Talent Acquisition Agile Squad Lead

ABB; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Agile Squad Lead for Automation & Engineering to guide agile recruitment delivery and accelerate hiring of critical engineering and digital talent across the Operations Centre.

You will partner with Hiring Managers, lead sprint planning and reviews, remove bottlenecks in sourcing and assessment, and use Workday and analytics to deliver high‑quality hires with a strong candidate experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Talent Acquisition experience in engineering, automation, manufacturing, or industrial technology recruitment.
• 2+ years of experience in an Agile environment as an Agile Squad Lead, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Recruitment Lead driving agile delivery practices.
• Experience using ATS platforms (e.g., Workday) and recruitment analytics to support data‑driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile recruitment delivery for Automation & Engineering across the India Operations Center.
• Coordinate sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Identify bottlenecks across sourcing, assessment, interview scheduling, and offer management, driving continuous improvement.
• Translate hiring requirements into clear recruitment priorities and sourcing strategies for Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, and Digital Engineering.
• Streamline technical assessments and interview processes while maintaining quality and candidate experience.
• Reduce hiring cycle time and improve conversion across engineering talent pipelines.
• Track recruitment metrics and use analytics to optimize sprint planning and capacity.
• Partner with stakeholders to align hiring priorities and provide market insights while ensuring a consistent candidate experience.

Skills

Agile recruitment

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Coaching and leadership

Tools

Workday

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This Position reports to: Talent Acquisition Manager Process Autom

Your Role And Responsibilities

As the Talent Acquisition Agile Squad Lead for Automation & Engineering, you will guide a cross‑functional recruiting squad using agile principles to accelerate the hiring of critical engineering, technology and digital talent across Operations Centre, for Automation Business Area in India.

Working closely with Hiring Managers and Business Leaders, you will organize recruitment into focused sprints, prioritize hiring backlogs based on business‑critical needs, and enable the recruiting squad to deliver high‑quality talent through agile ways of working. This role is suited for an experienced agile practitioner who can coach teams while driving execution.

The work model for the role is:

Key Responsibilities

Agile Recruitment Delivery

• Partner with Business Leaders, Engineering Managers, and Hiring Managers to prioritize hiring backlogs based on project criticality, customer commitments, and business impact.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Identify bottlenecks across sourcing, assessment, interview scheduling, and offer management, driving continuous improvement.
• Translate hiring requirements across India Operations Center, focusing on Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Operations Centers, Digital Engineering, and Industrial Software into clear recruitment priorities and sourcing strategies.
• Partner with hiring managers to streamline technical assessments and interview processes while maintaining quality and improving candidate experience.
• Reduce hiring cycle time and improve conversion across engineering talent pipelines.
• Track and report recruitment metrics including not limited to Time‑to‑Hire, Hiring Velocity, Pipeline Health, Offer Acceptance Rate, Candidate Experience, and Quality of Hire.
• Use recruitment analytics to optimize sprint planning, sourcing effectiveness, and team capacity.
• Act as a strategic recruitment partner to business Stakeholders by aligning hiring priorities, managing changing requirements, providing market insights and recruitment updates, and delivering proactive solutions while ensuring a consistent candidate experience throughout the recruitment and offer process.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of Talent Acquisition experience with demonstrated success in Engineering, Automation, Manufacturing or Industrial Technology recruitment.
• Experience recruiting niche engineering talent across automation, electrical, instrumentation, commissioning, digital, or industrial software domains.
• Mandatory 2+ years of experience working in an Agile environment as an Agile Squad Lead, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Recruitment Lead driving agile delivery practices.
• Experience using ATS platforms (e.g., Workday) and leveraging recruitment analytics to improve hiring outcomes. Comfortable using dashboards and recruitment metrics to support data‑driven decision‑making.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing capabilities across HR and business leadership.
• Prior experience in coaching hiring managers, recruiters, sourcing specialists, and coordinators on agile recruitment practices, leadership, and cross‑functional collaboration. Fostering accountability, transparency, and continuous learning

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