Lead - Talent Acquisition - Sales Hiring | 5-10 yrs | HYD

As part of the Talent Acquisition function, reporting into the Head - Human Resources, you will be responsible for building and executing hiring strategies for mid-management and leadership sales roles across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partnering with business and HR leadership to design and deliver talent acquisition strategies aligned to growth, market expansion, and workforce priorities.
• Driving workforce planning for mid to senior sales roles (ASM, ZSM, NSM and above), including decisions on in-house versus outsourced hiring models.
• Building forward-looking talent pipelines for critical sales and business leadership roles.
• Advising stakeholders on market mapping, external benchmarking, and succession inputs for key positions.
• Owning end-to-end hiring for leadership and mid-management roles, ensuring speed, quality, and cultural fit.
• Designing the right sourcing mix across direct hiring, referrals, executive search partners, and selective outsourcing.
• Using market intelligence to guide hiring decisions on target industries, pedigree versus performance trade-offs, and proactive pipelining.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior sales leaders, influencing role design, hiring priorities, and talent availability discussions.
• Partnering closely with HRBPs to ensure hiring decisions are aligned with broader people and organisation strategies.
• Strengthening internal TA processes, governance, and metrics such as quality of hire, time to fill, and market competitiveness.
• Managing and optimising relationships with boutique search partners for selective and location-specific hiring.
• Contributing to broader TA initiatives including employer branding, diversity hiring (e.g., women in sales), and capability-building projects.