Talent Acquisition Lead

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Lead - Talent Acquisition

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Candidate Experience Excellence
• Own the complete candidate journey, ensuring a smooth, transparent, and human-centric experience at every stage
• Act as a key point of contact during critical hiring phases and continuously gather feedback to improve engagement
• Maintain accurate, clean, and compliant candidate data within the ATS
• End-to-End Hiring Ownership
• Drive full-cycle recruitment across technical, product, sales, customer success, and corporate roles
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, hiring strategies, timelines, and success metrics
• Run structured interview processes, ensure interviewer calibration, and lead offer management and closures
• ATS, Tools & AI-Driven Recruitment
• Own and optimize the Applicant Tracking System, including workflows, dashboards, reporting, and adoption
• Drive the use of automation and AI tools for sourcing, screening, scheduling, and candidate communication
• Use recruitment analytics to track funnel health, identify bottlenecks, and improve hiring outcomes
• Continuous Improvement & Leadership
• Identify gaps and inefficiencies across the hiring lifecycle and implement scalable process improvements
• Manage escalations, resolve hiring challenges, and ensure momentum across roles
• Track key recruitment metrics and continuously raise the bar on quality, speed, and experience
• Mentor recruiters and manage external vendors as required, fostering best-in-class hiring practices
  

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 5-7 years of hands-on, end-to-end recruitment experience, ideally in a SaaS, product, or tech-driven startup environment
• Proven ability to hire across both technical and non-technical roles at scale
• Strong experience with ATS platforms (such as Zoho Recruit or similar) and assessment tools
• Exposure to recruitment automation, analytics, and AI-driven hiring initiatives
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner with senior leaders
• High ownership mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Experience building or scaling talent acquisition processes from the ground up
• Added advantage if you have worked on employer branding, referral programs, or campus hiring initiatives