Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition (Telecom Hiring)

Experience: 12+ Years

Industry: Telecom / Telecom Infrastructure / Operations & Maintenance (O&M)

About the Role

• We are looking for an experienced and result-oriented Senior Manager Talent Acquisition to lead recruitment operations and hiring delivery for telecom and telecom infrastructure businesses.
• The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in high-volume recruitment across field operations, technical, operational, managerial, and leadership roles.
• The candidate should have proven experience managing a recruitment team, partnering with business stakeholders, and developing effective hiring strategies to meet organizational manpower requirements while maintaining recruitment quality and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

1. Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Delivery

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for high-volume telecom hiring requirements.
• Manage recruitment across field operations, technical, operational, managerial, and leadership positions.
• Develop effective sourcing strategies to meet business hiring targets within agreed timelines.
• Ensure a consistent pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future manpower requirements.
• Monitor recruitment metrics, hiring timelines, and overall delivery performance.

2. Team Management & Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 5-6 recruiters.
• Allocate hiring requirements and monitor individual and team performance.
• Establish recruitment targets, performance metrics, and accountability standards.
• Guide recruiters on sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, and stakeholder coordination.
• Build a collaborative and delivery-focused recruitment team.

3. Stakeholder Management

• Partner with business leaders, hiring managers, and operational teams to understand manpower requirements.
• Develop hiring plans aligned with business priorities and workforce needs.
• Provide regular updates on recruitment progress, hiring challenges, and delivery metrics.
• Manage escalations and ensure effective coordination between recruitment and business teams.

4. Manpower Planning & Recruitment MIS

• Support workforce planning and forecasting based on business requirements.
• Prepare and maintain recruitment MIS, dashboards, and hiring reports.
• Track recruitment KPIs, sourcing effectiveness, offer-to-joining ratios, and hiring costs.
• Identify recruitment bottlenecks and implement process improvements.

5. Compliance & Cost Optimization

• Ensure recruitment processes comply with organizational policies and applicable requirements.
• Drive cost-effective recruitment through efficient sourcing channels and vendor management.
• Optimize recruitment expenditure without compromising candidate quality.
• Standardize recruitment processes and improve operational efficiency.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment.
• Strong experience in high-volume telecom recruitment.
• Proven experience hiring for field, technical, operational, managerial, and leadership positions.
• Experience managing a team of 5-6 recruiters.
• Strong stakeholder management and recruitment delivery capabilities.
• Experience in manpower planning, recruitment MIS, compliance, and cost-effective hiring.
• Excellent communication, leadership, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple hiring requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Preferred Industry Background

Candidates from the following industries will be preferred:

• Telecom
• Telecom Infrastructure
• Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
• Power and infrastructure services
• Similar field-intensive, large-scale operational organizations
• Candidates from organizations such as Mahindra Powerol and similar industry organizations will also be considered.

Education

• MBA / PGDM in Human Resources is preferred.
• Interested candidates with relevant telecom recruitment leadership experience are encouraged to apply.