Growth Operations Manager
About this role
Alignerr is where domain experts, engineers, and creators join to work on the projects that power frontier AI. Growth Operations keeps that engine running: we find the right people, launch new data projects fast, and make sure the work that comes back is good. We're hiring a Growth Operations Manager based in the Chicago area: a generalist who can pick up an ambiguous problem on Monday and ship a working system by Friday. You'll report to the Director of Growth Operations and work closely with engineering, product, legal, and delivery teams. Location: Remote / Chicago, IL What You'll Do - Turn client briefs into live projects, from scoping and decisions through contributor instructions and recruiting. - Build and run sourcing and screening pipelines for specialized talent, across domains and languages. - Dig into the data to find out why contributors drop off or quality slips, then work with product and engineering to fix it. - Turn one-off work into templates, trackers, and playbooks that other people can run without you. - Keep leadership informed on contributor supply, quality, and project health. What We're Looking For - 4–8 years in growth, operations, strategy, marketplace operations, recruiting operations, or a similar generalist role, ideally at a startup or scale-up in the Chicago area. - A track record of owning ambiguous, cross-functional projects from zero to shipped. - Strong analytical skills: fluent in spreadsheets, comfortable with SQL or willing to learn fast, and able to make sense of large, messy datasets. - Excellent written communication, with the ability to explain complex things simply. - Good judgment on when to move fast and when to pull in legal, security, or quality. - High ownership and a bias to action. Nice to Have - Experience with marketplaces, talent platforms, crowdsourcing, or AI training data. - Recruiting or sourcing experience at volume, including niche or technical talent. - Multilingual ability or experience with global communities. - Scripting or automation skills (for example Python, or AI tools to scale repetitive work). What Success Looks Like - First 30 days: you've learned the platform and taken ownership of a defined workstream. - First 90 days: you've independently launched a project or pipeline and moved a key metric. - First 6 months: you're the go-to owner for a strategic area, with systems others can run.
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