Talent Acquisition & Strategy Manager

<h3>Accountabilities:</h3><li>Lead end-to-end talent acquisition strategy and recruitment delivery across India, ensuring alignment with business objectives, workforce plans, and organizational growth priorities.</li><li>Partner with senior business leaders and hiring managers to understand staffing requirements, forecast talent needs, and establish recruitment priorities.</li><li>Develop and implement scalable recruitment strategies for India while overseeing the recruiting support model serving international markets.</li><li>Lead, mentor, and develop the India-based recruiting team, ensuring appropriate staffing capacity, productivity, service quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.</li><li>Coordinate with recruiting stakeholders across North America, Europe, and other international regions to align hiring demand, priorities, and resources.</li><li>Oversee recruitment capacity planning, forecasting, workload distribution, and resource allocation to support both local and international hiring requirements.</li><li>Monitor and report on key recruitment performance indicators, including time-to-fill, quality of hire, offer acceptance rates, cost per hire, and sourcing effectiveness.</li><li>Use recruitment analytics, dashboards, and performance insights to identify bottlenecks, improve decision-making, and optimize hiring outcomes.</li><li>Build and maintain talent pipelines for specialized IT roles, high-volume recruitment needs, and senior leadership positions.</li><li>Collaborate with HR, Compensation, business leaders, external recruitment agencies, and sourcing partners throughout the hiring lifecycle.</li><li>Ensure recruitment processes comply with applicable employment requirements, internal policies, and hiring standards across India and supported international markets.</li><li>Drive recruitment transformation, process automation, and continuous improvement initiatives to increase operational efficiency and scalability.</li><li>Champion employer branding, candidate engagement, and talent mapping initiatives to strengthen talent attraction and improve the candidate experience.</li><li>Manage stakeholder expectations, resolve recruitment challenges, and promote consistent recruiting practices across regions, teams, and time zones.</li><h2>Requirements:</h2><li>A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline. An MBA or PGDM is preferred.</li><li>At least 12–15 years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, with a strong background in recruitment strategy, delivery, and operational leadership.</li><li>Current or recent experience in a Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment Manager, or equivalent leadership role, with responsibility for India-based recruitment and/or international hiring through an offshore recruiting model.</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading and developing recruitment teams, managing resources, and delivering hiring outcomes across multiple business functions and geographies.</li><li>At least five years of hands-on experience with Greenhouse Applicant Tracking System (ATS), including requisition management, interview workflows, scorecards, reporting, and recruitment analytics.</li><li>Strong understanding of recruitment methodologies, sourcing strategies, workforce planning, talent-market trends, and international recruitment practices.</li><li>Proven experience managing both high-volume hiring and strategic recruitment for senior leadership and specialized technical positions.</li><li>Experience supporting recruitment across multiple time zones and international markets, preferably through an offshore recruiting or shared-services model.</li><li>Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers, and cross-functional partners.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, including presentation, negotiation, and the ability to interpret job-related documents, policies, and instructions.</li><li>Strong analytical and reporting capabilities, with the ability to interpret recruitment data, identify performance trends, and translate insights into actionable strategies.</li><li>Experience in employer branding, talent mapping, candidate engagement, and building sustainable talent pipelines.</li><li>Working knowledge of employment practices and recruitment compliance requirements in India and other supported markets.</li><li>Demonstrated experience driving recruitment transformation, process optimization, and automation initiatives.</li><li>A proactive, organized, and adaptable leadership style, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.</li><li>Availability to work primarily during normal business hours, with flexibility to accommodate occasional schedule adjustments and international business needs.</li><li>Comfort working remotely and spending extended periods using computers and standard office equipment.</li><h2>Benefits:</h2><li>
<strong>Remote work environment:</strong>Work remotely with flexibility to manage responsibilities within business requirements.</li><li>
<strong>Professional growth:</strong>Opportunities to develop strategic leadership capabilities and influence recruitment operations across multiple international markets.</li><li>
<strong>Leadership impact:</strong>Take ownership of talent acquisition strategy, team development, workforce planning, and recruitment transformation.</li><li>
<strong>Global collaboration:</strong>Work with senior stakeholders, HR professionals, and recruiting teams across India, North America, Europe, and other regions.</li><li>
<strong>Technology-driven recruitment:</strong>Use recruitment analytics, applicant tracking systems, and automation tools to improve hiring efficiency and decision-making.</li><li>
<strong>Career development:</strong>Strengthen expertise in global talent acquisition, offshore recruiting models, employer branding, and recruitment operations.</li><li>
<strong>Collaborative culture:</strong>Contribute to a people-focused environment that values continuous learning, teamwork, inclusion, and professional development.</li>