Technical Recruiter (12mth FTC)

Temporary, Full-time · Ireland

Role

The Technical Recruiter is a key component of Keelvar operations and growth. Operating as a proactive brand ambassador, the Technical Recruiter will transform talent acquisition from a reactive function into a sophisticated, strategic function that anticipates future growth needs and builds sustainable pipelines of talent. The Recruiter will design the candidate experience end-to-end, ensuring every interaction promotes Keelvar as an employer of choice. 


This role is a 12 month Fixed-Term Contract based in our HQ office in Cork City, with flexible working options available.
Responsibilities
  • Truly understand what our company does, why our top performers excel and which particular skills we should prioritize to scale this kind of success or complement our existing skillsets.

  • Strategy & Ownership: Design, implement and own Keelvar’s talent acquisition strategy, providing innovative and scalable recruitment solutions that align directly with business objectives. 

  • Proactive Pipeline Generation: Transform talent attraction by continuously mapping the competitive market, identifying future skill gaps, and building talent pipeline using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter and strategic sourcing techniques.

  • Full-Cycle Excellence: Manage full recruitment campaigns from initial marketing and detailed job definition through to final offer and onboarding, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience that is legislatively compliant.

  • Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a strategic consultant to Hiring Managers, collaborating with technical teams to understand the nuanced requirements of specialised roles and aligning recruiting efforts with organisational needs. 

  • Technical Recruiting Excellence: Partner closely with engineering, product and commercial leadership to deeply understand Keelvar’s tech stack, architecture, and development practices. Translate technical requirements into precise candidate profiles and assessment criteria.

  • Brand Advocacy: Actively promote Keelvar's mission and culture through partnerships (educational institutions, industry events), social media, and coaching stakeholders to be effective interviewers and talent advocates.

  • Data-Driven Improvement: Analyse recruiting metrics to identify process bottlenecks and drive continuous effectiveness improvements.

  • People Operations Alignment: Participate in People Operations project initiatives, such as employee engagement, candidate onboarding experience and DE&I, in alignment with the People Ops agenda. 

Your profile
  • Technical Expertise: Proven 3+ year track record in full-cycle technical recruitment, ideally with significant expertise in securing highly competitive Software Engineering roles. Possess the technical fluency to engage with technical teams (engineering & product).

  • Strategic Acumen: Demonstrable history of designing, implementing, and iterating a successful, end-to-end recruitment strategy, specifically supporting technology and product growth

  • Market Intelligence: Expertise in leveraging competitive market awareness and advanced talent/competency models to inform data-driven hiring decisions and build robust pipelines.

  • Data-Driven Approach: Proficiency in analysing key recruiting data and translating metrics into actionable insights to predict future outcomes and optimise processes.

  • Stakeholder Influence: Outstanding communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to draft and present strategic talent outlooks and recommendations to the Senior Leadership Team.

  • Sourcing: In-depth knowledge of and proficiency with modern sourcing platforms. Previous experience with LinkedIn Recruiter is preferred.

  • Interview Process Design: Deep familiarity with diverse interview formats and modern assessment techniques (i.e., remote, competency-based, and technical evaluation).

Why us?
At Keelvar you'll work on cutting-edge solutions to help global enterprises optimize their sourcing processes, directly contributing to meaningful business outcomes. Keelvar offers a dynamic, supportive, and collaborative culture, that prioritises autonomy and work-life balance. Your ideas are valued, and you have the opportunity to grow your career by tackling complex, interesting challenges alongside talented people. If you're looking to make a significant impact with a fast-growing, innovative leader in a high-demand sector, Keelvar is the place for you.

Position ID
2394883
About us

This is an exciting opportunity to join a cutting edge company, disrupting its industry. Currently optimising over $100bn+ in procurement spend for the world's largest companies, Keelvar is more than just a software company. Keelvar is an evolution of how companies work.

Our technology is unparalleled in its space. We are on a fast-paced journey to herald a new era of SaaS 3.0. Using AI, Machine Learning, and Game Theory to build intelligent systems that optimize and automate the procurement sourcing process, we save our customers millions of dollars every year, and help their suppliers find the best customers for them. Many of the world’s top blue chip companies use Keelvar to aid negotiations; they set high standards that we relish achieving because it helps us be the best at what we do.

We believe we can change the world and have fun doing it. We are a hard-working team who love what we do. We believe that a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and risk-taking is the key to finding breakthrough approaches - and we don’t settle for conventional approaches.

We strive for excellence, challenging ourselves and each other, with independent thinking, a lot of focus, and plenty of collaboration. In our eyes, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the reward. We’re not content with just equipping users with good tools; we want to help our customers achieve success and excellence, and sometimes this requires lateral or unconventional thinking. We want you to share your knowledge readily and learn every day. We like to ask questions, and answer questions when we can. We invite you to a workplace that is inclusive and celebrates diversity. We support everyone in being themselves, feeling empowered and inspired to make a difference.

If you are passionate about how technology is changing the world of work and want to work with a great team, this is the role for you.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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