Job Description: Talent Acquisition Specialist – Intellectual Property (Patents)

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist (Intellectual Property / Legal Tech)
Experience: 3–4 Years
Location: Bangalore / Gurgaon / Hyderabad / Pune (Hybrid / On-site)
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Overview
We are looking for a energetic Talent Acquisition Specialist with 3 to 4 years of dedicated recruitment experience to manage end-to-end hiring for our Intellectual Property team. In this role, you will identify, engage, and hire top-tier talent across Patent Analytics, Prior Art Search, and Patent Drafting/Prosecution practice areas.
Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Recruitment: Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for niche IP positions across junior to mid-senior levels (Patent Analysts, Registered Patent Agents, IP Associates, and Trademark Attorneys).
Targeted Sourcing: Proactively source candidates with specialized dual-domain backgrounds (B.Tech/M.Tech/Ph.D. in CS, ECE, using Naukri, LinkedIn Recruiter, and specialized networks.
Stakeholder Management:



Partner closely with Practice Heads, Technical Leads, and HR Head to calibrate job requirements, define compensation bands, and forecast hiring pipelines.
Screening & Assessment: Conduct initial behavioral screenings and preliminary technical profile validations to ensure alignment with role complexity, notice periods, and CTC expectations.
Campus & Early Careers: Drive campus recruitment initiatives at premier law institutes (NLUs) and top-tier engineering/science colleges for entry-level patent trainee programs.
Offer Management & Onboarding: Facilitate candidate offer negotiations, manage buy-out scenarios, actively track notice periods, and mitigate early drop-off risks.
Market Intelligence: Track Indian and global IP hiring trends, salary benchmarks, and competitor talent movements across leading IP KPOs, law firms, and in-house R&D; centers.
Required Qualifications & Skills

Experience: 3–4 years of core recruitment experi

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