Manager - Talent acquisition

Diageo Americas; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo India in Bengaluru seeks a Manager - Talent Acquisition to lead early careers programs, including Management Trainee and Summer Internship, and to bring Diageo's employer brand to life externally.

You will build strong talent pipelines, improve candidate experience, and partner with senior leaders, HRBPs and campuses. This role blends talent strategy with programme management and brand building in a fast-moving, collaborative environment, travel frequently during campus periods.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in talent acquisition or employer branding.
• Strong relationship-building with senior leaders, HR teams, and campus stakeholders.
• Proactive and curious mindset with ability to translate ideas into action.
• Ability to manage multiple programmes, timelines and budgets with execution discipline.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Shape campus strategy and engage with priority campuses.
• Lead flagship early careers programmes (Management Trainee, Summer Internship) and expand initiatives.
• Create a compelling early careers experience from onboarding to feedback.
• Build and nurture partnerships with campuses and external partners.
• Collaborate with CXOs and business leaders for campus interactions and engagement.
• Strengthen employer brand with Corporate Communications and external agencies.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Campus engagement

Talent acquisition

Employer branding

Job description

Job Description :

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world's most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life's moments - from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.

Join us and play your part in making life's moments mean a little more.

About the Function

Global Business Operations keeps our business moving, connecting markets, streamlining processes and keeping everything running smoothly at scale.

With teams across Bangalore, Budapest, Bogotá, Gurugram, and Manila, GBO delivers the essential services that support our day-to-day performance, from finance to operations and beyond. It's a truly global environment, where collaboration across time zones and cultures is part of everyday life.

You'll gain exposure to different markets, build skills for the future and develop a broad understanding of how a business operates at scale. It's a great place to learn, grow and see the bigger picture.

About the role

As Manager - Talent Acquisition , one will lead the delivery and evolution of our early careers agenda, including our flagship Management Trainee and Summer Internship programmes, while helping bring Diageo's employer brand to life externally.

The role will also involve working within the Talent Acquisition function to build strong talent pipelines, improve candidate experience and other strategic functional / market projects

This is a highly visible and collaborative role, working closely with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, campuses, Corporate Communications and external partners. It offers a unique combination of talent strategy, programme management, stakeholder engagement and brand building - with plenty of opportunity to bring new ideas to the table.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape our campus strategy: Develop and execute Diageo India's campus engagement strategy, aligned with our business and talent priorities.
• Lead flagship early careers programmes: Own and continuously strengthen our Management Trainee and Summer Internship programmes, alongside other functional early careers initiatives.
• Create a great early careers experience: Drive engaging onboarding, induction, learning, performance and feedback experiences across the early careers journey.
• Build meaningful campus partnerships: Develop strong relationships with priority campuses and create year-round engagement that strengthens Diageo's visibility and relevance amongst students.
• Bring our leaders closer to future talent: Partner with CXOs and business leaders to create impactful campus interactions and engagement opportunities.
• Strengthen our employer brand: Partner closely with Corporate Communications and agency partners to bring Diageo's global employer brand proposition to life in India.
• Experiment and innovate: Identify new ideas, channels and partnerships that can strengthen our employer brand and early careers proposition.
• Partner across the business: Work closely with business leaders and HRBPs to ensure our early careers programmes remain relevant to evolving business and capability needs.
• Contribute beyond the role: Bring your perspective and energy to broader Talent Acquisition and HR projects and initiatives - including building succession pipelines, candidate experience & more

What we're looking for:

• We're looking for someone with 3+ years of relevant experience who enjoys operating at the intersection of talent, people experience and brand .
• Are a strong relationship builder and are comfortable engaging with senior leaders, HR teams, campus stakeholders and external partners.
• Bring a proactive, curious and forward-looking mindset, with an eye for what could make our early careers and employer brand agenda even stronger.
• Can translate ideas into action and manage multiple programmes, stakeholders, timelines and budgets with strong execution discipline.
• Have strong communication and influencing skills and can adapt your style across very different audiences.
• Enjoy creating engaging experiences and are willing to challenge established ways of doing things.
• Are comfortable with ambiguity and enjoy working in a fast-moving environment.
• Are comfortable travelling frequently, particularly during key campus and programme periods.

Working with us

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Our purpose is