Manager, Talent Acquisition

SaveLIFE Foundation (SLF); New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

SaveLIFE Foundation seeks a highly motivated Manager, Talent Acquisition to lead end-to-end recruitment across functions and levels. The role partners with functional heads to translate workforce needs into hiring plans, develop sourcing strategies, and deliver high-quality hires within timelines.

A tech-first approach and AI-enabled tools will shape candidate engagement and selection. This position focuses on mapping markets, identifying passive candidates, and presenting SLF as a

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment across functions and levels.
• Postgraduate degree / MBA in HR preferred.
• Proven track record in engaging passive candidates to join.
• Experience hiring mid-to-senior level roles and managing multiple vacancies.

Responsibilities

• Translate workforce requirements into clear hiring plans with functional leaders.
• Manage recruitment across functions and levels, including leadership roles.
• Develop sourcing strategies based on role complexity, urgency, and market availability.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill positions.
• Own end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from requisition to onboarding handover.
• Map organisations and passive candidates and engage them.
• Use AI-enabled sourcing tools to improve efficiency and precision.
• Present SLF credibly to candidates, highlighting exposure and impact.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Stakeholder Management

AI in Sourcing

Sourcing Strategies

Interviewing

Vendor Management

Education

HR/Management degree

Tools

Zoho HRMS

ATS systems

Job description

SaveLIFE Foundation is India's leading road safety systems reform organisation. We work at the intersection of policy, engineering, enforcement, trauma care, and data science to reduce road crash fatalities - not as a charitable project, but as a question of public health, governance, and equity.

Over the past 18 years, we have:

• Led the campaign behind India's Good Samaritan Law (2016) and contributed to the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act (2019)
• Reduced fatalities by 58% on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway, 65% on National Highway 48, and 45% on the Yamuna Expressway - validated by independent audit and adopted as a national highway safety standard by the Bureau of Indian Standards
• Designed and now scale the Zero Fatality Corridor (ZFC) and Zero Fatality District (ZFD) - proven governance models that India's states and the central government are embedding into their own road safety architecture
• Signed MoUs with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, nine state governments, and four premier academic institutions (IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, and AIIMS Rishikesh)
• Built data and AI platforms that are reviewed at Chief Minister and Union Ministry level to guide real-time road safety decisions

Our North Star: to halve India's road crash fatalities by 2030, in line with India's SDG 3.6 commitment.

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated and execution-oriented Manager, Talent Acquisition to lead end-to-end recruitment across functions and levels at SaveLIFE Foundation.

The role will partner closely with functional heads and hiring managers to understand workforce requirements, develop effective sourcing strategies, ensure a structured and fair selection process, and deliver high-quality hires within agreed timelines.

We are looking for someone who treats recruitment as a craft rather than a series of requisitions to close: someone who can map a market, identify the right passive candidate, and make a genuine case for why SLF is worth joining.

The role calls for a thoughtful, technology first approach to sourcing and candidate engagement, using AI and modern recruitment tools where they add real value.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Partner with functional heads and HR leadership to translate workforce requirements into clear hiring plans.
• Manage recruitment across multiple functions and levels, including critical and leadership positions.
• Develop sourcing strategies based on role complexity, urgency, seniority, and talent-market availability.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill positions.

Recruitment & Selection

• Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from requisition to offer acceptance and onboarding handover.
• Map relevant organisations and talent pools for each open role, and proactively identify strong passive candidates who aren't actively job hunting.
• Use AI enabled sourcing tools to identify and reach candidates more efficiently and precisely.
• Present SaveLIFE Foundation clearly and credibly to candidates, articulating the exposure, ownership, and impact the role offers.
• Sustain candidate interest and engagement through a multi step interview process.
• Represent SLF's mission and culture authentically in every conversation.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a recruitment partner to hiring managers and functional leaders.
• Advise stakeholders on sourcing strategy, market availability, candidate quality, compensation expectations, and hiring timelines.
• Establish clear recruitment timelines and ensure timely feedback from interview panels.
• Escalate risks and bottlenecks proactively and drive closure.

Recruitment Process Excellence

• Maintain consistent recruitment processes across all functions, including structured interview frameworks, evaluation rubrics, and offer workflows.
• Deliver against an ambitious hiring plan while protecting quality and mission fit.
• Maintain accurate pipeline data and reporting on the HRMS (Zoho), giving the CPO and leadership team clear visibility.

Candidate Experience & Employer Branding

• Design and deliver a candidate experience in keeping with SLF's calibre: timely communication, clear expectations, and respectful feedback at every stage.
• Continuously refine SLF's Employee Value Proposition based on candidate feedback and market insight.
• Own the offer and pre onboarding experience, so candidates feel connected to the mission from day one.

Recruitment Analytics & Reporting

• Maintain recruitment dashboards and provide periodic reports to HR leadership and functional heads.
• Stay current on AI tools and platforms for sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement, and adopt those that genuinely improve outcomes.
• Bring a curious, experimental mindset to recruitment technology, evaluating new tools rather than relying only on familiar ones.

Qualifications and Professional Experience

Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, preferably with experience across multiple functions and levels
• A relevant qualification in HR, organisational psychology, or management; a postgraduate degree / MBA in HR is preferred
• A track record of engaging and convincing hard to reach, passive candidates to seriously consider, and join, an organisation.
• Experience hiring mid-to-senior level positions and managing multiple vacancies simultaneously.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management and partnering with functional leaders and hiring managers.
• Demonstrated ability to run recruitment consistently at scale, not just close individual roles opportunistically.
• Genuine interest in AI and modern sourcing tools, and comfort evaluating and adopting new platforms.
• Experience managing recruitment vendors and external hiring partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to represent SLF's mission credibly to senior, discerning candidates
• Genuine interest in SLF's purpose, with the judgment to identify candidates who will thrive in a mission driven, fast paced environment.

What You’ll Gain

• A unique platform to lead change at scale, with the ability to directly influence infrastructure and policy in India and beyond.
• The chance to work with India’s only organization that combines system reform with on-ground action for road safety.
• Cross-sector exposure across engineering, governance, public health, and civic engagement.
• An entrepreneurial environment that values innovation, courage, and execution excellence.
• An opportunity to be part of a globally recognized movement saving thousands of lives each year.

SaveLIFE Foundation is for you if you

• Crave purpose in your work and want to solve real problems for real people.
• Thrive in a high-performance environment where outcomes matter.
• Are passionate about improving systems through technology and design.
• Want your work to matter—not just for your company, but for your country.

What success looks like:

• On track to fill High priority Hiring requirements, without compromising on candidate quality or mission fit.
• A structured, consistent recruitment process is in place across all functions, with clean pipeline data on Zoho.
• Candidate experience is visibly stronger, reflected in feedback and offer acceptance rates.
• A meaningful number of hard to reach, passive candidates have been successfully sourced and converted especially for senior roles
• The functional leaders see this role as a genuine sourcing partner, not just a requisition filler.

Personal Characteristics

• High integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
• Strong ownership and accountability for recruitment outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proactive, organised, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
• Data-oriented with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborative and capable of influencing without formal authority.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
• Committed to fair, inclusive, and values-aligned hiring.