Talent Scientist - Graduate Lead
Capital Governorate, Kuwait
Listed on 2026-01-01
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HR/Recruitment
Talent Manager
Talent Scientist - Graduate Lead role at Canonical
As a pioneer remote‑first tech company, Canonical attracts a large number of applicants. We have designed a unique hiring process that empowers our Hiring Leadership team and the Talent Science team ensures our processes are effective and help the business make the best hiring decisions. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a team that is changing the way an organisation hires.
With a mission to use objective, scientifically rigorous and efficient processes to select the best new colleagues regardless of location, culture or background, we work closely with a carefully selected hiring cohort to ensure exceptional judgement. We drive initiatives, build automations and offer expert viewpoints on assessing talent.
We are looking to advance our graduate hiring strategy to reach and assess world‑class junior talent. The role will focus on building strong partnerships with top‑ranked universities across the globe. The suitable individual will bring experience of leading graduate hiring on a regional or global scale within the technology industry. You will possess a strong academic track record and have the ability to analyse data, assess performance outcomes and build dashboards to monitor your outcomes.
This is not a recruiter position; it is about the science of talent and performance, raising awareness and insights across the business so that they can select the best talent from our global pool.
Location: Remote position based in the EMEA region
What your day will look like- Build effective partnerships with leading academic institutions to raise awareness of our graduate opportunities.
- Create a highly effective proposition to inspire top talent to apply to Canonical.
- Drive talent analytics to provide our business with real‑time insight, partnering with the business to help them move through their hiring processes efficiently.
- Conduct in‑depth behavioural talent interviews, providing considerable insight into motivations and behaviours.
- Build key relationships with global stakeholders to ensure we deliver against our hiring agenda, closely monitoring hiring activities, driving results and ensuring consistency in our operational processes.
- Drive data‑driven insights, ensuring our decision‑making process is robust and supportive to inform our decisions.
- Consider our employer brand and how our interactions with a candidate impact their experience.
- Review and streamline hiring processes and tools to drive continuous improvement.
- Work with external third parties and platforms to ensure we maximise our return on investment.
- Bring a passion for diversity and inclusion, ensuring we remove unconscious bias from our hiring process and that our sourcing strategy underpins this.
- An exceptional academic background from high school and university, with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Psychology or a people‑based subject.
- Experience of hiring talent in the technology industry, with an informed viewpoint on graduate hiring essential.
- A highly data‑driven mindset with the ability to create measurable outcomes, using SQL.
- A passion for how an organisation selects talent using scientific approaches, including predicting and measuring hiring outcomes.
- Exposure to psychometric assessments preferable, including interpretation.
- Experience conducting behavioural, competency‑based interviews and the ability to train stakeholders and advise on best practices.
- Experience with tools such as Greenhouse, Linked In, Superset, Thomas International/DISC assessments is advantageous.
- A high level of personal organisation and self‑drive to work remotely and be effective.
- Willingness to travel to company events 2–4 times a year, for up to two weeks each.
- Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
- Annual compensation review.
- Recognition rewards.
- Annual holiday leave.
- Maternity and paternity leave.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
- Priority Pass, including lounge access, for company travel.
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