Senior Talent Research Specialist

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Research Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Roblox is seeking a Sr. Talent Research Specialist to identify technical talent through research methodologies and competitor analysis. The role involves building passive talent networks and partnering with Recruiters and Hiring Teams to develop strategies for talent acquisition. Responsibilities include conducting market research, competitor mapping, and lead generation across various talent networks. The specialist will build proactive talent pipelines, develop sourcing strategies using multiple channels, and ensure data quality in talent systems. The position requires adherence to service level agreements to support stakeholders. The company aims to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and this role contributes to building diverse teams by finding the best talent.
Must have:
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 5+ years in technical sourcing/talent research
  • Expert Boolean searches
  • LinkedIn, Github, and technical talent platform knowledge
  • Excellent research/sourcing skills
  • Innovative mindset for hard-to-fill roles
  • Drive for continuous improvement
  • Curiosity and willingness to learn
  • Expert written and verbal English proficiency
Good to have:
  • Competitor mapping and analysis
  • Market segmentation insights
  • Demographic reports
  • Talent network building
Perks:
  • Cabs provided

Job Details

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

As a Talent Research Specialist, you’ll map and identify technical talent through research methodologies, competitor analysis and partnerships with Recruiters and Hiring Teams. At the same time, build passive, but targeted talent networks to nurture and engage as we continue to build diverse teams. The role will be based onsite full time in Gurugram, India and report into our Sr. TA Director & India Site Leader.

 

Shift Time: 2:00pm - 10:30pm (Cabs will be provided)

 

You will:

  • Partner with Recruiters and Hiring Teams to build and execute strategies to convert passive talent into a strategic pipeline of talent for Roblox.

  • Conduct heavy talent research such as competitor mapping and analysis, market segmentation insights, and demographic reports to inform our strategic approach to hiring as talent advisors. 

  • Run searches across multiple talent networks providing lead generation to Recruiting partners, while also assisting with inbound application volumes and employee referral reviews.

  • Build proactive talent pipelines for multiple job requisitions at any given time for current and future hiring needs, creating enormous leverage across TA. 

  • Develop strategies utilizing all sourcing channels such as niche sites, professional and social networking sites/groups, and possible search engines to locate both active and passive candidates; conduct resume mining and research for internal positions; build candidate lists into Candidate Resource Management system.

  • Ensure high data quality standards through data audits, clean up and talent system maintenance.

  • Abide by Service level agreement commitments to maintain business continuity across TA, leading to faster delivery and support to our XFN stakeholders. 

 

You have: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree at minimum

  • 5+ years experience in technical sourcing or talent research capacity with a search firm or in-house recruiting team.

  • Expert application of running Boolean searches and knowledge of search within LinkedIn, Github and any other technical talent research platforms. 

  • Excellent research/sourcing skills, bringing an innovative mindset to explore new approaches and ideas for hard-to-fill reqs.

  • Must have a drive for continuous improvement, a curiosity for learning, quick to see things in other people's views

  • Expert written and verbal proficiency in the English language

 

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.

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