We are hiring for one of our esteemed clients – Head of Talent Acquisition | GCC | Bangalore

Note: Prior/current experience with US-based blue-chip companies is required.

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 15+ years

Function: Talent Acquisition / Human Resources

Level: Leadership

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Head of Talent Acquisition – GCC to lead and build the talent acquisition strategy for our Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Bangalore. The role will be responsible for developing a scalable, high-quality hiring engine to support rapid business growth across technology, corporate, and functional roles.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in GCC setup/scaling, strategic hiring, leadership recruitment, employer branding, talent strategy, and stakeholder management , with a proven track record of building high-performing TA teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Own and drive the end-to-end Talent Acquisition strategy for the Bangalore GCC in alignment with business growth plans.
- Partner closely with the GCC leadership, HR leadership, and business heads to understand workforce requirements and translate them into hiring strategies.
- Lead large-scale hiring across Technology, Engineering, Product, Data, Finance, HR, Operations, and other corporate functions .
- Build and continuously improve GCC hiring processes, governance, recruitment metrics, and operating models .
- Develop and manage a high-performing internal TA team and recruitment partners/RPOs .
- Drive talent mapping, market intelligence, competitor benchmarking and proactive talent pipelines for critical and niche positions.
- Own senior and leadership hiring, including CXO-1/CXO-2 and critical functional roles as required.
- Develop strong relationships with external recruitment agencies, search firms, universities and other talent ecosystems.
- Strengthen Employer Branding and Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to attract high-quality talent.
- Drive improvements in candidate experience, diversity hiring, quality of hire,



time-to-hire and cost-of-hire .
- Establish robust recruitment dashboards and track key TA metrics, hiring forecasts and productivity.
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, analytics and technology to improve recruitment efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with recruitment policies, processes and applicable employment regulations.
- Act as a strategic talent advisor to senior business stakeholders and provide insights on talent availability, compensation trends and hiring challenges.

Key Requirements
- 15+ years of overall Talent Acquisition / Recruitment experience , preferably with significant experience in a GCC, large corporate, technology or multinational environment.
- Proven experience in building, scaling or managing Talent Acquisition for a GCC .
- Solid track record of managing high-volume as well as niche and leadership hiring .
- Experience in building and leading large, high-performing TA teams .
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership.
- Strong understanding of the Bangalore talent market , particularly technology and corporate functions.
- Experience with recruitment analytics, ATS platforms, sourcing strategies and modern recruitment technology.
- Strong understanding of employer branding, talent intelligence, workforce planning and diversity hiring .
- Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, growth-oriented and highly collaborative environment.

Preferred Background Candidates from established GCCs, global technology companies, consulting firms, financial services organisations, large MNCs or organisations that have built/scaled GCCs would be preferred.

Key Success Measures

- Achievement of GCC hiring plans and timelines
- Quality of hire and candidate experience
- Reduction in time-to-hire and cost-of-hire
- Successful hiring for critical/niche roles
- Strength and productivity of the TA team
- Effectiveness of talent pipelines and sourcing strategy
- Stakeholder satisfaction and overall TA effectiveness

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