Talent Acquisition Specialist

Expected start date

ASAP (position is open if you can still read this)

Positions Open

2

Experience required

Fresh or 2-3 years of relevant experience, preferably in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment

Education required

Education is flexible; However Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Tech is a plus.

Salary package

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Monthly performance-based increments & cash bonuses

Perks

• Opportunity to work & grow with a Y-Combinator backed Founder who has been doing startups for more than a decade
• More than 90% of customers are based in the USA (get exposure working on cutting-edge/disruptive tech)
• Opportunity to travel abroad and gain invaluable exposure
  • We have offices in Pakistan, Qatar & America.
• Experience Hyper-growth in your career based on the Silicon Valley mindset
• A strong base salary
• Flexible working hours
• High performance oriented and resilient work environment / workstation
• Company Issued Laptops/ Electronic Devices based on need and performance
• Free Food ( Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner/ Snacks/ Fruits and Beverages)
• 24/7 Access to the office
• Performance base paid cool-off period
• Dedicated time / Access to a plethora of Learning Resources
• Knowledge base mini library present at the office
• Fastest network (internet) in Pakistan
• Medical insurance, treatment and employee care for astronauts
• Overnight Stay Facilitation: Sleeping pods and Lockers
• Recreational activities / trips
• Highest Grade Massage Chairs
• Gaming corner - PS5
• Insured parking space
• Support team available for facilitation of employees
• Taxation, Accounts and legal assistance for the employees.
• The best work culture/team environment in the world! Primed to set you up for either running your own company or being a C-Level Executive in one.

Important Further Reading:

We value our culture above all else - Please go through this Culture Document carefully to understand our culture, values and what we represent.

Check out our website: cowlardesignstudio.com

To learn more about the type of work we have done.

About the Role:

At Cowlar, we believe our greatest asset is our people. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will play a critical role in sourcing, engaging, acquiring and onboarding the top 0.0001% talent from across the country to fuel our ambitious growth. This role demands a proactive, strategic, and relationship-driven approach to attract exceptional candidates who align with our culture and vision. You will collaborate closely with hiring managers, leverage cutting-edge recruitment tools, and maintain an outstanding candidate experience from first contact through onboarding. Join us to be part of a global innovative company committed to building tech at warp speed.

Primary Responsibilities:

End-to-End Talent Acquisition Management

1. Lead the full-cycle recruitment process for diversified positions across Cowlar, from job scoping to offer closure.
2. Ensure timely hiring across engineering, product, business, and operations roles, while maintaining top-tier candidate experience.
3. Execute structured hiring processes that align with Cowlar’s high-performance culture and long-term strategic goals.

Talent Pool Management

1. Build, organize, and maintain a continuously updated talent pool across all functions and verticals.
2. Evaluate candidates using Cowlar’s proprietary I2A2 assessment frameworkIntelligence, Integrity, Ambition, and Alignment to ensure long-term organizational fit.
3. Ensure the pool is diverse in skill sets, backgrounds, and professional experiences, ready to support hiring at scale.
4. Use ATS tools such as Manatal to manage, track, and optimize candidate journeys with data-backed insights. Possess flexibility to switch to other ATS tools if required.
5. Categorize candidates effectively for recurring and future hiring needs and ensure periodic re-engagement with passive talent.

Talent Branding Materials World-Class Standards

1. Develop and maintain a strong employer presence across platforms like LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Google and Indeed.
2. Taking ownership and management of the Linkedin pages of Cowlar. Responding to the candidate queries, Posting updates, Job posts and achievements on Linkedin.
3. Analyze metrics from platforms like LinkedIn and Glassdoor to optimize employer reputation and visibility.
4. Design and maintain a suite of high-quality recruitment collateral including presentations, one-pagers, digital brochures, standees, posters, and banners.
5. Collaborate with Cowlar’s brand and marketing teams to ensure visual consistency, storytelling coherence, and design excellence.
6. Create role-specific pitch decks and videos to sell Cowlar’s value proposition to engineers, analysts, and business professionals.
7. Implement content-driven talent branding campaigns across social platforms, highlighting company culture, employee stories, innovations, and mission impact.
8. Strategically brand Cowlar in external channels and university engagements through content marketing and personalized communication.

