Recruiter & People Operations Specialist

What you’ll do

Full-Cycle Recruiting

• Own the end-to-end recruiting process for roles across the company, from intake calls with hiring managers through offer negotiation.
• Source, screen, and manage candidate pipelines using our ATS, partnering closely with hiring managers on role requirements and timelines.
• Build and maintain a strong candidate experience at every stage of the process.
• Track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, pipeline health, source effectiveness) and report regularly to leadership.

People Operations Support

• Support onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure a smooth experience for new hires and departing employees.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HRIS data.
• Assist with benefits administration and respond to employee questions on policies and programs.
• Help maintain compliance with employment law across the states (and potentially countries) where Blackthorn has employees.

Process & Systems Improvement

• Identify opportunities to streamline recruiting and HR operational workflows.
• Partner with the VP of People Operations on building scalable people processes as the company grows.

What we look for

• 3–5+ years of experience in recruiting, with some HR or people operations exposure.
• Proven ability to manage full-cycle recruiting independently, including sourcing, screening, and closing candidates.
• Comfortable working with HRIS and ATS tools.
• Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Clear, confident communicator who can build trust with hiring managers and candidates alike.
• Comfortable operating autonomously in a remote-first, distributed team.

About Blackthorn

Blackthorn turns any organization’s Salesforce CRM into event planning software powered by their connected data. We’re a growing, distributed team with teammates across the globe, and we build Salesforce-native tools that help teams create events, engage attendees, process payments, and measure success — all without leaving their CRM. Our customers range from tiny nonprofits to global corporations, and our products are known for going live in hours, not weeks. We believe the best enterprise software should feel as intuitive as the apps you use every day.