Position Title- Lead Executive-Talent Acquisition
Location- Pune
Reporting to- Manager-Talent Acquisition
About Company:
Sakon is a telecom and network technology leader that has helped global enterprises organize, understand, and intelligently manage their communications ecosystems since 2003.
With headquarters in Concord, Massachusetts and a Global Delivery Center in Pune, India, the Sakon team numbers more than 700 employees worldwide.
Sakon serves over 200 enterprise customers, and its technology is used by the world's top systems integrators and outsourced services providers.
Sakon is the world's first SaaS platform purpose built to help the enterprise understand, manage, and evolve its communications and cloud infrastructure.
With rapidly growing customer base and constantly evolving needs of the market, we are looking to ramp up our engineering teams in Pune.
Website: www.sakon.com
LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysakon/
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Executive – Talent Acquisition to lead end-to-end recruitment operations and manage a team of recruiters. This role will be instrumental in driving hiring strategies, ensuring a high-quality candidate experience, and meeting the talent needs of the organization. The ideal candidate will have strong people management skills, a strategic mindset, and a passion for building high-performing teams.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle across various departments and roles (Non-Technical & Technical).
- Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand staffing needs and align recruitment strategies accordingly.
- Design and implement creative sourcing strategies to attract top talent through job boards, social media, employee referrals, and direct sourcing.
- Monitor key recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality of hire, and offer-to-join ratio
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of recruiters, sourcers, and coordinators.
- Set performance goals and KPIs and provide regular coaching and feedback to team members.
- Conduct training and development programs to build capability within the TA team.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that drives performance and accountability.
- Build strong relationships with department heads and senior leadership to ensure alignment on hiring needs.
- Regularly communicate hiring progress and pipeline updates to stakeholders.
- Manage escalations and resolve conflicts related to recruitment activities.
- Continuously improve recruitment processes for scalability, efficiency, and candidate experience.
- Ensure recruitment practices comply with employment laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Leverage ATS and recruitment tools to ensure proper tracking and reporting of all hiring activity.
- Build dashboards and reports to present recruitment KPIs to stakeholders.
- Manage and optimize ATS workflows to ensure efficient candidate tracking and reporting.
- Leverage platforms like LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram to identify, engage, and attract top talent.
- Develop and execute social recruiting strategies to enhance employer brand visibility and candidate engagement.
Qualifications:
- 8 +years of Human Resource Talent acquisition experience within an organization of a multinational company environment
- Bachelor's degree in human resource/other
- Experience in sourcing candidates through all possible sourcing strategies – e.g. social media, networking, cooperation with external partners.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- 8–12 years of experience in Talent Acquisition with at least 2 years in a people management role.
- Proven experience in managing high-volume hiring in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and data analytics tools.
- Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.
