Talent Acquisition Associate

Location : Vashi, Navi Mumbai (On-site)

Experience : 0–2 years

Type : Full-time

Reports to: Talent Acquisition Specialist (Non-Sales)

About Grexa AI

Grexa AI is a venture-backed startup on a mission to build the world’s first Marketing AI Platform for small businesses, a fully autonomous system that drives real revenue by automating and optimizing digital marketing.

Founded by 4 seasoned IIT alumni and former Testbook founders / CXOs (scaled to a $30Mn ARR business with 1,000+ employees, successfully acquired by a leading edtech company), the team brings deep product expertise, execution speed, and a track record of building at scale. We’re funded, building fast, and assembling a high-performing team to disrupt the global digital marketing space from India.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Associate to support end-to-end hiring across our non-sales functions, including Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, Operations, and G&A.

You’ll work closely with our Talent Acquisition Specialist, owning sourcing and screening while learning to run full-cycle recruitment. This is a high-ownership entry point into talent at a fast-scaling AI startup, ideal for someone early in their recruitment career who wants exposure across functions and room to grow quickly.

Key Responsibilities

1. Talent Sourcing & Pipeline (primary focus)

• •Proactively source candidates for non-sales roles through LinkedIn, job portals (Naukri, Instahyre, etc.), referrals, and communities.
• •Build and maintain healthy pipelines for open engineering, product, design, marketing, and operations roles.
• •Keep candidate databases and hiring trackers accurate and up to date.

2. Screening & Coordination

• •Conduct initial screening calls to assess communication, motivation, role fit, and basic qualification against the brief.
• •Schedule interviews across panels, manage feedback loops, and keep candidates and interviewers informed at every stage.
• •Support the Talent Acquisition Specialist and hiring managers in defining role requirements and shortlisting.

3. Candidate Experience

• •Deliver a smooth, professional experience from first contact to onboarding.
• •Represent Grexa’s brand and culture well across all recruitment touchpoints.
• •Support offer rollouts and pre-joining engagement for selected candidates.

4. Recruitment Operations & Reporting

• •Maintain recruitment dashboards, trackers, and documentation.
• •Share pipeline status and funnel updates with the TA Specialist and leadership.
• •Coordinate with HR Ops for smooth onboarding and handover.

Requirements

• •0–2 years of experience in recruitment or talent acquisition; strong internships count.
• •Exposure to non-sales hiring (tech, product, design, marketing, or operations) is a strong plus.
• •Solid sourcing instincts across LinkedIn and job portals; comfortable running high volumes of outreach.
• •Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage both candidates and internal stakeholders.
• •Comfortable with Excel / Google Sheets and open to learning ATS and recruitment tools.
• •High-ownership mindset, organized, and able to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
• •Must be based in Mumbai / Navi Mumbai and able to work full-time from our Vashi office.

Why Join Us

• •High-growth environment: get in early on hiring for a fast-scaling AI startup.
• •Founders’ access: work closely with IIT alumni and serial entrepreneurs who built and scaled Testbook.
• •Learning curve: exposure across engineering, product, and go-to-market hiring, with a clear path to grow into a full-cycle recruiter.
• •Collaborative culture: a high-performance, zero-politics environment that values results and people equally.