Recruitment Lead

Proso.ai; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Proso.ai in India is seeking an experienced Head of Talent Acquisition to own the talent search output, define sourcing strategy across Apollo, LinkedIn, job boards, referrals and agencies, and drive weekly throughput targets.

You will lead daily huddles, live pipeline reviews, and scorecards, remain hands-on with sourcing and closing, negotiate compensation for critical roles, and build scalable processes to recruit enterprise tech specialists.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in recruitment, with 3+ years leading a team.
• Experience in IT/ERP staffing or talent marketplaces.
• Willing to personally source and close candidates.
• Depth in enterprise tech markets (Oracle Cloud, D365, Salesforce, PeopleSoft, Workday, SAP).

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing strategy, channel mix, and weekly throughput targets.
• Lead high-performance operating rhythm with daily huddles and weekly reviews.
• Actively recruit on the floor and coach others in selection and closing.
• Personally negotiate compensation for key roles and mentor team.
• Maintain LinkedIn and ATS pipeline hygiene daily.
• Design and enforce recruitment SOPs for scalable output.
• Set and track weekly KPIs for all team members.
• Assess capability, coach growth, and expand the team as volume grows.
• Partner with sales/delivery to translate demand into sprints.
• Own recruiter productivity tooling to cut time-to-submit.

Skills

Team leadership

End-to-end recruitment

Sourcing & screening

Compensation negotiation

ATS & pipeline management

LinkedIn Recruiter

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS tooling

Job description

• Full ownership of the talent search team's output — sourcing strategy, channel mix (Apollo, LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, agency partners), and weekly throughput targets.
• Build and run a high performance operating rhythm — daily huddles, live pipeline reviews, weekly scorecards — that scales predictably as the team grows.
• An active recruiter on the floor, not just a reviewer of others' shortlists.
• Personally lead compensation negotiation on key/critical roles, and coach the team's negotiation skill across the board.
• Own LinkedIn (Recruiter/Sales Navigator) and ATS pipeline hygiene daily — set the standard of discipline for the team.
• Design and enforce a recruitment SOP — role intake, sourcing SLAs, screening rubrics, submission quality bar — so output scales beyond any one individual's effort.
• Set and track weekly KPIs (sourced/screened/submitted/placed) for every team member, including yourself.
• Assess team capability continuously, coach for growth, and build out the team further as volume scales — including hiring additional recruiters/sourcers.
• Partner with sales/delivery teams to translate enterprise client demand (skills, urgency, geography) into prioritized sourcing sprints.
• Own recruiter productivity tooling — ATS hygiene, Boolean/X-ray sourcing, AI-assisted shortlisting — to cut time-to-submit.

What We’re Looking For:

• 8+ years in recruitment, with 3+ years leading a team, from an IT/ERP staffing agency or talent marketplace background.
• A track record of building or scaling a high-performing recruitment team against measurable throughput and quality metrics.
• Still enjoys and is willing to personally source, screen, and close candidates — not someone who has moved past individual contribution.
• Deep familiarity with niche enterprise tech skill markets (Oracle Cloud, D365, Salesforce, Peoplesoft, Workday, SAP) — able to validate real technical depth versus resume inflation in a 5-minute screen.
• Strong comp negotiation instincts — comfortable pushing back on candidate asks and closing offers independently.
• Sharp judgment on talent — able to identify and develop high performers, and make decisive calls when a role isn't the right fit.
• High ownership mindset, comfortable building processes and playbooks from scratch in a fast-scaling startup environment.