Talent Scientist

Canonical; À distance; EUR 50 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading remote-first tech company is seeking a Talent Scientist to drive data-driven hiring insights and support global talent selection. The role involves conducting behavioral interviews, building stakeholder relationships, and ensuring an unbiased hiring process. Candidates should possess strong behavioral interviewing techniques, analytical problem-solving abilities, and relevant educational background in psychology. This position offers a distributed work environment and extensive personal development opportunities.

Prestations

Personal learning budget of USD 2,000

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Qualifications

• Passion for scientific approaches in talent selection.
• Strong analytical skills for identifying trends.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment.

Responsabilités

• Drive talent analytics to provide real-time business insights.
• Conduct in-depth behavioral talent interviews.
• Build relationships with global stakeholders.
• Drive data-driven insights for decision-making.
• Review and streamline hiring processes.
• Ensure diversity and inclusion in hiring practices.

Connaissances

Behavioral interviewing techniques

Analytical problem-solving

SQL

Statistical analysis

Python

Formation

Bachelor's or Master's degree in psychology-based subject

Outils

BI tooling

LinkedIn Talent Insights

Greenhouse

DISC profiling

Superset

Description du poste

As a pioneer remote‑first tech company with a product that inspires people globally, we attract a huge number of applicants to our organisation. We have created a hiring process that is totally unique, empowering our hiring leadership team to lead talent selection. Our Talent Science team ensures that our processes are effective and that the business is able to make the best decisions to select exceptional talent. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a team that is changing the way an organisation hires.

Our Talent Science team has a mission to ensure that we follow objective, scientifically rigorous and efficient processes to select the very best new colleagues regardless of location, culture or background. We work closely with our key stakeholders to ensure that decisions are being made in the right way and that our hiring model supports the selection of world‑class talent, regardless of location, culture or background.

As a Talent Scientist, you will work closely with these hiring leads to drive initiatives, automation and best practice whilst offering an expert viewpoint on talent assessments. This is not a recruiter position; it’s about the science of talent and performance, raising awareness and insights across the business so that they are able to select the best talent available from our global talent pool.

Qualifications

• Passion and drive to embed scientific approaches that deliver impact on how an organisation selects talent.
• Strong behavioural interviewing techniques (competency based and psychometric assessments).
• Excellent analytical problem‑solving ability to identify trends and patterns using SQL, statistical analysis or Python, BI tooling, etc.
• An exceptional academic background, including a Bachelors or Masters degree in a psychology‑based subject.
• A high level of personal organisation to work remotely and be effective.

Responsibilities

• Drive talent analytics to provide our business with real‑time insight, partnering with the business to help them move through their hiring processes efficiently.
• Conduct in‑depth behavioural talent interviews providing considerable insights into motivations and behaviours.
• Build key relationships with global stakeholders to ensure we deliver against our hiring agenda, closely monitoring hiring activities, driving results and ensuring that there is consistency in our operational processes.
• Drive data‑driven insights, making sure our decision‑making process is robust and supportive to inform our decisions.
• Consider our employer brand and how our interactions with a candidate impact their experience.
• Review and streamline hiring processes and tools to drive continuous improvement.
• Work with external third parties and platforms to ensure we maximise our return on investment.
• Bring a passion for diversity and inclusion, ensuring we remove unconscious bias from our hiring process and ensuring our sourcing strategy underpins this.

Additional Skills You May Bring

• Experience in sourcing and headhunting with the ability to teach our senior leadership team how to hunt for industry leaders.
• Experience in statistical significance testing and experience in Bayesian inference and/or predictive analytics and ML.
• Exposure to the following tools: LinkedIn Talent Insights, Greenhouse, DISC profiling, Superset.
• Psychometric validity and reliability metrics.

What We Offer

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open‑source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote‑first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.