Talent Acquisition Lead

Location: Gurugram

Experience: 7 - 11 years

Function: Human Resources Talent Acquisition

Role Purpose

Lead end-to-end Talent Acquisition across key business functions, with a strong focus on lateral hiring, sourcing strategy, campus hiring and TA transformation.

The role will combine hands-on hiring ownership with team leadership, stakeholder management, market intelligence and process improvement.

Key Responsibilities
Lead hiring across Sales, Technology and Support functions, covering both volume and senior-level mandates.
Build proactive talent pipelines through direct sourcing, market mapping, referrals, portals and external networks.
Drive Campus and Early Career Hiring, including institute strategy, assessments, selection and conversion.
Partner closely with HODs and hiring managers to align talent needs, timelines and market realities.
Lead and coach the TA team, ensuring robust ownership, recruiter productivity and hiring discipline.
Drive TA transformation through better processes, structured assessments, dashboards, recruitment analytics and improved candidate experience.
Manage recruitment partners and vendors for niche and leadership hiring.




Track and improve key metrics including time to hire, ageing, offer-to-join, sourcing mix, funnel conversion and recruiter productivity.

What We’re Looking For
7–11 years of robust end-to-end Talent Acquisition experience.
Proven exposure to lateral hiring, especially Sales and support functions.
Experience leading recruitment teams and delivering against hiring targets.
Robust capability in sourcing strategy, market mapping and talent pipeline creation.
Experience in campus / early career hiring.
Strong stakeholder management skills with senior business leaders.
Experience in recruitment analytics, vendor management and process improvement.

What You’ll Bring
Strong ownership and execution focus.
Commercial understanding of talent markets and hiring dynamics.
Ability to balance speed, quality and stakeholder expectations.
Strong analytical and reporting capability.
Confident communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to build and coach a high-performing TA team.

📌 Talent Acquisition Lead Gurugram
🏢 Niit
📍 Gurugram