Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition (Consumer & Pharma Hiring)

Piramal Pharma Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Piramal Pharma Limited and Mumbai-based team seek a Senior Manager Talent Acquisition to drive strategic hiring initiatives across the organization. You will partner with business leaders to attract, assess, and hire high-caliber talent, focusing on leadership and niche roles while delivering an excellent candidate experience.

The role reports to Head TA & Campus, and is an Individual Contributor responsible for scalable talent pipelines, data-driven decisions, and advancing diversity and

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end recruitment for leadership and niche roles.
• Ability to build proactive talent pipelines and workforce plans.
• Strong stakeholder management and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic hiring initiatives across the organization.
• Partner with business leaders to understand current and future talent needs.
• Drive leadership and niche hiring and ensure a superior candidate experience.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Leadership hiring

Stakeholder management

Diversity hiring

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

The Senior Manager Talent Acquisition will lead strategic hiring initiatives across the organization, partnering closely with business leaders to attract, assess, and hire high-caliber talent. The role is responsible for driving leadership and niche hiring, ensuring operational excellence in recruitment, and delivering a superior candidate experience while supporting the organization's diversity and growth objectives

Will report to Head TA & Campus

Will be an Individual Contributor role

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

• Partner with business leaders to understand current and future talent requirements.
• Develop proactive talent acquisition strategies aligned with business priorities and workforce plans.
• Build talent pipelines for critical and emerging skill areas to support long-term organizational growth.
• Drive innovative sourcing initiatives through job portals, social media, industry networks, and leadership hiring campaigns.
• Ensure a seamless and positive candidate experience across all hiring touchpoints.

Leadership & Niche Hiring

• Hiring for senior leadership, critical, and specialized roles across functions.
• Implement robust assessment and selection frameworks to ensure quality hiring decisions.
• Ensure strong stakeholder alignment throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Recruitment Operations & Excellence

• Drive best-in-class recruitment processes with a focus on speed, quality, compliance, and candidate experience.
• Monitor and improve key recruitment metrics including Time-to-Fill, Quality-of-Hire, and Cost-per-Hire.
• Leverage recruitment technologies and analytics platforms (e.g., Workday) to enhance efficiency and reporting.
• Standardize processes and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a trusted talent advisor to business and functional leaders.
• Provide market intelligence, talent insights, and competitive benchmarking to support hiring decisions.
• Influence and drive decision‑making through data‑backed recommendations.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Champion diversity hiring initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
• Track and report diversity metrics and implement targeted actions to improve representation.
• Foster inclusive hiring practices and mitigate bias throughout the recruitment process.

Vendor & Channel Management

• Manage relationships with search firms, recruitment agencies, and external talent partners.
• Evaluate sourcing channels for effectiveness and optimize investments to maximize ROI.
• Negotiate commercial terms and monitor vendor performance against agreed SLAs.