Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across regimes, allowing end users to have actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

We are hiring a Head of Talent Acquisition – Global to scale our world-class team across India, the US, and other strategic locations. This role is about building from first principles—architecting a global hiring strategy, closing top-tier candidates across engineering, aerospace, policy, and commercial functions, and becoming the strongest ambassador of Digantara's vision to protect the orbital commons.

Why Us?

• Build and scale the core team of a space-tech company solving real-time surveillance, intelligence, and sustainability challenges on a planetary scale.

• Define and own our global hiring blueprint—covering India, the US, and other locations.

• Work directly with founders and function heads to close mission-critical roles.

• Influence how the global deep-tech community perceives Digantara as an employer brand.

• High-autonomy, mission-first culture with opportunities for rapid personal and professional growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the global talent acquisition function across technical, scientific, policy, and commercial verticals.

• Drive the full hiring lifecycle—from strategic workforce planning to closing top-tier global talent.

• Build and nurture a distributed team of recruiters and sourcers aligned with business needs.

• Craft a compelling employer value proposition for international markets—tailored to engineers, researchers, and operators across time zones.

• Partner closely with founders and senior leadership to identify, engage, and onboard high-impact leaders and specialists.

• Represent Digantara at global talent forums, conferences, and academic/industry engagements.

• Build processes for cross-border recruitment, immigration, and remote onboarding.

• Establish and track key recruitment KPIs and refine hiring systems for scalability and consistency.

• Ensure every candidate experience reflects Digantara’s core values and future-forward vision.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in end-to-end recruitment, with at least 2+ years in a global or regional leadership capacity.

• Experience scaling teams internationally—especially in the US, EU, or APAC regions.

• Excellent storytelling skills—you can articulate the why behind the what, and sell roles with clarity and conviction.

• Hands-on experience in hiring across hardware, software, aerospace, AI/ML, or strategic domains.

• Deep understanding of recruitment operations, compliance, and sourcing in global talent markets.

• Analytical mindset—data-driven with a strong sense of candidate-market fit.

• Strong stakeholder management and cross-cultural communication skills.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Prior experience in space-tech, defense, high-performance R&D, or dual-use technology startups.

• Experience working with remote, distributed teams.

• Familiarity with global immigration policies, particularly US (H1B, O-1), EU, and India.

• Personal passion for space, national security, or sustainability.

Space is global. So is our mission.
If you’re excited to build the team behind one of the most ambitious space-tech companies of this decade, we’d love to meet you.