Manager-Leadership Hiring

questW; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

questW is seeking a proactive researcher to identify, map, and engage senior leadership talent across functions. You will build and maintain talent maps, support leadership hiring strategies, and provide market insights for succession planning and workforce planning.

The role, based in Mumbai, emphasizes depth of research, data quality, and a rapid, high-touch candidate experience. Experience with leadership searches and familiarity with platforms like LinkedIn and Naukri are preferred.

Qualifications

• Master's in human resources or MBA in HR.
• 5–8 years of experience in research and referencing, with exposure to EPC and other industrial sectors.

Responsibilities

• Identify, map, profile, and engage leadership talent across functions.
• Build and maintain leadership talent maps and org charts.
• Support early-stage candidate engagement and provide data/market insights for leadership hiring and workforce planning.
• Ensure strong, diverse candidate pools and high-quality information.

Skills

Leadership hiring research

Market intelligence

Candidate sourcing

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's in HR / MBA in HR

Tools

LinkedIn

Naukri

Industry databases

Job description

This is a full time role with our client which is a global conglomerate with diverse business interests.

Summary -

The incumbent will be responsible for proactively identifying, mapping, profiling, and engaging senior and leadership talent across functions (e.g. Finance, Operations, Manufacturing, Marketing, HR, Technology, etc.).

The role is to build and maintain a strong talent pipeline and company-wide leadership talent maps, support early stage candidate engagement, and provide data-/market-based insights that feed into leadership hiring, succession planning, and strategic workforce planning. Focus on depth of research and quality of information captured is vital.

Key responsibilities -

Research and fulfillment

• Work closely with the Lead - Leadership Hiring to develop a structured plan for every search which must include a search strategy including target companies / talent pool availability.
• Conduct comprehensive market and talent mapping, leveraging multiple sources such as professional networks, databases, social platforms, and internal repositories
• Conduct detailed market research to identify leadership talent pools across functions and geographies.
• Build and maintain talent maps and org charts indicating potential candidates, competitor benchmarking, leadership movement, compensation trends, etc.
• Ensure fulfilment of maximum number of searches through internal research in a target time. Speed and candidate relevance are of paramount importance.
• Evangelize / drive special focus on Diversity for open searches
• Capturing organizational charts, key professionals in the company, business models, references and other market intelligence through discussions with candidates
• Always strive to maintain a backup of at least 2 candidates at any given point of time

Pre-research Focus Areas

• Ensure that all relevant information (Must-Haves, Good-to-Haves, Budget etc) is obtained and documented in a Control Sheet for all roles at the onset of the search.
• Ensure that every search starts with a well-drafted Opportunity Dossier which has a buy in of all business stakeholders.
• Build and maintain a forward-looking pipeline of potential talent for critical leadership positions across group companies.
• Conduct competitive intelligence and market trend analysis to identify new and emerging talent pools

Candidate Assessment

• Preliminary assessments / conversations must include fitment with the JD and compensation budget.
• Undertake candidate assessments and propose a relevant pool for further evaluation.
• Ensuring that each candidate reached out to is provided with a top-of-the-line candidate experience
• Close loop with all engaged candidates through a formal note

Database Management

• Ensuring the research data is cleaned up, updated with latest comments and maintained in trackers.
• Evaluate and finalize alternate platforms for presenting Leadership Hiring data to Management
• Regularly capture reference inputs from different sources.

The position will be based in Mumbai and report to the DGM - Leadership Hiring and will be part of the Group HR Team

Desired Candidate Profile

The successful candidate should have the following attributes:

• Preferably master's in human resources / MBA in HR
• 5-8 years of work experience in research and referencing, with exposure to EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) and other Industrial sectors is preferred
• Proven experience in sourcing and engaging active/passive candidates at senior/executive levels.
• Strong analytical mindset; able to synthesize data from multiple sources (public data, LinkedIn, industry databases) into actionable insights.
• Experience of navigating through LinkedIn, Naukri and other such platforms.
• High level of caliber and scalability, with focus on research quality and quick turnaround
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Strong research and database management skills while managing key internal and external stakeholders
• Proactive, high energy, and strong work ethics
• High degree of discretion, professionalism, and ability to handle confidential information
• Adaptable and comfortable operating with some ambiguity / evolving priorities
• Curious about industry trends, competitor moves, leadership innovation
• Executive search firm experience with a focus on leadership hiring is desirable