Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition (Telecom Hiring)

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 56 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 56 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.