Talent Acquisition Manager

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies, and friends. We pride ourselves on being India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country, delighting over 32 lac customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

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What makes the role meaty?

• Lead and coach a team of recruiters across corporate and retail hiring, enable them to become trusted partners to business
• Build and own hiring strategies for multiple business units, align with leadership on priorities, forecaste needs, and translate company goals into actionable hiring plans
• Drive consistency and excellence by implementing structured interview frameworks, scalable processes and tools that balance speed, quality, and candidate experience
• Influence and partner with leaders to shape hiring planning, role design, and talent decisions
• Strengthen Licious’ employer brand by embedding storytelling, impact and our People Code into every stage of the candidate journey
• Use data and insights to track performance, identify bottlenecks and continuously improve outcomes: whether it’s time-to-hire, offer acceptance, or pipeline diversity
• Scale for the future by building robust talent pipelines, referral programs, and creative sourcing strategies across functions
• Champion candidate experience by ensuring every interaction reflects our culture of respect, ownership and aspiration

We hope that you have..

• 6-10 years’ full-time experience in hiring preferably in start-ups / FMCG companies / FoodTech domain with at least 3 years in a people management role
• Strong track record of leading hiring across multiple functions
• Ability to balance hands-on problem solving with long-term strategy building
• Comfort with data and tools, using insights to influence and drive better decisions
• Strong stakeholder management skills; influencing leaders while also being a coach for your team.
• A self-starter mindset with the resilience to grow
• Willingness to work in a 5 day work from office environment

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a high-impact team hiring for a category-creating consumer brand
• Work with passionate leaders building India’s most loved meat and seafood company
• Fast-paced, high-learning environment with opportunities for growth