The Talent Acquisition Lead is responsible for driving endtoend talent acquisition strategy and execution across multiple business verticals. This role partners closely with business leaders to deliver highquality, diverse, and costeffective talent while building scalable recruitment systems, strong talent pipelines, and employer branding initiatives.

Role & responsibilities

Job Responsibility

Strategic Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

- Own and execute endtoend hiring strategy across corporate, technical, R&D;, supply chain, manufacturing, sales, marketing, finance, and leadership roles
- Partner with business leaders across multiple business verticals to align hiring plans with growth, productivity, and succession requirements

HighVolume & Specialized Hiring

- Lead largescale hiring initiatives
- Manage technical, research, quality, EHS, R&D;, analytics, HR, finance, and Campus hiring
- Deliver senior leadership hiring for critical roles across Technical, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Procurement, HR, Planning, Quality, EHS, Culinary, and R&D; functions

Campus Hiring & Early Careers

- Design and execute campus hiring strategy across engineering colleges, research institutes, and Tier-II Campuses
- Build longterm campus relationships and future talent pipelines
- Lead endtoend management of Management Trainees and Technical Trainees hiring, onboarding, and early career development

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

- Develop and implement structured DEI hiring strategies, including gender diversity goals
- Drive PWD hiring initiatives by partnering with external agencies and institutions
- Track, report, and improve diversity metrics across hiring funnels





Recruitment Operations & Analytics

- Establish robust recruitment dashboards and analytics (weekly, monthly, annual) for leadership reviews
- Track key recruitment KPIs timetohire, costtohire, source effectiveness, diversity ratios, and offer conversions
- Continuously improve recruiting processes through datadriven insights

HR Systems & Digital Enablement

- Streamline and manage recruitment through HRIS and ATS platforms (e.g., SuccessFactors, Zoho, Crosswind)
- Integrate assessment tools for candidate evaluation for Campus (e.g., Mettl Assessments)

Cost Optimization & Vendor Management

- Drive costefficient hiring strategies by reducing external consultant dependency
- Build and manage alternate sourcing channels (referrals, internal mobility, campus, social recruiting)
- Deliver measurable cost savings in recruitment and replacement costs

Team Leadership & Capability Building

- Lead, mentor, and develop a highperforming Talent Acquisition team
- Set transparent goals, performance metrics, and development plans for team members
- Foster a culture of ownership, speed, quality, and candidate experience

Preferred candidate profile

Experience with startup culture is an add on advantage

Education

MBA HR

Relevant Experience

10+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Proven experience in FMCG / Manufacturing / Large Matrix Organizations preferred

Technical & Functional Skills

- Talent Acquisition Strategy & Execution
- Volume & Niche Hiring
- Campus & Early Careers Hiring
- DEI & Inclusive Hiring
- Recruitment Analytics & Dashboards
- HRIS / ATS Systems
- Compensation Benchmarking & Budgeting

📌 Assistant Manager-HR (Bengaluru)
🏢 ITC
📍 Bengaluru