Program Manager, Growth

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.Join us to transform the way the world works.Job DescriptionThis role will be based in San Francisco, Mountain View, New York, or remote.At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. This role may be remote or hybrid. At LinkedIn, hybrid roles are performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. Remote roles are performed from the designated home work location upon time of hire, and any changes to this home work location requires a review of remote status and approval.The Growth team is building a scalable contributor ecosystem that delivers high‑quality data annotation capacity quickly and reliably. We grow, engage, and mobilize a global community of pre‑vetted contributors and ensure right‑fit matching and onboarding to power mission‑critical AI/ML initiatives.As Program Manager, Growth, you will build and maintain a global pool of pre‑vetted annotation talent; drive proactive sourcing, referral, and engagement at scale; and ensure fast, accurate matching and onboarding within tight SLAs (often 24–72 hours). You’ll partner with Product to improve matching workflows and contributor visibility (skills, quality history), and you’ll instrument the funnel with high‑volume recruiting metrics to continuously optimize throughput and quality.ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain a global pool of pre‑vetted annotation talent across domains with targeted language and domain coverage. Design and run proactive sourcing programs to keep contributor talent warm and ready. Monitor expertise coverage maps to close gaps and reduce ramp latency across regions and time zones. Scale responsibly; manage compliance, quality, and surge capacity using crowdsourcing best practices. Vet and close annotation talent via interviews. Accelerate talent onboarding to meet rapid launch SLAs (24–72 hours) with clear checklists for highQualificationsBasic QualificationsBS/BA Degree OR equivalent experience 3+ years in Talent Acquisition/Recruiting, including high‑volume pipelines (contractor/crowd and/or global markets). Demonstrated success sourcing and engaging specialized, large‑scale talent pools across multiple geographies/languages. Hands‑on experience with ATS/CRM and LinkedIn Recruiter.Preferred QualificationsExperience in growth/community building or marketplace operations; background with contributor/gig‑based ecosystems. Familiarity with annotation/HITL operations is a plus. Exposure to vendor/contractor management and rapid global scaling for data labeling programs. Cross‑functional program management with product, engineering, and operations to deliver annotation data at scale. Proficient in Spanish (verbal and written)Suggested SkillsRecruiting Program Management Executive CommunicationLinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.The pay range for this role is $114,000 to $187,000. 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