Delivery Lead / Recruitment Delivery Lead

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Delivery Lead / Recruitment Delivery Lead to manage end-to-end recruitment delivery, lead a team of recruiters, and ensure timely fulfillment of client hiring requirements. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in volume hiring, stakeholder management, recruitment operations, and team leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of recruiters to achieve hiring and delivery targets.
• Own end-to-end recruitment delivery for multiple clients/accounts.
• Understand client requirements and ensure timely closure of open positions.
• Monitor recruiter productivity, pipeline, submissions, interviews, offers, and joining ratios.
• Develop effective sourcing and recruitment strategies for critical and volume requirements.
• Conduct regular team reviews and provide coaching and performance feedback.
• Coordinate with clients, hiring managers, and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure quality of candidate submissions and maintain agreed SLA/TAT.
• Track recruitment metrics and prepare regular MIS/reports.
• Identify delivery challenges and implement corrective actions.
• Handle escalations and maintain strong client relationships.
• Ensure compliance with recruitment processes and organizational policies.

Required Skills

• 4+ years of experience in recruitment/talent acquisition, with relevant team-lead or delivery-management experience.
• Strong knowledge of IT recruitment processes.
• Experience managing recruitment teams and client requirements.
• Excellent sourcing, screening, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong knowledge of job portals, especially Naukri, LinkedIn, and other sourcing platforms.
• Good understanding of recruitment metrics, SLAs, and hiring funnels.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in a target-driven and fast-paced environment.

Preferred

• Experience in recruitment consultancy/staffing environments.
• Experience handling multiple clients or large-volume hiring.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding recruitment delivery targets.