Senior Talent Search Specialist

SCIENTE; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Sciente Group seeks an experienced Talent Acquisition professional to lead passive candidate searches across APAC, India, and North America. You will boost employer branding, source and engage candidates, and manage the end-to-end TA process to close offers.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a proven track record in executive search or headhunting, exceptional stakeholder management, and a drive to grow into team leadership.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in Talent Search/Acquisition or Executive Search/headhunting.
• Proven track record in attracting passive candidates.
• Experience building employer branding to support talent search/acquisition.
• Leadership potential and capability to lead a TA team in future.

Responsibilities

• Talent search of passive candidates from APAC, India and North America.
• Boost the employer brand to attract passive candidates.
• Source/headhunt/engage right candidates and shortlist profiles.
• Follow end-to-end talent acquisition process with strong candidate management.
• Negotiate offers and close candidates successfully.
• Onboard new hires with proper documentation and orientation.
• Build and manage a TA team as activities scale.
• Provide HR administrative support and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Executive search

Headhunting

Employer branding

Stakeholder management

Talent acquisition

Team building

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Sciente Group, founded in 2007, is a multi-award winning, ISO27001, ISO9001, DPTM & Great Place To Work certified, technology focused organisation with business interest in Singapore (HQ), USA, Malaysia, Philippines and India.

We help our clients AI-driven Governance Risk & Compliance, Data Intelligence, Business Tech Consulting in BFSI and Technology Talent Empowerment. We are partner of Anthropic, Denodo, Dataiku, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake.

Our Mission: Delight our clients. Grow responsibly. Serve our community.

We are "Built" to matter, not just to grow.

We are expanding our teams globally. This role - initially, an individual contribution role for India and APAC, shall grow to a leadership role with team management.

Key Responsibilities:

Talent search of passive candidates as primary responsibility

• Understand the (non-IT & IT) talent requirements from various internal and external stakeholders from APAC, India and North America;
• Boost the employer brand to attract passive candidates;
• Source / headhunt / engage right candidates, do an assessment to shortlist the profiles with the desired skills, experience and behaviour;
• Follow end-to-end talent acquisition process with an excellent candidate management skills;
• Negotiate the Offer and close the candidates successfully.

Employee Onboarding

• Manage logistics, including offer letters, and employment contracts.
• Keep the engagements to ensure the selected candidates joins successfully.
• Coordinate new employee onboarding, ensuring completion of necessary paperwork, orientation sessions, and policy briefings.
• Maintain and update employee records in HR databases.

Employee Productivity, Welfare and Engagement

• Act as the point of contact for employee queries regarding HR policies, welfare programs, and office-related issues.
• Implement employee engagement initiatives to enhance team morale and workplace culture.
• Analyse the productivity of employees, and incorporate correction in future hiring process.

Adhoc HR Administration

• Oversee and co-ordinate general functional workspace within the Business Centre office.
• Manage internal communication as needed.
• Provide HR administrative support to senior management as needed and
• Any support activities as need to support business.

Build and manage a team

• As transactions increase, build and manage a team of HR/Talent Acquisition professionals.

Qualifications:

• Proven track-record of 8-12 years in Talent Search / Acquisition or Executive Search or headhunting using strategies to attract passive candidates is required.
• Executive search and headhunting experience for various functional roles is required.
• Stability with successful track records during previous employments is a pre-requisite.
• Successful track record in building 'employer branding' to support talent search/acquisition shall be required.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Career-oriented and self-driven with ambitions to grow to a leadership role.

Key behaviour traits required for our culture:

• Detail-Oriented: Ensures accuracy in documentation and reporting.
• Process-Driven: Follows and improves established processes to achieve optimal results.
• Proactive: Takes initiative to resolve issues and improve efficiency.
• Collaborative: Works well with others to achieve shared goals.
• Results-Oriented: Focuses on outcomes, particularly the timely hiring and on-boarding of new employees.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• Hire talents within the timeframe (most critical KPI)
• Employee delight; and
• Timely & prudently completion of agreed activities.
• Depending on the aspirations and performance, this role could quickly evolve into leading a team of Talent Acquisition professionals for internal TA and external clients' hiring; and/or then to HR Director role.

Confidentiality is assured, and only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interviews.