Talent Acquisition Lead

Randstad Enterprise; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Enterprise in Hyderabad seeks an experienced sourcing leader to drive IT and project-based hiring, focusing on proactive headhunting for hard-to-reach roles. You will align with client KPIs, manage passive and active candidates, and oversee a team delivering high-quality profiles.

You will coach peers, leverage AI sourcing tools, plan capacity, and ensure fast progression through hiring stages, while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and continuous process improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading sourcing teams and driving KPIs and SLAs.
• Ability to coach and upskill team members in sourcing.
• Proven track record in proactive engagement and headhunting for IT roles.
• Knowledge of AI-enabled sourcing tools and modern recruitment tech.
• Capacity planning and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develops sourcing strategies to enhance IT and project-based opportunities.
• Works with clients' hiring teams to meet KPIs and SLAs.
• Analyzes recruitment metrics to optimize passive/active candidate flow.
• Keeps up with best practices in blue-collar and IT hiring spaces.
• Leads sourcing projects and drives proactive candidate engagement.
• Drives continuous improvement to sourcing efficiency and output.
• Manages candidates to shortlist the best profiles for clients.
• Tracks daily/monthly hiring targets and optimizes flow through stages.
• Plans capacity and assigns work to handle rushes.

Skills

Team leadership

Sourcing strategy

KPI/SLA management

Head-hunting

Stakeholder management

Job description

• Develops sourcing strategies that enhance the experience for blue collar workers, ensuring a personalized approach to project-based job opportunities
• Works closely with the clients' hiring teams, ensuring all KPIs and SLA requirements regarding order-based sourcing and talent conversion from passive candidates are met
• Monitors and analyzes recruitment metrics and data to identify areas for improvement and optimize the recruitment process for passive and active candidates, considering blue-collar workers with limited online presence
• Stays informed of industry best practices and trends in the career/ hiring space of blue-collar placements, continually assessing where Randstad can tap into project-based jobs
• Leads sourcing activities/projects and drives to meet the key metrics goals as set by leadership, focusing on proactive engagement and headhunting of passive talent
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing sourcing efficiency and
• Manages candidates and ensures that the most qualified candidates are shortlisted for clients'
• SLA & KPI Management: You will track the team's daily and monthly hiring targets. You'll look at the data to make sure candidates are moving through the hiring stages quickly and efficiently.
• Capacity & Demand Planning: You will look at incoming hiring requests and assign work to your team fairly, making sure they can handle sudden rushes of new job openings.
• Upskilling & Mentorship: You will coach and train your team members to improve their sourcing skills, teaching them how to find hard-to-reach tech professionals.
• Advanced Sourcing Frameworks: You will build smart plans to find passive candidates (people who aren't actively looking for a job) for complex IT roles like Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security.
• AI & Tech Stack Optimization: You will guide the team on how to best use modern recruitment tools, databases, and AI sourcing technology to work faster and smarter.
• Process Agility & Continuous Improvement: You will find ways to fix delays or blockers in the sourcing process so everything runs smoothly and quickly
• Client & Stakeholder Management: You will work closely with Kyndryl’s hiring managers, sharing updates regularly, building strong relationships, and making sure we meet their expectations.
• Quality Assurance: You will check the quality of candidates your team finds to ensure only the best-vetted profiles are sent to the client.

Grade Descriptor

• Good understanding of procedures and concepts within own discipline and knowledge of these elements in other disciplines
• Provides management and operational oversight to large and/or moderately complex business or technical support team members, potentially including work leaders
• Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion; coordinates work activities with other supervisors/team leaders
• Responsible for end results of the team
• Provides input on resource planning, guidelines, processes and procedures
• Solves problems guided by policies and procedures; receives guidance from manager