Why Pythian:

At Pythian, we are experts in strategic database and analytics services, driving digital transformation and operational excellence. Pythian, a multinational company, was founded in 1997 and started by ensuring the reliability and performance of mission-critical databases. We quickly earned a reputation for solving tough data challenges. We were there when the industry moved from on-premises to cloud environments, and as enterprises sought more from their data, we expanded our competencies to include advanced analytics.

Today, we empower organizations to embrace transformation and leverage advanced technologies, including AI, to stay competitive. We deliver innovative solutions that meet each client’s data goals and have built strong partnerships with Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Snowflake. The powerful combination of our extensive expertise in data and cloud and our ability to keep on top of the latest bleeding edge technologies make us the perfect partner to help mid and large-sized businesses transform to stay ahead in today’s rapidly changing digital economy.

Why you:

The Talent Acquisition Specialist serves as a strategic recruitment partner to drive talent delivery across designated global divisions, with a primary focus on scaling technical teams. In today’s competitive talent landscape, this role leverages modern sourcing technologies, market intelligence, and proactive network building to engage top-tier active and passive candidates worldwide. You will act as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, managing current hiring needs and long-term team growth through proactive pipeline building.

If this is you, and you wonder what it would be like to work at Pythian, reach out to us and find out!  

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This position will require flexibility with working hours as the position will recruit in India as well as globally. Hours of work could require the successful applicant to commonly work 1:30pm to 10:00pm IST.

This role is a hybrid position and the successful applicant will have to work both from Pythian's Hyderabad office as well as from their home.

What you will be doing:

• Develop and execute global sourcing and recruitment strategies, with a strong emphasis on expanding Pythian’s technical teams.
• Proactively identify and engage high-caliber passive talent across international markets utilizing networks, industry communities, and targeted outreach.
• Implement and execute sourcing programs to fill current openings and help build a healthy pipeline of qualified candidates for future openings.
• Manage multiple requirements, review candidate profiles, screen resumes, conduct pre-screens and update candidate pipeline progress in Pythian’s applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Mine our ATS to identify candidates for assigned requisitions.
• Stay up to date on competitive market information, current employment websites, and research and recommend additional recruiting resources and recruitment marketing avenues.
• Prepare all job postings, manage the job posting sites, ensuring a proactive and consistent candidate experience consistent with Pythian’s brand.
• Foster and cultivate an atmosphere of collaboration and teamwork between the Talent Acquisition and Human Resources team globally.
• Manage the offer negotiation process by balancing candidate expectations while also remaining up to date on the competitive salary benchmarks for the market and advising managers on competitive positioning.

What we need from you:

• 5+ years of full-lifecycle talent acquisition or strategic sourcing experience, ideally supporting global recruitment. Of this experience, a minimum of 3 years must be in recruitment for technical positions.
• Proven ability to leverage talent market data, compensation benchmarks, and recruitment analytics to guide hiring strategy.
• Demonstrated expertise utilizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and advanced candidate search techniques.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience managing multiple requisitions simultaneously.
• Ability to work highly independently and as part of a global team.

What you will receive:

• Love your career: Competitive total rewards package. Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.
• Love your work/life balance: Flexibly work in a hybrid capacity both from your home and from our Hyderabad office, there’s no daily travel requirement to an office! All you need is a stable internet connection. 
• Love your coworkers: Collaborate with some of the best and brightest in the industry!
• Love your development: Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days, attend training, become certified, whatever you like! 
• Love your workspace: We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!  
• Love yourself: Pythian cares about the health and well-being of our team. You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships, massages, fitness and more). Additionally, you will receive a generous amount of paid vacation and sick days, as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity.

Hiring Disclaimer

• The successful applicant will need to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a background check.
• Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in any aspect of the selection process.

AI Disclaimer

Pythian may utilize Enterprise Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or features throughout its hiring process. These tools help us manage high volumes of applications efficiently and may be employed to review applications, analyze resumes, and assist with other recruitment steps. While Pythian uses AI in its hiring process, it does not substitute for human judgment. Our Talent Acquisition Team reviews all AI-generated recommendations, and the system is subject to regular bias audits to ensure fairness and compliance with all applicable employment and human rights laws. All final hiring decisions are made by, and remain the responsibility of, human decision-makers. By applying for this position, you consent to Pythian’s use of these AI tools in the evaluation of your application. You have the right to request a human review of any solely AI-driven decision or to request an accommodation. Should you require further details regarding the processing of your data, please reach out to us.