[Hiring] Strategic Operations Associate @Pearl

Job Position

Strategic Operations

Work Arrangement

Fully Remote

Job Type

Full-time

Work Schedule

Flexible; willing to work US EST time zone

Locations

Philippines preferred; open to LATAM and other remote regions with excellent English communication skills

About Pearl Talent:

Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund. They’re looking for the sharpest, hungriest candidates who they can consistently promote and work with over many years. Candidates we’ve hired have been flown out to the US and EU to work with their clients, and even promoted to roles that match folks onshore in the US.

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Why Work with Us?

At Pearl, we’re not just another recruiting firm—we connect you with exceptional opportunities to work alongside visionary US and EU founders. Our focus is on placing you in roles where you can grow, be challenged, and build long-term, meaningful careers.

Role Overview:

The Strategic Operations Associate will start supporting Pearl Talent’s marketing and growth team by executing high-impact outreach and operational tasks across evolving priorities. This is a generalist role built for adaptable, self-directed individuals who thrive with clear objectives and the autonomy to hit them.

Your first assignment will focus on manual backlinking and citation outreach—identifying opportunities from AI citation data and reaching out to publishers to secure brand mentions and backlinks for Pearl Talent. As workflows are validated and automated, you’ll transition into new strategic operations tasks. This role is ideal for sharp, resourceful operators who learn fast, write naturally, and deliver consistently without constant oversight.

Your Impact

Your outreach directly increases Pearl Talent’s visibility in both traditional search engines and AI-generated recommendations. By securing backlinks and brand mentions across high-value third-party sites, you help Pearl show up when startup founders ask tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity where to find top remote talent. The data you collect during the manual phase informs the automation systems that will scale this work. Every outreach you send is a data point that makes the whole operation smarter.

Areas of Responsibility:Publisher Outreach & Contact Research — 40%

• Receive curated target lists of 25–50 citation opportunities from the marketing strategist (sourced from AI citation tracking tools)
• Research each target to identify the right contact—article author, editor, content manager, or webmaster—using LinkedIn, email finders, and manual investigation
• Personalize and send outreach emails using scenario-specific templates (backlink request for sites that mention Pearl; inclusion pitch for sites that don’t)
• Manage follow-up sequences for non-responders (up to 2 follow-ups per target)

Response Handling & Escalation — 20%

• Flag positive responses immediately to the internal marketing team for negotiation
• Prepare ready-made content (blurbs, link text, article snippets) to make publisher inclusion frictionless
• Escalate requests involving payment, link exchanges, or special terms—do not negotiate independently

Tracking, Reporting & Data Quality — 20%

• Maintain the master outreach tracking sheet with daily updates on status, contacts, response notes, and outcomes
• Report daily in Slack on volume sent, responses received, and blockers
• Submit weekly summary reports covering outreach volume, response rates, confirmed wins, and observations

Flexible Operations (Evolving Scope) — 20%

• As backlinking workflows are automated, transition into new growth tasks as assigned
• Potential future tasks include: community-based brand engagement (Reddit, LinkedIn, Quora), content gap research from AI citation data, competitor intelligence gathering, CMS updates and internal linking audits, and outreach for additional client accounts
• Bring new ideas, tools, and process improvements to the team proactively

Must-Haves (Required)

• Strong written English—you can write natural, human-sounding outreach emails that don’t read like templates and you adapt tone based on context
• Fast learner with high adaptability—you can pick up a new SOP and start executing within 24–48 hours
• Resourceful problem-solver—when you hit a dead end finding a contact or getting a response, you try a different angle instead of flagging it and waiting
• Reliable output consistency—you can sustain 25–30 quality outreach emails per day without quality degradation
• Comfortable with ambiguity—tasks and priorities will shift; you don’t need a perfectly defined playbook to start moving
• Basic research proficiency—able to find contact information through LinkedIn, Google, and email-finding platforms
• High ownership, accountability, and attention to detail
• Comfort working independently in a fully remote environment

Nice-to-Haves (Preferred)

• Prior experience with cold email outreach, link building, or digital PR
• Familiarity with SEO concepts (backlinks, domain authority, internal linking)
• Understanding of the outsourcing, staffing, or remote talent industry
• Experience working with US-based startups or in a BPO/managed services environment
• Exposure to AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude) for personalizing outreach at scale

Tools ProficiencyMust-Haves (Required)

• Spreadsheets: Google Sheets (tracking, reporting, data management)
• Contact Research: LinkedIn; at least one email finder (Apollo, Hunter.io, RocketReach, or similar)
• Email: Gmail or equivalent (comfortable sending personalized cold outreach at volume)
• Communication: Slack, Zoom

Nice-to-Haves (Preferred)

• Outbound Platforms: Instantly, Lemlist, Mailshake, or similar cold email tools
• Enrichment / Automation: Clay, Zapier, Make (Integromat)
• Project Management: Notion, Asana, ClickUp, or similar
• AI Assistants: ChatGPT, Claude (for outreach personalization with human editing)

What You’ll Gain:

• Monthly performance bonus
• Fully remote, forever
• Annual team retreat
• Unlimited PTO
• Real-world experience in recruitment marketing and sourcing
• A behind-the-scenes look at how we connect people with opportunities
• A supportive team that values your growth and ideas

Ready to Join Us?
If you’re hungry to lead, build, and scale—and you’ve done it before—then this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Apply now and help us build the world’s best recruitment team!