Leadership Hiring Partner – Founder’s Office Location: Gurgaon / Jaipur / Remote

Work Model: Remote or Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-time

Reporting To: Founders About Thrillophilia Thrillophilia is one of India’s leading experiential travel platforms, helping millions of travellers discover and book curated holidays and experiences across India and international destinations. We are building a large, profitable, technology-led travel company with ambitious plans across consumer travel, artificial intelligence, brand, international expansion, partnerships and current business lines. The next phase of Thrillophilia’s growth will depend heavily on the quality of leaders we bring into the organisation.

About the Role We are looking for a Recruitment Specialist who will partner directly with the CEO and Chief Business Officer (CBO) to build the leadership team that will drive our next phase of growth. This is not a traditional recruitment role. We are looking for someone who understands businesses, not just job descriptions.

You should have the ability to identify exceptional business talent, build relationships with passive candidates, and influence hiring decisions at the leadership level. If you enjoy solving complex hiring challenges, mapping talent markets, and recruiting high-impact leaders in fast-growing companies, this role is for you.

What You'll Do At least 6-10 years of experience owning end-to-end hiring for business, leadership and strategic roles across the organization.

Partner closely with the CEO and CBO to understand business priorities and translate them into hiring strategies.





Build proactive talent pipelines through market mapping, research, networking and headhunting.

Identify and engage high-quality passive candidates from target organizations.

Assess candidates for leadership capability, business acumen, cultural alignment and long-term potential not just resume fit.

Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle including sourcing, interviews, stakeholder management, offer negotiation and closing.

Advise hiring managers using talent market intelligence, compensation insights and competitor hiring trends.

Continuously improve recruitment processes, candidate experience and hiring speed while maintaining quality.

What We're Looking For Preferred Background You should have worked with one or more of the following:

High-growth startups

D2C or consumer brands

Consumer technology companies

Executive search firms serving high-growth businesses Experience from companies such as Mokobara, Mamaearth, The Souled Store, Pilgrim, Snitch, boAt, Lenskart or similar fast-scaling consumer businesses will be highly preferred.

Hiring Experience Required

You should have successfully hired mid-to-senior-level leaders across functions such as: Category Managers and Category Heads

Revenue Leaders and Business Heads

Growth and Performance Marketing Leaders





Brand Managers and Brand Heads

Creative Directors and Heads of Design

Finance Heads and Finance Business Partners

Partnerships Leaders

Operations Leaders

Supply Chain Leaders

P&L; Owners

Other strategic functional leadership roles What Success Looks Like We're looking for someone who can: Understand business functions beyond recruitment.

Build strong talent maps across target companies and industries.

Confidently headhunt passive leadership talent.

Differentiate genuine business operators from candidates with impressive titles but limited impact.

Influence senior stakeholders and advise founders on hiring decisions.

Close difficult leadership searches with speed and precision.

Thrive in ambiguous, fast-changing startup environments.

Desired Skills Executive

Search

Leadership Hiring

Talent Mapping

Passive Candidate Sourcing

Market Research

Stakeholder Management

Business Acumen

Candidate Assessment

Negotiation and Offer Management

Employer Branding

Recruitment Analytics

Strong communication and relationship-building skills Why Join Us? Work directly with the CEO and CBO on strategic hiring decisions.

Play a pivotal role in shaping the company's leadership team.

Build functions and teams that directly impact business growth.

High ownership with significant visibility and decision-making responsibility.

Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where your impact is measurable from day one. P.S Candidates with only business hiring exposure is preferred.

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📌 Recruitment Specialist (India)
🏢 Thrillophilia.com
📍 India