Talent Acquisition Business Partner

1350 Sanofi Consumer Healthcare India Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Opella Healthcare invites applications for a Talent Acquisition Business Partner for India. You will own senior professional and GCC searches, shaping end-to-end recruitment with AI-enabled automation and digital campaigns.

You will advise hiring managers on India markets while maintaining a structured candidate experience across searches. You will partner with HRBPs and GCC stakeholders on capability needs, and manage multiple senior-level roles with a focus on quality and speed.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years’ full-cycle in-house recruitment experience in a multinational environment, with strong India hiring exposure.
• Proven success recruiting senior leadership and cross-functional roles in India.
• Experience partnering with RPOs and recruitment agencies; GCC experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment across India, focusing on senior/professional roles and GCC hires.
• Run structured, high-quality hiring processes with role briefs, interview frameworks, and offers.
• Manage a portfolio of requisitions with stakeholder alignment and good candidate experience.

Skills

Digital recruitment

AI-enabled automation

Stakeholder management

Talent mapping

Online sourcing

Education

MBA / Masters in Business Administration

CIPD/SHRM or regional HR certification

Tools

Workday ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Paradox

HiredScore

Job description

About the Role As our Talent Acquisition Business Partner for India, you will combine human judgement with digital recruitment and AI-enabled automation to deliver faster, high-quality hiring. Reporting to the India TA Lead, you will own senior professional and specialist searches, with a primary focus on senior level hiring, including Global Capability Centre (GCC) hiring. You will also recruit across other business functions according to hiring priorities, from intake to offer acceptance. You will use online sourcing, talent mapping and digital campaigns to build pipelines, advise hiring managers on India talent markets, and uphold structured assessment and candidate-experience standards within the global TA strategy. You will manage competing searches independently, support selected executive and business-critical hiring, and provide AMEA support when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Full-Cycle Recruitment Own end-to-end recruitment across India, primarily for senior professional and specialist senior level hires, including GCC roles, with flexibility to recruit for other business functions as hiring needs evolve.
• Run structured, high-quality hiring processes: challenge role briefs, design interview frameworks, align assessment panels, and negotiate competitive offers
• Manage and prioritise a portfolio of requisitions, maintaining momentum, stakeholder alignment and a consistent candidate experience across every search.
• Lead digital recruitment in India through talent mapping, targeted online sourcing, talent communities and digital campaigns; measure channel effectiveness and funnel conversion to optimise outreach.
• Support the India TA Lead on selected senior and executive searches — lead defined workstreams, manage candidate pipelines, and escalation market or stakeholder risks early.
• Proactively raise internal mobility options with hiring managers before opening to external market; work with HRBPs to identify internal candidates, run fair and structured internal processes, and ensure internal applicants receive the same rigour and experience as external ones.
• Hiring Manager Partnership Partner with India hiring managers; advise on talent availability, compensation, notice periods and competing offers, and keep hiring aligned with the global TA framework.
• Proactively flag risks — market tightness, unrealistic briefs, compensation gaps — and come with solutions, not just observations.
• Partner with India HRBPs and GCC stakeholders on capability needs, team growth, attrition risks and upcoming hiring demand.

Requirements

• Experience 8 -10 years’ full-cycle, in-house recruitment experience in a multinational environment, including substantial India hiring experience and independent ownership of complex senior searches.
• Proven success recruiting senior leadership talent in India, alongside the ability to hire mid-to-senior professionals across other business functions; strong understanding of local talent markets and candidate expectations.
• Experience partnering effectively with RPO providers and specialist recruitment agencies.
• Prefer experience of recruiting for Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India, including specialist and cross-functional roles and partnership with local and global stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success leading senior and executive search processes from brief through appointment.

Skills & Competencies

• Digital-first, AI-forward talent advisor — you build targeted India pipelines through online sourcing, talent mapping, digital campaigns and automation, and drive adoption of better hiring practices.
• Rigorous assessment designer — you turn role requirements into measurable criteria, build structured interview guides, calibrate panels and use evidence to improve hiring decisions.
• Data and AI literate — you analyse channel performance and funnel conversion, diagnose bottlenecks, and validate AI recommendations for quality and bias.
• Influential communicator — you give candidates clear, timely updates and guide hiring managers through trade-offs, risks and decisions with concise, credible recommendations.
• Accountable portfolio owner — you prioritise competing searches, set milestones, and maintain quality and momentum across a high-volume workload.
• Systems Proficient in Workday ATS or equivalent enterprise ATS — Workday strongly preferred Proficient with LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, digital talent mapping and India-relevant online sourcing channels; able to optimise outreach effectiveness. Hands-on experience with Paradox, HiredScore and other AI-powered recruitment automation tools is a must.

Education

• Masters in Business Administration or equivalent professional experience CIPD, SHRM, or regional HR/TA certification is a plus

Nice to Have

• Experience in FMCG OR consumer health industry
• Familiarity with structured assessment frameworks
• Exposure to employer branding or talent marketing initiatives

Languages

• English: Fluent — required

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally. Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting. At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan. B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.