Talent Acquisition Lead – US Staffing & Global Data/AI Hiring

Celebal Technologies

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Talent Acquisition Lead – US Staffing & Global Data/AI Hiring

Celebal Technologies

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Sanjay Sharma

Senior Director - Talent Experience & Global Delivery Lead

Talent Acquisition Lead – US Staffing & Global Data/AI Hiring

Location:

India (Hybrid options available)

Target Time Zone:

Overlap with US Eastern (EST) / Pacific (PST) and India Standard Time (IST)

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Department:

Human Resources / Talent Acquisition

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and strategic

Talent Acquisition Lead

based in India to spearhead our end-to-end recruitment for high-demand

Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

roles across North America (US and Canada) and international markets.

In this role, you will lead full-lifecycle recruitment, build active talent pipelines, and partner closely with hiring managers and cross-functional teams. You must bring deep familiarity with

US/Canada employment models, cross-border immigration frameworks

, and technical talent acquisition—with a strong preference for candidates with direct exposure to the

Databricks partner ecosystem or enterprise Data & AI landscape

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic US & Global Recruitment

Lead end-to-end talent acquisition lifecycle across the US and Canada (full-time W2, 1099, C2C, subcontracting, and Canadian T4/Corporation models).

Headhunt, evaluate, and close specialized engineering, architecture, and consulting talent in Data Platform Engineering, Machine Learning, and Generative AI.

Adapt sourcing channels to North American standards, utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Kaggle, technical communities, and niche AI networks.

2. Technical Specialization & Databricks Ecosystem Focus

Screen and assess candidates against real-world competencies across:

Databricks Stack:

Lakehouse Architecture, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Databricks SQL, MLflow, Spark/PySpark.

Data & Cloud Platforms:

Azure Databricks, AWS EMR/Databricks, GCP BigQuery/Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow.

AI & Machine Learning:

LLM deployment/fine-tuning, LangChain, RAG pipelines, MLOps, vector databases, and enterprise AI agents.

Partner with engineering leadership to develop technical evaluation rubrics, calibrated intake briefs, and market mapping.

3. Immigration & Compliance Oversight

Evaluate candidate work authorization statuses across North American jurisdictions:

US:

H-1B (transfers, cap-exempt, concurrent), OPT/CPT, STEM OPT, L-1, TN visas (USMCA/NAFTA), E-3, O-1, and Green Card/PERM processing stages.

Canada:

Express Entry, LMIA-exempt work permits (Intra-Company Transferee, CUSMA/USMCA), Canadian PR, and Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP).

Coordinate closely with legal/immigration counsel to ensure smooth onboarding, tax alignment, and labor standard compliance across state and provincial levels.

4. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, engineering directors, and practice leaders on compensation benchmarks, talent availability, and hiring timelines.

Mentor junior recruiters/sourcers in advanced boolean techniques, candidate engagement, and conversion strategies.

Track and report recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, offer acceptance rate, source effectiveness, and pipeline diversity) via modern ATS platforms (e.g., Greenhouse, Lever, Workday).

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

7–12+ years

of progressive recruitment experience, with at least

4+ years focused on US/Canada technical staffing

operating from India.

Demonstrated expertise hiring Data & AI talent

, including Data Engineers, Lakehouse Architects, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and Solutions Architects.

Thorough knowledge of US and Canada immigration

and visa mechanics (H-1B, TN, OPT, E-3, LMIA, Work Permits) and North American engagement structures (W2, C2C, 1099, T4).

Strong understanding of rate negotiations, gross margins, and salary benchmarking across US and Canadian tech hubs (Bay Area, Seattle, New York, Austin, Toronto, Vancouver).

Excellent verbal, written, and cross-cultural communication skills with proven success managing senior stakeholders in North America.

Ability to work aligned or overlapping hours with US/Canada business hours.

Preferred:

Direct experience hiring within the

Databricks partner ecosystem

, Databricks SI/consulting partners, or enterprise cloud competitors (Snowflake, hyperscaler data practices).

Prior background managing offshore-to-onshore staffing delivery models and cross-border transfers (e.g., India to US/Canada L-1/ICT).

Hands-on experience with modern recruiting tech stacks (Greenhouse, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, HackerRank).

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Employment type

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