Assistant Manager Talent Acquisition

Role & responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for high-volume hiring across multiple roles and functions.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, social media, vendors, and other channels.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines to meet ongoing and immediate hiring requirements.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and business stakeholders to understand requirements, define hiring priorities, and drive closures.
• Screen and evaluate candidates based on role requirements, skills, experience, and cultural fit.
• Manage the recruitment funnel from sourcing to offer closure and onboarding, ensuring a smooth candidate experience.
• Track and analyse hiring metrics such as TAT, source mix, conversion rates, offer-to-join ratio, and closures.
• Identify bottlenecks in the hiring process and proactively work on improving recruitment efficiency.
• Manage external recruitment vendors and ensure quality and productivity from partners.
• Support initiatives around process improvement, employer branding, candidate experience, and scalable hiring frameworks.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing business priorities and tight hiring timelines.

Preferred candidate profile

• 2 to 4 years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, preferably with exposure to volume hiring.
• Strong hands-on experience in sourcing, screening, interview coordination, stakeholder management, and offer closure.
• Experience hiring across multiple positions simultaneously and managing high-volume recruitment mandates.
• Strong understanding of recruitment channels including Naukri, LinkedIn, referrals, vendors, and other sourcing platforms.
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Data-driven approach with the ability to track and interpret recruitment metrics.
• Strong ownership, execution skills, and ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Comfortable working in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment.
• A proactive problem-solver who can independently drive hiring mandates from requirement to closure.