Senior Principal

Senior Principal (Agency Background Preferred)

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 10–14 years

Notice Period: Immediate joiners or candidates who can join within 30 days preferred

About Riviera Partners

Riviera Partners is a leading global executive search firm specializing exclusively in technology leadership hiring. We partner with venture-backed startups, high-growth scale-ups, and Fortune 100 technology companies to build exceptional engineering, product, and executive leadership teams. Our reputation is built on deep technical expertise, market intelligence, and a search-driven approach to solving complex technology hiring challenges.

About Paragon

Paragon is the strategic delivery organization within Riviera Partners, supporting high-impact technical hiring initiatives across Engineering, Product, and Design functions. We partner closely with global technology clients to deliver complex search mandates, with a strong focus on quality, market intelligence, and consultative hiring.

Role : Senior Principal

We are looking for an experienced Technical Recruiter with a strong agency or executive search background to lead strategic hiring initiatives across Engineering and Product functions. This role is ideal for recruiters who enjoy search-driven recruiting, solving complex hiring challenges, and partnering directly with clients to deliver exceptional talent.

Candidates currently based in Hyderabad are only preferred.

Preference will be given to immediate joiners or candidates serving notice who can join within 30 days.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment Execution & Delivery

• Own end-to-end recruitment for Software Engineering and Product hiring mandates.
• Manage approximately 15–25 active technical requisitions across multiple client engagements.
• Execute high-quality searches across Senior Individual Contributor, Staff, Principal, Architect, Engineering Manager, and Product leadership roles.
• Design and execute sourcing strategies using market mapping, competitive intelligence, passive candidate engagement, referrals, and advanced sourcing techniques.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for niche and hard-to-fill technical positions.
• Monitor funnel performance and proactively identify bottlenecks across sourcing, screening, interview, and offer stages.
• Recalibrate search strategies based on market feedback and hiring challenges to ensure successful delivery.

Client Management & Search Strategy

• Serve as a trusted recruiting partner for hiring managers and client stakeholders.
• Translate hiring requirements into structured and executable search strategies.
• Advise clients on talent availability, compensation trends, hiring competitiveness, and market realities.
• Provide consultative guidance on role positioning within the Hyderabad and broader India technology talent market.
• Deliver regular updates on search progress, pipeline health, hiring risks, and expected time-to-fill.
• Maintain awareness of competitor hiring activity and evolving technology hiring trends.

Market Intelligence & Search Leadership

• Develop deep expertise in Hyderabad's engineering and product talent ecosystem.
• Conduct market mapping and talent intelligence exercises across target companies.
• Identify talent clusters, competitor hiring patterns, and emerging skill trends.
• Use market insights to continuously improve sourcing effectiveness, pipeline quality, and hiring outcomes.

Required Qualifications

Professional Experience

• 10–14 years of technical recruiting experience.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in an Executive Search firm, Technology Recruitment Agency, Recruitment Consultancy, or Search-focused Talent Acquisition environment is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated success hiring Software Engineers, Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Architects, Staff Engineers, Principal Engineers, and other senior technology professionals.
• Strong experience managing multiple concurrent search assignments across different clients.
• Expertise in sourcing passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, market mapping, referrals, and other advanced sourcing methodologies.
• Proven ability to build and manage talent pipelines for complex technical roles.
• Excellent stakeholder management and consultative recruiting skills.
• Strong understanding of the Hyderabad engineering talent ecosystem and broader India technology market.

Preferred Background

We are particularly interested in candidates from:

• Executive Search Firms
• Technology Recruitment Agencies
• Specialist IT Staffing Firms
• Search-focused Recruitment Consultancies

Experience hiring for Product Companies, SaaS organizations, Global Capability Centers (GCCs), AI/ML, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, FinTech, or Digital Platforms will be an added advantage.

Tools & Recruiting Infrastructure

You will work with a modern recruiting ecosystem that includes:

• Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Advanced sourcing and market mapping platforms
• Talent intelligence tools
• Reporting dashboards and pipeline analytics
• Internal research and knowledge-sharing systems

What Success Looks Like

Successful recruiters in this role have demonstrated experience in:

• Independently owning complex technical searches from strategy to offer closure.
• Delivering senior engineering and product hiring across multiple client accounts.
• Building proactive talent pipelines rather than relying on inbound applications.
• Working in a search-driven, quality-focused recruiting environment.
• Advising stakeholders with data-driven market insights and talent intelligence.
• Managing multiple high-priority searches while maintaining an exceptional candidate experience.

Career Growth

At Riviera Partners, recruiting is viewed as a strategic search function—not transactional recruiting. This role offers exposure to:

• Complex global executive and technical search assignments.
• Hiring for venture-backed startups, high-growth scale-ups, and Fortune 100 technology companies.
• Strategic stakeholder engagement and client advisory.
• Market intelligence and executive search methodologies.
• Opportunities to grow into Search Leadership and Client Advisory roles.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Currently based in Hyderabad.
• Strong experience working in an agency, executive search, or technology recruitment consultancy.
• Deep understanding of Hyderabad's technology talent landscape.
• Comfortable managing multiple client-facing search engagements.
• Passionate about sourcing, market mapping, and consultative recruiting.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required
• MBA, executive education, Engineering Degree or certifications in talent acquisition, sourcing strategy, or HR analytics are