Talent Advisor, AI Research

About the role

Salesforce is hiring a Talent Advisor, AI Research in Singapore, a strategic, consultative role reporting to AI Research leaders. You will be the primary recruitment advisor, aligning hiring plans with organizational goals and attracting AI Research talent across internships and full-time roles. The role is hybrid, with three days a week onsite.

Key responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for AI Research roles, including research internships and new-grad programs, delivering a seamless candidate experience
• Build and nurture relationships with universities, faculty and research labs to create long-term talent pipelines
• Proactively identify and recruit passive talent through academic networks, conferences and publications
• Partner with AI Research leaders on demand planning, hiring forecasts, role prioritization and talent mapping
• Deliver market and competitive intelligence on AI research talent, including skill availability, graduation pipelines, compensation benchmarks and competitor hiring strategies
• Plan and run campus events, research conference presence and employer brand activity
• Define, track and analyze talent acquisition metrics such as pipeline health, conversion rates and time-to-fill
• Work with Recruiting Operations, Finance, HR and coordinators from forecasting through new-hire onboarding

Required profile

• Full-cycle recruiting experience, including sourcing, qualifying, networking, strategy and relationship management
• Experience as a trusted advisor to business leaders with market knowledge and data-driven guidance
• Proven success engaging passive candidates with a variety of sourcing tools
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to coach hiring managers
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Comfort using data and ATS/People systems to drive decisions

Required skills

• Fluency in English; additional regional languages are an advantage
• Use of ATS and people systems
• Even better: experience recruiting PhD, AI/ML or research talent, university recruiting across Asia-Pacific, familiarity with the Singapore and APAC talent market