Talent Acquisition Lead

What you'll own Talent Acquisition (80%)

● Sourcing and pipeline: building and running sourcing strategy for open roles, keeping pipelines full enough that hiring managers are never waiting on you

● Co-founder and hiring manager partnership: sharpening JDs, running intake calls, and holding HMs accountable for fast, clear feedback on candidates

● Candidate experience: running a screening and interview process that moves fast and treats candidates well, from first outreach to offer

● Agency and vendor coordination: managing external recruiting agencies where they're used (e.g., US hiring), keeping them accountable to quality and turnaround

● Reporting and process: tracking pipeline health, time-to-fill, and source effectiveness; flagging bottlenecks before they become escalations

● Onboarding handoff: working with the Ops/Admin teammate so new hires land well, not just get a laptop and a Slack invite

HR mentoring and support (20%)

● Mentoring the HR team: being a sounding board for the HR team on judgment calls, escalations, and how to handle things they haven't seen before

● Helping figure out and guide HR, not run it day to day: working alongside the HR team on performance frameworks, policy, and process design, without owning execution of any of it

● Connecting TA and HR: making sure what you're seeing in the market and in hiring (comp benchmarks, candidate expectations, attrition signals) actually informs how HR builds its frameworks

What this role is

● A doers seat: you're sourcing, screening, and closing candidates yourself, not just managing a dashboard.

● Coach and Manage: Manage the other TA and HR team members and their outcomes.

● Built for range: in a given week you might be closing a candidate, sitting in on a policy discussion, and coaching someone on how to handle a tricky HR conversation

● A growth track: as the team and function scale, this role is a natural path towards TA/HR leader

Best Fit

● 7-12 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with genuine curiosity or prior exposure to HR/HRBP work

● Comfortable owning full-cycle recruiting independently - sourcing through offer - without heavy hand-holding

● Experience managing a team of 2 or more people in TA/HR

● Startup experience preferred: comfortable with ambiguity and building process as you go rather than inheriting one.

○ Prior experience at a high-growth Series A–D B2B AI/SaaS company where you helped scale the TA motion during a growth phase

○ Have seen a headcount scale from 80 employees to 300+

● Direct, plain communicator: with candidates, hiring managers, agencies, and the HR team alike

● Experience hiring for US roles from India is a strong plus, given the market gap that makes this hard to run solo

Location

● Hybrid - 2 days per week (Tuesday, Thursday)

● Office Location: Indiranagar, Bengaluru.

● Address: 3rd Floor, A wing No 1, Carlton Towers, HAL Old Airport Rd, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008.

Note - Looking for candidates from B2B/ SAAS startups!!