Talent Acquisition Executive Tech & Academic Hiring

About the Company: Newton School of Technology (NST) is a new-age institution redefining technical education in India. Founded by IIT alumni, NST offers a 4-year B. Tech in Computer Science and AI, focused on hands-on learning and deep industry integration. Within two years, over 93% of students have secured paid internships with companies like Razorpay, SarvamAI, and DRDO, along with global exposure through tech treks to Singapore and Silicon Valley. Led by a distinguished faculty comprising ICPC World Finalists and ex-professionals from ISRO, Microsoft, MakeMyTrip, and several other leading tech organizations, NST is building a scalable, high-impact model that produces industry-ready talent for the world's most advanced technology roles.

About the Role: We are looking for a Talent Acquisition professional with strong experience in technology hiring and academic/EdTech hiring, particularly someone who has successfully hired or engaged DSA/Competitive Programming, Software Engineering, AI/ML, and Core CS professionals from leading product companies, global technology firms, and high-growth startups.

The ideal candidate should understand how to identify engineers who have strong technical depth and convince them to transition from industry to academia, mentoring, or teaching.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end recruitment for technical and academic technology roles across NST.
• Source and hire high-quality talent in:

• Build pipelines of candidates from Top Tier 1 Companies and unicorns, product companies, startups, and top engineering institutions.
• Identify and approach experienced Software Engineers, SDEs, Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Competitive Programmers who could transition into academia.
• Hire faculty/instructors with strong ICPC, Codeforces, LeetCode, competitive programming, open-source, or strong software engineering backgrounds.
• Conduct market mapping and talent research to identify niche technical talent.
• Use LinkedIn, referrals, communities, GitHub, competitive programming platforms, job portals, and other relevant channels for sourcing.
• Drive passive candidate engagement and headhunting, particularly for hard-to-find technical profiles.
• Partner closely with Academic Leadership and Hiring Managers to understand technical requirements and candidate quality benchmarks.
• Conduct initial screening to evaluate technical background, communication skills, teaching inclination, and motivation to move from industry to academia.
• Manage candidate engagement, interview coordination, compensation discussions, offer closure, and joining.
• Maintain a strong and continuously refreshed technology talent pipeline for upcoming academic hiring requirements.
• Track recruitment metrics including pipeline, outreach, response rate, interviews, offers, closures, and time-to-hire.
  
  

What are we looking for

• 2-3 years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, preferably in Tech, EdTech, Academia, or Product companies.
• Proven experience in hiring technical talent, especially Software Engineering, DSA, AI/ML, or Core CS profiles.
• Prior experience hiring technical talent from leading product companies, global technology firms, and high-growth startups will be highly preferred
• Experience with academic hiring, faculty hiring, instructor hiring, or EdTech recruitment is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of technical profiles and ability to differentiate between strong engineering talent and generic software profiles.
• Comfortable with headhunting and passive candidate sourcing.
• Strong LinkedIn sourcing and Boolean search skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to engage senior industry professionals and effectively pitch industry-to-academia career transitions.
• Highly target-oriented with strong ownership of hiring closures.
  
  

Why Join Newton School of Technology:

• Work at the intersection of Technology, Academia, and Industry.
• Build the team responsible for shaping the next generation of engineers.
• Get exposure to high-calibre engineering and academic talent.
• Work closely with senior academic and technology leaders.
• Opportunity to build and experiment with new-age talent acquisition strategies rather than traditional recruitment.