Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist – Lateral and Strategic Hiring

Role Summary

We are looking for a dynamic Talent Acquisition professional to lead lateral and strategic hiring initiatives across functions. The role involves partnering with business leaders to identify, attract, and hire high quality talent while driving workforce planning and building strong talent pipelines for critical roles.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lateral Hiring

Manage end to end recruitment lifecycle for mid to senior level positions.

Understand business requirements and create effective sourcing strategies.

Source candidates through job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, and headhunting.

Screen, shortlist, and coordinate interviews with stakeholders.

Drive salary negotiations and offer closures.

Ensure solid candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

2. Leadership !Hiring

Partner with leadership for workforce planning and future talent needs.

Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and niche roles.

Conduct market mapping and competitor analysis for key positions.

Drive diversity hiring and employer branding initiatives.





Develop innovative sourcing strategies for hard to fill roles.

Track and analyze hiring metrics (TAT, cost per hire, quality of hire, etc.).

3. Stakeholder Management

Collaborate closely with hiring managers and department heads.

Provide hiring insights and market intelligence.

Act as a recruitment advisor to business leaders.

4. Process and Compliance

Maintain recruitment trackers and ATS data.

Ensure adherence to hiring policies and documentation standards.

Improve hiring processes for efficiency and effectiveness.

Key Skills and Competencies

Strong expertise in lateral and leadership hiring

Strategic thinking and workforce planning

Excellent stakeholder management

Negotiation and influencing skills

Data driven recruitment approach

Strong sourcing and headhunting skills

Knowledge of ATS and recruitment tools

Qualification and Experience

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in HR or related field

1–3 years of experience in Talent Acquisition

Proven experience in lateral and Leadership hiring

📌 Talent Acquisition Specialist (India)
🏢 Mosaic Wellness
📍 India