Talent Acquisition & Operations Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the entire recruitment process, which includes collaborating with hiring managers for intake, sourcing, screening candidates, coordinating interviews, extending offers, and facilitating onboarding handover.

• Conduct hiring across the APAC region and the Middle East, tailoring approaches to align with local talent pools, compensation standards, notice periods, and work permit requirements.

• Recruit for a variety of roles in fintech, product, engineering, risk, compliance, payments, operations, marketing, affiliate relations, media buying, SEO, and CRM.

• Identify and engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, various communities, job boards, and targeted headhunting techniques.

• Develop and sustain talent pipelines for ongoing and challenging-to-fill positions.

• Establish hiring processes from the ground up, which includes creating job descriptions, interview frameworks, scorecards, and applicant tracking systems (ATS).

• Provide guidance to hiring managers regarding market availability, salary benchmarks, and realistic hiring timelines.

• Oversee offer management and negotiations while ensuring candidates remain engaged until their start date.

• Monitor and report hiring metrics such as time-to-hire, source effectiveness, and offer acceptance rates.

• Enhance Pulse's employer brand and manage external agencies as necessary.

• Oversee the complete onboarding and offboarding processes, which involve offer letters, contracts, documentation, equipment provisioning, access setup, and first-week plans.

• Keep precise employee records in the HRIS and ensure people data and documentation are organized and compliant.

• Collaborate with finance and EOR or payroll partners on monthly payroll inputs, joiners, leavers, and changes across various countries.

• Assist with background checks, reference checks, and pre-employment verifications.

• Draft, revise, and implement HR policies and the employee handbook for a remote, multi-country team.

• Address daily employee inquiries regarding leave, benefits, policies, and documentation.

• Support probation reviews, performance cycle logistics, and employee engagement programs.

• Manage HR and recruitment vendors, tools, and subscriptions while automating repetitive administrative tasks.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–5 years of practical, full-cycle talent acquisition experience.

• Demonstrated experience in hiring for startups or rapidly growing companies, preferably in a solo or small-team recruiting capacity.

• Proven track record of recruiting for fintech positions.

• Experience in hiring for marketing and affiliate sectors, including performance marketing and affiliate or partnership roles.

• Hands-on experience with recruitment across APAC and the Middle East, equipped with knowledge of regional talent markets and compensation structures.

• Practical HR or people operations experience encompassing onboarding, documentation, HRIS, and payroll coordination.

• Strong sourcing abilities, particularly in headhunting passive candidates.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, adept at managing both recruitment and administrative tasks simultaneously.

• Ability to work independently and remotely, demonstrating strong ownership and prioritization skills.

• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English.

• Confident in managing relationships with senior stakeholders.

• Familiarity with at least one ATS, one HRIS, and LinkedIn Recruiter.

• Nice to have: experience in establishing a recruitment or people function, ATS, or HRIS from the ground up.

• Nice to have: understanding of payments, lending, or other regulated sectors.

• Nice to have: experience working with Employer of Record (EOR) providers or multi-country payroll systems.

• Nice to have: insight into employer branding or recruitment marketing.

• Nice to have: experience with hiring data dashboards and reporting.

• Nice to have: proficiency in additional languages relevant to APAC or the Middle East, such as Arabic, Bahasa, Thai, or Vietnamese.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work opportunity from any location within India.

• Genuine ownership: the chance to build Pulse's hiring and people operations from the ground up.

• Exposure to diverse markets throughout APAC and the Middle East.

• Direct access to founders and leadership, facilitating quick decisions with minimal bureaucracy.

• Competitive salary offered.

• Health insurance, leave provisions, learning budgets, and equipment are mentioned as placeholders, though specific details are yet to be confirmed.