HR Executive

About the job

Are you passionate about finding the best talent in the Software Development industry? Do you thrive on the exhilaration of attracting top talent currently working at other companies? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

What you'll do:

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in our organization by managing the entire recruitment process, from crafting sourcing strategies to interviewing and hiring exceptional talent. You will collaborate closely with hiring managers and executive leadership, ensuring a robust talent pipeline to meet our strategic growth objectives. Your natural aptitude for building strong, trusting partnerships and your ability to prioritize and problem-solve with limited information will be key to your success.

Some of your tangible deliverables will include:

• Cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with passive candidates and industry leaders, establishing our organization as an employer of choice.
• Developing and executing a comprehensive recruitment strategy to attract top-notch tech talent.
• Utilizing data and analytics to measure the effectiveness of recruitment strategies and continually improving our processes.

Who you are:

• Passionate problem solver: You possess the ability to define, scope, and solve ambiguous problems, delivering clear, actionable insights.
• Self-starter: You thrive when presented with challenges, proactively identifying problems based on data and presenting innovative solutions.
• Effective communicator: You have the talent to translate complex analysis into compelling narratives, and you communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Master of multitasking: You excel at setting priorities while remaining flexible in an ever-changing environment.

Skills required:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in talent acquisition, with a proven track record of sourcing and hiring top talent in the tech industry.
• Proficiency in applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other HR technologies.
• Experience in utilizing creative sourcing methods and cold calling to identify and attract exceptional talent currently employed at other companies.
• Previous experience in working with mature startups or high-volume tech service companies is highly desirable.

Why join us:

At our company, we value the motivation and dedication of our employees. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our talent acquisition strategies and directly impact our strategic growth objectives. We foster a collaborative and inclusive culture that encourages learning from industry leaders and provides opportunities for personal and professional growth. Additionally, we offer competitive compensation packages and attractive benefits.

If you are driven by the thrill of finding extraordinary talent and are excited about contributing to our organization's success, we invite you to apply and join our dynamic team.

• Designing and implementing the overall recruiting strategy.
• Interacting with stakeholders and clients for understanding requirements, drafting JDs, interviews and negotiating results (where necessary).
• Sourcing and attracting candidates by using databases, social media etc.
• Conducting interviews and filtering candidates for open positions.
• Negotiating salaries and joining dates.
• Onboarding.

Purpose of the Job:

Will be the face of the organization in terms of attracting talent, the incumbent will be handling entire recruitment life cycle – sourcing, screening, interviewing, selecting, salary negotiation an on boarding. The goal is to understand the ongoing hiring mandates and strategically hire to ensure the business continuity. Flexible and versatile to diversified hiring.

Key Deliverables:

• Would be responsible to lead entire TnA cycle
• To identify prospective candidates using a variety of channels.
• Assessing candidate and their suitability in terms of the experience, technical knowledge and the organizations culture.
• Research and develop a sustainable strategy pertaining to diversity hiring.
• Research into competitors and market place
• Define job description and document specifications for business and corporate positions.
• Adhere to the company’s recruitment metrics, such as time-to-hire and cost-per-hire.
• Identify areas where there can be improvement and pitch in strategies that will help in making the recruitment process much more efficient.
• Follow-up references and check credits.
• Manage Recruitment Partners and maintain a healthy source mix.
• Will be responsible in monitoring hiring for centers PAN India

Skills / Competency required:

• 7+ years of experience in talent acquisition with excellent understanding of recruitment processes
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal in English, Tamil and Hindi
• Well versed with latest sourcing tools and good knowledge of candidate selection methods
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.  
• Good interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Strong planning and execution skills
• Negotiation skills
• Strong in Head Hunting and Industry mapping.

Pepper (http://www.pepper.org.in/">www.peppercontent.in) is building India’s largest content marketplace that brings companies and content creators together to scale up content creation processes across 10 content verticals and 150+ content categories, 40+ content verticals, and 40+ global languages. Over the past 3 years, we’ve worked with brands like Adobe, upGrad, Swiggy, Dunzo, BusinessWorld, Digit,  Shiksha.com, Rapido, BookMyShow, UrbanClap, Yatra, Bewakoof, YourStory, Bharat Matrimony, and 300+ other brands. We have over 30,000+ writers and graphic designers who have applied to Pepper so far, who form part of the ‘Pepper Cloud’.

We are on the path to building a global on-demand content marketplace platform that allows for collaboration, discovery, and upskilling for all our creators. Now we are in a rapid expansion phase to enter into more content service offerings, engage a wide spectrum of content creators and at the same time, scale up our existing services. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversight of recruitment delivery and operations. Partner closely with the business teams to ensure
• Sourcing and hiring strategies are aligned with People’s strategies.
• Use industry knowledge and experience to identify and attract the best talent in technical or business
• baseline.
• Determining current hiring needs and producing forecasts
• Develop a sustainable talent acquisition and hiring plans and strategies
• Create, organize, and implement new and enhanced recruiting and selection processes/tools to drive efficiency and improve the quality of hires
• Develop and oversee innovative sourcing strategies to attract talent from non-traditional and/or diverse talent pools
• Actively leverage a network/user group base to promote the brand and tap into potential talent.
• Plan procedures for improving the candidate experience
• Suggest measures for improving employee retention

The ideal candidate must -

• At least 4+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition or similar TA role - Experience in Tech hiring is a big plus.
• Experience in hiring for Start-ups is a must.
• In-depth knowledge of full-cycle recruiting and sourcing.
• Experience with HRIS, ATS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing tools
• Have excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills.
•  Have a willingness to be flexible: Works beyond what is described in the job description.