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Experience: 8+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Bengaluru

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Talent Acquisition & HR Lead to lead talent acquisition while providing strategic guidance across key HR initiatives. This is a player-coach role , with approximately 80% focus on end-to-end talent acquisition and 20% on HR mentoring, process development, and people-related initiatives.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing a small team while remaining actively involved in recruiting. You will partner closely with founders, hiring managers, and HR stakeholders to build high-quality talent pipelines, improve hiring processes, strengthen candidate experience, and support organizational growth across India and the US.

Requirements Key Responsibilities Talent Acquisition & Hiring

- Own end-to-end talent acquisition across India and the US, from sourcing through offer closure
- Build and execute effective sourcing strategies for multiple roles and functions
- Partner with founders and hiring managers to understand hiring requirements and refine job descriptions
- Conduct intake discussions and establish clear hiring expectations, timelines, and evaluation criteria
- Build strong candidate pipelines and ensure hiring managers have consistent access to qualified talent
- Manage candidate screening, interviews, feedback, selection, and offer processes
- Maintain a fast, transparent, and positive candidate experience throughout the hiring journey





Team & Agency Management

- Lead and mentor a small Talent Acquisition/HR team and take ownership of team performance
- Guide team members on recruiting strategy, stakeholder management, escalations, and decision-making
- Manage external recruitment agencies and hold them accountable for candidate quality and turnaround time
- Establish transparent expectations, metrics, and performance standards for internal and external recruiting partners

Recruitment Analytics & Process Improvement

- Monitor pipeline health, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, conversion rates, and hiring performance
- Identify bottlenecks in the recruitment process and implement improvements
- Use market intelligence, compensation benchmarks, candidate expectations, and attrition trends to improve hiring strategies
- Build scalable recruitment processes and frameworks suitable for a rapidly growing organization

HR Advisory & Mentoring

- Mentor the HR team on performance management, policy interpretation, process design, and people-related escalations
- Provide guidance on developing effective HR frameworks without owning day-to-day HR execution
- Connect talent acquisition insights with broader HR initiatives and organizational planning




- Support smooth onboarding in collaboration with HR, Operations, and Administration teams

What's Makes You a Great Fit

- 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, or related HR functions, with strong hands-on recruiting experience
- Proven expertise in full-cycle recruitment, from sourcing and screening to offer closure
- Experience managing and mentoring a team of 2+ TA/HR professionals
- Strong experience developing sourcing strategies and building talent pipelines for multiple roles
- Experience working closely with founders, senior leaders, and hiring managers
- Prior exposure to HR/HRBP functions, including policies, performance frameworks, and people processes
- Experience working in a startup or high-growth environment, particularly where processes need to be built from scratch
- Experience hiring for B2B technology, AI, SaaS, or other rapidly scaling businesses is highly preferred
- Exposure to scaling organizations from approximately 80 to 300+ employees will be an advantage
- Experience managing recruitment for US-based roles from India is a strong plus
- Strong stakeholder, candidate, and agency management skills
- Excellent communication skills with a direct, clear, and practical approach
- Strong understanding of recruiting metrics, candidate experience, and market intelligence
- Comfortable balancing strategic leadership with hands-on recruiting execution
- Highly proactive, adaptable, and comfortable operating with ambiguity and changing priorities

📌 Talent Acquisition & HR Lead (Player-Coach) (Bengaluru)
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