Recruiter

Lokal App; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High ownership culture

Fast-paced startup environment

Diverse hiring mandates

Process automation initiatives

Recruitment innovation

Job summary

Lokal App in Bengaluru, Karnataka, is seeking a Recruiter to own the complete hiring lifecycle—from sourcing and screening to stakeholder management and offer closures. You will thrive in a fast-paced startup, delivering across volume and niche mandates with strong execution.

You will partner with hiring managers across functions to map roles, build talent pipelines, coordinate interviews, and drive timely closures.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of recruitment/talent acquisition experience.
• Experience handling lateral and niche hiring across multiple roles.
• Strong sourcing and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for lateral and niche hiring mandates.
• Source candidates through job portals, referrals, LinkedIn, social media, and alternate channels.
• Screen and evaluate candidates based on role fit, communication, and culture alignment.
• Coordinate interviews and drive fast turnaround times across hiring stages.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and hiring priorities.
• Build strong candidate pipelines for ongoing and future hiring needs.
• Conduct market mapping and talent landscape analysis to identify relevant talent pools and sourcing strategies.
• Ensure hiring mandates and timelines are followed during MOM discussions and reviews.
• Track progress against hiring goals and drive timely closures with interview panels.

Skills

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

End-to-end recruitment

ATS proficiency

Tools

LinkedIn

ATS tools

Hiring dashboards

Job description

About Lokal :

In 2018, we began with a WhatsApp group with a simple hypothesis: people in tier-2/3 towns weren't really using the internet meaningfully yet. We believed that if we started with local content in their own language, they'd come back every day; once there was a habit and trust, that same space could naturally grow into classifieds and, eventually, something they used for almost everything online. This spark became Lokal. Our first instinct was to put everything in one place & one app - local updates, classifieds, jobs, matrimony and more. It worked, till it stopped working. Users gave us the insight - when one use case outweighs the others, everything else seems like noise. We listened. Like how Craigslist quietly seeded a generation of focused companies & marketplaces, we began unbundling and verticalising. Today, Lokal is a house of focused apps, many products, one mission: to connect Tier-2/3+ India to the Knowledge, opportunities, tools and experts they've always deserved. We now operate dozens of live apps across categories like:

• Edutainment & Skill Learning - practical skills and learning in regional languages (GyanTV)
• Matrimonial Matchmaking - hyperlocal, compatibility-first partner search (Lokal Matrimony)
• Agri Consulting - farmer-first advisory in local languages (AgriLokal)
• Local Jobs - blue- and grey-collar opportunities close to home (Lokal Jobs)
• Social & Community - Place to find & post social updates (Lokal app)
• Emotional Well-being & Peer Support - safe spaces to talk and feel heard (Dostt & Eaze)
• Astrology & Guidance - instant access to trusted Astrologers via chat and voice (AstroLokal)
• Advisory Services - early bets in legal help, financial guidance, career counselling, and more

Under the hood, Lokal is a discovery and access platform: local-language internet + deep Bharat insight+ AI. When someone opens a product we've built, they don't wade through clutter; they get a straight line to what they came for. This is the story new teammates walk into: a company that started as a whatsapp group, became a family of focused apps, and kept one belief at the centre - access changes lives. We ship fast. We learn fast. We build for Bharat. We are backed by leading global and domestic investors including Y Combinator, Sony, Global Brain, India Quotient, and 3one4 Capital

Role Overview

As a Recruiter at Lokal, you will own the complete hiring lifecycle - from sourcing and screening to stakeholder management and offer closures. The role requires strong execution capability, urgency, structured communication, and the ability to hire across both volume and niche mandates. You will work closely with hiring managers across functions and play a critical role in scaling teams efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for Lateral & Niche hiring mandates.
• Source candidates through job portals, referrals, LinkedIn, social media, and alternate channels.
• Screen and evaluate candidates based on role fit, communication, intent, and culture alignment.
• Coordinate interviews and drive fast turnaround times across hiring stages.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and hiring priorities.
• Build strong candidate pipelines for ongoing and future hiring needs.
• Conduct market mapping and talent landscape analysis to identify relevant talent pools, competitor hiring trends, compensation benchmarks, and sourcing strategies for critical roles.
• Ensure hiring mandates and timelines are consistently followed during MOM discussions, hiring sync-ups, and stakeholder reviews.
• Track progress against hiring goals, highlight bottlenecks proactively, and drive timely closures through regular coordination with hiring managers and interview panels.
• Maintain accountability across stakeholders by documenting action items, follow-ups, and hiring updates during recruitment sync meetings.

What We're Looking For

• 2 - 4 years of experience in recruitment/talent acquisition.
• Experience in handling lateral and Niche hiring across multiple roles.
• Strong sourcing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with aggressive hiring targets.
• Good communication and candidate engagement skills.
• Strong ownership mindset and execution focus.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, ATS tools, and hiring dashboards.
• Prior experience in startup hiring is a plus.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work directly with high-growth business teams.
• Fast learning environment with high ownership.
• Exposure to diverse hiring mandates and scaling challenges.
• Collaborative and execution-driven culture.
• Chance to contribute to process automation and recruitment innovation