US TA Lead

Role & responsibilities

US TA Lead

Experience: 10+ Years

Location: Bengaluru / Hyderabad

Focus: US Staffing / Tech Hiring

Key Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end US hiring across technology and professional staffing requirements.

- Own the complete recruitment lifecycle: sourcing, screening, candidate engagement, interview coordination, offer negotiation and joining.

- Bring strong hands-on experience in US staffing / IT staffing, with a proven track record of closing positions within aggressive timelines.

- Source candidates through Dice, LinkedIn, job boards, referrals and internal databases.

- Strong understanding of US employment types including W2, C2C, 1099 and full-time/direct hire.

- Good understanding of US work authorizations including US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, H-4 EAD, L-2 EAD, OPT/CPT and other relevant categories.

- Experience hiring across major US markets and working effectively across EST, CST time zones.

- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of local US talent, including niche and difficult-to-find technology skills.

- Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand requirements, talent availability, compensation and hiring timelines.

- Provide market intelligence on talent availability, rates, competitor hiring and location-specific challenges.

- Drive strong candidate engagement and proactively manage offer-to-join ratios, dropouts and counteroffers.

- Track recruitment metrics including submissions, interviews, selections, closures, ageing and turnaround time.

- Mentor and guide recruiters while remaining personally hands-on with sourcing and closures.

- Manage multiple high-priority requirements simultaneously in a fast-paced staffing environment.

Ideal Candidate

- 10+ years of US recruitment experience, with significant exposure to US staffing.

- Strong expertise in US IT/technology hiring.

- Proven record of independently closing niche and senior-level requirements.

- Strong understanding of the US staffing ecosystem, employment models, work authorization and compensation/rate structures.

- Excellent sourcing, negotiation, stakeholder-management and candidate-engagement skills.

- Comfortable working US-aligned/night-shift hours as required.

- High ownership mindset this is a hands-on hiring leadership role, not purely a team-management position.