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.