Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: Pune, India

Experience: 3+ Years

Function: Talent Acquisition / Human Resources

Employment Type: Full-time

About SPIRO

SPIRO is one of Africa’s leading electric mobility companies, focused on accelerating clean industrialization through e-mobility. We are building a large-scale electric vehicle ecosystem across multiple markets, including manufacturing facilities, retail networks, battery-swapping infrastructure, and charging solutions.

As we continue to scale rapidly, we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist - Technical to join our Talent Acquisition team and help us build high-performing technology teams.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist – Technical who will be responsible for managing the complete recruitment lifecycle for technology and digital roles.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in technical hiring, stakeholder management, candidate sourcing, market mapping, and offer management. The person should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage end-to-end recruitment for technology roles, from requirement understanding to onboarding.
- Partner closely with hiring managers to understand technical requirements, team structures, priorities, and hiring timelines.
- Source and identify candidates through Naukri, LinkedIn, referrals, job portals, and other talent channels.
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline for critical and niche technology positions.
- Conduct initial screening and assess candidates based on technical skills, experience, career trajectory, and role fit.
- Drive market mapping and talent intelligence for key technology skill sets.




- Coordinate technical and leadership interview processes with hiring managers and interview panels.
- Ensure timely candidate follow-ups and maintain a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring journey.
- Manage salary discussions, offer negotiations, counter-offer situations, and joining-risk mitigation.
- Work closely with HR and business stakeholders to ensure smooth pre-boarding and onboarding.
- Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, ATS/HRMS data, hiring dashboards, and recruitment reports.
- Track recruitment metrics such as TAT, source effectiveness, offer-to-join ratio, pipeline conversion, and closure rate.
- Support employer branding and other Talent Acquisition initiatives as required.
- Proactively identify challenges in the hiring process and recommend solutions to improve hiring efficiency.

Required Skills & Experience

- 3+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Technical Recruitment.
- Strong hands-on experience in IT/Technology hiring.
- Good understanding of technology skills, job families, and relevant talent markets.
- Solid sourcing expertise using Naukri, LinkedIn, Boolean search, referrals, and other channels.
- Ability to understand technical JDs and effectively screen candidates.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience handling multiple roles and priorities simultaneously.
- Strong negotiation and offer management skills.




- Data-driven approach with good understanding of recruitment metrics.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and high-growth environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in a startup, high-growth, technology, EV, automotive, manufacturing, or product organization.
- Hands-on experience in non-technical hiring such as Business, Corporate Functions, Operations, Finance, HR, Sales, Strategy, or other business-critical roles will be an added advantage.
- Experience handling P0/critical hiring and niche technology positions.
- Exposure to senior-level technology and business hiring.
- Experience working directly with business leaders, hiring managers, and leadership teams.
- Ability to manage both technical and non-technical hiring mandates based on business requirements.

What We Are Looking For

- Ownership: Take complete responsibility for assigned positions and closure.
- Speed: Ability to work with urgency without compromising candidate quality.
- Sourcing Mindset: Strong ability to identify and engage passive talent.
- Business Acumen: Understand the business requirement behind every hiring need.
- Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with hiring managers and business leaders.
- Problem Solving: Proactively identify bottlenecks and drive solutions.
- Candidate Focus: Create a professional and positive candidate experience.

Why Join SPIRO?

- Opportunity to work with a high-growth global EV organization.
- Exposure to technology hiring across a rapidly scaling business.
- Opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders and business leaders.
- Ownership of critical and niche technology hiring mandates.
- Be part of a team contributing to the future of electric mobility and clean transportation.

📌 Talent Acquisition Specialist (Pune)
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