The Voleon Group

Candidate Lead (Recruiting Coordinator)

Reposted 17 Days Ago

Berkeley, CA, USA

Hybrid

85K-85K Annually

Junior

Financial Services

The Role

As a Candidate Lead, you will provide excellent candidate experiences, manage interview logistics, and coordinate recruiting processes while working closely with recruiters and hiring managers.

Summary Generated by Built In

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. As a result, we have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in machine learning research and highly experienced technology and finance professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performance, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and the submarine service. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.

In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, beautiful modern offices, a stocked office kitchen, and more.

As a Candidate Lead, you will partner with our recruiters and hiring managers to provide an excellent experience for our candidates. As a primary point of contact for candidates, you’ll serve as the face of Voleon in many critical interactions. Internally, you will maintain pipeline momentum across the full cycle of rigorous recruiting processes. This role is a means to make a difference: you will be on the front lines of helping our company scale.

Responsibilities

Provide excellent customer service and a positive recruiting experience for candidates
Ensure all candidate processes are followed diligently and efficiently
Own every aspect of interview scheduling and communicate all logistics to candidates and interview teams
Partner with hiring managers to ensure next steps are happening quickly and candidates are kept up-to-date
Manage and coordinate all candidate travel and reimbursements
Maintain our Applicant Tracking System and prepare candidate-related materials, ensuring data integrity
Participate in and lead projects to improve our recruiting practices
Receive mentorship from a team-oriented group of recruiting professionals
Will require occasional in-office presence as business needs arise

Requirements

1+ years recruiting coordination experience in a fast-paced environment
Experience with global scheduling, email, spreadsheet, and word processing software applications
Demonstrated experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (e.g. Lever), interview platforms (e.g. HackerRank), and/or scheduling software (e.g. Goodtime)
Eagerness to work with diverse teams
Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
Authorization to work in the United States

Ideal Profile

Thrives in a fast-paced environment that requires the ability to continuously reprioritize while crushing through tasks with a strict attention to detail
Resourceful problem-solver who can see around corners, anticipating and resolving issues for self and others
Flexible team player with a positive attitude and strong service orientation
Quickly develops trust with a variety of people through excellent communication, discretion with confidential information, and outstanding organization and follow-through
Self-learner with curiosity and interest in improving processes and learning new skills

The base salary for this position is $85,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation, such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program

If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

Top Skills

Applicant Tracking System

Goodtime

Hackerrank

Lever

Spreadsheet Software

Word Processing Software

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The Company

HQ: Berkeley, CA

169 Employees

Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning. The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines. Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility. The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.