HEAD OF US RECRUITMENT
Location: On-site
Shift: 09:30 PM - 6:30 AM IST
Role Summary
You will lead and scale the entire US recruitment function. This senior leadership role requires someone who can operate with full ownership, build high-performing teams, and deliver consistent hiring outcomes across Sales, Leadership, and Senior Management roles. You will refine processes, enforce standards, and run a disciplined, metrics-driven recruitment operation capable of both high-volume and high-quality hiring.
Requirements
- Talent Acquisition Leadership
- Own full-cycle recruitment for US-based roles across Sales, Operations, Leadership, and specialized positions
- Build and execute recruiting strategies that generate strong candidate pipelines at scale
- Manage, mentor, and grow recruitment teams with high accountability and performance expectations
- Set weekly, monthly, and quarterly hiring targets and ensure consistent delivery
- Maintain dashboards for hiring metrics including throughput, conversions, time-to-fill, recruiter performance, and quality-of-hire
- Process Optimization & Systems Ownership
- Refine and optimize the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle to increase speed and improve quality
- Implement structured pipelines, SLAs, and KPI frameworks across all stages of recruitment
- Ensure accurate data and proper usage of ATS systems, reporting tools, and automation solutions
- Build scorecards and standard evaluation frameworks to improve hiring consistency
- Identify skill gaps within the recruitment team and run targeted training programs
- Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate closely with leadership to understand hiring forecasts, role requirements, and performance expectations
- Set realistic hiring timelines and communicate proactively on pipeline health and risks
- Serve as the primary point of accountability for all US hiring results and recruitment process improvements
- Partner with department heads to develop clear role briefs and strong candidate profiles
- High-Volume & Senior-Level Hiring
- Oversee simultaneous pipelines for high-volume sales hiring and senior/executive-level searches
- Develop strategies for hard-to-fill and competitive US roles
- Implement evaluation systems that quickly filter unqualified candidates while moving strong candidates forward efficiently
- Team Building & Performance Culture
- Build and lead a high-performing recruiting team capable of scaling with business growth
- Enforce a culture of accountability, speed, precision, and data-driven decision-making
- Maintain operational discipline across all recruitment workflows
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in US recruitment with experience in both volume and leadership hiring
- Proven experience managing and scaling recruitment teams
- Strong understanding of US hiring expectations, candidate behavior, compensation structures, and communication norms
- Ability to optimize recruitment processes and design efficient, scalable hiring systems
- Demonstrated success meeting aggressive hiring targets across multiple role types
- Strong analytical capability with experience building dashboards, reports, and KPI systems
Preferred Experience
- Leadership hiring across Sales, Operations, and Senior Management roles
- Experience setting up or scaling a recruitment function
- Expertise in ATS management, automation, and pipeline reporting
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment
Benefits
- Full ownership of the US recruitment function
- Opportunity to build and scale a multi-team hiring engine
- High-impact visibility and direct influence on organizational growth
- Competitive compensation aligned with senior leadership expectations
