Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. The companyβs AI-powered labour marketplace helps local businesses scale their workforce and enables global technology companies to advance robotics and artificial intelligence. Backed by world-class investors including Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock and Y Combinator, Instawork is building innovative solutions to reimagine the future of work.
The Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition role is responsible for leading and executing high-volume hiring initiatives with a strong focus on bulk recruitment, hiring drive management and building an efficient recruitment team. The role requires working closely with business and operations teams to understand manpower requirements and deliver recruitment solutions in a fast-paced environment.
About IRL (Instawork Robotics Labs): Instawork Robotics Labs focuses on solving one of the biggest challenges in physical AI by deploying skilled workers into real commercial and residential environments such as kitchens, warehouses, hotel floors and homes. The collected high-quality task data helps leading robotics labs train advanced AI and robotics models.
Key Responsibilities include planning, organising and executing large-scale hiring drives through virtual and on-ground channels. The candidate will manage bulk hiring for operations and frontline roles while ensuring recruitment targets are achieved within defined timelines.
The role involves managing and mentoring a team of HR interns by allocating tasks, providing training, tracking daily performance and ensuring smooth recruitment operations. The candidate will handle the complete recruitment lifecycle including sourcing, candidate screening, interview coordination, selection and onboarding support.
The Assistant Manager will design and implement effective employee referral bonus programmes to improve hiring outcomes. The role will also involve using AI-based recruitment tools and modern sourcing techniques to increase hiring efficiency. The candidate will collaborate with hiring managers to understand workforce requirements, maintain recruitment dashboards, prepare hiring reports and ensure a smooth candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey.
Industry and employee size: Instawork operates in the technology, AI-powered workforce marketplace and robotics industry. The company works with businesses and technology organisations globally to create workforce and AI solutions.
Required qualifications and skills include minimum 5 years of Talent Acquisition experience with strong expertise in bulk hiring and recruitment drive management. Candidates should have experience managing operations or customer support hiring, mentoring HR interns or junior recruiters and handling end-to-end recruitment activities.
Hands-on experience with ATS platforms, recruitment tools and exposure to AI hiring tools will be preferred. The candidate should have strong organisational skills, communication abilities, stakeholder management expertise and the capability to create impactful recruitment strategies.
This is a high-ownership role offering the opportunity to lead recruitment initiatives, build a recruitment team and work closely with leadership in a fast-growing organisation.
Instawork follows values of empathy, trust and candour, bias for action, continuous learning and ownership. The company encourages employees to take responsibility, learn continuously and contribute towards building products that create meaningful impact.