Maintain a digital library of reusable and editable recruitment materials for internal stakeholders.

Pakistan Talent Sourcing

1. Develop and execute robust sourcing strategies targeting Pakistan-based talent across major cities and regional hubs.
2. Post Job posts on multiple sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn, Rozee.pk ,Indeed , Facebook/WhatsApp groups, and university job portals.
3. Create direct relationships with Pakistan’s top universities and technical institutions for pipeline development.
4. Lead out-of-station university visits to identify and engage top emerging talent.
5. Tap into Cowlar’s proprietary 12 Levels of Outreach to uncover hidden and passive talent within Pakistan.
6. Conduct local market intelligence to keep sourcing strategies aligned with evolving competition and salary benchmarks

University Talent Management

1. Build long-term partnerships with top universities and technical institutes across Pakistan.
2. Plan and execute university-facing recruitment activities: career fairs, seminars, guest lectures, recruitment drives, and industrial visits.
3. Promote Cowlar as an aspirational employer for students and early-career professionals through storytelling, content, and career education.
4. Lead the development and execution of early-career hiring programs such as internships and apprenticeships to support long-term talent strategy
5. Coordinate with internal teams to provide immersive internship or co-op programs with clear outcomes.

Global Talent Sourcing Future Growth

1. Strategically build future-ready pipelines for international hiring by mapping global talent hotspots aligned with Cowlar’s expansion goals.
2. Identify international platforms, global job boards, and overseas alumni networks to access high-caliber remote or relocation-ready talent.
3. Prepare Cowlar’s hiring playbook for cross-border recruitment, including coordination with Employer-of-Record services, compliance documentation, and visa support.
4. Support the development of Cowlar's global employer brand in priority expansion markets (e.g., Qatar, GCC, USA and EU).

Employment Contracts & Documentation

1. Prepare, edit, and issue employment, internship, and contractor agreements tailored to each candidate’s role, employment type, and relevant compensation structure.
2. Customize contract templates in accordance with the employment category (e.g. full-time, part-time, intern, remote, contractual), while ensuring alignment with internal policies and local labor laws.
3. Coordinate contract dispatch, follow-up, and collection to ensure timely completion before onboarding.
4. Respond to candidate queries regarding contract terms, clarifying any discrepancies professionally and escalating to legal if needed.

Onboarding Specialist Responsibilities:

1. Facilitate seamless onboarding by introducing new hires to company policies, culture, tools, and communication channels.
2. Coordinate and manage the end-to-end onboarding process, including documentation, system access, and first-day readiness.

3. Execute Pre-Onboarding, Onboarding and Post-Onboarding Checklists.

4. Oversee and execute the Cowlar’s 150 Days Onboarding Checklist.

5. Track onboarding progress through check-ins and feedback loops to ensure high retention and early-stage employee satisfaction.
6. Maintain and update probation period trackers to monitor new hires’ probation end dates, ensuring timely evaluations and follow-up actions as part of the post-onboarding process

Job Marketing & Strategic Outreach

1. Write compelling, well-branded job descriptions tailored to specific channels and talent pools.
2. Post jobs on multiple platforms such as LinkedIn, Rozee, Indeed, Glassdoor, university portals, and niche platforms (as needed).
3. Experiment with new sourcing channels and communities to access untapped talent segments (e.g., online forums, Discord, GitHub).
4. Optimize application processes and reduce candidate drop-off by constantly improving outreach clarity and value proposition.

