TA Lead - (Director) (Chennai)

Wipro; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro Limited is seeking a seasoned Lead Talent Acquisition (Director level) to drive end-to-end TA for Wipro Consulting. The role involves leading lateral hiring, market mapping, and engagement with senior stakeholders across delivery units to ensure timely placements.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in large IT services or consulting environments, strong advisory skills, and a track record of delivering recruitment excellence across multiple locations in India.

Qualifications

• Experience in handling recruitment from a large IT services company or management consulting firm.
• Execution excellence with a proactive, results-driven mindset.
• Excellent stakeholder management and advisory capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage fulfilment of lateral open positions across units in Wipro.
• Review and finalize quarterly and annual hiring plans for the unit.
• Identify and drive initiatives to improve TA efficiencies and outcomes.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across delivery organizations for talent fulfilment.
• Develop and implement systems to obtain market intelligence to inform TA strategy.
• Conduct market mapping to build robust talent pools.
• Establish scalable networks and selection processes to attract top talent.
• Optimize channel mix to control cost per hire.
• Contribute to EVP improvements and recruitment metrics.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Stakeholder mgmt

Recruitment

Market mapping

Job description

Job Title: TA Lead - (Director)

City: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurugram

State/Province: Haryana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Posting Start Date: 6/9/26

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Role: Lead Talent Acquisition

Location: Bengaluru preferred / Gurugram / Hyderabad / Pune / Chennai

About the role

Wipro is looking to on-board a seasoned Lead Talent Acquisition to lead end to end TA for Wipro Consulting.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead and manage fulfilment of lateral open positions, by hiring quality talent as per defined process, budget, location and timelines, across units in Wipro.
• Review and finalize the quarterly and annual hiring plan for the unit by reviewing the numbers, allocations to recruiters, channels, timelines etc.
• Identify, lead and manage key initiatives to improve talent acquisition efficiencies and outcomes
• Engage with senior stakeholders across delivery organizations for talent fulfillment, act as an advisor.
• Develop and implement systems and processes to obtain relevant and credible market intelligence as input to TA strategy.
• Market mapping and build a robust mechanism to support business requirements
• Establish scalable network and strong selection process to attract the best talent.
• Devise an appropriate channel mix to ensure a competitive market cost per hire
• Strategize to improve EVP of the firm/business practices to the talent market.
• Identify & monitor measures across processes. Design and implement metrics to measure and improve recruitment efficiency

Key Requirements

• Experience in handling recruitment (lateral hiring, volume hiring) from a large IT services company / Management Consulting firm.
• Execution excellence and passion to deliver results. Forward looking, challenges status quo
• Excellent stakeholder management skills; should have consultative/Advisory approach. Excellent networking in the external market.
• Thinkers, solution orientation, managing complexity and ambiguity with ease.

Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention. Come to Wipro. Realize your ambitions.

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