Program-Ace is seeking a visionary Hiring & Educational Platform Leader to transform their talent acquisition. Moving away from traditional recruiting, this role focuses on building an inbound and community-led growth ecosystem for 240,000+ professionals. The leader will develop strategies to convert learning interest into project contributions, manage talent communities, implement gamification, and automate the application process with AI. This is a product owner-level role with significant impact on a large-scale, innovative project.

Must Have

• Further develop Inbound Recruiting strategy
• Build a system for segmentation and engagement of a large community (240k+)
• Implement gamification and loyalty programs for candidates
• Manage activity calendar (webinars, challenges, hackathons)
• Collaborate with Tech Leads and Marketing for content
• Implement AI Matching and skill-scoring tools for a zero-friction application process
• Create and implement various collaboration formats with talent
• Possess a hybrid mindset (HR Director, Product Manager, Marketing Manager)
• Understand the IT market and what motivates engineers
• Ready to take ownership of a project from concept to performance metrics
• Driven by innovation to fix recruiting stereotypes

Perks & Benefits

• Work with a warm audience of 240,000+ people
• Build a system with almost no analogues on the market
• Product Owner-level role with resources and full freedom for experimentation
• Excellent opportunity to be at the foundation of a long-term, large-scale project

Hiring & Educational Platform Leader

We are looking for a Hiring & Educational Platform Leader

Location: Remote, Global. Preference for local candidates in Paphos (Cyprus)

About Us

Program-Ace is an innovative IT company with over 30 years of experience in software development. We specialize in building custom digital solutions, including AR/VR applications, simulations, digital twins, and interactive training platforms. Our portfolio includes award-winning products and long-term partnerships with global leaders such as GAP, Deutsche Telekom, Deloitte, Qualcomm, Lenovo, Meta, BBC, and many others.

The Challenge:

We are an international IT company with a database of 240,000+ professionals worldwide. We no longer believe in traditional recruiting with cold calls and spam. We believe in Inbound & Community-Led Growth.

We are looking for a Hiring & Educational Platform Leader — a visionary and a hands-on practitioner who will transform this audience into a global ecosystem where top talent comes to projects on their own. We combine education, technology, and hiring to create a “Blue Ocean” in the talent market.

Your Mission:

You will not be manually closing vacancies. Your task is to build a “factory” for talent attraction. You will lead the transformation of hiring processes, turning them into a seamless path from educational content viewer to project contributor.

The project vision is already defined, and the software is already under development. The MVP will be ready by 30.12.2025 — and that’s when promotion can begin!

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Architecture: Further development of the Inbound Recruiting strategy. You will decide how to convert interest in learning into the desire to work with us.

Talent Community Management: Building a system for segmentation and engagement of a large community (240k+). Implementing gamification and loyalty programs for candidates.

Content-Driven Funnel: Managing the activity calendar (webinars, challenges, hackathons). You will collaborate closely with Tech Leads and Marketing to ensure the content attracts exactly the Middle+/Senior talent we need.

Automation & Tech: Implementing AI Matching and skill-scoring tools. Your goal is a Zero-friction application process.

Flexible Engagement Models: Creating and implementing various collaboration formats with talent that go beyond standard full-time hiring.

Who You Are:

Hybrid Mindset: A blend of HR Director, Product Manager, and Marketing Manager. You think in funnels, conversions, and candidate LTV (Lifetime Value).

Tech Savvy: You understand the IT market, the difference between Java and JavaScript, and what motivates engineers.

Leader: You are ready to take ownership of a project from scratch — from concept to performance metrics (Time-to-Fill, Community Engagement).

Innovative: You are driven by the opportunity to break market stereotypes (“Recruiting is broken, and I want to fix it”).

Why Join Us:

Scale: Work with a “warm” audience of 240,000+ people — a dream for any recruiter and marketer.

Impact: You will build a system that has almost no analogues on the market.

Freedom: Product Owner—level role with resources and full freedom for experimentation.

Career: Excellent opportunity to be at the foundation of a long-term, large-scale project.

Send your resume and become an important part of our team

No Discrimination

Program-Ace has no tolerance for discrimination – all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, employment, upgrading, demotion, discipline, transfer or termination are to be made, and all applicants are employed, and all employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, ethnicity, national origin, color, religion, marital status, pregnancy, nursing mother status, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you feel you have been subject to discrimination, please report it promptly to your Manager and Human Resources at jobs@program-ace.com. Please get in touch with Human Resources for any specific questions or to voice any concerns.

Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace

Employees may not use, sell, possess, purchase, or transfer illegal drugs – or sell, transfer, or distribute personal prescription legal drugs – on Program-Ace premises, in Program-Ace vehicles or during work hours. Employees may not be under the influence of any substance during work hours that impairs their ability to work safely or creates a risk to their safety, the safety of others, or Program-Ace property. Employees are not permitted to drink, or be under the influence of, alcohol during work hours or on Program-Ace premises with one exception: if they are of legal drinking age, they may drink alcohol at company-sponsored events approved by a Senior Manager. Please be aware that in case of any violation of such prohibition, an employee may be held disciplinary, administratively, and criminally liable. Please get in touch with Human Resources at jobs@program-ace.com for any specific questions regarding the drug- and alcohol-free awareness program, if you need any assistance or rehabilitation, or to voice any concerns.