AVP Talent Acquisition Leadership And Experienced Hiring

Revantage, A Blackstone Portfolio Company; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Revantage, a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company, seeks an AVP - Talent Acquisition (Leadership Hiring) to lead executive searches for BXRE portcos in a confidential, partner-like role. You will design bespoke strategies, map markets, and guide senior leaders through assessment and selection, while coordinating with board sponsors and portco CEOs.

You will manage offers and total compensation at the leadership level, leveraging Workday Recruiting for governance and reporting, and ensure an

Qualifications

• 15+ years of talent acquisition experience with leadership hiring focus.
• Experience in executive search (in-house, retained firm, or boutique) is preferred.
• Proven track record closing Director-to-C-suite mandates across complex organizations.
• Exceptional executive presence and ability to earn trust with senior stakeholders.
• Strong assessment capabilities with behavioral and competency-based interviewing."
• Workday Recruiting proficiency for executive requisition management and pipeline tracking.
• Offer strategy and negotiation at leadership levels, including competing offers.
• Discreet, calm handling of sensitive leadership searches under pressure.
• Experience in real estate, private equity, or financial services is a strong plus.
• Bengaluru-based; willing to travel to portcos and participate in global leadership calls.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle executive searches for senior leadership roles across BXRE portcos.
• Partner directly with portco CEOs, CHROs, and board sponsors on hiring
• Design confidential search strategies including market mapping and longlisting
• Assess candidates using structured competency frameworks and debrief facilitation
• Manage offer strategy, total compensation, and negotiation at senior levels
• Coordinate governance with retained/boutique firms and ensure timelines
• Maintain Workday-based governance with pipeline dashboards and metrics
• Elevate employer brand and candidate experience at leadership level

Skills

Executive hiring

Stakeholder management

Leadership hiring

Executive presence

Assessment capabilities

Workday Recruiting

Negotiation

Tools

Workday Recruiting

Job description

Job Description:

The Role:

As AVP - Talent Acquisition (Leadership Hiring), you will lead executive and senior leadership searches for BXRE's portfolio companies. You'll operate as a true search partner - not a coordinator - running confidential mandates, building bespoke candidate slates, and guiding senior leaders through the full assessment and selection process. Your ability to represent Revantage and BXRE credibly at the leadership level is non-negotiable.

What You'll Own

• Full-cycle executive search for Niche Sr. AVP, VP, SVP and select C-suite roles across BXRE portcos
• Executive stakeholder management - partnering directly with portco CEOs, CHROs, and board-level sponsors
• Confidential search strategy design - research methodology, market mapping, longlisting, and candidate engagement
• Candidate assessment and calibration - structured competency frameworks, debrief facilitation, hiring manager alignment
• Offer strategy and close - total compensation packaging, negotiation, and competing-offer management at senior levels
• Relationship management with retained and boutique search firms; holding them to quality and timeline standards
• Governance and reporting through Workday - pipeline dashboards, requisition integrity, executive hiring metrics
• Employer brand and candidate experience at the leadership level - every touchpoint reflects the BXRE brand

What Makes You Right for This

• 15+ years of talent acquisition experience, with a meaningful portion focused on leadership and executive hiring
• Background in executive search (in-house, retained firm, or boutique) strongly preferred
• Demonstrated success closing Director-to-C-suite mandates across complex, matrixed organizations
• Exceptional executive presence - you earn trust with senior stakeholders quickly and hold it
• Strong assessment capability - behavioral and competency-based interviewing, structured debrief facilitation
• Workday Recruiting proficiency - executive requisition management, pipeline tracking, offer workflow governance
• Offer closure expertise - you've navigated competing offers, counteroffers, and compensation complexity at the leadership level
• Discreet, structured, and calm under pressure - leadership searches are sensitive; you handle them accordingly
• Real estate, private equity, or financial services exposure a strong plus
• Bengaluru-based; available for portco travel and global leadership calls as needed

ABOUT REVANTAGE

Revantage, a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company, is a global provider of corporate services. With a corporate purpose of ‘In Pursuit of Better,’ Revantage delivers value-added services and world-class talent for Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies, spanning diverse asset classes, including residential, logistics, office, hospitality and retail sectors. The company’s footprint extends across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Creating a culture that inspires impact and momentum requires the right team. We know what it takes to lead an industry, and are looking for leaders who seek constant growth, want to excel, and continuously improve upon themselves and the industry.

In addition to supporting Revantage, we also recruit for Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies, giving you the unique opportunity to work within a network of best-in-class professionals across a broad real estate platform.

India:

With offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram, our teams in India deliver expertise, innovation and operational excellence that support thousands of assets across logistics, data centers, residential, commercial and hospitality.

Whether you’re building new capabilities, driving critical initiatives or strengthening partnerships, you’ll have the opportunity to truly Build What Matters.

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