[Hiring] Manager, Freelance Recruiting @Testlio

Role Description

We are hiring a Manager, Global Freelancer Recruitment to lead a team of talent acquisition specialists and strategically optimize the end-to-end sourcing, activation, and performance of our international network of freelance QA professionals.

• Direct Network Ownership: You will lead the strategy for scaling growth of a global marketplace, matching network supply with complex client requests in real time.
• Process Transformation: You will have the autonomy to re-engineer robust talent acquisition workflows and champion sourcing and vetting optimizations.

What would your day look like?

• Lead and manage a high-performing global freelancer recruitment team, providing daily guidance and management to achieve network growth targets.
• Execute and oversee end-to-end recruitment request fulfillment, ensuring daily progress and tracking recruitment KPIs to ensure operational delivery efficiency.
• Manage pre-sales discovery and scoping calls to align required freelancer volume with future pipeline demands.
• Drive workflow and process optimization across the talent acquisition lifecycle, focusing specifically on optimizing external freelancer sourcing, onboarding, and activation rates.
• Manage the strategic oversight of recruitment-related support tickets, ensuring SLA adherence and positive freelancer experience.
• Formulate a collaborative cross-functional feedback loop with internal delivery teams to improve overall freelance testing opportunity design and communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in managing a high-volume global talent acquisition team, strategic TA Operations, or managing localized freelance/crowdsourced talent marketplaces.
• Demonstrated experience with contemporary Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and modern sourcing methodologies.
• Proven capability in data analytics, utilizing data tools to monitor marketplace dynamics, pipeline metrics, and team performance.
• Hands-on experience developing talent acquisition strategies, managing localized recruitment budgets, implementing new sourcing channels, and leading process optimization initiatives.
• Experience implementing tools or workflows that automate sourcing, vetting, and onboarding processes.

Requirements

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Exceptional ability to build relationships and align priorities with multi-regional delivery, product, engineering, and sales teams.
• Navigating Ambiguity: Comfortably managing shifting priorities and making data-backed decisions in a highly fast-paced, remote environment.
• Adaptability & Agility: Ready to quickly adjust operational workflows, team focuses, and sourcing channels to meet dynamic client requirements.
• Relationship-Building: Natural capacity to cultivate long-term partnerships and support an inclusive, positive global freelancer community experience.
• Strategic Problem Solving: Strong critical thinking and analytical skills focused on diagnosing network bottlenecks and engineering sustainable operational solutions.

Benefits

• Great Culture: Testlio is a female-founded company, and half of our team identifies as women. We’re proud of our inclusive, purpose-driven culture where people genuinely enjoy collaborating.
• Remote Work: Our culture is built around remote work, allowing us to work together asynchronously as a fully remote and globally distributed team.
• Investment in You: Your growth and well-being matter to us. You’ll have flexible paid time off—including national holidays, personal days, and sick days—plus stock options and a $300 annual learning stipend.
• Winning Business: Testlio is growing, profitable, and cash-strong, leading our industry with exceptional clients and a high NPS score.

Company Description

Testlio is an equal-opportunity employer deeply committed to creating an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are female-founded, and 46% of our team members identify as women.