About the Role

Applexus is seeking a dynamic and strategic Head – Offshore Recruitment to lead our offshore talent acquisition function as part of the Global HR Team. This is a leadership role responsible for driving enterprise-wide hiring strategies, leading high-performing recruitment teams, leveraging AI-powered recruitment technologies, and building a scalable talent acquisition organization that supports Applexus’ global growth.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-volume, niche, and just-in-time hiring across multiple practices and geographies while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience, operational excellence, and strong stakeholder partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment Strategy & Leadership

- Develop and execute the offshore recruitment strategy aligned with Applexus’ current and future business objectives.

- Lead end-to-end recruitment across all offshore practices, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality talent.

- Build scalable hiring models to support rapid business growth and evolving workforce demands.

- Partner closely with executive leadership and business heads to forecast hiring needs and develop workforce plans.

Recruitment Operations Excellence

- Oversee the complete recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, onboarding coordination, and hiring governance.

- Design, implement, and continuously improve recruitment processes, frameworks, and best practices to ensure operational excellence and consistent service delivery.

- Ensure hiring quality, speed, compliance, and superior candidate experience while meeting defined turnaround times (TAT).

Team Leadership

- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of specialized recruiters responsible for hiring across multiple business units.




- Define KRAs and KPIs for the recruitment team and drive a high-performance culture through regular coaching, performance reviews, and capability development.

- Foster collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement within the recruitment organization.

Business Partnership

- Work closely with Delivery, Practice Leaders and Leadership teams to understand business priorities and translate them into actionable recruitment plans.

- Participate in regular business review meetings to provide hiring updates, address hiring challenges, and recommend strategic solutions.

- Serve as a trusted talent advisor to business leaders on market trends, talent availability, and hiring strategies.

Recruitment Analytics & Reporting

- Establish and monitor recruitment metrics including hiring velocity, time-to-fill, quality of hire, source effectiveness, offer-to-join ratio, recruiter productivity, and hiring costs.

- Analyze recruitment data to identify trends, gaps, risks, and opportunities, providing actionable insights to leadership.

- Present weekly and monthly recruitment dashboards and executive reports to senior leadership.

Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

- Partner with internal sourcing teams to strengthen talent pipelines, improve passive candidate engagement, and optimize sourcing strategies.

- Drive employer branding initiatives across digital platforms, professional networks, and social media.

- Manage external staffing partners and recruitment vendors,



conducting regular performance reviews and ensuring quality, responsiveness, and cost efficiency.

AI-Driven Talent Acquisition

- Drive the adoption of AI-powered recruiting platforms, automation, sourcing technologies, and analytics to improve hiring efficiency, recruiter productivity, and candidate experience.

- Continuously evaluate emerging recruitment technologies and implement creative hiring practices to enhance talent acquisition outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline; MBA preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including significant leadership experience managing large recruitment teams.

- Proven success in leading high-volume, niche, and critical hiring for global organizations, preferably within SAP, ERP, Analytics, AI, Cloud, or Technology consulting environments.

- Demonstrated experience implementing AI-enabled recruitment tools, recruitment automation, and talent analytics.

- Strong understanding of modern sourcing strategies, employer branding, recruitment marketing, and workforce planning.

- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.

- Experience managing recruitment operations across multiple business functions and global geographies.

Success Profile

The ideal candidate is a strategic leader who combines operational excellence with innovation, thrives in a fast-paced consulting environment, and has a proven ability to build high-performing recruitment teams. They are passionate about leveraging AI and data-driven decision-making to transform talent acquisition while partnering closely with business leaders to deliver exceptional hiring outcomes.

📌 Head – Offshore Recruitment (Global HR) (Chennai)
🏢 Applexus
📍 Chennai