Talent Acquisition Specialist at Gunpowder Innovations · Remote only · 2 - 8 years · ₹3L - ₹8L / yr · Raised funding · Remote only · Posted 30 Sep 2026

About the Role
We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist with strong experience in UK hiring, particularly across Technology and Marketing roles.
You will be responsible for managing the recruitment process end-to-end, working closely with hiring managers to understand requirements, source relevant candidates, conduct initial screening, and drive positions through to closure.
Hiring Market: UK
What You’ll Do
- Manage end-to-end recruitment for UK-based positions
- Handle hiring across Technology and Marketing functions
- Source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, databases, and other channels
- Screen candidates for skills, experience, communication, salary expectations, notice period, and overall fit
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of UK talent
- Work closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements and refine candidate profiles
- Coordinate interviews and manage candidate communication throughout the hiring process
- Negotiate and close candidates where required
- Maintain accurate recruitment data and candidate records in the ATS
- Track hiring progress, pipeline, conversion, and closure metrics
- Ensure a smooth and professional candidate experience
- Stay updated on UK talent availability, recruitment trends, salary benchmarks, and hiring practices
Hiring Exposure
The ideal candidate should have experience recruiting for roles such as:
Technology:
Software Developers, Full Stack Developers, Backend/Frontend Developers, QA, DevOps, Cloud, Data, AI/ML, Product, UI/UX and other technology roles.
Marketing:
Digital Marketing, Performance Marketing, SEO, Content, Social Media, Growth, Brand, Product Marketing and related roles.
What We’re Looking For
- 2–5 years of hands-on recruitment / talent acquisition experience
- Strong experience hiring for the UK market
- Proven experience recruiting for Tech and Marketing roles
- Strong sourcing and candidate-screening skills
- Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing platforms
- Good understanding of UK recruitment practices and candidate expectations
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to manage multiple positions independently
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment
- Strong ownership of hiring targets and timelines
Good to Have
- Experience working with UK startups, SaaS or technology companies
- Existing UK candidate network
- Experience with ATS and recruitment analytics
- Experience handling both permanent and contract hiring
- Familiarity with UK salary benchmarks and employment market

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Handle end-to-end recruitment for IT and Non-IT profiles. Understand hiring requirements and prepare job descriptions accordingly. Source candidates through multiple recruitment portals such as Indeed, Naukri, LinkedIn, Cutshort, Internshala, Job Hai, and other platforms. Screen resumes, shortlist candidates, and conduct initial HR interviews. Schedule and coordinate interviews with hiring managers. Manage candidate communication and follow-ups throughout the hiring process. Maintain recruitment trackers and ensure timely closures of open positions. Build a strong talent pipeline for current and future hiring needs.
HR Operations (30%)
Update and maintain employee data and records in the CRM/HRMS portal. Prepare and issue offer letters, appointment letters, and other HR documentation. Conduct employee verification and onboarding formalities. Support employee engagement activities and initiatives. Maintain attendance, documentation, and HR trackers. Assist in employee coordination and day-to-day HR administrative tasks.
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We’re hiring: Talent Acquisition Specialist
Can you spot a strong creative portfolio and explain what makes it good? We’d like to meet you.
At AM:PM, we’re building a creator-first news app for Gen Z and Millennials. Short, fact-checked videos that help people understand a story and flip to a credible counter-view.
Behind that is a team of writers, video editors, designers and content producers. We need someone who knows where to find them, understands their work and can take a good candidate from the first conversation to joining day.
What you’ll own
- Find talent through LinkedIn, Instagram, Behance, colleges, referrals and creative communities.
- Review portfolios and showreels. Tell us who stands out and why.
- Work with hiring managers to understand each role and build focused shortlists.
- Handle screening calls, interviews, offers and follow-ups.
- Keep the hiring tracker current and candidates informed.
What we’re looking for
- 2–5 years of recruitment experience, preferably at a media company, creative agency or content-led startup.
- A track record of hiring writers, editors, designers or other creative talent.
- An eye for content and design. You can recognise a strong hook, good storytelling and thoughtful visual execution.
- Clear communication, consistent follow-through and the ability to close hires.
Your focus will be recruitment, end to end. You’ll work closely with the team and take ownership of getting the right people on board.
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Job Location : 2nd Floor, A-128, A Block, Sector 63, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201309,Neareat Sec 62 Metro Station
Working Days - Monday to Friday (10 am to 7 pm)
Work Experience : 2-4 years
Salary : Fixed plus incentives
Qualification: MBA (HR)
Good communication skills
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- Experience in sourcing candidates for various roles (e.g., SEO Manager, SEO Project Manager, IT PM, Content Writer, ).
- Well aware with Naukri,Linkedin and other job portals.
- Coordination with the candidate till the date of joining.
- Proven ability to manage multiple recruiting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Screen resumes, conduct initial phone interviews, and coordinate in-person or virtual interviews with hiring teams.
