Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

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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