India Human Resources Specialist - Talent Acquisition

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Gurgaon; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group in India seeks a Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead end-to-end recruitment for the Consulting India team. You will drive candidate sourcing, manage the interview process, and close offers across high-priority roles while building a robust talent pipeline.

You are a proactive recruiter with 3–5 years of experience in a professional services environment, adept at stakeholder management and capable of thriving in a fast-paced, collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required; MBA or graduate degree is desirable.
• 3–5 years of structured candidate recruiting experience in a leading MNC or professional services environment.
• Proven ability to attract, identify and manage top talent from industry.
• Strong client service mindset and ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for Consulting India, meeting hiring targets within TAT.
• Provide sourcing support for executive profiles and build candidate pipelines.
• Create innovative channels to source passive candidates and networks.
• Evaluate candidates, conduct professional interviews, and drive offer negotiations.
• Conduct market mapping and identify target organizations and talent pools.
• Maintain regular communication with hiring managers and HR throughout the process.
• Leverage industry contacts and associations to expand reach and partnerships.
• Balance competing priorities with proactive, fast-paced delivery.

Skills

Candidate sourcing

Interviewing

Salary negotiations

Executive search

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or graduate degree

Job description

Job Description

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You\'ll Do

To meet our high growth, we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist for managing the recruiting activities for Consulting India team. Talent is a core strategic priority in our growth objective, and we are looking for exceptional recruiters with a professional search consultant background to step change our approach to Consulting hiring. This individual will be a part of CT India Recruitment team and should bring to the role a level of creative thinking, ingenuity, drive and problem-solving. This person will be responsible for driving candidate sourcing, end to end interview process management from inception through to completion across several high-priority roles and topics.

• Responsible for the recruitment process for experienced hire in Accountable for hiring required numbers within TAT.


• Sourcing support for executive profiles and must have a strong understanding of consulting


• Find innovative ways to create candidate pipeline.


• Ability to hustle and work in face paced environment


• Evaluate skill level, conduct efficient and professional interview process, and drive offer process, including reference checks, salary recommendations & negotiations, and closing


• Market mapping of relevant companies, sectors, geographies, identifying target organizations, networks and talent pools


• Network through industry contacts, association memberships, trade groups and employees


• Research and recommend creative ways to source active and passive


• Source passive candidates through networking, direct sourcing and occasionally working with external search


• Utilize contacts within applicable industries to find qualified passive


• Communicate with hiring managers and HR regularly

What You\'ll Bring

• Strong academic credentials: Bachelor’ degree is required, an MBA or other relevant graduate degree is desirable.


• 3-5 years of experience with structured candidate recruiting experience gained in a leading MNC or professional services environment, including a proven history of identifying, attracting, and managing top talent from industry.


• Experience building peer-like relationships with stakeholders through a dedicated focus on client service and delivery.Experience managing multiple searches and competing demands through strong project management and prioritization


• Ability to maintain a sophisticated targeted network to leverage for search while building meaningful genuine long term appropriate relationships with potential candidates and contacts of value


• Able to build deep knowledge and insight on candidate pools in complex sector/functional

Key Competencies

• Clear and effective written and verbal communication


• Strong business acumen, intellectual curiosity, judgment, and communication/advisory


• Strategic and forward thinking and solid influencing


• Naturally proactive, quality driven and an ownership


• Agile and effective in a fast-paced continuous improvement role and culture


• Identifies best practice in process management and drives operational effectiveness


• Fluent in English.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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