Talent Scientist - Graduate Lead

Canonical

Remote

Full Time

Posted April 1, 2026

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Job Description

This role focuses on advancing graduate hiring strategies within a remote-first tech company by building university partnerships, leveraging talent analytics, conducting behavioral interviews, and applying scientific approaches to talent selection to ensure the recruitment of top junior talent globally.

Key Responsibilities

Build effective partnerships with academic institutions to promote graduate opportunities
Create compelling propositions to attract top talent
Drive talent analytics to provide real-time insights and improve hiring processes
Conduct in-depth behavioral interviews to assess motivations and behaviors
Build relationships with global stakeholders to ensure alignment with hiring goals
Monitor and streamline 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
Analyze data and build dashboards to monitor talent acquisition outcomes
Advise on and interpret psychometric assessments and behavioral evaluations

Requirements

An exceptional academic background from both high school and university, with a Bachelors or Masters degree in a Psychology or People based subject.
Experience of hiring talent in the technology industry, with an informed viewpoint on graduate hiring.
A highly data-driven mindset with the ability to create measurable outcomes, using SQL.
Passionate about how an organisation selects talent using scientific approaches with a viewpoint on how to predict and measure hiring outcomes.
Exposure to psychometric assessments, including interpretation (preferable).
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.
Experience with tools such as Greenhouse, LinkedIn, Superset, Thomas International DISC assessments (advantageous).
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 is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates

Performance-driven annual bonus

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Recognition rewards

Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints

Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Priority Pass, including lounge access, for company travel