Talent Scientist at Canonical

As a Talent Scientist, you will work closely with these Hiring Leads to drive initiatives, automation and best practice whilst offering an expert viewpoint on talent assessments. This is not a recruiter position; it's about the science of talent and performance, raising awareness and insights across the business so that they are able to select the best talent available from our global talent pool.

We have a number of mid level openings in our team seeking the following:

• Passionate about how an organisation selects talent using scientific approaches
• Ability to interview candidates using behavioural interviewing techniques (competency based and psychometric assessments)
• Strong analytical problem solving ability to identify trends and patterns using R or Python, SQL, statistical analysis, BI tooling etc.
• An exceptional academic background including a Bachelors or Masters degree in a Psychology based subject
• A high level of personal organisation to work remotely and be effective

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As a Talent Scientist you will:

• Drive talent analytics to provide our business with real-time insight, partnering with the business to help them move through their hiring processes efficiently.
• Conduct in-depth behavioural talent interviews providing considerable insights into motivations and behaviours.
• 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 including a Bachelors or Masters degree in a Psychology based subject
• Strong analytical problem solving ability to identify trends and patterns using R or Python, SQL, statistical analysis, BI tooling etc.
• Exposure/appreciation of psychometric assessments, 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.
• An demonstrative viewpoint on talent, with a deep appreciation of how to predict and measure success of people.
• Passionate about how an organisation selects talent using scientific approaches.
• A high level of personal organisation to work remotely and be effective.
• Willingness to travel to company events 2-4 times a year, for up to two weeks each.

Other Skills You May Bring

• Experience in sourcing and headhunting with the ability to teach our senior leadership team how to hunt for industry leaders.
• Experience in statistical significance testing and experience in Bayesian inference and/or predictive analytics and ML.
• Exposure to the following tools: LinkedIn Talent Insights, Greenhouse, DISC profiling.
• Psychometric validity and reliability metrics