SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
TALENT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
We are seeking a Talent Operations Specialist who will own the end-to-end training, onboarding, and continuous enablement of our recruiting team. This role is critical to ensuring every recruiter is ramped quickly, operates consistently, and delivers an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Drive strategic initiatives that increase recruiter effectiveness, optimize workflows, and scale best practices across the recruiting organization.
- Develop and maintain recruiting knowledge hubs (e.g. Talenttools/, Hiring Manager recruiting guides, best practices, SOPs, compliance).
- Refine onboarding/training programs for recruiters, including first 30/60/90-day frameworks and shadowing experiences.
- Partner with Recruiting leaders to identify gaps in recruiter performance or process understanding.
- Shadow recruiters and deliver feedback loops to improve performance and consistency.
- Create frameworks to assess recruiter skill gaps and develop targeted improvement plans.
- Partner with recruiting leaders to define new recruiter ramp expectations and onboarding KPIs.
- Shadow/observe high-performing recruiters and recruiting leaders to document effective sourcing strategies, candidate engagement techniques, and pipeline management habits. Use these observations to:
- Build real-life case studies and success frameworks.
- Identify repeatable tactics that can be scaled across the team.
- Integrate insights into onboarding and continuous learning content.
- Facilitate live and async training sessions on tools, systems, and recruiting fundamentals.
- Support change management for new tools or processes (Gem, Greenhouse updates, new scheduling systems).
- Improve new hiring manager onboarding knowledge of recruiting processes.
- Deliver internal comms around recruiting policies, process updates, or best practices.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 months of recruiting experience; or 3+ years of recruiting experience in lieu of degree.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Strong familiarity with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and recruiting analytics.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- This role requires 20% travel.
- Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to [email protected].
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and at least 6 months of recruiting experience
- At least 3 years of recruiting experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree
- Familiarity with Greenhouse
- Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter
- Familiarity with recruiting analytics
- Ability to travel 20%
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must meet ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations
SpaceX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SpaceX and has not been reviewed or approved by SpaceX.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are a core part of total compensation, with periodic company-run tender offers that create liquidity before any public listing. These mechanisms can make the equity component feel materially valuable in practice.
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Healthcare Strength — The package includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with on-site clinics and health resources at major sites. This breadth of coverage is presented as a strong element of the offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Major locations feature on-site amenities such as fitness facilities, food/coffee, clinics, and other conveniences. These lifestyle perks enhance day-to-day value alongside cash and equity.
SpaceX Insights
What We Do
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA.
