Canonical is hiring a
Talent Scientist

Summary

The job is for a Talent Scientist role at Canonical, a remote-first tech company. The role involves driving talent analytics, conducting behavioral interviews, building relationships with global stakeholders, and reviewing hiring processes. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Psychology or Industrial Psychology, excellent analytical skills, experience with psychometric assessments, and the ability to conduct behavioral interviews.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in psychology/industrial psychology, or a compelling narrative about an alternative chosen path, together with an exceptional academic track record
• Great analytical skills to run statistical analysis on hiring data
• Exposure/appreciation of psychometric assessments, including interpretation, validity and reliability metrics
• Demonstrative viewpoint on talent, with a deep appreciation of how to predict and measure success of people
• Experience of conducting behavioral, competency based interviews with the ability to train stakeholders and advise on how to get the best out of an interview
• Successful track record of scoping and delivering projects
• Excellent verbal and written English
• Willingness to travel to company events 2-4 times a year, for up to two weeks each

Responsibilities

• Drive talent analytics to provide real-time insights for the business
• Conduct in-depth behavioral talent interviews
• Build key relationships with global stakeholders
• Drive data-driven insights and ensure robust decision making
• Consider employer brand and candidate experience
• Review and streamline hiring processes and tools
• Work with external third parties and platforms
• Bring a passion for diversity and inclusion, ensuring unconscious bias is removed from the hiring process

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in statistical significance testing and experience in Bayesian inference and/or predictive analytics and ML
• Python/R/SQL
• Experience on building data dashboards
• Exposure to the following tools: LinkedIn Talent Insights, Greenhouse, DISC profiling

Benefits

• 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, and travel upgrades for long haul company events