Talent Acquisition Specialist/ Lead

Dräger; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Draeger India is seeking a strategic Talent Acquisition partner to translate growth plans into a robust talent pipeline across businesses, functions, operations, and R&D. You will lead end‑to‑end TA, build proactive pipelines, and drive candidate experience and hiring quality.

With 10–12 years in recruitment, you will collaborate with leaders, manage offers and onboarding, and elevate employer branding while ensuring DEI and data privacy compliance.

Qualifications

• Post‑Graduate in Human Resource Management.
• 10–12 years of experience in end‑to‑end recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end talent acquisition for Draeger India across businesses, Corporate Functions, Operations and R&D.
• Partner with business leaders to understand current and future talent requirements and develop hiring strategies.
• Build proactive talent pipelines through market mapping and talent intelligence.
• Develop and implement innovative recruitment strategies to attract high‑quality, diverse talent.
• Drive recruitment productivity, quality of hire, time‑to‑fill and candidate experience.
• Sourcing through LinkedIn, networks, digital platforms, referrals, and industry forums.
• Assess and select via structured competency‑based interviews with hiring managers.
• Maintain recruitment MIS and HRIS data in SuccessFactors, conduct data audits.
• Coordinate offers, pre‑joining engagement and join‑up processes.
• Oversee onboarding through HR processes; collaborate with stakeholders.
• Lead campus and early‑career hiring initiatives and campus relations.
• Strengthen employer branding and candidate experience; manage external partners.
• Ensure compliance with DEI and data privacy requirements.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Sourcing

Assessment

Operations MIS HRIS

Offer management

Onboarding

Campus & Early careers

Employer branding

Recruitment analytics

LinkedIn sourcing

Education

Post‑graduate in HR Management

Tools

LinkedIn

SuccessFactors

Job description

To serve as the strategic talent acquisition partner for Draeger India to translate Draeger India’s strategic growth plans into a robust talent pipeline, and support business transformation and growth with critical hiring and strengthen delivering the right capabilities and talent across all businesses, corporate functions, operations and R&D.

Tasks and Responsibilities

1.Talent Acquisition Strategy & Business Partnering

• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition for Draeger India across businesses, Corporate Functions, Operations and R&D, aligned with business and workforce priorities.
• Partner with business leaders and hiring managers to understand current and future talent requirements, define role profiles and develop effective hiring strategies.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical, specialist and future hiring requirements through market mapping and talent intelligence.
• Develop and implement innovative and cost-effective recruitment strategies to attract high-quality and diverse talent.
• Drive continuous improvement in recruitment productivity, quality of hire, time-to-fill and overall candidate experience.

2. Sourcing

• Drive advanced sourcing through LinkedIn, professional networks, digital platforms, industry forums, referrals and other relevant channels.
• Identify and engage passive talent through targeted talent mapping, Boolean search and market intelligence.
• Build diverse talent pools aligned with Draeger’s DEI objectives and future capability requirements.

3. Assessment & Selection

• Conduct structured, competency-based first-level interviews and assessments to evaluate candidate suitability, capability and cultural alignment.
• Partner with hiring managers throughout the selection process, including interview coordination, evaluation, feedback and candidate recommendations.
• Ensure consistent, objective and high-quality assessment practices across recruitment processes.

4. Recruitment Operations, MIS & HRIS

• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, candidate records and recruitment documentation in accordance with defined processes and compliance requirements.
• Provide periodic recruitment MIS and analytics to HR and business leadership, covering hiring status, pipeline, ageing, source effectiveness and key recruitment metrics.
• Ensure accurate and timely maintenance of position and employee data in SuccessFactors/HRIS and conduct periodic data audits and cleansing.

5. Offer Management & Joining

• Coordinate pre-employment documentation, compensation input, offer release and candidate communication in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Drive effective pre-joining engagement and follow-up to improve offer-to-join conversion and minimize candidate dropouts.

6. Onboarding

• Ensure seamless and timely onboarding of new employees through SuccessFactors and defined HR processes.
• Coordinate new-joiner documentation, welcome communication and handover to relevant HR/business stakeholders.

7. Campus & Early Careers

• Develop and manage campus and early-career hiring initiatives in line with current and future talent requirements.
• Build relationships with key educational institutions and drive campus engagement, employer branding and candidate experience.

8. Employer Branding & Talent Attraction

• Strengthen Draeger’s employer brand by communicating its culture, values, employee proposition and career opportunities across relevant talent channels.
• Develop targeted recruitment campaigns and engage in job advertisements to attract high-quality talent.
• Build and manage relationships with recruitment partners, search firms, professional networks and other external talent sources.
• Leverage recruitment analytics, market insights and emerging talent acquisition practices to anticipate future workforce requirements and continuously improve hiring effectiveness.
• Ensure adherence to Draeger’s policies, ethical standards, DEI principles and applicable recruitment and data privacy requirements.

10. Other Responsibilities

• Undertake additional responsibilities and projects assigned by the Head of HR / Management in line with evolving business and organizational requirements.

Additional Roles

Coordination with HR team and other functions to ensure a harmonious and seamless process execution of the Talent Acquisition process responsibilities.

Functional / Technical Skills required in the role

• Ability to understand Product Portfolio
• Employer Branding, Candidate Experience Management
• Talent Sourcing & Market Mapping
• Competency-Based Interviewing & Assessment
• Recruitment Analytics & ATS Proficiency

Education & certification

Post-Graduate in Human Resource Management

10 to 12 years of experience into End-to-End Recruitment cycle.