Summary

Hiring for two roles - TA Manager for a Pune-based company (Budget - 5-6 LPA, 6 Day WFO)

TA Specialist for a Hiring Agency (Budget 1-1.5 LPA, Remote working)

Talent Acquisition Manager

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Talent Acquisition Manager to build and lead hiring across a fast-growing, high-performance organization.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic environment, can independently own the recruitment lifecycle, and is equally comfortable shaping hiring strategy as they are getting into the details of sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates.

You will work closely with business leaders and hiring managers to understand talent requirements, build effective hiring plans, strengthen the employer brand, and ensure we consistently attract and hire high-quality talent.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy

- Own and drive the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy across business functions.
- Partner with leadership and hiring managers to understand current and future hiring needs.
- Build hiring plans aligned with business growth and organizational priorities.
- Establish scalable recruitment processes, workflows, and best practices.
- Track hiring metrics and use data to improve quality, speed, and efficiency of hiring.

End-to-End Recruitment

- Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle from job requirement to offer and onboarding handoff.
- Develop solid sourcing strategies across LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, communities, agencies, and other relevant channels.




- Personally own critical and senior-level positions where required.
- Screen and assess candidates for skills, experience, culture add, and role fit.
- Coordinate interviews and ensure a strong candidate experience throughout the process.
- Drive offer discussions, negotiations, and closures effectively.

Stakeholder Management

- Act as a trusted talent partner to business leaders and functional heads.
- Work with hiring managers to define clear JDs, candidate profiles, interview processes, and evaluation criteria.
- Challenge hiring assumptions when required and provide market insights around talent availability, compensation, and competition.
- Maintain strong communication with stakeholders and ensure hiring timelines are met.

Talent Pipeline & Employer Branding

- Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines for current and future requirements.
- Develop relationships with high-quality candidates even when there is no immediate opening.
- Strengthen the organization's presence across relevant talent communities and hiring platforms.
- Explore innovative sourcing and engagement strategies to improve access to high-quality talent.
- Build employee referral and other talent-led hiring initiatives.

Recruitment Operations





- Maintain accurate recruitment data, dashboards, and hiring reports.
- Monitor metrics such as time-to-hire, source effectiveness, offer-to-join ratio, and hiring funnel conversion.
- Manage external recruitment partners and agencies when required.
- Continuously improve recruitment processes, tools, and candidate experience.

What We're Looking For

- 27 years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, with meaningful experience in a startup - mandatory
- Strong experience managing end-to-end hiring across multiple functions and levels.
- Proven ability to independently own hiring mandates and deliver against aggressive timelines.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Excellent sourcing and candidate assessment capabilities.
- Experience hiring for both individual contributor and leadership roles.
- Strong understanding of the talent market, sourcing channels, and recruitment best practices.
- Data-driven approach to measuring and improving recruitment effectiveness.
- High ownership, attention to detail, and ability to operate with minimal supervision.
- Comfortable working in an ambiguous, rapidly changing environment.
- Strong negotiation and candidate-closing skills.

Good to Have
- Experience building recruitment processes or teams from the ground up.
- Experience managing recruitment agencies or external talent partners.
- Familiarity with modern ATS, sourcing, and recruitment analytics tools.
- Experience with employer branding and talent community initiatives.

📌 Talent Acquisition Specialist (Pune)
🏢 High Impact Talent
📍 Pune