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Senior Lead, TA & PX Systems Administration (R6368)

Shield AI· People Experience Division – People Experience
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Remote$120k - $180kFull Time EmployeePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior Lead, TA & PX Systems Administration role owning Shield AI's Talent Acquisition and People Experience technology ecosystem (ATS, CRM, sourcing tools, and HR tech). Hands-on initially with potential to grow into a player-coach leading a TA and PX systems team, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to design, govern, and optimize TA/PX technology.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with People Technology leadership to build and maintain the roadmap for TA and HR technology, aligned with TA and PX priorities and Shield AI's growth plans, and lead execution of roadmap initiatives.
  • Support the full TA technology ecosystem, including the ATS, CRM, sourcing tools, scheduling, assessments, background check, interview intelligence, and related recruiting technology.
  • Personally administer, configure, and continuously optimize Ashby as Shield AI's ATS and CRM, including approvals, offers, requisitions, pipelines, interview plans, scheduling logic, scorecards, custom fields, and reporting objects.
  • Administer and support third-party HR technology, including Lattice, Pave, Compa, and Carta, covering configuration, permissions, integrations, and upgrade management.
  • Support TA and HR technology vendor management, including evaluations, implementations, contract renewals, license administration, business reviews, and performance against service commitments, in partnership with People Technology leadership, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and Security.
  • Define integration architecture across the TA and PX stack, including UKG, O365 / calendar, identity and SSO, and the PX data platform, and manage change control and monitoring.
  • Translate business and process requirements from TA and PX stakeholders into clear system design decisions, trade-offs, and configuration; document workflows, permissions, and data model.
  • Establish and maintain data governance for TA and PX systems, including field taxonomies, PII classification, role-based access, retention, naming conventions, and reporting boundaries.
  • Lead release management and UAT for TA and PX system changes, including test plans, sandbox validation, rollout, and audit-ready documentation.
  • Keep recruiting and PX data pipelines reliable for executive reporting, with clean source data and trustworthy reporting objects.
  • Track the TA and PX technology market, evaluate new capabilities and vendors, and build recommendations on configuration, integration, consolidation, buy, or hold.
  • Ensure TA and PX systems support compliance with data privacy, security, and recordkeeping (EEO, OFCCP, GDPR) by maintaining controls and supporting audits.
  • As the function grows, help define future roles, then hire and lead a team as a player-coach while staying hands-on in configuration and design.

Qualifications

  • Direct hands-on Ashby administration experience, including configuration, workflows, approvals, offers, permissions, integrations, and reporting objects.
  • 8+ years of experience administering and optimizing recruiting and HR technology, including deep ownership of at least one modern ATS and its surrounding TA technology stack.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Experience contributing to a TA or HR technology roadmap and supporting vendor relationships and renewals across multiple platforms.
  • Hands-on builder with experience mentoring others or leading cross-functional implementations and an interest in growing into a people leader.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end talent acquisition processes and how technology enables each stage.
  • Fluency in the TA technology landscape (ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, assessments, interview intelligence, analytics).
  • Experience administering PX SaaS tools such as performance, compensation, equity, engagement, or HRIS-adjacent platforms.
  • Systems-thinking mindset to translate requirements into workflow, data model, permissions, and reporting implications.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills for roadmaps, trade-offs, and business cases.

Skills

Required:Ashby administrationTA/HR technology roadmapEnd-to-end TA process knowledgeStakeholder communication

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package: pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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