About Sciente

Sciente Group is a multi-award-winning, ISO 27001 & ISO 9001 certified, Great Place To Work recognised technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore, with offices across the USA, Malaysia, Philippines, and India. Since 2007, we have been helping leading BFSI clients navigate AI-driven Governance Risk & Compliance, Data Intelligence, and Business Technology — partnering with Anthropic, Dataiku, Denodo, AWS, Databricks, and Snowflake.

We are built to matter, not just to grow.

The Role

We are looking for a hunter by instinct and a talent detective by craft. Someone who does not wait for candidates to apply, but instead goes out and finds the people who are not looking.

This is a senior individual contributor role with a clear runway into team leadership.

You will own end-to-end talent acquisition for India and APAC, with a sharp focus on sourcing and engaging passive candidates for niche tech and non-tech roles.

If the thrill of cracking a hard-to-fill search, winning the trust of a skeptical candidate, and closing an offer that everyone said couldn't be done - is what gets you up in the morning, this role is built for you.

What You Will Do

1. Sourcing & Executive Search (Your Primary Mandate)

Own the full search lifecycle for niche, senior, and specialist roles across India and APAC
Design and execute targeted headhunting strategies to reach passive, high-value talent
Build and continuously cultivate a proprietary talent pipeline - not a reactive database
Conduct structured assessments to evaluate skills, experience, cultural alignment, and growth potential
Negotiate and close offers with confidence and candidate empathy

2. Employer Brand & Candidate Experience

Position Sciente as an employer of choice within the BFSI technology and AI/data talent community
Deliver a consistently excellent candidate experience — from first outreach to Day 1 onboarding
Represent Sciente's values authentically in every candidate interaction

3. Onboarding & HR Operations

Manage offer documentation, employment contracts, and pre-joining engagement
Coordinate smooth onboarding — orientation, paperwork, system access, and policy briefings
Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records

4. Employee Engagement & Productivity

Serve as a trusted point of contact for employee HR queries and welfare matters
Drive engagement initiatives that reinforce team morale and a high-performance culture
Use hiring outcome data to sharpen and improve future sourcing and assessment approaches

5. Team Building (As You Scale)

As hiring volumes grow, recruit, mentor, and lead a team of TA professionals
Build systems, processes, and a sourcing culture that can scale with the business

What We Are Looking For

Non-negotiable:

8–12 years of hands-on experience in talent acquisition, executive search, or headhunting
Demonstrated mastery of passive candidate sourcing - Boolean search, talent mapping, LinkedIn Recruiter, referral networks, and beyond
A proven track record of closing hard-to-fill, niche, or senior roles - with specifics you can speak to
Stability and sustained achievement across your career - we value depth over breadth of moves

Strongly preferred:

Background in technology, consulting, or BFSI talent acquisition
Experience building or contributing to employer branding initiatives
Prior exposure to growing or mentoring a small TA team

Who you are:

You are energised by the search itself - mapping markets, crafting outreach, earning a passive candidate's attention
Detail-oriented without losing sight of pace and outcome
Collaborative and consultative with hiring managers, yet self-sufficient in execution
Ambitious — you want to grow into a leadership role and have a plan to get there

Key Performance Indicators

Speed-to-hire for open roles (primary KPI)
Candidate and hiring manager satisfaction scores
Offer acceptance rate and pipeline conversion metrics
Quality and retention of hired talent

Career Path

This role has a defined growth trajectory:

TA Lead → Head of Talent Acquisition (Internal + Client) → HR Director

Performance and ambition are the only variables.

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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist