Role Summary

The General Manager – Talent Acquisition is a senior leadership role responsible for designing and driving the organization’s overall talent acquisition strategy across all business units and geographies. With 20+ years of experience, this role oversees leadership hiring, large-scale ramp-ups, global workforce planning, employer branding, and TA transformation initiatives. The GM-TA partners closely with CXO-level stakeholders to ensure the organization attracts, hires, and retains high-quality talent aligned with current and future business needs.

Key Responsibilities

1. Talent Acquisition Strategy & Workforce Planning
- Define and own the long-term talent acquisition strategy aligned to business and growth plans.
- Partner with CXOs, Business Heads, and HR leadership to forecast manpower needs and critical skill requirements.
- Develop annual and quarterly hiring plans including budgets, resource allocation, and vendor strategy.
- Drive strategic initiatives such as succession pipelines, leadership hiring programs, and niche skill acquisition.

2. TA Governance,



Policy & Process Excellence
- Establish and govern TA policies, frameworks, and SOPs across all business units and locations.
- Standardize recruitment processes, SLAs, and governance models to ensure consistency and scalability.
- Ensure effective use and optimization of ATS, HRIS, and analytics tools; drive automation and digitization in TA.
- Monitor and improve core TA metrics (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, offer-to-join, diversity ratios, etc.).

3. Leadership & Critical Hiring
- Lead end-to-end hiring for senior leadership and business-critical roles.
- Act as a strategic advisor for CXOs on talent market trends, compensation benchmarks, and candidate engagement.
- Oversee robust assessment frameworks (competency-based interviews, psychometric tools, case studies, etc.) for senior roles.
- Ensure confidentiality and high-touch candidate experience for executive-level h

📌 General Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Kumaran Systems
📍 Hyderabad