Talent Acquisition Partner

Talent Acquisition Partner

AI and DeepTech Hiring

We are looking for a driven Talent Acquisition professional with 3 to 5 years of experience in technical recruitment, preferably within the AI, DeepTech, product, or startup ecosystem.

The ideal candidate should be skilled in direct headhunting, competitor talent mapping, and engaging high-performing professionals who may not be actively looking for a change. This role requires strong ownership, speed, persistence, and the ability to close niche technical positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for specialised AI and DeepTech roles
• Hire talent across Speech AI, ASR, TTS, NLP, Generative AI, Conversational AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Data Science, MLOps, AI Research, and Data Engineering
• Identify and headhunt high-performing professionals from leading AI companies, product organisations, startups, and research teams
• Build detailed talent maps for target companies, skills, locations, and competitor teams
• Create personalised outreach strategies to engage passive candidates
• Partner closely with founders, hiring managers, and technical leadership to understand complex requirements
• Evaluate candidates on technical relevance, motivation, compensation expectations, notice period, and joining probability
• Build strong pipelines of immediate joiners and candidates serving short notice periods
• Maintain consistent candidate engagement throughout the interview, offer, and joining process
• Track competitor hiring, talent movement, compensation benchmarks, and availability of niche skills
• Deliver a strong candidate experience while managing multiple positions within aggressive timelines

Required Experience and Skills

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Technical Recruitment, or Executive Search
• Proven experience hiring for AI, Machine Learning, Speech, NLP, Data, or other DeepTech roles
• Demonstrated ability to headhunt and successfully close passive candidates
• Strong understanding of technical skills, AI talent ecosystems, and niche hiring markets
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup, product company, research organisation, or specialised recruitment firm
• Strong sourcing experience across LinkedIn, GitHub, research publications, technical communities, conferences, and professional networks
• Excellent communication, negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to independently manage multiple specialised hiring mandates
• Strong focus on closures, candidate conversion, and offer-to-joining ratios

Ideal Candidate

You are resourceful, persistent, and comfortable reaching out to exceptional professionals who are not actively looking for opportunities. You understand that strong recruitment is not limited to sourcing applications. It requires identifying the right talent, building credibility, understanding motivation, and creating a compelling reason for candidates to move.

Joining Requirement

We are only considering candidates who can join immediately or within 15 days.