Talent Acquisition Associate

Talent Acquisition Associate

Pepper | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | On-site (Andheri East) | Full-time Reports to: Manager - Talent Acquisition

We are scaling Pepper fast and hiring AI-native talent across product, engineering, and go-to-market. We want a hands-on Talent Acquisition Manager who builds the hiring engine and makes it move faster.

About Pepper

Pepper is the Agentic Organic Growth System that drives outcomes. Today's fastest-growing companies trust Pepper to drive growth via SEO and AI-search, combining strategy, AI agents, and embedded expert operators. We drive content-led growth for 2,500+ industry leaders, including Amazon, Google, Unilever, Atlassian, HSBC, Instacart, ITC, and Xiaomi.

We are organic growth infrastructure for the AI era, and we are growing the team that builds it. Atlas, our agentic operating system, is being built now, which means we are hiring senior product, engineering, and GTM talent at pace. The quality and speed of that hiring is one of the biggest levers on how fast the company moves, and this role owns it.

About the role

This is a builder's talent acquisition role, not a coordinator's.

You will own hiring at Pepper end to end: sourcing, screening, closing, and the system that makes all of it fast and repeatable. You will recruit yourself, hands-on and in the work, while building the pipelines, process, and tooling that turn hiring into a predictable engine rather than a scramble.

You will report to the Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition and partner closely with hiring managers across functions, and you will be responsible for filling roles that are often senior, technical, and AI-native.

Speed is the job. You will drive time-to-hire down, keep the funnel moving, and get offers closed, without lowering the bar. You should think in systems, move with urgency, and take real ownership of outcomes.

This is also a high-intensity sourcing role. On many days it involves rigorous cold calling, up to 50 to 60 or more calls a day, and active headhunting to reach the strong passive candidates who will never come through inbound.

This role is based out of Pepper's Mumbai office in Andheri East and is on-site.

What you will own

• Handling daily end-to-end recruitment
• Calling up prospective candidates for job pitch
• Handling all the aspects of recruitment from sourcing the candidates till the candidate joins the organization
• Sourcing prospective candidates by utilizing various methods including internet job boards, LinkedIn, ad-reply, networking, direct sourcing, etc.
• Screening applicants skills based on their resume and through interviews
• Following and supporting our recruiter in interviews and meetings
• Conduct and participate in organizing employee engagement events for new and existing employees

The ideal candidate must :

• 2-4 years of experience
• Have a willingness to be flexible: Works beyond what is described in the job description.
• Ability to deliver results under pressure.
• Be able to multitask and work under strict deadlines
• Be able to work efficiently under minimal supervision
• Have excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills.

Note: Looking for candidates from Mumbai who can join us immediately.