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Talent Scientist

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description

The role involves applying scientific and analytical methods to optimize talent selection processes, conducting behavioral interviews, analyzing hiring data, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure fair, efficient, and effective hiring practices in a remote, global environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive talent analytics to provide real-time insights and support efficient hiring processes
  • Conduct in-depth behavioral talent interviews to assess motivations and behaviors
  • Build and maintain relationships with global stakeholders to ensure alignment with hiring goals
  • Analyze data to identify trends and patterns that inform talent decisions
  • Review and optimize hiring processes and tools for continuous improvement
  • Collaborate with external platforms and third parties to maximize recruitment effectiveness
  • Promote diversity and inclusion by removing unconscious bias from hiring practices
  • Advise and train stakeholders on behavioral interviewing techniques and psychometric assessments

Requirements

  • An exceptional academic background including a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a Psychology based subject.
  • Experience of hiring talent in the technology or consulting industry.
  • A highly data driven mindset with the ability to create measurable outcomes.
  • Passionate about how an organisation selects talent using scientific approaches with viewpoint on how to predict and measure hiring outcomes.
  • Strong behavioural interviewing techniques competency based and psychometric assessments.
  • Excellent analytical problem solving ability to identify trends and patterns using SQL, Python, and/or advanced statistical analysis.
  • Exposure to psychometric assessments, including interpretation.
  • Experience of conducting behavioural, competency based interviews with the ability to train stakeholders and advise on how to get the best out of an interview.
  • A high level of personal organisation and self drive to work remotely and be effective.
  • Willingness to travel to company events 2-4 times a year, for up to two weeks each.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation worldwide, revisited annually and more often for high performers
Performance-driven annual bonus
Additional benefits reflecting company values and local needs
Distributed work environment with in-person team sprints twice a year
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events

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