Job Summary The Talent Acquisition Lead will drive strategic and end-to-end recruitment for ATLAS SkillTech University, partnering closely with senior leadership and business stakeholders to align hiring strategies with organizational priorities. The role focuses on leadership, corporate, and technical hiring, workforce planning, talent mapping, and recruitment process excellence.

This is an individual-contributor role requiring strong ownership of complex hiring mandates, data-driven decision-making, market intelligence, and stakeholder management. The individual will independently manage recruitment priorities, provide strategic hiring insights, and develop effective talent acquisition strategies to support the university’s growth and evolving talent requirements.

Key Responsibilities

- Strategic Talent Partnership
- Partner with senior leadership and business stakeholders to understand workforce requirements and develop effective hiring strategies.
- Provide insights on talent availability, market trends, compensation benchmarks, and recruitment challenges.
- Advise hiring managers on talent mapping, sourcing approaches, and hiring priorities.
- Build proactive talent pipelines for leadership, technical, and functional roles.
- End-to-End Talent Acquisition
- Independently manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from requirement understanding and sourcing to selection, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination.
- Drive leadership, niche, technical, and corporate hiring mandates across multiple functions.
- Identify and engage passive candidates through targeted sourcing, networking, referrals, and professional platforms.
- Ensure timely hiring closures while maintaining quality standards and a positive candidate experience.
- Stakeholder Management




- Build strong working relationships with senior leaders and hiring managers to understand business needs and recruitment expectations.
- Facilitate hiring discussions, align selection criteria, and establish realistic recruitment timelines.
- Provide regular updates on candidate pipelines, hiring progress, market challenges, and closure risks.
- Manage complex hiring situations, competing priorities, and offer negotiations effectively.
- Talent Intelligence & Recruitment Analytics
- Track and analyse recruitment metrics, including time-to-fill, offer acceptance rates, source effectiveness, pipeline conversion, and diversity hiring.
- Develop recruitment reports and dashboards to monitor hiring progress and identify improvement areas.
- Use market intelligence and talent mapping to support data-driven hiring decisions.
- Provide actionable recommendations to improve recruitment outcomes and hiring efficiency.
- Process Excellence & Optimisation
- Identify opportunities to streamline recruitment workflows and improve hiring effectiveness.
- Leverage applicant tracking systems (ATS), recruitment technology, and automation tools to enhance sourcing and process efficiency.
- Establish consistent recruitment practices and ensure adherence to hiring policies and processes.
- Continuously improve the candidate and hiring manager experience through effective communication and timely follow-ups.

Qualifications & Experience





- MBA/PGDM in Human Resources or a related field; a bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline is preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with significant exposure to strategic, leadership, and niche hiring.
- Proven experience in independently managing complex recruitment mandates across technical, corporate, and functional roles.
- Strong expertise in talent mapping, passive candidate sourcing, market intelligence, and offer negotiations.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leadership and influence hiring decisions.
- Experience in recruitment analytics, dashboards, and performance metrics.
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment automation tools.

Skills & Competencies

- Strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.
- Excellent sourcing, networking, and negotiation capabilities.
- Analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making.
- Strong communication, planning, and execution skills.
- High ownership, accountability, adaptability, and problem-solving ability.

This is a professional / administrative appointment and is not governed by UGC teaching-faculty qualification norms. Compensation, grade and terms of appointment will be determined by the University as per its approved Recruitment and Pay Rules.

* ATLAS SkillTech University is an equal prospect employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, caste, religion, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Location - Mumbai

📌 Talent Acquisition Lead (Mumbai)
🏢 ATLAS SkillTech University
📍 Mumbai