Senior Manager Grading Operations & High-Volume Recruiting

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade authenticate vault and sell millions of record-setting collectibles all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible trading cards autographs comic books coins video games event tickets and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA PCGS Beckett SGC and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986 we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana California and offices in New Jersey Texas Florida Japan Shanghai Hong Kong Canada Mexico Germany and France.

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Collectors is seeking a recruiting leader to drive the evolution scaling and ongoing management of our Grading Operations & High-Volume Recruiting function at a pivotal moment of company growth. You will own the end-to-end infrastructure strategy and manage the recruiting team powering hundreds of annual hires across production operations grading & authentication and critical evergreen and support functions—domestically and internationally.

You won’t just run a recruiting function—you’ll optimize it to bring Collectors into our next phase of growth and scale. That means building systems-oriented processes developing the reporting architecture and capacity models that drive proactive workforce planning and finding innovative efficient ways to assess and move candidates at scale without compromising on quality. You’ll partner with senior leaders across the business and serve as a key voice on the Recruiting Leadership Team reporting to the Head of Talent Acquisition. 

While preference will be given to candidates who can work from our office in Santa Ana California or Jersey City New Jersey remote candidates in the United States will also be considered. We believe that there is significant value in in-person collaboration. If you live within a 1-hour commuting distance to one of our offices you will be required to be onsite most of the time. This will be discussed further as part of the recruiting process.

Lead Recruiting Strategy Domestically & Internationally 

• Own and scale a high-volume hiring engine delivering 500+ hires annually across production operations grading & authentication and core evergreen roles—encompassing both full-time employees and contingent workforce

• Lead a full revamp of recruiting operations with a design mindset: work in partnership with our Senior People Operations Program Manager & Contingent Worker Program Manager to rebuild workflows and processes from the ground up to optimize speed quality and candidate experience at scale.

• Ensure we have the right overall strategy and processes for contingent workforce hiring.

• Build a “perpetual motion” talent pipeline—implementing always-on sourcing strategies campus and community partnerships and innovative programs that shift the function from reactive to proactive.

• Develop and execute international recruiting strategy working alongside local recruiters and Country managers to design scalable hiring infrastructure that supports the business across global sites as Collectors continues to expand.

• Lead hiring enablement for new markets and expansion efforts—standing up processes and infrastructure before transitioning to local teams.

• Identify and implement tools technologies and automation to increase efficiency and effectiveness without compromising candidate quality.

Data Reporting & Capacity Planning

Work in partnership with our Total Rewards & finance team teams to:

• Build and manage the reporting infrastructure across all staffing pipelines—creating real-time visibility into performance capacity risk and ROI for senior leadership and key stakeholders.

• Ensure capacity models enable proactive workforce planning and allow business partners to make informed forward-looking staffing decisions.

• Establish KPIs and evolve recruiting metrics frameworks; use data to drive continuous improvement team accountability and investment decision. 

• Serve as a trusted analytics resource to executive leadership delivering clear actionable reporting and insight.

• Partner at the executive level with senior business leaders across Operations Finance and HR to forecast hiring needs and align staffing strategies with company priorities.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all operations-related hiring with strong executive presence clear communication and proactive risk management.

• Manage and optimize external staffing vendor relationships evaluating partners on quality speed and cost; partner with the Contingent Workforce Program Manager on vendor strategy.

Team Leadership

• Lead mentor and develop a team of 5–7 Recruiters and 3 Candidate Experience Leads—building a high-accountability execution-focused culture where great people want to do their best work.

• Set clear performance expectations provide ongoing coaching and feedback and foster a data-driven candidate-first environment.

• Model operational excellence across all hiring workflows: compliance documentation and systems usage.

Experience & Track Record

• 10+ years of recruiting experience with a strong focus on high-volume or operations-based hiring; 5+ years leading recruiting teams.

• Proven track record building or rebuilding high-volume hiring engines—you’ve scaled operations not just run them.

• Experienced managing both full-time and contingent workforce recruiting including external staffing vendor relationships.

• International recruiting experience or demonstrated ability to design and scale hiring programs across multiple geographies.

Skills & Mindset

• Executive-level stakeholder manager—comfortable influencing and partnering at all levels of the organization including senior and C-suite leadership.

• Systems and design thinker: you approach recruiting with an operational process-design mindset and build for scale not just the immediate need.

• Deeply data-driven with direct experience building reporting infrastructure metrics frameworks and capacity models in a high-growth environment.

• Forward-thinking on candidate assessment: you find and implement innovative efficient evaluation methods that meet business needs without sacrificing quality.

• Familiar with ATS CRM and workforce management platforms; eager to leverage automation and emerging tools.

• Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced ambiguous environment.

• Occasional travel required.

Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $139641 - $197000. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors including location job level experience and skill set. This role may be eligible for bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation please ask your recruiter for details.

Reasons To Join Us:

• Health Insurance: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Medical Dental and Vision

• Additional Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for fertility commuter and educational assistance benefits

• 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals

• Vacation: All salaried employees are eligible for flexible time-off

• Holiday Pay: All regular full-time employees are eligible for ten company paid holidays

• Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions

• Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs

• Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations holiday events and team building activities

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ethnicity ancestry religion national origin gender sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age citizenship marital or parental status disability veteran status or other class protected by applicable law. We believe that a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills will better service the diverse community of collectors we support.

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What We Do

Collectors has multiple business lines that grade authenticate and sell millions of high-value record-setting collectibles. We're the leader in third-party authentication and grading services for high-value collectibles including trading cards (Professional Sports Authenticator and Card Ladder) coins (Professional Coin Grading Services) video games (Wata) event tickets autographs and memorabilia and with your help we can continue to grow rapidly. Our goal is to make the joy of collecting accessible to everyone - collectors looking to complete their set inventors looking to maximize the value of their collection and anyone who’s looking to preserve a game card or coin that reminds them of fond memories in their lives. We’re entering an exciting new stage of growth as a result of our acquisition in 2021 led by entrepreneur and sports card collector Nat Turner D1 Capital Partners L.P. and Cohen Private Ventures in addition to renowned athletes and collectors. We’re investing in scalable modern infrastructure to support the maturation of the industry increasing value of collectibles and demand for our services. Help us build a tech-enabled business for collectors. Our services span collectible coins trading cards video games event tickets autographs and memorabilia through our subsidiaries which include Professional Sports Authenticators (PSA) Professional Coin Grading Services (PCGS) Wata Certified Coin Exchange (CCE) Collectors Corner Set Registry Collectors.com and the Long Beach Expo collectibles trade show. Since our founding in 1986 we have graded and authenticated more than 80 million items. We employ over 1000 people across our Santa Ana CA headquarters New Jersey Seattle Hong Kong Paris Shanghai and Tokyo.

Why Work With Us

Collectors has long been the global leader in third-party authentication grading and valuation services for collectibles. This gives us the chance to disrupt the industry by applying technological advances to our services. We strive to be the most innovative organization in collectibles building an ecosystem that celebrates the joy of collecting

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