- Manage the full recruitment cycle, from job posting creation to candidate sourcing, interviews, offer negotiation
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Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end hiring for all functions
- Build and mentor the recruiting team
- Improve time-to-hire, quality-of-hire and offer acceptance
- Evaluate and bring in recruitment tools and partners
Requirements
- 8+ years of recruitment experience, including team leadership
- Strong stakeholder and hiring-manager relationships
- Experience with ATS platforms and sourcing tools
We are hiring a Talent Acquisition Manager to run end-to-end hiring for our teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage the full recruitment cycle for multiple roles
- Shortlist vendors, run tool demos and recommend purchases
- Track and report hiring metrics
- Manage job portals, agencies and referral programmes
Requirements
- 4+ years of recruitment experience
- Strong hiring-manager partnership skills
- Experience with ATS platforms and job portals
Job Title: Technical Recruiter
Location: Lower Parel, Mumbai & Vashi, Navi Mumbai (On-site; location will be floating)
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience: 2–5 years in tech recruitment / staffing
Department: Human Resources / Talent Acquisition
CTC : 3-4LPA
About the Role
The Technical Recruiter will be responsible for end-to-end hiring delivery of technology and support roles for:
- Arcot Group companies – Arcitech.ai, AllTalent.com, Haire.ai, ProSchool.ai and other internal projects, and
- External client mandates that require tech talent and support staff.
This is a hands-on, target-driven role focused on active, outbound sourcing – not just processing incoming applications.
Role Overview
You will:
- Own the recruitment lifecycle for assigned roles – from intake to joining.
- Focus mainly on tech positions while also handling non-tech/support hiring depending on business needs.
- Spend a significant portion of your time on proactive sourcing via LinkedIn, job portals, and communities, rather than only relying on direct applicants.
- Work closely with the Recruitment Manager and hiring managers to close positions within agreed timelines and quality standards.
Key Responsibilities1. Requirement Understanding & Role Briefing
- Attend detailed intake meetings with the Recruitment Manager / hiring managers to understand:
- Tech stack, tools, and frameworks required
- Must-have vs good-to-have skills
- Experience range, budget, and location preferences
- Role context, reporting, and career growth
- Ask clarifying questions where needed and ensure screening criteria and search strategy are clearly defined before sourcing.
2. Sourcing & Talent Pipeline Building
- Take full ownership of active sourcing, not just processing applicants from posted jobs.
- Use LinkedIn, Indeed, Naukri, and other job portals extensively to identify and reach out to relevant candidates.
- Build and continuously refine Boolean search strings and advanced search filters to narrow down to the right profiles quickly.
- Proactively send connection requests, InMails, emails, and job portal messages to targeted candidates with tailored outreach, followed by systematic follow-ups.
- Tap into multiple channels beyond job boards:
- Employee and external referrals
- GitHub / Stack Overflow and other tech communities
- WhatsApp/Telegram groups, alumni networks, meetups, and online forums
- Build and maintain role-wise talent pools for recurring roles such as:
- Developers (frontend, backend, full-stack, mobile)
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- Data / AI / ML engineers
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- Support roles (operations, customer success, sales, marketing, etc.)
- Ensure all sourcing activity and candidate touchpoints are logged accurately in the ATS / trackers.
3. Screening & Assessment
- Conduct initial telephonic / video screening to evaluate:
- Technical skills and relevant stack exposure
- Complexity and relevance of previous projects
- Communication skills and cultural fit
- Alignment with compensation, notice period, location, and work setup expectations
- Coordinate technical assessments / coding tests / assignments as required and follow up for completion.
- Quickly calibrate profiles with the Recruitment Manager / hiring managers by sharing a first batch of sourced candidates and aligning on what “good” looks like.
- Present shortlisted candidates with structured notes (skills summary, notice period, CTC, reasons for fit, potential risks).
4. Interview Coordination & Process Management
- Schedule interviews with internal stakeholders and/or clients, sharing clear information with candidates (role, panel, format).
- Ensure interviewers have updated resumes, your screening notes, and any test results in advance.
- Keep candidates informed about timelines, feedback expectations, and next steps.
- Collect and record structured feedback from interviewers; update ATS/trackers promptly.
- Escalate bottlenecks or delays to the Recruitment Manager and propose solutions (parallel pipelines, wider search, adjusted criteria, etc.).
5. Offer Management & Joining
- Support the Recruitment Manager / HR in preparing offer details / CTC structures.
- Clearly explain offer components to candidates and handle queries around salary structure, benefits, and role expectations.
- Manage offer negotiation within guidelines and keep candidates engaged until joining (check-ins, documentation support, pre-joining engagement).
- Coordinate with HR operations / onboarding for smooth joining – documentation, systems access, induction schedules.
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- Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records in the ATS / trackers – including stages, notes, and communication history.
- Track and report your sourcing funnel metrics, including:
Profiles identified → contacted → responded → screened → shortlisted → interviewed → offered → joined.
- Clearly mark candidates as sourced vs applied to help measure outbound impact.
- Share weekly updates with the Recruitment Manager on open roles, pipeline health, risks, and suggested corrective actions.
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- Share market feedback on challenging roles, skill shortages, or unrealistic expectations with the Recruitment Manager for calibration.
- Suggest improvements in JDs, search strategy, interview process, assessments, and candidate engagement based on your daily experience.
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- Graduate (any discipline); specialization in HR / IT / related fields is an advantage.
- 2–5 years of experience in technical recruitment / IT staffing, preferably in a tech/startup or staffing / consulting environment.
- Strong comfort with hiring for tech roles (developers, data, QA, DevOps, product, etc.) and willingness to handle non-tech/support roles as needed.
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- LinkedIn (including advanced search techniques)
- Major job portals such as Indeed, Naukri, and others
- Boolean search and keyword strategies
- Good understanding of common tech skills and terminology (e.g Python, React, Node, microservices, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL/NoSQL, etc.).
- Structured, process-oriented working style with strong documentation and follow-through.
- Strong communication and candidate engagement skills; ability to build rapport quickly.
- Comfortable working with targets, SLAs, and multiple simultaneous open roles.
- High ownership, persistence, and ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
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Requirements
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