Head Talent Acquisition

Cloudkeeper; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudkeeper is seeking a strategic and hands-on Talent Acquisition Lead to drive the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle in India and globally. You will scale the organization from its current size to 700-800 staff in three years, while building the hiring infrastructure to ensure predictability, efficiency, and culture alignment.

You will manage high-volume mass hiring, niche technical roles, and executive leadership recruitment, partnering with leadership and marketing on employer branding, and

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of core recruitment experience in tech-product or cloud-native firms.
• Experience in scaling an organization to 300+ employees or similar growth.
• Deep understanding of the Indian tech talent market and relevant roles (developers, PMs, cloud).
• Campus hiring program design and execution from scratch.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven dashboards to improve hiring metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across mass, niche technical, and executive roles in India and global offices.
• Design a hiring roadmap aligned with aggressive growth targets.
• Standardize TA processes and ensure 100% adherence across teams.
• Track and optimize metrics like Time-to-Hire and Cost-per-Hire.
• Build campus relations and onboarding programs from scratch.
• Partner with leaders to align talent strategy with business goals.
• Mentor a team of recruiters and guide complex sourcing and negotiation.

Skills

Leadership

Campus Hiring

ATS proficiency

Data-driven hiring

Stakeholder management

Strategic hiring

Tools

ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems)

Job description

Job Summary

As a fast-growing cloud firm, we are looking for a strategic and hands-on Talent Acquisition(TA) Lead to spearhead our hiring engine. This role is pivotal in scaling our organization from its current stage to a robust team of 700-800 over the next three years. You will be responsible for the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from campus freshers to niche technical architects and executive leadership, while building the operational infrastructure to make our hiring predictable, efficient, and culture-aligned.

Responsibilities

• Multi-Tiered Hiring: Drive high-volume (mass), specialized technical (niche), and executive (leadership) hiring simultaneously across our India and global offices
• Scale & Strategy: Design and execute a hiring roadmap to support aggressive growth targets, ensuring the organization scales rapidly without compromising on quality or culture fit
• Process Engineering & Adherence: Establish and document standardized TA processes. Ensure 100% process adherence across the hiring team and interview panels to make hiring predictable and fair
• Operational Excellence: Track and optimize key recruitment metrics (Time-to-Hire, Cost-per-Hire, Quality-of-Hire, and Offer Acceptance Rates etc.) to drive continuous improvement
• Campus Relations from Scratch: Build our campus recruitment strategy from the ground identifying partner institutes, managing branding, and leading the entire lifecycle from selection to onboarding
• Employer Branding: Partner with Leadership and Marketing to drive employer branding initiatives
• Stakeholder Management: Partner closely with the leadership teams to understand headcount needs and align talent strategy with business objectives. Act as a talent advisor to the Engineering Leads, providing data-driven market intelligence and salary benchmarking
• Mentorship & Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of recruiters, fostering a high-performance culture and providing guidance on complex sourcing and negotiation techniques
• Data Integrity: Maintain a "single source of truth" in our ATS, ensuring all data is documented for audit and analytics

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: 10-15 years of core recruitment experience, specifically within tech-product organizations or cloud-native firms.
• Proven Track Record: Experience in scaling a mid-sized firm to a large-scale enterprise (e.g., growing an org to 300+ employees)
• Tech Savvy: Deep understanding of the Indian tech talent market, including developer ecosystems, cloud technologies, and product management roles
• Campus Expert: Demonstrated experience in building and driving successful campus hiring programs from scratch
• Analytical Mindset: Proficiency in using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and data-driven dashboards to drive operational efficiency
• Leadership: Strong people management skills with a passion for developing junior talent