The Senior HR Manager is accountable for solving SKO
Systems' talent-acquisition capacity challenge at a strategic level: building
durable sourcing relationships and talent-pool partnerships that bring the
company's ~4-month time-to-fill down to a sustainable level, setting AI-enabled
recruiting strategy and tooling, and owning compensation, workforce planning,
HR technology, and policy governance. This role is intentionally scoped to
handle these responsibilities — strategic HR leadership, career architecture,
culture ownership, and multi-geography coordination across Pune and London. It
directly manages the HR Recruitment Associate and works as a close peer partner
to the HR Manager, with both roles reporting to the COO.
Essential Functions / Deliverables
Talent Pipeline & Sourcing Partnerships
• Build and
maintain direct relationships with recruitment agencies, technical communities,
coding bootcamps, engineering colleges, and passive-talent networks specific to SKO's scarce skills (Android, Angular, .NET, SQL/Oracle, DevOps, technical
BA/PM).
• Reduce




dependency on reactive job-board posting by developing a proactive, always-on
talent pipeline.
• Own
employer-branding efforts that materially shorten time-to-fill from the current
~4-month average.
Recruitment Strategy, AI Tooling & Oversight
• Set
end-to-end recruiting strategy and process design for the HR function.
• Select,
implement, and continuously improve AI-assisted sourcing, screening, and
interview-automation tools.
• Directly
manage, coach, and review the HR Recruitment Associate's execution and pipeline
metrics.
• Personally
lead sourcing and closing conversations for senior or business-critical hires.
Strategic HR Leadership, Workforce Planning & Career
Architecture
• Partner
with leadership on headcount and workforce planning aligned to the 3-year
product roadmap.
• Design a
dual-track (individual contributor / management) career-ladder framework to
support technical talent retention.
• Coordinate
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📌 Senior HR Manager (Pune)
🏢 SKO Systems India
📍 Pune