About this role
About us
Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.
It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.
As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.
Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects. Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.
Job Summary
The Team
We are building a global Talent Acquisition function to support Graphcore growth across multiple regions.
This role will lead Talent Acquisition across India, ensuring delivery against hiring plans while operating in line with our global approach.
You will act as the bridge between global strategy and regional delivery - translating global direction into something that works locally, while feeding regional insight back into the wider Talent strategy.
You will be responsible for hiring performance across the region: ensuring the team is on track, identifying challenges and putting the right plans in place to improve delivery.
Leading a small team, you will combine people management responsibilities with hands-on recruitment delivery, personally managing selected vacancies and supporting business-critical hiring activity.
This role is a mix of leadership, operational oversight and hands-on problem solving. It requires someone who knows how to run a high-performing recruitment team, while adapting to the realities of the local market.
Key Responsibilities
Regional Hiring Delivery & Performance
Lead delivery against regional hiring plans, ensuring roles are filled in line with hiring targets and aligned to GC culture and values
Partner closely with leadership and hiring managers, providing market insight, hiring data, and recommendations to influence hiring decisions
Track pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-hire and overall delivery performance
Identify risks, gaps or bottlenecks, taking action to resolve them quickly
Personally, managing some vacancies, delivering end-to-end recruitment
Proactively source, engage, assess and manage candidates through the recruitment process
Partner directly with hiring managers on recruitment strategy, talent mapping and market intelligence for key positions
Ensure the team is prioritising effectively and delivering a strong candidate experience
Provide regular updates to the Head of TA on regional performance, risks and mitigation plans
Step in to support critical or complex hires where needed
Team Leadership & Enablement
You will lead and support the regional TA team to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
Set clear expectations around performance, accountability and ways of working
Ensure agreed processes and systems are being used consistently
Identify capability gaps and put the right training and support is in place
Managing external partner and contractors, ensuring alignment to hiring standards and processes
Balance team leadership responsibilities with personal recruitment delivery, acting as a role model for best practice hiring
Global Alignment & Regional Adaptation
Act as the regional TA representative, contributing to global projects and strategic initiatives e.g. embedding company values, process improvement and hiring training
Translate global Talent Acquisition strategy into a clear, practical regional approach
Providing insight on regional market conditions, hiring trends, competitor landscape, sourcing strategy, compliance requirements and local nuances
Manage regional agency and vendor usage, identify opportunities to improve and ensuring effective spend and hiring support
Ensure adoption of global tools and processes [greenhouse/LinkedIn/Insights/Sourcing tools/AI Agents].
Skills & Experience
We are looking for someone with strong experience as a people leader within Talent Acquisition, who can deliver against hiring plans and bring structure and clarity to a growing organisation. You will be hands on, organised and comfortable switching between operational delivery and strategy.
Key experience
Experience recruiting within the semiconductor industry or a scaling technology business
People leadership experience
Fluent in English with strong communication skills and ability to influence across different levels
Experience managing or mentoring recruiters, sourcers and coordinators and external partner
Strong understanding of recruiting metrics, pipeline management and hiring performance and using this information to develop the team or improve the hiring process
Ability to operate within a global framework while adapting to local markets – closely collaborating and aligning to the HQ in UK
Comfortable working in a fast-paced evolving environment
Strong end-to-end recruitment experience, including sourcing, assessment, offer management and stakeholder partnering
Desireable
Experience recruiting for silicon, Test, software or other similar technical roles
Experience leading a small TA team in a global organisation
Experience building talent pipelines and proactive sourcing strategies for highly specialised technical talent
Skills & approach
Clear, structured and outcome-focused – able to identify issues and act quickly to resolve
Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a bias to action
Pragmatic problem solver, comfortable making decisions and driving progress
Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery