Manager - TA

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to lead and drive end-to-end hiring for the organization. The role will be responsible for building and executing scalable recruitment strategies, partnering closely with business leaders, and ensuring timely hiring of high-quality talent across functions.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in volume hiring, stakeholder management, talent mapping, recruitment analytics, and team management, with the ability to operate in a fast-paced and high-growth environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for assigned business functions and locations.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and business leaders to understand manpower requirements and translate them into effective hiring plans.
• Drive volume and lateral hiring across multiple levels and functions.
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline through various channels including job portals, referrals, social media, employee networks, consultants, and direct sourcing.
• Lead and mentor a team of recruiters and ensure achievement of hiring targets and recruitment SLAs.
• Develop effective sourcing strategies for critical and niche positions.
• Conduct regular market mapping and talent benchmarking to understand talent availability, compensation trends, and competitor hiring practices.
• Monitor recruitment metrics such as Time to Hire, Time to Fill, Offer-to-Joining Ratio, Source Effectiveness, Cost per Hire, and Quality of Hire.
• Work closely with hiring managers to improve interview processes, candidate experience, and selection quality.
• Drive offer closures by effectively managing candidate expectations and compensation discussions.
• Identify hiring bottlenecks and implement process improvements to improve recruitment efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with organizational recruitment policies and processes.
• Build strong relationships with external recruitment partners and manage consultant performance wherever required.
• Drive initiatives around employer branding, employee referrals, internal mobility, and talent engagement.
• Prepare and present recruitment dashboards and hiring updates to leadership.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, preferably in a high-growth, retail, consumer, e-commerce, or similar environment.
• Proven experience in managing recruitment teams and delivering large-scale hiring targets.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management and business partnering.
• Hands-on expertise in sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and closure.
• Strong understanding of recruitment metrics and data-driven hiring.
• Experience in building talent pipelines for both volume and leadership positions.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.
• Experience with ATS/recruitment technology and hiring dashboards is preferred.
• Postgraduate/MBA in HR or a related discipline will be an added advantage.

What Were Looking For

• A strategic yet hands-on Talent Acquisition professional.
• Strong ownership and accountability for hiring outcomes.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge hiring requirements when required.
• Data-driven approach to recruitment and problem solving.
• Strong people-management and coaching capabilities.
• Passion for building efficient, scalable, and candidate-friendly hiring processes.

If you are passionate about building high-performing teams and want to make a significant impact through talent acquisition, we would love to hear from you.