Remote (Global)

Canonical is hiring a Graduate Talent Scientist

About the Role

Join Canonical as a Graduate Talent Scientist. In this role, you will contribute to our global talent agenda, implementing hiring strategies and ensuring the selection of world-class talent. You will learn and apply behavioral interview techniques and psychometrics within a remote-first pioneer of distributed collaboration.

What You'll Do

  • Learn to assess candidates using behavioral interview techniques.
  • Gain a deep appreciation of the use of psychometrics in the workplace.
  • Work on process and documentation efficiencies that fuel hiring practices.
  • Contribute to projects that drive successful hiring outcomes, requiring advanced analytics skills to integrate data to draw insights.
  • Build excellent stakeholder relationships to help design and implement solutions to complex problems to ensure hiring of exceptional talent.
  • Gain a deep understanding of systems and platforms to problem solve and support on hiring questions.
  • Be at the forefront of ticket support and company channel questions, helping to solve issues as you gain a deep understanding of processes.

What We're Looking For

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
  • Undergraduate degree in a psychology or people-based subject.
  • Advanced analytical ability to dissect and analyse data using SQL.
  • Exposure to the topic of talent through university degree coursework, a relevant internship or first job.
  • A passion for working in the technology space with evidence as to why.
  • Results driven with the ability to work at pace.
  • Strong project management skills to roadmap, plan and deliver objectives working with the team.
  • Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
  • Drive, ambition and curiosity to own breakthroughs in the talent field.
  • Ability to travel internationally 2-4 times a year, for company events, occasionally for two weeks.

Nice to Have

  • Python and/or advanced statistical analysis advantageous.
  • Advanced theory of psychometrics.
  • A deep understanding of the topic of intrinsic motivation.

Technical Stack

  • SQL
  • Python

Team & Environment

You will work closely with the Hiring Leadership team and senior stakeholders.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
  • Annual compensation review.
  • Recognition rewards.
  • Annual holiday leave.
  • Maternity and paternity leave.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
  • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events.

Work Mode

This is a global, remote-first role open to candidates in the EMEA region.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination.

Required Skills
SQLPythonData AnalysisStatisticsData ScienceMachine LearningData VisualizationA/B TestingHypothesis TestingExperimental DesignResearchCommunicationProblem Solving
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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT.

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