Talent Acquisition Manager

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The Manager - Talent Acquisition will lead and drive the organization's recruitment strategy, workforce planning, and hiring operations across multiple business functions and geographies. This role is responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment, stakeholder engagement, talent pipeline development, employer branding initiatives, recruitment analytics, and process governance.

The incumbent will partner closely with business leaders to ensure timely delivery of quality talent while building scalable, compliant, and data-driven talent acquisition practices aligned with organizational growth objectives

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy

• Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies aligned with business growth plans.
• Partner with business leaders to forecast hiring demand and workforce requirements.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical, niche, and leadership positions.
• Monitor labor market trends, competitor hiring activity, and talent availability.

Recruitment Operations

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for volume, specialist, and leadership hiring.
• Ensure recruitment activities commence only against approved requisitions and hiring plans.
• Drive sourcing through multiple channels including:
• Direct sourcing
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Job portals
• Employee referrals
• Social media
• Vendor partnerships
• Talent communities
• Manage candidate screening, interviewing, assessments, offer management, and onboarding coordination.
• Maintain recruitment compliance, documentation, and audit readiness.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, coach, and mentor recruiters and sourcing specialists.
• Establish recruitment KPIs and performance expectations.
• Conduct regular recruiter performance reviews and capability-building initiatives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a strategic advisor to Hiring Managers and Business Leaders.
• Conduct discovery meetings to understand hiring requirements and talent needs.
• Manage hiring expectations, recruitment timelines, and candidate experience.
• Provide regular hiring updates and market intelligence to stakeholders.

Employer Branding

• Strengthen employer branding initiatives across digital and social platforms.
• Drive candidate engagement and talent community-building programs.
• Representing the organization at industry events, career fairs, and networking initiatives.

Recruitment Analytics & Reporting

• Monitor and report recruitment metrics including:
• Time-to-Fill
• Time-to-Hire
• Cost-per-Hire
• Source Effectiveness
• Offer-to-Joining Ratio
• Recruitment Funnel Conversion
• Recruiter Productivity
• Diversity Hiring Metrics
• Develop dashboards and executive hiring reports.
• Utilize data insights to improve recruitment outcomes and operational efficiency.

Process Governance & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to recruitment policies, SOPs, and statutory requirements.
• Maintain candidate data confidentiality and ATS compliance.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and recruitment best practices.

Support internal and external audits by maintaining appropriate recruitment records and evidence.

Desired Candidate profile:

9 to 12 years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience.

Minimum 2 to 3 years in a Team Lead, Assistant Manager, Lead Recruiter, or Manager TA capacity.

Experience handling high-volume, niche, and leadership hiring simultaneously.

Proven experience managing recruitment teams and driving hiring delivery against business objectives.

Experience working across multiple geographies, business units, or functions is preferred.

Prior experience in staffing, BPO, healthcare, IT, consulting, consulting services, language services, professional services, or high-growth organizations would be advantageous.