Associate Director

WE ARE TALENT 500:

We help companies hire, build and manage global teams. We are trusted by the world’s leading companies - from Fortune 500s and larger enterprises (Walmart, Target, Nike, Pepsi, etc) to industry leaders (Airbnb, Twitter, Uber) and some of the world’s fastest-growing start-ups from the portfolios of investors such as Accel, Sequoia and Techstars. Our suite of proprietary AI-enabled tools and products provides businesses with an end-to-end platform to build their global teams.

This includes:

• Access to a “Global Talent Network” of 300,000+ professionals globally
• Data-sciences based screening engine which predicts the “right-fit” candidate with ~80% accuracy helping companies hire 2.5x faster
• Tools to manage contracting, payroll, and benefits without the hassle of setting up legal entities or infrastructure
• We are backed by Accel Partners & ANSR, a global leader and enterprise transformation platform. For the last 15 years, the world’s leading organizations have trusted ANSR to transform their businesses by building technology and innovation hubs in talent-rich locations. ANSR is today one of the largest drivers of FDI into India with over $1.5B of capital investments.

ABOUT THE ROLE – Associate Director - Market Research:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop a robust, multi-channel, search strategy that will attract world-class Managerial & technical contributors Partner and collaborate with executive recruiters, to build intellectual capital and keep up-to-date with key market trends and competitive intelligence.
• Acting as a career adviser to candidates as well as educating Hiring Managers about the talent demographic Demonstrated ability to engage with senior-level executives in a polished and professional manner to articulate talent and market findings with a high level of business acumen.
• Prepare/contribute to talent reports and lead/participate in client update meetings.
• Providing strategic guidance to executive leadership in matters related to top technical talent
• Deliver high-impact search recruitment research and talent mappings in key tech areas in a fast-paced and highly dynamic environment.
• Continually contributing to the knowledge base by monitoring trends, as a whole, by providing education on relevant industries and talent pools/profiles.
• Build, cultivate, and nurture talent pools by organizing events, campaigns, and various other meaningful touchpoints.
• Focus on building now and ready-later talent pools for frequently hired roles
• Conduct market mapping to identify where top talent resides.

Qualification Criteria:

• 14+ years of progressive corporate and/or search firm recruiting experience with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high tech market.
• Supporting client update meetings on active searches with market-relevant content
• Develop a target list of companies and prospects, in conjunction with the recruiter and hiring manager and possess a strong passion for using data and intelligence in a consultative manner to impact business decisions.
• Will be responsible for the engagement of individuals in targeted companies, market mapping, LinkedIn Recruiter usage, Conducting internet research, Complex Boolean search, X-ray search, Social media search, and utilizing industry directories and other channels and sources; Will have research acumen and creativity;
• An individual who can learn new tech and product domains quickly and understand how to craft effective search strategies within those domains.
• Superb communication skills, a compelling communicator able to engage the attention of busy, senior executives Inquisitive; a strong desire to learn and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.