Recruitment Operations Manager (Tech & Philanthropy)

About EQL Tech

EQL Tech is a globally-connected executive search firm built for the next generation of tech and philanthropy. We work exclusively with mission-driven organisations - philanthropic foundations, frontier tech companies and emerging startups - placing the c-suite leaders, founding team members and mission-critical contributors who will shape their success.

We are based in San Francisco and the UK, with deep networks across the leading science and technology ecosystems across the US, in Europe and in Asia. We operate on a retained, exclusive basis and lead a diverse range of highly specialist searches at any one time. That choice is deliberate: it lets us go deep on every search rather than work a high-volume pipeline, and it means the quality of our operations is not a back-office concern - it is the product.

The role

We are building the operational spine of the firm. To grow the number of searches we can hold at once without diluting the depth clients retain us for, we must continue to improve the quality of our delivery. We need someone to own process, systems, data and candidate experience end-to-end - turning a founder-led practice into a repeatable, high-quality engine.

This is not a coordinator role with a senior title. You will own processes end to end. You will design processes, implement them, refine them and influence key decisions as we architect our core product-backed service offering and platfo