Lead It Recruiter

Key Responsibilities:

1. End-to-End IT Recruitment

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from requirement understanding and sourcing to offer rollout and candidate onboarding.
• Handle lateral and niche IT hiring requirements across multiple technologies.
• Source candidates through Naukri, LinkedIn, job portals, employee referrals, and other recruitment channels.
• Conduct initial HR screening, evaluate candidate suitability, and coordinate technical interviews.
• Manage salary negotiations, offer management, and candidate follow-ups until joining.

2. Team Leadership & Management

• Lead, guide, and mentor the recruitment team to achieve hiring targets.
• Allocate recruitment requirements among team members and monitor daily recruitment progress.
• Review recruiter performance, productivity, and closure ratios.
• Provide guidance on sourcing strategies, candidate screening, and effective recruitment practices.

3. Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with hiring managers, technical teams, and business leaders to understand manpower requirements.
• Conduct requirement discussions and finalize job descriptions.
• Provide regular updates on hiring progress, candidate pipelines, and recruitment challenges.
• Ensure alignment between business hiring needs and recruitment delivery.

4. Recruitment Strategy & Reporting

• Develop effective sourcing strategies for critical and niche positions.
• Monitor recruitment metrics such as TAT, SLA, offer-to-joining ratio, and closure ratio.
• Maintain recruitment trackers, MIS reports, and hiring dashboards.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements in recruitment processes.
• Support workforce planning and manpower budgeting activities.

Required Technical Hiring Experience:

Experience in hiring for multiple IT technologies, including:

• Salesforce Developer, Administrator, Consultant, BA, QA and SFMC.
• Java, .NET and Full Stack Developers.
• MERN Stack React.js, Node.js and MongoDB.
• Frontend and Backend Developers.
• DevOps, Cloud and Infrastructure.
• QA Manual and Automation Testing.
• Data Engineering, Data Science and AI/ML.
• SAP, ERP and other niche technical requirements.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 59 years of overall recruitment experience, preferably in IT Services or IT Consulting.
• Strong experience in end-to-end IT recruitment and technical hiring.
• Prior experience in leading or mentoring a recruitment team.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of Naukri, LinkedIn, ATS and other sourcing platforms.
• Good understanding of recruitment metrics, MIS, TAT and SLA management.
• Strong negotiation, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requirements and deliver within defined timelines.