About Xapads Media

Xapads Media is a global AdTech company operating across multiple international markets. As we continue to scale our business and teams globally, we are looking for a strategic and hands-on Lead – Talent Acquisition to build and lead our Talent Acquisition function.

This is a leadership role with end-to-end ownership of Talent Acquisition, responsible for building a structured, scalable and technology-enabled hiring function aligned with Xapads' business growth.

Role Overview

The Lead – Talent Acquisition will own and drive the overall Talent Acquisition strategy across India and global markets.

This is primarily a TA leadership and function-building role. The person will be responsible for building the overall hiring infrastructure, creating the right team structure and ensuring the TA function is scalable, data-driven, technology-enabled and aligned with business requirements.

The role will require hands-on involvement in critical, senior and leadership hiring, where direct engagement with senior talent and strong candidate closure skills are essential.

Key Responsibilities

- TA Strategy, Function Building & Leadership

Own the complete Talent Acquisition function and define its overall strategy and operating model.

Establish clear hiring SLAs, accountability mechanisms and performance metrics.

Drive a high-performance, ownership-driven culture within the TA function.

2.

Workforce

Planning & Hiring Forecasting

Partner with business leaders to build workforce plans and hiring forecasts.

Translate business growth plans into structured hiring requirements and recruitment plans.

Plan for new positions, replacement hiring, attrition and critical talent requirements.

Continuously assess hiring capacity and align TA resources with business demand.

Build visibility around planned vs. actual hiring and future talent requirements.

3.

Global Talent

Acquisition

Lead and scale recruitment across India and international markets.

Build scalable global sourcing strategies and talent pipelines.

Develop market intelligence across talent availability, compensation and hiring trends.

Establish consistent recruitment practices across geographies while adapting to local market requirements.

4.





Recruitment

Infrastructure, Technology & Automation

Establish Zoho Recruit as the central recruitment platform and single source of truth for the TA function.

Build recruitment dashboards and analytics to provide visibility into the complete hiring funnel.

Identify and implement automation across sourcing, screening, scheduling, communication, reporting and other manual processes.

Drive adoption of relevant AI tools and emerging recruitment technologies to improve TA productivity and efficiency.

5.

Hiring

Performance & Process Excellence

Improve overall hiring TAT, funnel efficiency and candidate conversion.

Establish and monitor hiring SLAs across the recruitment lifecycle.

Track position aging, source effectiveness, funnel conversion, offer acceptance and joining ratios.

Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to improve hiring outcomes.

6.

Stakeholder

Management & Business Partnership

Partner closely with business leaders, functional heads and hiring managers on workforce and hiring requirements.

Understand current and future talent needs and translate them into effective recruitment strategies.

Drive stakeholder accountability around hiring timelines, feedback and decision-making.

7. Critical, Senior & Leadership Hiring

Personally lead critical, senior, niche and leadership hiring mandates where direct engagement with senior talent is required.

Personally drive candidate engagement, assessment coordination, negotiations and closure for critical positions.

Build strong talent networks that can support recurring leadership and niche hiring requirements.

8. Team Leadership & Capability Building

Lead, mentor and develop the Talent Acquisition team.

Define recruiter roles, responsibilities, goals, productivity metrics and performance expectations.





Continuously evaluate team capability against current and future hiring requirements.

Build recruiter capability across sourcing, stakeholder management, market intelligence, negotiation, candidate engagement and modern recruitment practices.

What We’re Looking For:

10+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition, with significant experience in leadership and team management.

Proven experience in building, scaling or transforming Talent Acquisition functions.

Strong experience in global recruitment across multiple geographies.

Demonstrated experience in workforce planning, hiring forecasting and talent strategy.

Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills.

Experience managing senior, critical, leadership and specialised hiring mandates.

Strong understanding of recruitment metrics, hiring funnels, SLAs and recruitment analytics.

Proven ability to improve hiring efficiency, TAT and offer-to-joining conversion.

Solid negotiation, candidate engagement and closure skills.

Experience with ATS/recruitment technology and driving recruitment automation.

Strong interest and understanding of AI-led recruitment and technology-enabled TA.

Ability to operate strategically while personally stepping in when critical hiring requires senior-level involvement.

Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Why This Role:

This is an opportunity to build and shape the Talent Acquisition function of a growing global AdTech organisation.

You will have the opportunity to:

- Build the TA team and overall recruitment infrastructure.
- Design and implement a scalable global hiring engine.
- Work closely with senior business leadership.
- Introduce technology, AI and automation into recruitment.
- Build data-driven workforce planning and hiring practices.
- Develop and lead a high-performing TA team.
- Personally influence critical and leadership hiring.
- ​Shape how Xapads attracts, engages and hires talent globally.

If you are passionate about building high-performing Talent Acquisition functions, developing teams and creating modern, technology-enabled hiring organisations, we would love to hear from you.

📌 Lead – Talent Acquisition (Noida)
🏢 Xapads Media
📍 Noida