Job Description

About Mercor

Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

About the Role

As a G&A Recruiter at Mercor, you’ll own full-cycle hiring for critical roles across a variety of Finance, Legal, Marketing and People. You would be Mercor's first dedicated G&A recruiter, partnering with senior leadership and C-Suites to not only make critical hires for the business, but to lay the foundation for how G&A recruiting will operate at Mercor moving forward.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across a variety of organizations such as marketing, finance, legal and people ops
• Partner directly with C-Suite Leadership to map out needs and implement continual process improvements
• Build top-of-funnel using creative outbound, talent intelligence, and Mercor’s own product (structured screens, automated work samples, and calibrated rubrics)
• Coach hiring managers and interviewers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene
• Operationalize hiring systems: track and optimize key funnel metrics (pass-through rates, time-in-stage, source yield)
• Champion speed and quality: drive SLAs for same-day debriefs, fast offers, and strong candidate experience
• Build brand: campaigns, referrals, and events that attract top engineers and operators
• Represent Mercor externally, you’ll be a face of the brand for an exceptionally competitive talent market
• Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within Ashby and other recruiting systems
• Refinement of technical recruiting motion as the Ops org shifts to hire more frequently from technical backgrounds

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years experience with full-cycle recruiting across IC and leadership roles
• Proven success hiring across a range of roles and departments, with the ability to context switch across departments with ease
• Ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions
• Strong communication skills; able to work efficiently with General Managers, Strategic Project Leads and Mercor’s President
• Confident representing the Mercor brand to top candidates
• Familiarity with Ashby or ability to quickly adopt new tools and systems

Nice to Haves

• Experience as a founding recruiter or early-stage startup builder
• Interest in the human data / AGI space
• Prior experience leveraging Ashby as an ATS

Ideal Qualities

• Agility / Adaptability - ability to move fast, pivot with business shifts, and maintain best-in-class outcomes
• Operational Rigor - ability to bring order to an unstructured environment
• Growth Mindset - You don’t need to be an expert on AI, but you do need to have a strong desire to learn and continue learning in a rapidly evolving, frontier industry
• Commitment to the Outcome - Ownership mentality; will hold themselves accountable to an extremely high standard of work
• Love for the Craft - we are building a zero to one motion; this hire will bring a low ego attitude to the table with a genuine love for building a best-in-class talent acquisition organization

Benefits

• $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)
• $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
• Free Equinox membership
• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match