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Posted Apr 22, 2025Graduate Talent Scientist
at Canonical
On-site
Responsibilities
- Drive, ambitious and curiosity to own breakthroughs in the talent field.
Requirements
- Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT.
- You will possess a psychology based degree with an exceptional academic track record from high school.
- experience from the field of talent, from either university coursework relating to talent selection or from an internship or first job in a talent team.
- The suitable candidate will bring an analytical mindset with a high level of curiosity to integrate data to draw insights and outcomes using SQL or Python.
- You will have the ability to prioritise and deliver work in a fast paced environment with a good level of self motivation and drive to operate in our remote based environment.
- Learning how to assess candidates using behavioural interview techniques.
- Gaining a deep appreciation of the use of psychometrics in the workplace.
- Contributing to projects that drive successful hiring outcomes, many of which require advanced analytics skills to integrate data to draw insights.
- Gaining a deep understanding of our systems and platforms to problem solve and support on hiring questions.
- Being at the forefront of ticket support and company channel questions, helping to solve issues as you gain a deep understanding of our processes. What we are looking for in you
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university, with an undergraduate degree in a psychology or people based subject.
- Advanced analytical ability to dissect and analyse data using SQL, with Python and/or advanced statistical analysis advantageous.
- Exposure to the topic of talent through university degree coursework, a relevant internship or first job.
- Results driven with the ability to work at pace, with strong project management skills to roadmap, plan and deliver objectives working with the team.
- Advanced theory of psychometrics
- A deep understanding of the topic of intrinsic motivation What we offer colleagues
- As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software.
Benefits
- We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
- We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance.
- In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
Additional details
- Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.
- Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.
- The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles.
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
- The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
- Our Talent Science team has a mission to ensure that we follow objective, scientifically rigorous and efficient processes to select the very best new colleagues regardless of location, culture or background.
- We work closely with our key stakeholders to ensure that decisions are being made in the right way and that our hiring model supports the selection of world class talent.
- We lead an effective hiring ecosystem to deliver talent acquisition excellence.
- We leverage data to enable evidence-based decisions, weaving behavioural science through our selection process, working closely with our Hiring Leadership team who drive hiring at Canonical.
- We are looking for exceptional people to join our team at the entry level.