Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced and result-oriented Associate Vice President Talent Acquisition to lead our recruitment function and drive large-scale hiring across the organisation. The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of leading high-performing recruitment teams, achieving hiring targets, partnering with business leaders, and building scalable recruitment strategies to support business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Talent Acquisition team to consistently achieve hiring targets across multiple business functions.
• Own end-to-end recruitment delivery, ensuring positions are filled within defined timelines and quality benchmarks.
• Drive recruitment productivity by monitoring team performance, recruiter KPIs, hiring metrics, and overall hiring efficiency.
• Partner closely with Business Heads, Hiring Managers, and Leadership to understand workforce planning and make informed hiring decisions.
• Conduct regular hiring reviews with stakeholders and provide market insights, hiring trends, and talent availability.
• Build and implement recruitment strategies for volume hiring, lateral hiring, leadership hiring, and niche talent acquisition.
• Ensure a strong candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Develop sourcing strategies across job portals, social media, employee referrals, recruitment agencies, and other talent channels.
• Analyse recruitment dashboards and MIS reports to identify bottlenecks and improve hiring performance.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and technology adoption to enhance recruitment efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to recruitment policies, employer branding initiatives, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with HR Operations, Business Leaders, and Learning & Development teams to ensure smooth onboarding and workforce planning.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Proven experience in managing and driving large recruitment teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering abilities.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills backed by recruitment data and hiring metrics.
• Expertise in recruitment planning, workforce forecasting, and hiring strategy.
• Ability to manage multiple business units and high-volume hiring simultaneously.
• Excellent negotiation, influencing, and communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment technology, ATS, HRMS, and sourcing platforms.
• Data-driven mindset with experience in recruitment dashboards and MIS reporting.

Preferred Experience

• 8 years to 12 years+ of Talent Acquisition experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership role.
• Demonstrated success in leading recruitment teams and consistently delivering against ambitious hiring targets.
• Experience in scaling recruitment operations for organisations with 1,000+ employees.
• Exposure to high-volume hiring, leadership hiring, and multi-location recruitment.
• Experience working closely with senior business leaders and executive stakeholders.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Hiring target achievement.
• Time-to-fill and Time-to-hire.
• Offer-to-join ratio.
• Cost-per-hire.
• Recruiter productivity.
• Quality of hire.
• Hiring Manager satisfaction.
• Candidate experience scores.
• Team performance and retention.
• Recruitment process compliance and reporting accuracy.

Why Join Us?

This is a strategic leadership opportunity for someone passionate about building high-performing recruitment teams, influencing business decisions, and creating a scalable Talent Acquisition function that supports rapid organisational growth.

How to apply?

Interested candidates can share their resume at [email removed] or can connect at [phone removed]