Talent Acquisition Specialist

Knowmax; Amritsar; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowmax is seeking a Talent Specialist to own hiring from first conversation to joining day. You will work directly with founders and function heads, and you will influence who joins the team.

You will partner with managers, write compelling posts, source proactively, screen candidates, and coordinate interviews. You will manage offers and build a strong candidate experience from Amritsar.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of recruitment experience in SaaS or IT services.
• Experience hiring for both technical and business roles.
• Strong sourcing with LinkedIn Recruiter or LinkedIn Jobs.
• Ability to advise hiring managers honestly.
• Comfort with offer negotiation and notice risk.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Experience handling multiple openings from Amritsar office.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to define the ideal profile and timeline.
• Write and manage job posts across LinkedIn and other channels.
• Source proactively, including passive talent, via LinkedIn, referrals, and direct outreach.
• Screen candidates and present a tight shortlist.
• Coordinate interviews and assessments; keep candidates and managers informed.
• Handle offers, negotiation, and closing; stay connected until joining.
• Deliver a positive candidate experience.
• Maintain our ATS and report on pipeline metrics.
• Improve hiring processes and employer branding.

Skills

Recruitment experience

SaaS/IT services knowledge

LinkedIn Recruiter

Screening and shortlisting

Offer negotiation

English communication

ATS experience

Multi-role management

Tools

ATS platforms

Job description

Knowmax is an AI-powered knowledge management platform that helps enterprise contact centers resolve customer queries faster and more accurately. We work with leading telecom, BFSI, healthcare and BPO brands across North America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and APAC. Knowmax is part of the KocharTech group, a 25-year-old technology group built on engineering depth and long customer relationships.

THE ROLE

We are growing across engineering, sales, customer success and marketing, and we need a Talent Specialist to own hiring from first conversation to joining day. You will work directly with founders and function heads, and you will have real say in who joins Knowmax. If you treat recruiting as a craft and care about closing the right person, this role is for you.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Partner with hiring managers to define the ideal profile, hiring plan and timeline for each role
• Write clear, honest job posts and manage them across LinkedIn and other channels
• Source proactively, including passive talent, through LinkedIn, referrals, communities and direct outreach
• Screen candidates and present a tight, well-reasoned shortlist
• Coordinate interviews and assessments and keep candidates and managers informed throughout
• Handle offers, negotiation and closing, and stay close to candidates until they join
• Deliver a candidate experience that leaves every applicant with a good impression of Knowmax
• Maintain our ATS and report on pipeline, time to hire, source quality and offer acceptance
• Help improve our hiring process, employer brand and referral programs

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 2 to 5 years of recruitment experience, ideally in SaaS, IT services or a technology company
• A track record of hiring across technical roles (software, DevOps, QA) and business roles (sales, customer success, marketing)
• Strong sourcing skills and hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter or LinkedIn Jobs
• Sharp screening instincts and the confidence to give hiring managers honest advice
• Comfort negotiating offers and managing notice period risk
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Organized, data-aware, and comfortable working in an ATS
• Ability to handle several open roles at once from our Amritsar office

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience hiring for international or remote teams
• Experience building hiring processes in a startup or scale up
• Exposure to employer branding, referral programs or campus hiring

WHY JOIN US

• Direct access to founders and leadership
• Ownership of a function that directly drives our growth
• A chance to shape how a fast growing global product company hires
• The opportunity to work alongside people serving some of the world's largest brands