This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 4 years

Location: Bengaluru

JobType: full-time

At the core of a quick-growing organization’s success is its ability to attract and hire the right talent efficiently and at scale. As Lead – Talent Acquisition, you will take complete ownership of the end-to-end hiring function while building modern, tech-enabled recruitment practices. This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you will partner closely with business leaders, shape a strong candidate experience, and leverage ATS platforms, automation, and AI to create a scalable and future-ready talent acquisition engine.

Key Responsibilities

- Candidate Experience Excellence
- Own the complete candidate journey, ensuring a smooth, transparent, and human-centric experience at every stage.
- Act as a key point of contact during critical hiring phases and continuously gather feedback to improve engagement.
- Maintain accurate, clean, and compliant candidate data within the ATS.

- End-to-End Hiring Ownership

- Drive full-cycle recruitment across technical, product, sales, customer success, and corporate roles.
- Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, hiring strategies, timelines, and success metrics.
- Run structured interview processes, ensure interviewer calibration, and lead offer management and closures.

- ATS, Tools & AI-Driven Recruitment

- Own and optimize the Applicant Tracking System, including workflows, dashboards, reporting, and adoption.




- Drive the use of automation and AI tools for sourcing, screening, scheduling, and candidate communication.
- Use recruitment analytics to track funnel health, identify bottlenecks, and improve hiring outcomes.

- Continuous Improvement & Leadership

- Identify gaps and inefficiencies across the hiring lifecycle and implement scalable process improvements.
- Manage escalations, resolve hiring challenges, and ensure momentum across roles.
- Track key recruitment metrics and continuously raise the bar on quality, speed, and experience.
- Mentor recruiters and manage external vendors as required, fostering best-in-class hiring practices.

What Makes You a Great Fit

- 5–7 years of hands-on, end-to-end recruitment experience, ideally in a SaaS, product, or tech-driven startup environment.
- Proven ability to hire across both technical and non-technical roles at scale.
- Strong experience with ATS platforms (such as Zoho Recruit or similar) and assessment tools.
- Exposure to recruitment automation, analytics, and AI-driven hiring initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner with senior leaders.
- High ownership mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- Experience building or scaling talent acquisition processes from the ground up.
- Added advantage if you have worked on employer branding, referral programs, or campus hiring initiatives.

📌 Talent Acquisition Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 Important Group
📍 Bengaluru