About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to lead and drive end-to-end hiring for the organization. The role will be responsible for building and executing scalable recruitment strategies, partnering closely with business leaders, and ensuring timely hiring of high-quality talent across functions.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in volume hiring, stakeholder management, talent mapping, recruitment analytics, and team management, with the ability to operate in a fast-paced and high-growth environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for assigned business functions and locations.
- Partner with senior stakeholders and business leaders to understand manpower requirements and translate them into effective hiring plans.
- Drive volume and lateral hiring across multiple levels and functions.
- Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline through various channels including job portals, referrals, social media, employee networks, consultants, and direct sourcing.
- Lead and mentor a team of recruiters and ensure achievement of hiring targets and recruitment SLAs.
- Develop effective sourcing strategies for critical and niche positions.
- Conduct regular market mapping and talent benchmarking to understand talent availability, compensation trends, and competitor hiring practices.
- Monitor recruitment metrics such as Time to Hire, Time to Fill, Offer-to-Joining Ratio, Source Effectiveness, Cost per Hire, and Quality of Hire.
- Work closely with hiring managers to improve interview processes, candidate experience, and selection quality.
- Drive offer closures by effectively managing candidate expectations and compensation discussions.
- Identify hiring bottlenecks and implement process improvements to improve recruitment efficiency.




- Ensure compliance with organizational recruitment policies and processes.
- Build strong relationships with external recruitment partners and manage consultant performance wherever required.
- Drive initiatives around employer branding, employee referrals, internal mobility, and talent engagement.
- Prepare and present recruitment dashboards and hiring updates to leadership.

Required Skills & Experience

- 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, preferably in a high-growth, retail, consumer, e-commerce, or similar environment.
- Proven experience in managing recruitment teams and delivering large-scale hiring targets.
- Strong experience in stakeholder management and business partnering.
- Hands-on expertise in sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and closure.
- Strong understanding of recruitment metrics and data-driven hiring.
- Experience in building talent pipelines for both volume and leadership positions.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.
- Experience with ATS/recruitment technology and hiring dashboards is preferred.
- Postgraduate/MBA in HR or a related discipline will be an added advantage.

What Were Looking For

- A strategic yet hands-on Talent Acquisition professional.
- Strong ownership and accountability for hiring outcomes.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge hiring requirements when required.
- Data-driven approach to recruitment and problem solving.
- Strong people-management and coaching capabilities.
- Passion for building effective, scalable, and candidate-friendly hiring processes.
- If you are passionate about building high-performing teams and want to make a significant impact through talent acquisition, we would love to hear from you.

📌 Manager - TA (Bengaluru)
🏢 Lenskart
📍 Bengaluru