Senior Manager/Associate Director - US Recruitment Lead

Job Name: US Recruitment Lead

Designation: Senior Manager / Associate Director - US Hiring (India-based)

Preferred Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad

Reports to: Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Team Size Managed: 3 - 5 Recruiters

Experience Required: 15 - 18 years

Geography Covered: United States (primary focus: Bay Area / West Coast), with support for other US regions as needed

Role Description:

We are looking for a Recruitment Lead with strong experience in end-to-end US FTE hiring, including candidate sourcing, process management, candidate engagement, salary negotiations, and position fulfillment.

A fast-growing AI, Cloud, and Data services company is hiring a Recruitment lead to manage recruitment for its US business, with a strong focus on the Bay Area.

This is a hands-on role where you will personally deliver, hiring plan, strategize and manage sourcing, mentor recruiters on sourcing techniques, manage a team of recruiters, drive hiring operations, and track recruitment performance.

Based in India, you should be comfortable working across US time zones and have a good understanding of the US technology hiring market, compensation trends, and visa / work authorization requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

- Own end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for US roles, from requirement gathering, sourcing, screening, interviews, offer, and closure across AI, Cloud, Data technology and Sales positions (Predominantly FTEs)

- Personally drive and monitor sourcing for niche and senior roles in AI/ML, Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), and Data Engineering/Data Science, building talent pipelines and market maps for hard-to-fill Bay Area skill sets

- Lead compensation discussions and closing offers with minimal drop-off

- Ensure hiring practices comply with US employment law (EEO, OFCCP, state-specific requirements) and maintain audit-ready documentation, including work authorization basics (H-1B, OPT, GC)

- Act as primary point of contact for US-based hiring managers, setting expectations on timelines, market realities, and pipeline health

- Build and maintain dashboards (fulfillment, time-to-fill, source mix, funnel conversion, recruiter productivity, offer-to-join) and publish regular, insight-driven reports to leadership

- Manage, coach, and develop a team of 3 - 5 recruiters, bandwidth allocations, running 1:1s and performance reviews, and driving skill development

- Represent TA in leadership reviews and planning discussions

- Run hiring cadences, weekly req reviews, pipeline syncs, stuck-req escalations and drive interview debrief discipline and decision velocity

Requirements:

- 12 - 18 years of total recruitment experience, with significant time spent hiring for the US market (at least 10 years) Bay Area exposure on FTE hiring is strongly preferred.

- Proven hands-on sourcing expertise in AI, Cloud, and Data technology roles

- Hands-on experience creating and running cold outreach campaigns using sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Hireezy, and similar platforms

- Track record of managing recruiting teams (5+ direct reports)

- Strong command of US compensation structures, negotiation, and offer management

- Working knowledge of US employment compliance is mandatory

- Experience building and running TA metrics / dashboards (Excel, ATS reporting, or BI tools)

- Comfortable working overlapping hours with US Pacific / Eastern time zones

- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills - able to hold their own with senior hiring managers

Nice to Have:

- Experience hiring for a technology company that has gone through rapid scaling

- Exposure to building interviewer toolkits, scorecards, or structured interview frameworks

- Exposure in working in ATS.