Talent Acquisition Lead

Confidential; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead to drive the recruitment strategy and delivery across Asia Pacific. You will partner with HR and hiring teams to attract, assess, and hire top talent while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience and adherence to global recruitment standards.

You will lead a team of recruiters, optimize processes, and deliver hiring dashboards. Strong analytics, stakeholder management, and employer branding are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience.
• 4+ years leading regional or multi-country recruitment teams.
• Experience supporting multiple Asia Pacific markets.
• Expertise in end-to-end recruiting, talent market intelligence, university relations, employer branding, stakeholder management and people management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute regional talent acquisition strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes with focus on Sales and Manufacturing roles across Asia Pacific.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters; manage workloads and resource allocation.
• Influence hiring decisions through data-driven recommendations and maintain dashboards.

Skills

Leadership

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

ATS platforms

Tools

LinkedIn

Recruitment tech

Job description

The Talent Acquisition Lead is responsible for leading the recruitment strategy and delivery in Asia Pacific. This role partners with the hiring team and HR to attract, assess, and hire top talent while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience and adherence to global recruitment standards. The incumbent leads a team of recruiters, drives continuous process improvement, leverages talent market insights, and ensures achievement of hiring and operational metrics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute regional talent acquisition strategies aligned with business priorities
• Partner with HR and Hiring Team in fulfilling current and future hiring needs
• Provide labor market intelligence, competitive benchmarking, and talent availability insights
• Build talent pipelines for critical and difficult to hire positions

Recruitment Operations Management

• Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes from job posting to offer across Asia Pacific with greater focus on Sales and Manufacturing roles
• Ensure compliance with company policies, employment regulations, and recruitment governance.
• Optimize hiring processes to improve time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, candidate experience, and cost efficiency
• Monitor recruitment metrics and deliver regular hiring dashboards and insights

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters
• Manage recruiter workloads and resource allocation across countries and business units
• Establish performance expectations and drive continuous capability development

Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR and Hiring Team
• Facilitate intake sessions, hiring strategy discussions, calibration meetings, and offer decisions
• Manage escalations and complex hiring situations.
• Influence hiring decisions through data-driven recommendations

Talent Sourcing & Employer Branding

• Develop innovative sourcing strategies leveraging recruiting and social media platforms, referrals, networking, university relations and industry partnerships
• Strengthen employer branding initiatives across Asia Pacific

Job Requirements:

• 8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience
• 4+ years leading regional or multi-country recruitment teams
• Experience supporting multiple Asia Pacific markets
• Expertise in end-to-end recruiting, talent market intelligence, university relations, employer branding, stakeholder management and people management
• Excellent knowledge in data analytics and recruitment technology (LinkedIn, ATS platforms)
• Experience in project management preferably related to Talent Acquisition initiatives