Talent Partner

The Talent Partner supports hiring and people initiatives for Embrace and its portfolio companies across the US, Canada, and India. The role combines talent acquisition, talent intelligence, and HR business partnering. It involves working with hiring managers to find the right people, sharing talent market insight to inform hiring decisions, and contributing to employee engagement, talent management, and the integration of newly acquired teams.

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for technical and non-technical roles across the US, Canada, and India.
  
• Partner with hiring managers on workforce plans, role scoping, job descriptions, and realistic timelines.
  
• Source proactively through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and talent-intelligence tools; build pipelines for recurring roles.
  
• Screen candidates, coordinate structured interviews and scorecards, and support timely hiring decisions.
  
• Keep the ATS (Zoho Recruit) accurate and report on pipeline health, time-to-fill, and source quality.
  
• Strengthen Embrace's employer brand on careers pages and LinkedIn, and deliver a consistent candidate experience.
  
• Map talent markets for key roles and skills across the US, Canada, and India, including talent supply, competitor teams, and hiring hotspots.
  
• Track competitor hiring and organisational changes to spot sourcing opportunities and retention risks early.
  
• Provide input to stakeholders on where to build teams based on talent availability, cost, and time-to-hire.
  
• Turn market and workforce data into short briefs and dashboards that stakeholders can act on.
  

Employee Engagement

• Support engagement surveys and pulse checks; turn results into clear action plans with managers.
  
• Help design and deliver engagement programmes, recognition initiatives, and culture events across all regions.
  
• Hold regular check-ins and stay interviews to spot attrition risks early.
  
• Support the new-hire experience.
  

Talent Management

• Support the performance review cycle: goal setting, mid-year and annual reviews, and calibration.
  
• Support managers on feedback and performance improvement plans.
  
• Partner on learning and development plans, career paths, and internal mobility.
  
• Help employees and managers resolve workplace concerns fairly and confidentially.
  

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or Psychology.
  
• 3-7 years of HR experience, with at least 3 years of full-cycle recruitment.
  
• Proven experience hiring for North American roles (US and/or Canada) as well as India.
  
• Solid grasp of employment practices and hiring norms across the US, Canada, and India.
  
• Hands-on experience with an ATS and HRIS (Zoho Recruit and Zoho People preferred).
  
• Strong sourcing skills, including advanced LinkedIn search.
  
• Hands-on experience with talent market mapping, competitor research, and compensation benchmarking.
  
• Excellent written and verbal English; confident with senior stakeholders across cultures and time zones.
  
• Sound judgement, discretion with confidential information, and a bias for action.
  
• Familiarity with engagement survey tools and HR analytics.
  
• Familiarity with talent-intelligence platforms (e.g., LinkedIn Talent Insights, Lightcast) and compensation data sources.
  
• Comfort using AI and automation tools to speed up sourcing and HR workflows.
  
• Experience in B2B SaaS, software, or a multi-entity / private equity / M&A environment is preferred.