Lead Talent Acquisition Partner

Overview

Senior individual contributor role owning hiring outcomes for a global portfolio of product, engineering and G&A roles, acting as strategic partner to senior leaders across regions and leading AI-enabled recruiting projects.

What you'll do

• Drive value-driven, end-to-end hiring for global product, engineering, and G&A roles, delivering on time, on quality, and aligned to business goals.
• Act as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to senior leaders across the region, aligning hiring priorities, challenging assumptions, and guiding decisions on market trade-offs, compensation positioning, and location strategy.
• Manage complex, multi-region stakeholder groups with confidence, adapting approach across time zones, hiring cultures, and business contexts.
• Lead recruiting projects and initiatives end to end, from scoping and stakeholder buy-in through adoption and impact measurement, in areas such as AI sourcing and screening pilots, structured interviewing, intake and SLA frameworks, and hiring manager enablement.
• Evaluate, pilot, and scale AI-enabled tools and automation across sourcing, screening, scheduling, candidate engagement, and reporting, with measurable gains in turnaround time and recruiter capacity, while safeguarding fairness, candidate experience, and data privacy.
• Build and nurture proactive global talent pipelines for critical and recurring skills; identify alternative talent pools, geographies, and adjacent profiles when traditional sources cannot meet demand.
• Provide leaders with timely talent market intelligence on availability, skill scarcity, compensation benchmarks, and the competitive landscape, and use it to shape hiring strategy and long-term workforce plans.
• Use funnel data, systems reporting, and market insights to influence hiring decisions; act as the team's trusted advisor in data storytelling and translate insights into clear, compelling narratives for leadership.
• Develop a strong understanding of UKG's products, customers, and the HCM industry, and connect recruiting strategies clearly to business and team priorities.
• Identify and implement process improvements that raise hiring speed, quality, interview consistency, and the experience for candidates and hiring managers.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and team resource on process, tooling, AI, and stakeholder management; coach peers through challenging situations and reinforce best practices across the global team.
• Lead complex, niche, or business-critical searches where role ambiguity or talent scarcity requires a customized approach.

What you'll need

• 10–15 years of progressive talent acquisition experience, with a substantial portion in SaaS, enterprise software, or product-led technology companies.
• Proven experience partnering with and advising senior stakeholders across global, distributed teams and multiple time zones, with a strong record of stakeholder management and influence.
• Demonstrated track record of value-driven hiring outcomes: quality of hire, offer-acceptance, hiring manager satisfaction, and time-to-fill for product and technology roles.
• Hands-on expertise using AI in recruitment, such as AI-assisted sourcing, candidate matching and screening, outreach personalization, interview intelligence, or generative AI for recruiting content and analysis, with the ability to articulate measurable impact and lessons learned.
• Experience leading recruiting projects or initiatives end to end, from defining scope and securing buy-in through adoption and measurement.
• Strong data and business acumen; comfortable with funnel metrics, dashboards, and market data, and able to turn them into a persuasive story for leaders.
• Deep knowledge of modern sourcing techniques, global talent market mapping, and competitive intelligence for technology talent in India and internationally.
• Proficiency with enterprise ATS and CRM platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, and recruiting analytics tools.
• Excellent communication, consulting, and influencing skills; able to challenge thinking constructively and operate with a high degree of autonomy.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting for HCM, HR tech, or workforce management products.
• Exposure to global hiring programs, employer branding, or talent intelligence.
• Experience mentoring recruiters.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.