Join SpaceX as a Talent Operations Specialist to enhance the recruiting team's training and onboarding processes.
Posted by employer 4 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Drive strategic initiatives to increase recruiter effectiveness
- Develop and maintain recruiting knowledge hubs
- Refine onboarding/training programs for recruiters
- Create frameworks to assess recruiter skill gaps
- Facilitate live and async training sessions
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 months of recruiting experience; or 3+ years of recruiting experience in lieu of degree
Nice to have
- Strong familiarity with Greenhouse
- Strong familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter
- Strong familiarity with recruiting analytics
Practical constraints
- This role requires 20% travel
- Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Requirements
- Experience
- 0–3 years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Talent Operations Specialist at SpaceX focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of the recruiting team through comprehensive training, onboarding, and continuous support. Key skills include familiarity with recruiting tools like Greenhouse and a strong understanding of recruiting analytics. This role is suited for individuals with a background in recruiting, whether through formal education or extensive experience. The position also involves collaboration with recruiting leaders to refine processes and improve overall team performance.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 3 days ago — first seen on Joblaze November 4, 2026. Last confirmed on SpaceX's careers page November 6, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at SpaceX: Bastrop, TX, United States.
- Greenhouse appears in 0.3% of 3405 comparable mid other roles in United States; LinkedIn Recruiter appears in 0.2% of 3405 comparable mid other roles in United States.
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- 0–3 years of relevant experience for this Talent Operations Specialist role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, recruiting analytics.
- What seniority level is this role?
- SpaceX targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Talent Operations Specialist role at SpaceX.
From the original posting
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:
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