Founding Growth Operator - MeritFirst
Core
Building a zero-to-one growth engine to connect exceptional talent with companies via objective assessments and flagship programs.
Role type
Founding Growth Operator (Zero-to-one builder)
Builds
Candidate acquisition programs, employer activation channels, assessment challenges, and placement systems.
Domain
Talent technology / Human capital management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Generalist operations, strategic role selection, employer partnership building, candidate network activation, program design, event management, funnel optimization, productization of manual processes
Preferred skills
High agency, zero-to-one experience, persuasion, analytical rigor, comfort with unscalable work
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Identify high-leverage role categories, activate employer demand, build candidate networks, create assessment challenges, launch flagship programs, execute placements, measure full funnel, productize operating playbooks
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC