Director Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition Director

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Leadership

• Drive and own the complete TA strategy for Technology, Engineering, and Functional hiring across the GCC.
• Build robust talent pipelines for niche and hard to hire roles
• Oversee workforce planning in collaboration with business leaders and HRBPs.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with senior leadership (Global / India) to understand business needs and align hiring priorities.
• Conduct regular business reviews, present data insights, and provide hiring forecasts.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business heads on market intelligence and hiring feasibility.

Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing TA team.
• Drive capability building within the team on sourcing, assessments, technology tools, and candidate experience.
• Implement best practices for productivity, bandwidth allocation, and performance.

Process Excellence & TA Operations

• Own and optimize recruitment processes, ensuring speed, quality, and excellent candidate experience.
• Ensure strong coordination between sourcing, recruitment operations, onboarding, and HR teams.

Metrics, Reporting & Dashboards

• Create and track TA dashboards covering TAT, pipeline health, offer-to-join ratio, conversion ratios, hiring forecasts, recruiter productivity, etc.
• Drive KPI discipline across TA teams.
• Utilise data to present hiring trends, market availability, and risks to leadership.

Technology & Tools

• Leverage ATS, HR systems, and analytics tools to improve hiring efficiency (Greenhouse / Workday / SuccessFactors, etc.,).
• Advocate for automation, AI tools, and continuous TA process upgrades.

Employer Branding

• Work with global branding teams to build the GCCs employer value proposition.
• Drive recruitment marketing campaigns for tech, engineering, and functional talent.

  Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

• 15+ years of Talent Acquisition experience with at least 5+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong expertise in hiring across

  Tech, Engineering, and Corporate functions

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• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven experience in team leadership, coaching, and performance management.
• Deep understanding of

  recruitment analytics, reporting, KPIs, and dashboards

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