Deputy General Manager - Talent Acquisition/Leadership Hiring

Job Description:

DGM, Talent Acquisition

Location: Mumbai

Industry: Large Diversified Business Group

Function: Human Resources Talent Acquisition

Designation: Deputy General Manager Talent Acquisition

Role Overview:

We are looking for an accomplished Talent Acquisition professional to join a large and reputed business group based in Mumbai. The incumbent will play a key role in driving leadership and senior-management hiring across the Group, with a particular focus on businesses operating in Ports, Power/Energy, EPC, Infrastructure and allied sectors.

The role requires someone with strong business understanding, excellent stakeholder management skills, and demonstrated experience in identifying and attracting high-quality leadership talent for complex, project-driven businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead leadership and senior-level hiring across designated businesses and functions.

- Partner closely with Business Heads, CXOs and HR Leadership to understand organisation structures, succession requirements and critical talent gaps.

- Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle requirement understanding, market mapping, sourcing strategy, assessment, stakeholder coordination, compensation discussions and offer closure.

- Drive proactive talent mapping and succession pipelines for critical leadership positions.

- Build talent pools across Ports, Power, EPC, Infrastructure, Projects, Engineering, Operations and Corporate Functions.

- Work closely with executive search firms and other recruitment partners while strengthening direct sourcing capabilities.

- Provide market intelligence on talent availability, organisation structures, compensation benchmarks and competitor movements.

- Ensure superior candidate experience and effective engagement of passive senior-level candidates.

- Drive recruitment MIS, analytics, TAT and hiring-quality metrics.

- Contribute towards strengthening the Group's overall Talent Acquisition strategy and employer brand.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- 12-18 years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Executive Hiring, preferably within a large corporate group or complex multi-business environment.

- Strong track record of independently managing leadership/CXO and senior-management hiring.

- Candidates with hiring exposure to Ports, Power/Energy, EPC, Infrastructure or large Engineering/Projects businesses will be strongly preferred.

- Good understanding of senior talent markets and organisation structures within infrastructure-oriented businesses.

- Strong capability in talent mapping, headhunting and passive candidate engagement.

- Ability to engage confidently with CXOs, Business Heads and senior HR stakeholders.