Talent Scientist - Graduate Lead

• Build key relationships with global stakeholders to ensure we deliver against our hiring agenda, closely monitoring hiring activities, driving results and ensuring that there is consistency in our operational processes.

• Drive data driven insights, making sure our decision making process is robust and supportive to inform our decisions.

• Consider our employer brand and how our interactions with a candidate impacts their experience.

• Review and streamline hiring processes and tools to drive continuous improvement.

• Work with external third parties and platforms to ensure we maximise our return on investment.

• Bring a passion for diversity and inclusion, ensuring we remove unconscious bias from our hiring process and ensuring our sourcing strategy underpins this.

What we are looking for in you

• 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 view point on graduate hiring essential.

• A highly data drive mindset with the ability to create measurable outcomes, using SQL.

• Passionate about how an organisation selects talent using scientific approaches with viewpoint on how to predict and measure hiring outcomes.

• Exposure/appreciation of psychometric assessments preferable, 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.

• Experience of the following tools advantageous: Greenhouse, LinkedIn, Superset, Thomas International/DISC assessments.

• 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.

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

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

• 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, including lounge access, for company travel

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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Source: Canonical careers page