Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition professional with 5+ years of experience in technical recruitment, stakeholder management, and client hiring.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in managing end-to-end recruitment for technical positions, partnering with hiring managers and business stakeholders, and handling client-driven hiring requirements. The candidate should be confident in managing multiple positions, understanding technical requirements, building talent pipelines, and ensuring timely closure of open positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for technical and IT positions, from requirement understanding to offer and onboarding.
• Handle hiring across various technical skill sets including Software Development, QA, DevOps, Cloud, Data, Infrastructure, Support, and other IT roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and stakeholders to understand job requirements, technical skills, experience, and candidate expectations.
• Work closely with clients to understand hiring requirements, provide suitable candidate profiles, and manage recruitment updates.
• Act as a key point of contact between clients, hiring managers, candidates, and internal recruitment teams.
• Source candidates through job portals, LinkedIn, employee referrals, professional networks, and other relevant channels.
• Screen and evaluate candidates based on technical skills, experience, communication, cultural fit, and role requirements.
• Conduct initial candidate discussions and assess candidates before sharing profiles with hiring managers or clients.
• Coordinate technical interviews, client interviews, assessments, and feedback throughout the recruitment process.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates and ensure a positive candidate experience.
• Manage multiple open positions simultaneously while ensuring quality and timely closure of requirements.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future technical hiring needs.
• Track recruitment metrics such as TAT, submissions, interview-to-selection ratio, offer-to-joining ratio, and closures.
• Follow up with hiring managers and clients for interview feedback and ensure timely movement of candidates through the recruitment process.
• Negotiate offers with selected candidates and manage counteroffers, notice periods, and joining formalities.
• Proactively identify recruitment challenges and develop sourcing strategies to close difficult or niche technical positions.
• Maintain accurate candidate and recruitment data in ATS/MIS or recruitment tracking systems.
• Prepare and share regular recruitment reports and hiring status updates with stakeholders and management.
• Ensure compliance with company recruitment policies and maintain confidentiality of candidate and client information.
• Contribute to improving recruitment processes, sourcing strategies, and overall hiring efficiency.

Stakeholder & Client Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, business leaders, clients, and other key stakeholders.
• Conduct regular discussions with stakeholders to understand changing hiring requirements and priorities.
• Manage expectations regarding candidate availability, market conditions, compensation, notice periods, and hiring timelines.
• Provide market insights and recommendations to stakeholders to support effective hiring decisions.
• Handle client escalations professionally and work towards timely resolution.
• Ensure clear and consistent communication throughout the hiring process.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Technical Recruitment.
• Strong hands-on experience in IT/Technical hiring.
• Experience handling client-facing recruitment and stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of technical roles, technologies, and IT skill sets.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes.
• Excellent sourcing skills using LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, and other recruitment channels.
• Strong candidate screening and evaluation skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requirements and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong follow-up and coordination skills.
• Experience working with ATS, recruitment databases, and MS Excel/reporting tools.
• Strong understanding of recruitment metrics and hiring turnaround time.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in client hiring / RPO / staffing / recruitment consultancy environments.
• Experience handling volume as well as niche technical hiring.
• Experience hiring for senior-level and specialized technical positions.
• Strong professional network within the IT talent market.
• Experience managing recruitment targets and closure numbers.
• Ability to work independently and manage stakeholder relationships effectively.