Strategy & Operations Associate - Talent

Inspira Education • New York City, NY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Inspira Education Group is one of the fastest-growing edtech startups in the US, with a mission to democratize access to high-quality coaching. As the world’s leading network of top admissions coaches, we are disrupting application processes with products and experiences that provide an equal platform for candidates worldwide. We are backed by leading venture capital firms. This role requires in-office attendance (NYC) 5 days a week. The challenge is to systematically win top talent in competitive markets, which requires building an internal talent acquisition engine that operates like a sales organization: data-driven, experimental, relentlessly optimized, and executed at scale. This role blends strategy with high-leverage execution, involving designing targeting strategies, conversion-optimized messaging, and executing these strategies while analyzing and iterating rapidly. It's akin to building and running an outbound sales motion, but for careers, competing against companies 10x our size.

Requirements

• 1-3 years in management consulting (MBB strongly preferred), strategy consulting, or top-tier strategy & operations
• Builder mentality: You're energized by creating something from scratch, even if it means doing unglamorous work initially
• Analytical + scrappy: You think in frameworks and optimize based on data, but you're also willing to hustle and do what it takes
• Exceptional written communication: You can write dozens of compelling, personalized messages daily that actually get responses
• Intellectual honesty: You're clear-eyed about trading some prestige for ownership, impact, and accelerated learning
• Resilience: Low response rates don't discourage you - they make you curious about how to improve

Nice To Haves

• Experience with high-volume outbound work (sales development, growth marketing, bizdev) - you've done the grind before
• Natural curiosity about people, what motivates them, and how to craft compelling narratives
• Competitive drive - you want to win talent away from top companies
• Systems thinking - you document and systematize as you go, building toward scale
• Genuine interest in how great companies are built, organizational design, or talent strategy
• You see repetitive work as an opportunity to build systems and get better, not as beneath you
• You love immediate feedback loops and rapid iteration
• You want to own outcomes, not just contribute to them
• You're excited about building the foundation of something that will eventually scale beyond you
• Traditional recruiting background (fresh perspective is valuable)
• Expertise in education/EdTech (we'll teach you)
• Prior LinkedIn Recruiter mastery (we'll train you on Boolean search)

Responsibilities

• Build & Execute the Talent Acquisition Engine
• Run sophisticated Boolean searches in tools such LinkedIn Recruiter to identify high-potential candidates across different functions
• Review hundreds of profiles daily, assess fit against strategic Ideal Candidate Profiles you've built
• Manage multi-touch outreach sequences across dozens of candidates simultaneously
• Conduct quick screening calls with interested candidates to assess fit and maintain pipeline velocity
• Experiment with creative sourcing beyond LinkedIn - targeted email, Twitter/X, Slack communities, Reddit, conference lists
• Design role-specific acquisition strategies: who's the target market, where do they congregate, what motivates them to move?
• Build and continuously refine Ideal Candidate Profiles based on what patterns emerge in your best hires
• Create messaging frameworks optimized for different personas - test hooks, value props, personalization approaches
• Run structured experiments: A/B test subject lines, try different outreach sequences, measure everything
• Optimize & Scale
• Build dashboards tracking the metrics that matter: response rates by message type, conversion through each funnel stage, time-to-engagement, source effectiveness
• Analyze what's working and what's not - which companies yield the best candidates? Which messages get responses? Where are bottlenecks?
• Document winning strategies into repeatable playbooks that can eventually scale beyond you
• Conduct market intelligence: where does top talent congregate? What are competitive comp packages? Who's hiring and who's laying off?
• Present insights and recommendations to leadership on talent market dynamics and acquisition strategy
• Optimize workflows and build automation where it makes sense (but know when personal touch matters more)
• Partner & Collaborate
• Work closely with the founders to understand what they need and ensure seamless candidate handoffs
• Collaborate with hiring managers to truly understand roles beyond the job description
• Train and leverage offshore sourcing support for high-volume, lower-touch searches
• Share learnings across the team and continuously raise the bar on candidate quality

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance, base plans 100% employer paid
• Pre-tax benefits (FSA, DCFSA, HSA, Commuter)
• Flexible paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed