Riviera Partners
Website:
rivierapartners.com
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About Riviera Partners
Riviera Partners is a leading global executive search and recruiting firm focused exclusively on technology leadership hiring. We partner with some of the world’s most innovative organizations from venture-backed startups and high-growth scaleups to Fortune 100 technology companies - to build exceptional engineering, product, and executive leadership teams.Our reputation is built on deep technical expertise, strong market intelligence, and a search-driven approach to solving complex hiring challenges across global technology markets.
About Parago
nParagon, the strategic delivery organization within Riviera Partners, supports high-impact technical hiring initiatives across engineering, product, and design functions. We operate as a quality-first search and delivery team partnering closely with clients on critical technical hiring mandates. Our Hyderabad team works on complex searches for senior individual contributor and leadership talent across global technology organizations, providing exposure to a broad range of clients, markets, and hiring challenges
.We are looking for a highly execution-oriented Principal Recruiter to support strategic client engagements and large-scale technical hiring initiatives across Hyderabad and broader India markets. This role requires deep technical recruiting expertise, exceptional stakeholder management capability, and strong understanding of the Hyderabad technology ecosystem
.
Key Responsibiliti
es
1. Recruitment Execution & Deliv
- eryOwn end-to-end recruiting across Software Engineering and Product hiring mandates, managing sourcing, pipeline development, screening, stakeholder alignment, and offer clos
- ureManage approximately 15–25 active requisitions across 3–5 client accounts, focused on senior engineering and product hiring across global technology organizati
- onsDrive high-quality search execution across mid-to-senior IC and leadership hiring mandates rather than transactional high-volume recruit
- ingIndependently design and optimize sourcing strategies based on market response, talent availability, funnel performance, and hiring complex
- ityMaintain strong pipeline health across all assigned searches while ensuring candidate quality, relevance, and conversion efficie
- ncyProactively identify and resolve bottlenecks across sourcing, screening, interview process, or offer conversion sta
- gesRecover stalled or underperforming searches through strategic recalibration, market remapping, and targeted talent engagem
ent2. Client Management & Search Strat
- egyServe as a trusted recruiting partner for assigned client engagements and hiring stakehold
- ersTranslate business and hiring requirements into structured, executable search strateg
- iesAdvise stakeholders on market availability, compensation trends, talent competitiveness, and hiring feasibil
- ityProvide consultative guidance on role positioning within the Hyderabad and broader India technology talent landsc
- apeAlign hiring expectations with real-time market conditions and candidate behav
- iorDeliver data-driven updates on pipeline health, search risks, hiring velocity, and expected time-to-f
- illMaintain strong awareness of competitor hiring trends, talent movement, and market dynamics across engineering doma
ins3. Market Intelligence & Search Leaders
- hipDevelop deep expertise in the Hyderabad engineering talent ecosystem and evolving technology hiring tre
- ndsMap competitor hiring activity, talent concentration, and high-density skill clusters across engineering and product functi
- onsIdentify sourcing gaps early and proactively refine search strategy to improve pipeline quality and predictabil
- ityLeverage market intelligence to improve speed, quality, and consistency of hiring outcomes across multiple concurrent searc
hesCareer Growth & Developm
entAt Riviera Partners we view recruiting as a strategic search function, not a transactional delivery ro
le.In this role, you will gain exposure
- to:Complex global technical searches across engineering and product organizati
- onsHigh-impact hiring projects with leading technology companies and venture-backed scale
- upsStrategic stakeholder engagement and consultative search owners
- hipOpportunities to grow into broader search leadership and client advisory responsibilit
- iesWe emphasize quality of execution, market expertise, and strategic partnership over pure requisition volu
me.Tools & Recruiting Infrastruct
ureYou will work with a modern recruiting and research stack that supports high-quality search execution, includi
- ng:Applicant Tracking Systems (A
- TS)LinkedIn Recruiter and advanced sourcing platfo
- rmsTalent intelligence and market mapping to
- olsReporting dashboards and pipeline analytics platfo
- rmsInternal research and knowledge-sharing sys
temRequired Qualificati
onsProfessional Experie
- nce10–14 years of experience in technical recruit
- ingStrong track record hiring Software Engineering and Product talent across IC and senior IC lev
- elsExperience managing multiple concurrent technical searches in fast-paced hiring environme
- ntsStrong stakeholder management and hiring manager partnership experie
- nceExperience in GCCs, product companies, executive search firms, or high-performance talent acquisition environments strongly prefer
- redDemonstrated expertise in sourcing strategy, funnel management, and pipeline optimizat
- ionStrong familiarity with the Hyderabad engineering talent ecosys
temEducat
- ionBachelor’s degree requi
- redMBA, executive education, Engineering Degree or certifications in talent acquisition, sourcing strategy, or HR analytics are a p
lus
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