Talent Acquisition Partner, Engineering & Product

About the role

The Netskope Engineering & Product Talent Team works closely with R&D leadership to identify, source, assess, and hire candidates who meet current and future hiring and diversity goals. The team manages the full recruiting lifecycle—from need identification and sourcing strategy to outreach, interviewing, offer negotiation, and smooth hand‑off to HR for onboarding.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineering leaders and hiring managers to forecast staffing needs and develop targeted sourcing strategies that maintain a steady pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Own end‑to‑end recruiting for assigned searches, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and candidate assessment.
• Use market compensation data, competitive landscape insights, and candidate psychology to guide candidates and hiring managers through offer negotiation and closing.
• Conduct hands‑on sourcing via cold calls, emails, and LinkedIn outreach, followed by detailed Zoom qualification calls before presenting candidates.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for hiring managers, balancing multiple concurrent searches and priorities.
• Design recruiting plans that broaden the candidate pool and ensure diversity for current and future hiring needs.
• Identify and implement tools and process improvements to enhance recruiting efficiency and platform performance.

Required profile

• Minimum five years of technical recruiting experience, including on‑site work for enterprise product companies and prior agency experience.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive problem‑solving ability and a commitment to high‑quality execution in a fast‑paced startup environment.
• Ability to manage all stages of the recruiting process and handle multiple searches simultaneously.
• Strong direct‑sourcing skills, including research, cold calling, and outreach via email and InMail.
• Experience recruiting for product companies building enterprise solutions in cloud networking, distributed systems, big data engineering, and security.
• Hands‑on experience with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem/Greenhouse Sourcing Automation, and Guide for candidate experience and scheduling.
• Discretion and sound judgment, recognizing the impact of hiring decisions on company operations.

Required skills

• Greenhouse
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Gem
• Guide