Manager Leadership Hiring

Writer Corporation; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Writer Corporation is seeking a senior leader to drive end-to-end leadership hiring in Mumbai. You will partner with executives to translate business strategy into talent plans, build proactive pipelines, and enhance candidate experience across the leadership funnel.

The role emphasizes governance, analytics, and market insights to stay competitive in attracting top leadership talent. You will influence organizational design, succession planning, and compensation benchmarking as needed.

Qualifications

• Lead end-to-end leadership hiring initiatives with a structured recruitment approach.
• Manage mid to senior-level mandates across functions and businesses.
• Drive competency-based hiring, market mapping, assessment, stakeholder management, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
• Reduce dependency on external consultants by strengthening internal sourcing and pipelines.
• Partner with business leaders to deliver leadership hires aligned with objectives.
• Build networks to attract top leadership talent.
• Ensure effective candidate assessment through competency mapping and behavioural fit.
• Drive governance, analytics, and process improvements in recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Lead leadership hiring initiatives with a structured, data-driven approach.
• Manage senior mandates across multiple functions to meet TATs and quality targets.
• Own competency-based processes from role briefing to onboarding.
• Strengthen internal sourcing and reduce reliance on external consultants.
• Collaborate with leaders to understand talent needs and deliver strategic hires.
• Build industry networks to identify top leadership talent.
• Ensure robust candidate assessment and cultural fit analysis.
• Drive recruitment governance and analytics for continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership hiring

Stakeholder management

Talent acquisition strategy

Market mapping

Competency-based interviewing

Job description

• Lead end-to-end leadership hiring initiatives across the group, ensuring timely closures through a structured and scientific recruitment approach.
• Manage mid to senior-level hiring mandates across functions and businesses, ensuring adherence to defined TATs and quality benchmarks.
• Drive competency-based hiring processes, role briefing, market mapping, assessment, stakeholder management, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
• Reduce dependency on external consultants by strengthening internal sourcing capabilities and building proactive talent pipelines.
• Partner with business leaders and HR stakeholders to understand critical talent requirements and deliver high-quality leadership hire aligned with business objectives.
• Build and maintain strong networks within relevant industries to identify and attract top leadership talent.
• Ensure effective candidate assessment through competency mapping, behavioural evaluation, and cultural fit analysis.
• Drive hiring governance, recruitment analytics, and process improvements to enhance efficiency and candidate experience.

Strategic Advisory & Business Partnership

• Partner with senior leadership during business transitions, providing strategic advisory on leadership hiring, succession planning, and change management initiatives.
• Participate in business strategy discussions with promoters, the Chief Strategy Officer, CPO, and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into actionable talent plans.
• Advise stakeholders on market trends, talent availability, competitor landscape, and leadership hiring strategies for existing and new business verticals.
• Support organizational structure design and workforce planning through market benchmarking and industry insights.
• Build leadership teams aligned with evolving organizational structures and long-term business goals.
• Contribute to leadership compensation benchmarking initiatives to ensure external competitiveness and internal parity across group businesses.
• Provide market intelligence on compensation trends, leadership movements, talent availability, and competitor hiring practices.
• Support the development of competitive and data-driven compensation strategies for leadership talent acquisition.

Employer Branding & Candidate Experience

• Strengthen employer branding for leadership hiring through a compelling employee value proposition and consistent market positioning.
• Ensure a seamless and high-quality candidate experience across all leadership hiring interactions.
• Represent the organization professionally during leadership engagements, industry interactions, and external talent discussions.

HR Transformation & Process Excellence

• Participate in HR transformation initiatives, including process improvement, digitization, and automation projects.
• Support UAT testing, process validation, and stakeholder feedback for HR systems and recruitment technology implementations.
• Drive continuous improvement in hiring processes, reporting mechanisms, and recruitment governance practices.