This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Min Experience: 5 years
Location: Gurugram
JobType: full-time
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic
Assistant Manager – Talent Acquisition
to lead high-quality hiring initiatives across multiple business functions. This role is ideal for a people-centric recruiter with strong leadership skills, hands-on expertise in full-cycle talent acquisition, and proven success in managing a high-performing recruitment team. The ideal candidate will bring 5–9 years of experience spanning startup, product, corporate, and leadership hiring environments.
Key Responsibilities
1. Talent Acquisition Strategy & Execution
Drive the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, including role scoping, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, selection, salary negotiations, and onboarding.
Partner with business heads and hiring managers to understand workforce needs and develop tailored talent strategies.
Manage hiring across diverse business lines including product, analytics, technology, corporate functions, sales, and support roles.
Lead and execute recruitment for critical, niche, and leadership-level positions, ensuring a solid pipeline of high-quality candidates.
Champion diversity hiring initiatives by developing inclusive sourcing strategies that align with organizational DEI goals.
2. Sourcing & Pipeline Management
Implement innovative sourcing techniques such as social hiring, referral programs, Boolean search, talent communities, and market mapping.
Build, nurture, and maintain solid internal and external talent pipelines for current and future requirements.
Leverage data-driven insights to assess sourcing channel performance and optimize recruitment effectiveness.
3. Team Building & People Management
Build, mentor, and manage a team of recruiters while fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership,



and continuous improvement.
Provide regular training, performance feedback, and guidance to ensure team alignment with hiring goals and organizational expectations.
Motivate the team to meet ambitious hiring targets while maintaining excellent candidate and stakeholder experience.
4. Stakeholder & Candidate Experience Management
Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, offering market insights, hiring trends, competitor analysis, and data-driven recommendations.
Ensure seamless coordination between recruitment, HR operations, and business teams.
Maintain high standards of candidate engagement, ensuring transparency, timely communication, and a positive hiring journey.
5. Reporting, Analytics & Compliance
Track and report key hiring metrics such as TAT, source effectiveness, offer-to-join ratios, and pipeline progress.
Present weekly and monthly recruitment dashboards using data-driven insights to support strategic decisions.
Ensure compliance with recruitment policies, data protection standards, and audit requirements.
Utilize ATS and HRMS tools effectively to maintain accurate and updated candidate databases.
Required Skills & Experience
5–9 years of hands-on experience in
end-to-end recruitment
,
team handling
, and
stakeholder management
.
Strong expertise in
product hiring, startup hiring, internal hiring, analytics hiring, corporate hiring
, and
diversity hiring
.
Demonstrated success in
leadership hiring
and managing recruitment for high-impact roles.
Excellent communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Experience working with ATS platforms and recruitment analytics tools.
Ability to build and lead a high-performing recruitment team.

📌 Assistant Manager- Talent Acquisition (Haryana)
🏢 Weekday AI
📍 Haryana