Talent Acquisition & Strategy Manager

Overview

Lead end-to-end talent acquisition strategy and delivery for hiring in India, with strategic oversight of the India-based recruiting team that supports hiring across North America, Europe and other international markets.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition strategy and delivery for hiring across India, ensuring alignment with business growth and workforce requirements.
• Partner with senior business leaders and hiring managers in India to understand workforce planning, hiring priorities and talent requirements.
• Develop and execute scalable recruitment strategies for India and for the India-based recruiting support model serving international markets.
• Manage and mentor the India-based recruiting team, ensuring appropriate capacity, productivity, quality, service delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Partner with recruiting stakeholders across the US, Canada, Europe and other regions to understand hiring demand and align the India-based recruiting team to those requirements.
• Own recruitment metrics, dashboards and reporting, including Time-to-Fill, Quality of Hire, Offer Acceptance Rate, Cost per Hire and Source Effectiveness.
• Drive process improvements and recruitment best practices to enhance hiring efficiency and candidate experience.
• Build strong talent pipelines for niche and leadership-level IT positions.
• Collaborate with HR, Compensation and Business Leaders throughout the hiring lifecycle.
• Ensure recruiting activities are aligned with applicable local employment requirements and company hiring policies, with appropriate coordination across supported geographies.
• Lead recruitment planning, forecasting and resource allocation for India hiring and for the India-based recruiting support provided to international markets.
• Oversee recruiting capacity, resource allocation and prioritization for the India-based team supporting international hiring requirements.
• Work closely with external partners, recruitment agencies and sourcing vendors when required.
• Champion employer branding initiatives and talent engagement programs.
• Leverage data-driven insights to continuously improve recruitment performance and hiring outcomes.

What you'll need

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 12–15+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition.
• Current designation should be Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment Manager or equivalent, with experience leading India-based recruitment and/or supporting international hiring through an offshore recruiting model.
• Strong understanding of recruitment practices, sourcing strategies and talent-market trends.
• Demonstrated experience leading recruitment in India.
• Proven experience managing recruitment teams and engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• Ability to read, understand and interpret job-related documents, instructions, policies and communications in English, and to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on expertise with Greenhouse (GH ATS), including requisition management, interview workflows, reporting, scorecards and recruitment analytics.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation abilities.
• Expertise in workforce planning and recruitment operations.
• Strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Experience managing high-volume as well as strategic leadership hiring.
• Experience supporting recruitment across multiple time zones and geographies.
• Working knowledge of employment practices and recruiting compliance across India and supported international markets.
• Strong employer branding and talent mapping experience.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Ability to spend long hours sitting and using office equipment and computers.

Nice to have

• MBA or PGDM.
• International recruiting practices experience, with experience supporting or managing recruiting delivery for international markets.
• Experience driving recruitment transformation and process automation.
• Experience with an offshore recruiting or shared-services model.

Details

• Work environment: Remote.
• Expected hours: generally normal business hours, with specific times varying by business needs; occasional work outside normal business hours may be required.