Talent Acquisition Manager

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Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to define hiring priorities, ensuring alignment with business goals and delivering within defined turn-around-times.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies by leveraging multiple channels, including job boards, portals, referrals, social media, and niche platforms.
• Strengthen employer branding by driving creative job marketing campaigns across digital platforms, company website, and social media.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships by influencing hiring managers with talent market insights and ensuring effective communication on recruitment strategies.
• Manage the end-to-end hiring process: sourcing, screening, shor
• tlisting, coordinating interviews, offer negotiations, closures, and onboarding.
• Guide and mentor the team on recruitment best practices, ensuring high-quality candidate experience and process efficiency.
• Lead background verification processes to validate candidate credentials and cultural fit.
• Maintain real-time updates on Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)/MIS to ensure transparency and reporting accuracy.
• Drive special hiring projects such as campus programs, leadership hiring, and other strategic talent initiatives.
• Collaborate with vendors, manage performance, and ensure cost-effective hiring.
• Continuously assess recruitment processes to improve efficiency, leverage technology hacks, and enhance sourcing effectivenes

Key Requirements

• 12–15 years of proven expertise in lateral and leadership talent acquisition, with a strong track record of building high-performing teams
• Graduate degree with a Diploma/Postgraduate/Professional Certification in HR.
• Proven experience in handling hiring across levels (junior, mid, senior, leadership)
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build trust.
• Proficiency with ATS tools preferred; willingness to learn if not already experienced.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Target-driven with a track record of delivering quality hires within agreed timelines.