Head – Talent Acquisition

Overview

Lead and own the entire Talent Acquisition function across Ethnus Group companies, building a scalable, high-delivery talent acquisition engine for technology staffing, software solutions and emerging business requirements.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end TA strategy, planning and delivery across all Ethnus Group companies.
• Drive workforce planning, talent forecasting and recruitment budgets aligned with business growth.
• Establish consistent recruitment governance, processes, SLAs and performance metrics.
• Lead high-volume, niche and specialised technology hiring for client staffing and software solutions mandates.
• Deliver talent requirements across Full Stack, FDE, Embedded Software, Cybersecurity and other emerging technology domains.
• Take complete accountability for stringent client timelines, hiring SLAs, fulfilment rates and deployment readiness.
• Build and lead a high-performing recruitment team with clear individual and collective accountability.
• Develop strong sourcing capabilities through direct recruitment, referrals, talent communities, consultants and strategic partnerships.
• Drive recruitment funnel efficiency, time-to-hire, cost-of-hire, offer-to-joining ratios and quality-of-hire.
• Build talent pipelines ahead of demand rather than operating purely on reactive hiring.
• Partner closely with the CEO, Business Heads, Delivery Leaders and Client-facing teams.
• Understand business economics, project requirements, revenue commitments and talent margins.
• Provide hiring intelligence, market insights and talent availability assessments to support business decisions.

What you'll need

• Strong understanding of end-to-end recruitment, technology hiring, lateral hiring, niche talent acquisition and staffing models.
• Ability to understand revenue, margins, client commitments, workforce utilisation and business priorities.
• Strong delivery orientation with the ability to manage multiple critical hiring mandates simultaneously.
• Deep understanding of technology talent markets, compensation benchmarks, sourcing channels and competitor hiring practices.
• Ability to establish scalable recruitment frameworks, dashboards, governance and measurable operating metrics.
• Exceptional candidate engagement, stakeholder influence, offer negotiation and closure capabilities.
• Experience with ATS, recruitment analytics, sourcing tools and data-driven hiring methodologies.
• Proven Talent Acquisition leader from IT Services, Technology Staffing, Software Services, Product Engineering or GCC environments.
• Go-Getter mindset with relentless drive to achieve targets.
• High energy and personal accountability for outcomes, not just activities.
• Comfortable working with stiff deadlines, changing priorities and demanding stakeholders.
• Ability to inspire, coach, develop and hold recruitment teams accountable.
• Solution orientation: finds ways to deliver rather than reasons why hiring cannot happen.
• Resilience and grit; remains composed and determined under pressure.
• Integrity and professionalism; builds trust with candidates, employees, clients and business leaders.
• Continuous improvement mindset; challenges conventional recruitment practices and drives innovation.

Details

• Location: Bangalore South, Karnataka, India.
• Benefits include health insurance for self and dependents, attractive performance-linked variable pay and tenure-linked bonus.