Role Overview

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Talent Acquisition Lead to drive leadership hiring, niche technology hiring, and proactive headhunting for global IT projects across Pega, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Low-Code, and Digital Transformation domains.

The ideal candidate will blend strategic workforce planning, executive search expertise, and stakeholder management to deliver high-impact talent outcomes in a fast-scaling IT services workplace.

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Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Hiring & Talent Planning

- Partner with business leaders and delivery heads to understand short- and long-term workforce plans.
- Develop a strategic sourcing roadmap aligned to business priorities, including niche and critical skills (Pega, Java, React, Salesforce, etc.).
- Drive succession and leadership hiring for key roles across India, ANZ, US, and EMEA markets.

2. Headhunting & Market Intelligence

- Lead direct sourcing and headhunting for passive and high-value candidates through platforms like LinkedIn, GitHub, and referrals.
- Map target organizations, competitors, and potential talent pools.
- Build and maintain a market intelligence dashboard on talent availability, compensation trends, and competitor movements.

3. Stakeholder & Business Partnership

- Serve as a trusted advisor to business and delivery leaders on hiring strategy, talent availability, and time-to-fill metrics.
- Lead regular TA governance reviews with leadership (weekly/monthly).
- Partner with HRBPs and finance teams on resource planning, budget forecasting, and headcount tracking.

4. Process Excellence & Analytics





- Drive data-driven decision making through recruitment analytics, dashboards, and weekly reporting.
- Improve offer-to-join ratio, reduce time-to-hire, and optimize sourcing cost.
- Own ATS hygiene, candidate experience, and process compliance.

5. Team Leadership

- Mentor and manage a small TA team (junior recruiters / sourcers).
- Create a high-performance culture focused on ownership, pipeline quality, and business responsiveness.
- Conduct regular training on headhunting techniques, negotiation, and candidate engagement.

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Key Skills & Competencies

Category Required Expertise

Talent Strategy Workforce planning, succession planning, and demand forecasting

Sourcing Excellence Headhunting, passive candidate outreach, Boolean search, social recruiting

Stakeholder Management Strong communication with CXOs, delivery heads, and project managers

Tools & Systems ATS/CRM (Zoho Recruit, Naukri RMS, LinkedIn Recruiter, etc.)

Market Knowledge IT services, BFSI, product engineering, low-code platforms

Analytical Recruitment dashboards, hiring metrics, funnel analysis

Behavioral Proactive, persuasive, data-driven, and outcome-oriented mindset

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Qualifications & Experience

- 4-5 years of overall experience in Talent Acquisition; minimum 5+ years in strategic or leadership hiring.
- Proven experience in headhunting and niche technology hiring for IT / Consulting / Product firms.
- Strong understanding of IT services business models, onshore-offshore structures, and client delivery dynamics.
- MBA / PGDM in HR

📌 Talent Acquisition Specialist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Instellars Global
📍 Bengaluru