Entrepreneur First - Analyst/Associate - Talent Acquisition

The Role

Are you passionate about finding and attracting talent in one of the fastest growing industries in India? Do you have an obsession with high-quality candidate experience? We are looking for someone to join the Founder Talent team, who will play a vital role in finding India's highest potential individuals and helping them take the entrepreneurial leap with Entrepreneur First.

Your role will include:

- Managing the end to end pipeline of applications, interviews and offers all the way until they start their journey with EF

- Being the single point of contact for all official communication with aspiring entrepreneurs looking to join the program and in the admissions funnel

- Leading and operationally managing all selection processes such as application reviews, interviews, offer rollouts and onboarding

- Building relationships with aspiring Founders, resolving their concerns, and "closing" offers - at high volume

- Delivering high quality candidate experience to every candidate regardless of their outcome in the selection process

- Working closely with candidates to generate leads which will directly contribute to the top of the funnel

- Interacting with potential leads to educate them about the EF product thru prospect calls and events - and owning their journey all the way through

This role is based in Bangalore and should start ASAP

About You

- 2-6 years experience in talent acquisition, specifically with managing recruitment processes; ideally within a dynamic and technology driven environment such as a high growth startup

- Experience with candidate pipeline management and the analytical skills to adeptly manage all stages of the pipeline

- Keen eye for enhancing candidate experience across the lifecycle of the candidate journey

- Exceptional closing skills and expertise with addressing candidate concerns

- Ability to manage end-to-end processes and run operations independently. Attention to detail is your mantra.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills - a confident communicator who can represent the company credibly.

- A 'get things done' attitude with high ownership - you demonstrate operational excellence and are driven to achieve results

- A team player mentality - you are motivated by shared goals

- Familiar with the tech landscape in India and have an eye for identifying high potential performers.

What We Offer

- A competitive salary and a share of the fund's "carry" - any potential profit the fund returns

- A buzzing community full of technical founders creating globally impactful businesses

- Collaboration with a growth minded, diverse team in Asia, Europe and Canada

- Generous holidays: in addition to 23 days holiday, we also shut down for two weeks over Christmas and New Year

- A Learning & Development allowance to purchase any product or service that will contribute to your personal or professional development

- A Wellness allowance to spend on things enhancing your health and wellbeing, e.g. gym membership, yoga classes, Vitality, subscription to Headspace etc

- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, plus broader leave policies. We care about our team and enabling the right balance between home and working life

About Entrepreneur First

Everyone at Entrepreneur First believes it really matters what the world's most talented people choose to do with their lives. We work every day to be the best place in the world for around 700 high-potential founders a year to meet their co-founder and build a technology startup from scratch. See how it works here: https://www.joinef.com/how-it-works/

As the world's leading talent investor, we've pioneered a new model of company creation backed by renowned investors - from Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn) and Demis Hassabis (Google's Deepmind) to Taavet Hinrikus (Wise). Since 2011 more than 3,000 individuals have joined our programmes in London, Singapore, Berlin, Paris, Bangalore and Toronto. To date, they've created more than 300 companies worth more than $4 billion - companies like Magic Pony Technology, which was acquired by Twitter, and Tractable, valued at $1bn as of June 2021. Do check out https://www.joinef.com/companies/ to see a sample of what our work produces.

EF champions diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment in which a wide variety of backgrounds thrive. We do not tolerate discrimination of any nature, including but not limited to: discriminating on the basis of race, colour, religion, culture, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, or marital status.