Documentation

1. Work closely with engineering, analytics, and product teams to develop screening tasks, technical questions, and interview rubrics.
2. Maintain role-specific screening libraries and ensure these are updated regularly to reflect current role demands and business objectives.
3. Collaborate with hiring teams to co-design task-based evaluations, logical reasoning tests, and skill assessments aligned with I2A2.
4. Prepare, edit, and issue employment, internship, and contractor agreements tailored to each candidate’s role, ensuring accuracy and alignment with individual details and company policies

Candidate Coordination & Interview Logistics

1. Schedule and manage candidate interviews (onsite and remote) efficiently, including communication with hiring teams and stakeholders.
2. Prepare candidates with detailed interview logistics, pre-read materials, and expectations.
3. Track interview feedback, ensure debrief loops are closed promptly, and keep candidates updated throughout the process.

AI AgentBased Recruitment Execution

1. Operate Cowlar’s proprietary AI-based hiring assistant, ensuring smooth execution across automation workflows.
2. Liaise with the engineering team to resolve system bugs, suggest logic improvements, and enhance candidate interaction quality.
3. Provide structured feedback loops to improve the agent's efficiency, logic, and communication over time.

Recruitment Process Optimization & Tool Ownership

1. Continuously evaluate and optimize Cowlar’s hiring workflows, candidate experience, and recruiter efficiency metrics.
2. Own and manage Cowlar’s internal application portal (work.cowlar.com) overseeing structural changes, application flows, and feature enhancements.
3. Use tools such as Google Sheets, Trello, Manatal ATS, and others to manage hiring KPIs, dashboards, and reports.

Requirements

General Requirements:

Educational background is flexible; engineering or software-related field is advantageous

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

2. High-energy individual with a consistently positive attitude

3. Experience working with international teams

4. Demonstrated ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively

5. Highly motivated, driven, and self-starting individual capable of immediate productivity

6. Thrives in fast-paced environments and comfortable with ambiguity

7. Strong process improvement skills to evolve the role alongside business changes

8. Adaptability to learn new tools and technologies quickly

9. Intrapreneurship or Entrepreneurship mindset

10. Leadership mindset and prevention of followership mindset.

Necessary Skill Set:

1. Experience with Google Docs. You should be able to draft detailed, structured Job descriptions, training material and interview preparations documents.
2. Experience with Google Slides. You should be able to create beautiful looking commercial material that efficiently gets the point across.
3. Experience with Google Meets & Calendar. You should be responsible for scheduling, coordinating and conducting online interviews.
4. Managing end-to-end interview logistics, including sending invites, confirming availability with candidates and interviewers, and ensuring smooth execution of online assessments or discussions

5. Experience and Expertise with Google Sheets

6. Proven experience in managing, updating, and maintaining online application portals to ensure seamless candidate engagement

7. Familiarity with ATS portals such as Manatal, Zoho Recruit, SAP, etc.

8. Strong research skills for identifying potential candidates and gathering relevant company information
9. Ability to create and optimize email sequences and cadences for outreach campaigns

Preferred Characteristics

1. Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, tailored to diverse audiences

2. Extremely High attention to detail.

3. Great Evaluation skills: Proficient in accurately judging candidates' suitability for roles through thorough evaluation and interviewing

4. Embraces the company's culture of rapid growth and innovation

5. Contributes to a respectful work environment, valuing diversity of thought and background. Focuses on the collective growth of people of the company.

6. Collaborative mindset with a focus on achieving team goals

7. Detail-oriented while maintaining a strategic perspective

8. Accountable for own work and responsible in exercising professional freedom

9. Proactive in seeking and providing constructive feedback

10. Strong ethical foundation with the courage to address issues directly

11. Shows initiative in identifying and solving problems without constant supervision
12. Strong project management and reporting skills, with a focus on cross-functional collaboration
13. Curiosity-driven, with a passion for continuous learning and self-improvement

14. Persistent and action-oriented, with a bias towards rapid execution

15. Adaptable and quick to learn new technologies and methodologies

16. Ability to balance quality work with efficient delivery

17. Organized and detail-oriented, ensuring high-quality output

18. Anticipates potential issues and plans accordingly

19. Capable of making sound decisions quickly, especially under pressure

20. Solution-oriented approach with strong prioritization skills

21. Excellent problem-solving abilities, including technical debugging when necessary

22. Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines

23. Innovative thinker, capable of developing creative solutions

Originally posted on Himalayas