Talent Acquisition Specialist

Great Teams Don’t Happen by Accident Behind every ambitious company is someone who can recognise exceptional talent before everyone else does—and influence that talent to make the right career move. At Inc42, Talent Acquisition is not a CV-forwarding or interview-coordination function. It is a business-critical mandate that requires market intelligence, sound judgement, candidate influence and the ability to close high-value talent. From identifying a specialist product leader or growth marketer to engaging an experienced editor, designer or technologist, you will help build the teams shaping how India’s startup economy is reported, understood and experienced. If you know how to find talent hidden in plain sight, establish authority with accomplished candidates, influence senior stakeholders and successfully negotiate complex offers, we would like to hear from you. Why This Role Exists Inc42 is expanding across media, intelligence, products, events, communities and learning. That growth depends on hiring people who combine functional excellence with curiosity, ownership and an entrepreneurial mindset. We are looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to own full-cycle recruitment across Product, Marketing, Growth, Technology, Design, Editorial and leadership functions. You will work closely with the Head of People Operations, Founders and Functional Leaders to translate business requirements into compelling talent mandates, build high-quality candidate pipelines and take candidates from the first conversation through assessment, negotiation, closure and onboarding. This role requires the instincts of a talent hunter, the influence of a trusted advisor and the commercial judgement of an effective closer. About Inc42 Inc42 is India’s largest media and intelligence platform focused on the startup economy—but we are not just one kind of company. We operate at the intersection of journalism, data intelligence, technology, founder learning, iconic industry experiences and high-trust communities. Our ecosystem includes: Inc42’s authoritative journalism , reporting on the companies, people and forces shaping India’s technology economy Datalabs , India’s largest free startup database, covering 75,000+ companies D2CX , our learning and community platform designed to help D2C founders build, scale and lead stronger businesses Flagship editorial IPs such as the AI Summit, D2C & Retail Summit, FAST42 and D2C Retreat Griffin , India’s most curated private founder club This breadth brings together an unusually diverse team of journalists, researchers, product builders, technologists, designers, marketers, creators, educators and business operators—all working towards one mission: to inform, enable and connect the people building India’s technology economy. For Talent Acquisition, that makes Inc42 a uniquely exciting organisation to build. Hiring here is neither repetitive nor transactional. One mandate could…