People & Talent
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Talent Acquisition Manager (Strategic Hiring)
Build the hiring engine: sourcing, structured evaluation, candidate experience.
Compensation
INR 10,00,000 - 20,00,000 per annum
Engagement
Full-Time
Permanent role. Full-time commitment. Primarily on-site, with limited remote flexibility.
Scope of role
Drive specific initiatives with minimal supervision. Deepen craft. Begin mentoring others.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
We hire across frontier engineering, design, sales, and martial arts — often for roles most recruiters have never filled. You will own talent acquisition end to end on our own careers platform: sourcing with craft, evaluating with structure, and treating every candidate the way we would want to be treated.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Own full-cycle recruiting across technical and non-technical roles.
- 02 Build sourcing channels beyond job boards: communities, campuses, referrals.
- 03 Run structured, bias-aware evaluation with hiring managers.
- 04 Own candidate experience: clear timelines, real feedback, honest closure.
- 05 Operate and improve our in-house applicant tracking and careers portal.
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → 4-8 years in talent acquisition, startup environments preferred.
- → Evidence of hard searches you personally closed.
05 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. Applying is free, and every application is read by a human — recruitment, technical, academic and leadership teams. It buys us the right to be honest.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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