Talent Acquisition Manager – Strategic

Epitria Consulting; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Epitria Consulting is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our client's in-house recruitment function from Noida, India. This hands-on leadership role will partner with senior business leaders and global stakeholders to drive strategic hiring across the organization.

The ideal candidate will be a player-coach who can lead and develop a recruitment team while personally managing niche and senior-level searches, with global experience across US, UK, Canada, Australia, and

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Corporate / In-house Talent Acquisition within IT services or technology.
• Proven ability to manage a TA team while remaining hands-on in recruitment delivery.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders and global leadership teams.
• Expertise in leadership, niche, and business-critical hiring.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute TA strategies aligned with growth and workforce needs.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment for leadership roles and critical positions.
• Partner with global stakeholders across multiple markets and manage escalations.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing TA team; set hiring goals and monitor productivity.
• Drive recruitment analytics, dashboards, and data-driven hiring decisions.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Sourcing & headhunting

Market mapping

Offer negotiation

Dashboard reporting

ATS usage

Tools

ATS

Recruitment analytics

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our client's in-house recruitment function and partner with senior business leaders and global stakeholders to drive strategic hiring across the organization.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a strong combination of Talent Acquisition strategy, recruitment delivery, team management, stakeholder management, and leadership hiring. The ideal candidate will be a player-coach who can lead and develop a recruitment team while personally managing critical, niche, and senior-level searches.

The candidate should have strong experience working with global leadership teams across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and other international markets, with the ability to understand business requirements, influence hiring decisions, and build effective talent strategies.

Location: Noida – Work from Office, 5 Days a Week

Shift: 2:00 PM – 12:00 AM IST

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy & Stakeholder Management

• Develop and execute TA strategies aligned with business growth and workforce requirements.
• Partner with senior business leaders, hiring managers, and HR stakeholders across global markets.
• Act as a strategic talent advisor, providing market intelligence and hiring recommendations.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

Hands-on Recruitment & Leadership Hiring

• Personally lead end-to-end recruitment for niche, critical, and leadership positions.
• Source, engage, assess, and close senior talent across technology and business functions.
• Manage searches for Director, VP, Technical Architect, Program Manager, and other strategic roles.
• Drive targeted headhunting, market mapping, passive candidate engagement, and offer closure.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Talent Acquisition team.
• Set hiring goals, allocate recruitment responsibilities, and monitor team productivity.
• Coach recruiters on sourcing, stakeholder management, candidate assessment, and closing.
• Drive a high-performance and collaborative recruitment culture.

Recruitment Operations & Analytics

• Monitor hiring pipelines, TAT, sourcing effectiveness, recruiter productivity, conversion ratios, and SLAs.
• Drive continuous improvement across recruitment processes and hiring practices.
• Develop recruitment dashboards and reports to support data-driven hiring decisions.
• Leverage ATS and recruitment technology to improve recruitment efficiency.
• Conduct talent market research, competitor mapping, and salary/talent benchmarking.
• Build strong professional networks and talent pipelines for niche skill areas.
• Support employer branding and talent attraction initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in Corporate / In-house Talent Acquisition, preferably within an IT Services, Technology, or IT Consulting organization.
• Proven experience managing a TA team while remaining hands-on in recruitment delivery.
• Strong experience in leadership, niche, and business-critical hiring.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior business leaders and global leadership teams.
• Experience working across US, UK, Canada, Australia, or other international markets.
• Strong expertise in sourcing, headhunting, market mapping, stakeholder management, and offer negotiation.
• Hands-on experience with ATS, recruitment analytics, dashboards, and reporting.
• Strong communication, influencing, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Strong player-coach who can balance strategic TA leadership with hands-on hiring.
• Experience managing recruitment teams in a fast-paced technology or IT Services environment.
• Data-driven and commercially minded approach to Talent Acquisition.
• Strong understanding of global technology talent markets.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and manage multiple global hiring priorities.