Head of Talent Acquisition

We're looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition leader to take on this next stage. You'll work with a growing team of 6+ people, with headcount and scope set to expand further as business demand develops.

This is a strategic and hands-on role. You'll set the direction for the function and stay close to the workdirectly involved in senior, complex, or business-critical searches. DataArt is a relatively flat organization, and we expect this person to lead through expertise, trust, and sound judgment rather than formal hierarchy.

The role reports functionally to the Chief People Officer, with a local reporting line to the Head of India, and works closely with global Recruitment, Delivery, Sales, and HR leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Own recruitment strategy and hiring outcomes for India across technical, delivery, commercial, leadership, and corporate roles.
• Set and review recruitment priorities based on business value, urgency, market conditions, and team capacity, and make clear trade-offs between competing demands.
• Use recruitment data, funnel analysis, and market intelligence to guide decisions and advise stakeholders on talent availability, compensation, timelines, and risk.
• Lead, grow, and retain the India recruitment team, building their skills and credibility as advisers to the business.
• Build recruitment practicesand a teamthat can scale and respond effectively as demand shifts.
• Partner with HR, Marketing, and PR to ensure employer branding reflects current market trends and hiring priorities.
• Contribute to DataArt's global work on recruitment analytics, technology, and AIan area where DataArt has an established track record, including a 2025 Brandon Hall Group Gold Award for advances in learning technology.

Requirements:

• 8-10+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, ideally in global IT services, technology consulting, or software engineering.
• Several years of experience leading and developing a recruitment team.
• Strong knowledge of the Indian technology talent market across job families and seniority levels.
• A track record of scaling recruitment teams and processes without losing quality.
• Experience managing stakeholders across countries and functions in a global organization.
• Strong analytical ability, with the ability to turn recruitment and market data into clear recommendations.
• Confidence to form and communicate an independent point of view and challenge assumptions with evidence.
• A genuine interest in applying AI to improve recruitment practices.
• Clear, internationally accessible English.
• Prior exposure to distributed or matrixed reporting structures; experience building recruitment capability in a scaling market.