Senior Program Manager, Partner

Company Description

Linked In 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.

This role will be based in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Chicago, or New York.

At Linked In, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a Linked In office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. AI is reshaping the future of recruiting, but great hiring still depends on humans making great decisions.

This role exists to strengthen them.

The Senior Program Manager, Recruiting Performance Partner builds the performance model that helps recruiters and leaders improve outcomes in the flow of work. Instead of one size fits all workshops, this role creates targeted learning plans for cohorts and teams using real performance signals from dashboards, leader input, and interview intelligence.

This role is designed for a recruiter who knows the craft and can also see the system behind it. You have carried reqs, coached others, and learned to spot the patterns that affect quality and speed. You know how to use AI to strengthen judgment, test workflows, and scale what works.

If you enjoy using real recruiting data to improve performance and help teams hire better, this role lets you do that every day at scale.

Performance Partnership with TA Leaders and Cohorts

• Strengthen the human decision makers at the center of recruiting
• Partner with TA Leaders and recruiter cohorts to align on performance expectations
• Review selected examples of interview recordings and outreach to identify themes and inform guidance
• Build simple coaching frameworks that help leaders and teams improve core recruiting skills
• Turn trends into clear, practical guidance that teams can apply in the flow of their work

AI and Data Powered Enablement in the Flow of Work

• Use analytics and interview insights to deliver timely, relevant guidance aligned to real pipeline moments
• Build coaching playbooks that show what to do, why it matters, and how to use existing tools
• Use prompts, automations, and workflows to support better decisions while protecting human judgment

Performance System and Instrumentation

• Partner with Analytics and TA Leaders to track the moments that drive quality
• Turn performance signals such as screen quality, structured interviews, and stage conversion rates into simple guidance
• Set shared definitions of success and build feedback loops teams can use to self correct

Experimentation and Change Enablement

• Run short pilots with recruiters and TA Leaders to test improvements in workflows and interview practices
• Measure impact, scale what works, and retire what does not
• Build communities of practice and short form learning that reinforce strong habits

Responsible AI, Compliance, and Trust

• Partner with Legal, HR, DEI, and Privacy to ensure fairness and human oversight
• Provide clear guidance on appropriate use of AI tools
• Monitor for adverse impact and adjust when needed

Cross Functional Partnership and Insight Sharing

• Work closely with TA Leaders, Ops, and cross functional partners on performance priorities
• Share examples, proof points, and playbooks that help practices spread
• Inform ATS, CRM, interview intelligence, and analytics roadmaps based on field learning

Basic Qualifications

• Five or more years of recruiting experience in corporate, agency, or RPO settings with full cycle experience
• Two or more years coaching or enabling recruiters or hiring teams through coaching roles, training, or peer mentorship
• Experience analyzing recruiting…