Talent Acquisition Manager

Position: TAManager ( IT)

Experience: 8–12 Years

Location: Gurgaon ( WFO)

Reporting To: Head – Talent Acquisition / Business Head

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced and performance-driven IT Manager to lead end-to-end IT talent acquisition initiatives. The incumbent will be responsible for managing a team of recruiters, collaborating with business stakeholders, driving recruitment strategies, and ensuring timely closure of technology hiring requirements across multiple levels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee end-to-end recruitment activities for IT and technology-related positions.
• Design and implement effective hiring strategies aligned with business workforce requirements.
• Manage and mentor a team of recruiters while ensuring achievement of hiring targets and defined SLAs.
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers to understand manpower plans, role expectations, and market dynamics.
• Drive talent sourcing through various channels including job portals, LinkedIn, employee referrals, networking, and talent mapping initiatives.
• Develop and maintain robust talent pipelines for critical and niche technology skill sets.
• Track and analyze recruitment metrics such as Turnaround Time (TAT), offer-to-join ratio, source effectiveness, and recruiter productivity.
• Conduct market research, talent intelligence studies, and competitor hiring analysis to support hiring decisions.
• Ensure a seamless and positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Drive continuous process improvements, recruitment automation, and implementation of best practices.
• Maintain effective stakeholder communication and provide regular updates on hiring progress.
• Support employer branding initiatives and talent attraction programs.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Strong expertise in IT hiring across technologies such as Java, .NET, Cloud, Data Engineering, AI/ML, Cybersecurity, DevOps, SAP, Salesforce, and Product Engineering.
• Proven experience in sourcing, screening, candidate assessment, and offer management.
• Strong stakeholder management and client engagement capabilities.
• Demonstrated team leadership and people management experience.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience in recruitment reporting and data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline; MBA/PGDM will be preferred.
• 8–12 years of recruitment experience, including a minimum of 4-5 years in a team management capacity.
• Prior experience in IT staffing, recruitment consulting, RPO, GCC, or corporate talent acquisition environments.

Success Metrics:

• Achievement of hiring targets and service level commitments.
• Performance against time-to-fill and quality-of-hire benchmarks.
• Offer acceptance and joining conversion rates.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and engagement levels.
• Recruiter productivity, performance, and retention.
• Revenue contribution and delivery effectiveness (for staffing and recruitment consulting organizations).

Preferred Background:

Experience managing technology hiring mandates across Product Companies, GCCs, Startups, IT Services organizations, and Digital Transformation environments.

Please note: Only applicants with staffing or recruitment consulting firm experience will be considered for this position.