Recruiting Coordination Specialist

We are looking for a highly organized and candidate-focused Recruiting Coordination Specialist to join our Global Talent Acquisition team in Chennai for a 6+ month contract. In this role, you will be a critical enabler of our hiring process—owning the scheduling, logistics, and operational backbone that delivers a world-class candidate and hiring manager experience.

You'll work closely with recruiters, hiring teams, and interviewers across time zones to coordinate interviews, track data, support tools, and champion a seamless process from first touch to offer. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and is passionate about delivering excellence through precision and communication. This is a hybrid role based in our Chennai office, with an expected in-office presence of 4 days per week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Schedule and manage complex interviews across functions, levels, and geographies (virtual and on-site).
• Ensure clear and timely communication with candidates and interviewers.
• Handle reschedules, last-minute changes, and interviewer conflicts with agility.
• Act as a point of contact for candidates, ensuring a professional and engaging experience throughout the interview lifecycle.
• Prepare candidates with relevant materials, agendas, and logistics.
• Maintain candidate records and feedback in our ATS (e.g., Ashby).
• Own data hygiene in ATS and support reporting and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with the global TA Ops team on process improvements and documentation.
• Support employer branding and recruitment events as needed.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to drive accountability around interviewer readiness, feedback completion, and process adherence.
• Support onboarding handoffs with HR and IT for smooth candidate transitions.

Required Qualifications:

• 2–4 years of experience in recruiting coordination, talent acquisition support, or HR operations.
• Proven experience managing high-volume interview scheduling, ideally across multiple time zones.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with ATS platforms (Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, etc.).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Experience supporting tech or product organizations.
• Familiarity with employer branding and candidate experience metrics.
• Exposure to structured interview processes and global TA teams.

Company Statement/Values:

At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.

We're a performance-driven, talented and connected team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You'll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.

We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.

NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.