Talent Partner Full Time

About the Role

Qrata is a Hiring Decision System that builds teams for high growth companies. As a Talent Partner, 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.

4. Team Leadership & Performance

• Lead a pod of Talent Associates and Researchers — set targets, run 1:1s, and hold the team accountable for delivery quality, speed, and client satisfaction.
• Own team performance: conduct reviews, set OKRs, build growth frameworks that develop talent and differentiate high performers.
• Manage team attrition proactively — run stay conversations, catch disengagement early, and escalate retention risks before they become exits.
• Contribute to capacity planning and pod-level hiring; run retrospectives that tighten processes and improve repeatability.

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.
• 1-2 years managing a team, including performance reviews and attrition management.
• 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.