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 H

📌 Senior HR Manager (India)
🏢 SKO SYSTEMS INDIA
📍 India