves with your organization to proactively route knowledge and reliably automate workflows.

We're looking for a high agency Operations Manager who wants to build the operating system of a fast growing AI company. This role blends recruiting support with overall operational coordination - you'll help build our team while also keeping the day-to-day business systems clean, accurate, and on track. It's a great fit for someone who thrives on structure, enjoys variety, and wants broad exposure to how a fast-moving startup actually functions.

As our current target demographic focuses on recruiters, you’ll get to use our product daily and have a direct impact on our roadmap.

In the early months, you'll focus on executing core workflows reliably. As you settle in, you'll take on more ownership over improving processes and making our systems faster and more scalable.

Talent & Recruiting Support

Conduct initial candidate screens to assess fit before looping in hiring managers

Coordinate interview...

Read the full posting on Highlight's site ↗

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