Purpose of the Job
The Specialized Digital & Technology (D&T) Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for leading end-to-end recruitment for digital and technology roles from India, supporting hiring requirements across India and regional or global markets. The role acts as a specialist talent advisor to D&T leaders, delivering high-quality talent for critical technology capabilities while ensuring speed, market competitiveness, candidate experience, and alignment with the global Talent Acquisition operating model.
Job Description
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1. Specialized D&T Recruitment Delivery
- Lead the full recruitment lifecycle for Digital & Technology roles across India and assigned regional or global markets.
- Recruit across technology disciplines including software engineering, architecture, cloud, data and analytics, AI, cybersecurity, product, enterprise applications, SAP, infrastructure, and digital transformation.
- Deliver priority, senior, niche, and hard-to-fill D&T positions with a strong focus on quality, speed, and candidate experience.
- Adapt sourcing and assessment approaches to different markets, time zones, talent availability, and local hiring requirements.
2. Strategic Stakeholder Partnership
- Act as the specialist TA partner for D&T leaders, HR Business Partners, and hiring managers in India and across supported regional or global functions.
- Translate technical and business requirements into clear role profiles, sourcing strategies, and structured selection criteria.
- Provide evidence-based advice on talent availability, location strategy, compensation positioning, competitor activity, and hiring risks.
- Support workforce planning and proactively anticipate future D&T capability needs.
3. Technology Talent Sourcing & Market Mapping
- Build targeted talent pipelines and succession-ready pools for critical and recurring D&T capabilities.
- Conduct talent mapping across India and relevant global technology hubs, identifying passive talent from logistics, e-commerce, consulting, technology, and other digitally mature organizations.
- Use LinkedIn Recruiter, specialist technology communities, referrals, job boards, market intelligence, and AI-powered sourcing tools.
- Develop diverse pipelines and support inclusive, bias-aware hiring practices.
4. Technical Assessment & Selection
- Partner with hiring teams to define screening criteria and appropriate technical assessment methods.
- Conduct structured competency-based interviews and assess candidates for technical relevance, leadership capability, motivation, mobility, compensation, and cultural contribution.
- Coordinate technical interviews, assessments, case studies, and panel evaluations across multiple countries and time zones.
- Ensure selection decisions are documented, consistent, and based on role-relevant evidence.
5. Process Compliance, Data & Quality
- Ensure full compliance with global TA processes, local employment requirements, approvals, assessments, reference checks, and system documentation.
- Maintain accurate and timely recruitment data in SuccessFactors and other approved TA systems.
- Monitor time to fill, pipeline health, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, probation outcomes, and hiring manager satisfaction.
- Use TA dashboards and market data to identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
6. Candidate Experience & Offer Management
- Provide a professional and responsive candidate experience throughout the hiring process, including candidates based outside India.
- Manage offer alignment and support compensation discussions in partnership with HR and Compensation & Benefits teams.
- Identify and manage risks related to counteroffers, notice periods, relocation, work authorization, and cross-border hiring.
7. Capability Building & Collaboration
- Coach D&T hiring managers on structured interviewing, Hire-to-Value methodology, selection quality, and bias-free hiring.
- Partner with the Global TA Center of Excellence and regional TA colleagues to share market intelligence, pipelines, and best practices.
Job Requirements - Experience and Education
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- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Technology, or a related field.
- 5-8 years of talent acquisition experience, including strong specialist experience recruiting Digital & Technology roles.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting technology talent in India, with exposure to regional or global hiring across multiple countries and time zones.
- Proven delivery across several D&T domains such as software engineering, cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, product, SAP, enterprise applications, infrastructure, or digital transformation.
- Experience managing specialist, managerial, and senior technology searches in multinational, technology, consulting, logistics, e-commerce, or digitally enabled organizations.
- Strong understanding of the Indian technology talent market, sourcing channels, compensation dynamics, notice periods, and candidate engagement practices.
- Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, market-mapping techniques, assessment tools, and AI-enabled sourcing solutions.
- Strong business English and the ability to influence stakeholders and engage candidates across cultures and geographies.