Talent Partner - IT

Talent Partner

Full-Time | Mumbai / Hybrid | Mid-Senior Level

About the Role

Qrata is a Hiring Decision System. As a Talent Advisor, you will be a strategic partner to global founders and leadership teams, sitting at the intersection of AI powered talent intelligence, executive search, and account management. You will own mandates end-to-end, lead a pod of specialists, and deliver the kind of advisory that shapes how startups scale.

Key Responsibilities

1. Client Advisory & Account Management

- Own a portfolio of accounts -- serving as the primary advisor to founders, CEOs, and CHROs on talent strategy, org design, role scoping, and compensation philosophy.

- Run structured QBRs, challenge hiring briefs where needed, and guide clients from role definition through offer and onboarding.

- Identify expansion opportunities within accounts -- from single hires to team builds -- and manage expectations across complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

2. Market Intelligence

- Synthesize live market data -- compensation benchmarks, talent availability, competitor hiring trends -- into structured intelligence reports and search summaries for clients.

- Leverage Qrata's platform and proprietary data to deliver evidence-based sourcing strategies and hiring timelines.

- Stay sharp on macro talent trends across SaaS, fintech, consumer, and deep tech in India, SEA, GCC, and beyond.

3. Search Execution & Candidate Advisory

- Lead discovery sessions, build Role DNA scorecards, and activate curated pipelines through proactive outreach and network leverage.

- Conduct advisory-led assessments evaluating skills, motivation, and trajectory -- presenting ranked shortlists with clear rationale.

- Manage offers, negotiations, and pre-joining engagement to ensure smooth closures with minimal drop-offs.

What We're Looking For

Experience

- MBA required; consulting, banking, or strategy background is a strong plus.

- 3-6 years in executive search, talent advisory, or strategic account management -- ideally with founder-led or VC-backed companies.

- Exposure to global talent markets (India, SEA, GCC, US/EU) is highly desirable.

Skills & Attributes

- Executive presence -- confident in C-suite conversations, collaborative in delivery.

- Advisory mindset -- leads with questions, frames problems before proposing solutions.

- Market intelligence instinct -- reads signals, translates them into client-relevant insight.

- People leadership -- sets direction clearly, manages performance fairly, retains through coaching.

- Execution discipline -- organized, deadline-driven, manages multiple mandates without dropping the ball.

Why Qrata

Qrata brings two-sided talent intelligence to hiring -- combining deep market data, thousands of pre-qualified executive profiles, and a structured advisory layer that most search firms can't replicate. Our platform uses contextual intelligence and AI-assisted vetting to give clients evidence-backed shortlists and give talent a fair, ability-focused evaluation beyond a resume.

As a Talent Advisor here, you won't just place candidates -- you'll shape how high-growth companies think about talent. If you want to work at the frontier of intelligence-led hiring with some of the most ambitious founders in the world, this is the role.