Tech Recruiter (6 month contract) - Talent and Culture -Bangalore, India

THE COMPANY

MPOWER’s borderless loans enable students from around the world to realize their full academic & career potential by attending top universities in the U.S and Canada.

As a mission-oriented FinTech / EdTech company, we move extremely fast and leverage the latest technologies, global best practices, and heavy analytics to tackle one of the biggest challenges in financial inclusion. We’re backed by over $150 million in equity capital from top global investors, which enables our fast-growth and provides our company with financial stability and a clear path to an IPO over the coming years.

Our global team is composed of ex-management consultants, financial services and technology professionals, and other experts in their respective fields. We work hard, have fun, and believe greatly in our cause. For us, MPOWER’s mission of making this mission is personal.

As a member of our team, you’ll be challenged to think quickly, act autonomously, and constantly grow, creatively in an environment where fast change and exponential growth is the norm. ideation and implementation happens very quickly. We value feedback and emphasize personal and professional development by providing the resources you need to further your skills and grow with the company. MPOWER is committed to cultivating your strengths and curiosity and helping you make an immediate impact.

MPOWER has been named one of the best fintechs to work for by American Banker for the past 6 years in a row. We are honored to be nominated by multiple agencies and publications for our leadership in Tech, diversity and social impact. We pride ourselves on being a “growth company for grown-ups,” where there are no pool tables but rather great health, education, and maternity/paternity benefits instead. Our team diversity has been recognized as well; we’re one of the most diverse workforces in the world in terms of nationality, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, and educational background.

THIS IS A CONTRACT POSITION BASED IN BANGALORE, INDIA

THE ROLE

You will be directly responsible for ensuring that every candidate for a role at MPOWER has a phenomenal recruiting experience. As a Senior Tech Recruiter, you will work with Head of Tech Recruiting to ensure engineering and analytics roles are appropriately scoped, budgeted, and that a recruiting roadmap is implemented. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of hiring for tech roles globally in a fast-paced environment, be able to expertly position and sell MPOWER opportunities, and negotiate offers with clarity and integrity. Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Setting recruiting strategy for sourcing, evaluating and closing top engineering and analytics talent
• Collaborating with the engineering hiring manager to define the talent needs, create or update job descriptions, and research compensation factors
• Proactively sourcing diverse, high potential engineering and technical candidates with superior skills as well as culture fit and mission alignment with MPOWER’s organization
• Managing the interview process and providing candidates with a positive experience (sourcing applicants, reviewing resumes, conducting preliminary phone screens, and coordinating in-person interviews)
• Serving as tech recruiting subject matter expert for the organization and mentor for the recruiting team

THE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related Tech field
• 4+ years of experience recruiting for tech roles and building teams in a high-paced, fast-growth entrepreneurial environment, ideally as an in-house recruiter or within an RPO environment
• Extensive proven track record of sourcing and delivering exceptional candidates and closing roles on-time and on-budget
• Must have strong verbal, written, analytical and interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to deal with confidential information and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
• Detail oriented, with excellent administrative and organizational skills. Motivated and driven for high impact.
• Proficient in the use of prominent Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) platforms and tools such as Greenhouse, etc. to administer, coordinate, and track progress

A passion for financial inclusion and access to higher education is a must, as well as comfort working with a global team across multiple-time zones and sites!

In addition, you should be comfortable working in a fast growth environment, meaning a small agile team, fast-evolving roles and responsibilities, variable workload and tight deadlines, a high degree of autonomy, and 80-20 everything.