Head of US Hiring
Location: Mohali
Shift: 09:30 PM – 6:30 AM IST
ROLE SUMMARY
You will lead and scale the entire US recruitment function. This senior leadership role requires someone who can operate with full ownership, build high-performing teams, and deliver consistent hiring outcomes across Sales, Leadership, and Senior Management roles. You will refine processes, enforce standards, and run a disciplined, metrics-driven recruitment operation capable of both high-volume and high-quality hiring.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Talent Acquisition Leadership
- Own full-cycle recruitment for US-based roles across Sales, Operations, Leadership, and specialized positions.
- Build and execute recruiting strategies that generate strong candidate pipelines at scale.
- Manage, mentor, and grow recruitment teams with high accountability and performance expectations.
- Set weekly, monthly, and quarterly hiring targets and ensure consistent delivery.
- Maintain dashboards for hiring metrics including throughput, conversions, time-to-fill, recruiter performance, and quality-of-hire.
2. Process Optimization & Systems Ownership
- Refine and optimize the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle to increase speed and improve quality.
- Implement structured pipelines, SLAs, and KPI frameworks across all stages of recruitment.
- Ensure accurate data and proper usage of ATS systems, reporting tools, and automation solutions.
- Build scorecards and standard evaluation frameworks to improve hiring consistency.
- Identify skill gaps within the recruitment team and run targeted training programs.
3. Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate closely with leadership to understand hiring forecasts, role requirements, and performance expectations.
- Set realistic hiring timelines and communicate proactively on pipeline health and risks.
- Serve as the primary point of accountability for all US hiring results and recruitment process improvements.
- Partner with department heads to develop clear role briefs and strong candidate profiles.
4. High-Volume & Senior-Level Hiring
- Oversee simultaneous pipelines for high-volume sales hiring and senior/executive-level searches.
- Develop strategies for hard-to-fill and competitive US roles.
- Implement evaluation systems that quickly filter unqualified candidates while moving strong candidates forward efficiently.
5. Team Building & Performance Culture
- Build and lead a high-performing recruiting team capable of scaling with business growth.
- Enforce a culture of accountability, speed, precision, and data-driven decision-making.
- Maintain operational discipline across all recruitment workflows.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Leadership hiring across Sales, Operations, and Senior Management roles.
- Experience setting up or scaling a recruitment function.
- Expertise in ATS management, automation, and pipeline reporting.
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
Requirements
Minimum 8+ years of experience in US recruitment with experience in both volume and leadership hiring.- Proven experience managing and scaling recruitment teams.
- Strong understanding of US hiring expectations, candidate behavior, compensation structures, and communication norms.
- Ability to optimize recruitment processes and design efficient, scalable hiring systems.
- Demonstrated success meeting aggressive hiring targets across multiple role types.
- Strong analytical capability with experience building dashboards, reports, and KPI systems.
Benefits
- Full ownership of the US recruitment function.
- Opportunity to build and scale a multi-team hiring engine.
- High-impact visibility and direct influence on organizational growth.
- Competitive compensation aligned with senior leadership expectations
