About the Role

We're hiring a US Recruitment Lead to own delivery for a portfolio of US client accounts across corporate and technology functions.

This is a player-coach role. You'll lead a team of recruiters and carry your own desk — a full set of live reqs that you source, screen, submit, and close yourself. The individual delivery isn't a token load or a few showcase searches; you're expected to put placements on the board alongside your team, and you'll be measured on both.

We also welcome candidates returning after a career break. If you've stepped away for caregiving, health, relocation, further study, or simply to reset — and you're returning with solid US recruitment experience behind you — we want to talk.

What You'll Do

Carry your own desk

- Own a live req load end to end — intake, sourcing, screening, submission, interview management, offer negotiation, and close
- Take the senior, hard-to-fill, and client-critical searches yourself, alongside your share of standard roles
- Hit individual submittal, interview, and placement targets independent of your team's numbers
- Stay hands-on in the tools daily — you can't coach sourcing you're not doing yourself

Lead the team

- Lead and develop a team of 8+ recruiters and set targets, run pipeline reviews, hold the team to conversion goals
- Coach on the fundamentals: intake quality, sourcing technique, screening depth, candidate control, closing
- Allocate reqs across the team based on recruiter strength and client priority; rebalance when accounts heat up
- Run onboarding and ramp for new team members; address performance gaps early and directly
- Report team performance to leadership — submittals, interviews, placements, time-to-fill, fall-off rate

Own client delivery





- Own delivery health for assigned US accounts; you're accountable for fill rates, not activity metrics
- Act as escalation point for US hiring managers — run weekly delivery calls, address quality concerns, reset expectations when a req stalls
- Advise clients on US market realities: salary benchmarks, talent supply by geography, when a role needs repositioning
- Partner with account management on capacity planning and new account ramp-ups

Hold the standard

- Maintain reporting discipline and data hygiene in the ATS
- Standardize screening templates, submission formats, and interview prep so quality doesn't vary by recruiter
- Ensure compliance with EEO/OFCCP, I-9 and work-authorization verification, and non-discriminatory screening

What You'll Bring

Required

- 8+ years of US recruitment experience with a robust full-cycle foundation
- 2+ years leading recruiters
- Demonstrated ability to deliver personally while managing others; you've run a desk and a team at the same time before
- Hands-on hiring across both corporate/professional and technical roles
- Working knowledge of US work authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, H-4 EAD, TN, OPT/CPT
- Command of US employment models — W2, C2C, 1099
- ATS/CRM fluency plus advanced Boolean and LinkedIn Recruiter skills
- Strong prioritization instincts - this role has two competing demands and you'll need to protect time for both
- Excellent spoken and written English; composed and credible with US client leadership
- A home setup that supports focused work and client calls - laptop, reliable internet, a quiet space, power backup

What We Offer

- Remote work — anywhere in India
- Competitive salary plus performance-linked incentives on both individual placements and team delivery
- Premium sourcing tool and job board licenses, and a home office allowance

📌 US Recruitment Lead (Chennai)
🏢 Purple Drive Technologies
📍 Chennai