Lead/Manager - Talent Acquisition

Somani Technologies; Navi Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Somani Technologies in Navi Mumbai is seeking a senior recruitment leader to architect and drive end-to-end talent acquisition across mobility, oil & gas, logistics, and technology sectors. You will forecast hiring needs, build pipelines, and oversee executive searches.

The role emphasizes stakeholder partnership, data-driven decisions, innovative sourcing, campus and diversity programs, and a focus on candidate experience within a fast-paced corporate environment.

Qualifications

• Strategic talent acquisition experience across mobility, energy, logistics or tech sectors.
• Senior/Executive hiring experience for leadership roles.
• Proven ability to partner with executives and HR teams to translate business needs into hiring plans.
• Expertise in modern sourcing including social platforms and executive search firms.
• Vendor management and cost-effective recruitment outsourcing.
• Campus hiring and diversity initiatives.
• Strong data analytics to drive recruiting decisions and dashboards.
• Focus on candidate experience reflecting corporate values.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Talent Acquisition: forecast hiring demands and design robust talent pipelines for corporate, niche mobility solutions, and high-volume retail roles.
• Executive & Lateral Hiring: own end-to-end pipelines for senior managers and CXO-level mandates across EPC, oil & gas, logistics, supply chain, and advanced technology domains.
• Stakeholder Management: collaborate with hiring managers, business heads, and HR Business Partners to translate commercial expansion metrics into hiring blueprints.
• Sourcing Innovation: implement cutting-edge sourcing techniques using digital platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, executive search firms, employee referrals, and active social media networking.
• Vendor Management: evaluate, onboard, and manage external search firms, niche headhunters, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) agencies ensuring cost-effective SLAs.
• Campus & Diversity Initiatives: ideate and drive premier campus hiring architectures and specialized executive diversity hiring goals to ensure balanced corporate talent development.
• Data-Driven Analytics: monitor and deliver executive-ready dashboards tracking critical metrics like Cost-per-Hire, Time-to-Fill, Attrition Analysis, Offer-to-Join ratios, and pipeline efficiency.
• Candidate Experience: ensure an exemplary, premium interview experience that accurately reflects corporate core principles.

Skills

Strategic Talent Acquisition

Executive Hiring

Stakeholder Management

Sourcing Innovation

Vendor Management

Campus Hiring

Data Analytics

Candidate Experience

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

ATS (Applicant Tracking System)

LinkedIn Recruiter

Naukri

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Talent Acquisition: Partner with executive leadership to forecast hiring demands and design robust

talent pipelines for corporate, niche mobility solutions, and high-volume retail roles.

• Executive & Lateral Hiring: Personally own and manage end-to-end recruitment pipelines for senior managers,

leadership, and CXO-level mandates across EPC, oil & gas, logistics, supply chain, and advanced technology

domains.

• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate deeply with hiring managers, business heads, and HR Business

Partners to translate commercial expansion metrics into specific hiring blueprints.

• Sourcing Innovation: Implement cutting-edge sourcing techniques using digital platforms like LinkedIn

Recruiter, Naukri, executive search firms, employee referrals, and active social media networking.

• Vendor Management: Evaluate, onboard, and manage external search firms, niche headhunters, and

recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) agencies ensuring cost-effective SLAs.

• Campus & Diversity Initiatives: Ideate and drive premier campus hiring architectures and specialized executive

diversity hiring goals to ensure balanced corporate talent development.

• Data-Driven Analytics: Monitor and deliver executive-ready dashboards tracking critical metrics like

Cost-per-Hire, Time-to-Fill, Attrition Analysis, Offer-to-Join ratios, and pipeline efficiency.

• Candidate Experience: Ensure an exemplary, premium interview experience that accurately reflects

corporate core principles.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Industry Domain Exposure: Proven history recruiting within highly active sectors like mobility solutions, oil &

gas, energy, logistics, retail, or fast-paced technology verticals.

• Senior Stakeholder Management: Exceptionally comfortable engaging with and influencing executive

leadership and functional business heads.

• Full-Cycle Execution Expertise: Demonstrable success navigating complex corporate environments, balancing

bulk/volume targets against high-touch executive searches.

• Tech-Savvy Recruiting: Advanced proficiency with modern Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), global job

boards, and productivity suites like MS Excel and executive PowerPoint presentation builders.

• Agility & Leadership: Proven capacity to function efficiently in high-pressure environments, manage

multi-layered recruitment teams, and adapt to rapidly evolving market priorities.