Manager, Career Transformation

Who are we and what do we do?

Interviews can be hard. And when it comes to the top tech companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc., they can be downright brutal. Most candidates don’t make it simply because they don’t prepare well enough.

Interview Kickstart is one of the leading global platforms with a presence in the US and India helping Software Engineers prepare for tough technical interviews. The current and former hiring managers at top tech companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc. take candidates through intense prep courses to make them completely ready to crack the toughest interviews. Over the last 5 years, we have helped over 15000 engineers nail the toughest technical interviews on the planet. We are successful, profitable, and have a vision of building the world's largest career-upleveling platform.

Requirement: 

We are looking for an ex-technical recruiter with a passion for supporting career development programs to enable our students to:

• Build out a professional transition plan
• Secure more interviews
• Improve their interview performance from one interview to the next
• Make a successful transition into the most-coveted positions in tech (offer negotiation included)

• Responsible for end-to-end career transitions of an assigned batch of students
• Approving the completion and quality of Career Skills assignments, critical to a student’s successful transition (approving resume/LinkedIn quality for specific roles, reviewing interview feedback and developing preparation plans, collecting offer details)
• Tracking individual student progress for multiple cohorts as they move through their interview and career transition processes
• Communicating with students and hiring partners via calls, email, direct messages, video, or a mix of communication strategies (gathering requirements from hiring partners and identifying students who would fit the role)
• Supporting the introduction of students to hiring partners within the Interview Kickstart ecosystem
• Maintaining daily trackers (must be comfortable using Google Sheets, CRM etc) 
• Working closely with all the internal teams to continuously improve the learning experience
• Connecting our students with our support resources - technical, career, and guidance coaches, mock interviewers, or other resources when needed
• Serve as the single point of contact for all students queries and concerns around the interview and decision phases of their career transition journey
• Willing to work early morning/evening, night shifts, and on weekends. Compensatory offs would be provided on weekdays.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+years of experience in tech recruiting or related functions (sourcing, recruiting management) in a competitive (fast-growth) tech company.
  Preferred Additional Experience includes:
  
  
• Experience in career coaching and/ or career services in an Ed-tech environment
• Exposure to customer service, customer success, program/ project management, recruiting coordination, student relationship management, operations, or related functions in an Ed-tech company.
• Personality development training background
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills and analytical thinking
  
  This role is for you if you:

• Are extremely detail-oriented
• Are proactive, disciplined, organized and resilient
• Are empathetic towards others and genuinely want to help people grow
• Are an active listener and are genuinely curious about how things work, or why they don’t