Description

Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition & Pre-Boarding Operations (Global People Operations Services)

Role Summary

The TA & Pre-Boarding Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end Talent Acquisition Operations and Pre-Boarding Services function globally, ensuring seamless candidate-to-employee transition, superior stakeholder experience, operational excellence, and compliance across all regions.

The role leads critical recruitment support processes including interview coordination, offer management, pre-boarding, background screening, onboarding readiness, vendor governance, stakeholder management, reporting, process optimization, and people leadership. The incumbent is expected to drive process standardization, eliminate single points of failure, build operational resilience, and continuously enhance service delivery through automation and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Pre-Boarding Operations: Lead end-to-end global TA Operations, including interview scheduling, offer management, pre-boarding, onboarding readiness, and candidate lifecycle management, ensuring SLAs, quality, and stakeholder expectations are consistently met.

Background Screening & Compliance: Oversee global background screening operations, vendor performance, compliance requirements, risk mitigation, and timely resolution of exceptions and escalations.

Operational Excellence & Transformation: Drive process standardization, documentation, governance, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, scalability, and service quality.

Risk Management & Business Continuity: Identify operational risks, establish contingency and succession plans, ensure knowledge retention, and build adequate cross-training and backup coverage for critical processes.

Stakeholder & Governance Management: Partner with Talent Acquisition, HR, Payroll, IT, business leaders, and external vendors; manage escalations; and provide regular service, risk, and performance updates to leadership.

People Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a global team of recruiters, coordinators, and specialists, driving performance, engagement, capability building, workforce planning, and succession readiness.

Reporting & Analytics: Manage operational dashboards, analyze hiring and onboarding trends, provide actionable insights, and leverage data to improve candidate experience and operational performance.

People Management Responsibilities

Lead and develop global recruiters, coordinators, and operations specialists.

Drive workforce planning, resource allocation, performance management, and succession planning.

Establish cross-skilling, knowledge management,



and capability development programs to improve operational resilience.

Critical Deliverables

Talent Acquisition Operations & Candidate Lifecycle Management

Interview Scheduling, Offer Management & Pre-Boarding Delivery

Background Screening & Onboarding Readiness

Candidate and Hiring Manager Experience

SLA, Quality & Compliance Management

Operational Governance, Reporting & Analytics

Process Documentation, Standardization & Risk Controls

Team Leadership, Cross-Training & Business Continuity

Automation, Continuous Improvement & Transformation Initiatives

Experience

Relevant years of HR Shared Services, Talent Acquisition Operations, HR Operations, or People Services experience.

Relevant years of people leadership experience.

Experience supporting global stakeholders across multiple regions.

Experience managing high-volume hiring and onboarding operations.

Required Skills & Competencies

Talent Acquisition & Pre-Boarding Operations: Strong expertise in recruitment operations, pre-boarding, onboarding, background screening, workforce administration, and HR shared services.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to lead and develop teams, manage global stakeholders, drive change, influence decision-making, and communicate effectively with senior leadership.

Operational Excellence & Risk Management: Experience in process improvement, documentation, governance, automation initiatives, business continuity planning, and mitigating operational risks.

Analytics & Problem Solving: Strong analytical capabilities with experience in reporting, dashboard management, workforce analytics, data interpretation, and root cause analysis.

Technology & Systems: Proficiency in ATS platforms, HRIS systems (Workday, Oracle, Success Factors), Service Now, Power BI, and advanced Microsoft Excel.

Technology Skills

Oracle HCM / ORC

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

Service Now

Microsoft Excel (Advanced)

Power BI

E-Verify / I9 / Hire Right

Microsoft Power Platform

HR Reporting Tools

Preferred Attributes

Strong customer-centric mindset.

Ability to operate in a fast-paced global environment.

High attention to detail and risk awareness.

Proven record of driving operational transformation.

Strong documentation and knowledge-management capabilities.





Ability to build resilient teams and reduce key-person dependencies.

Qualifications

Bachelors - HR/Industrial Relations, Bachelors - Human Resource Management, Bachelors - Psychology, Masters - Business Administration, Masters - Human Resource Management

Certifications

Professional in Human Resources (PHR) - Symbiosis Instute of Distant Learning Symbiosis Instute of Distant Learning, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) - Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)

Required Skills

Administrative Process, Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), Change Management, Client Relations, Cost Management, Critical Thinking, Data Analytics, Data to Insights, Executive Presence, Hiring, Human Resources Operations, Process Standardization, Social Media, Stakeholder Management, Storytelling, Talent Acquisition, Workday Adaptive Planning

Language

English (Required)

Language Proficiency -

Advanced - C1

Additional Job Location -

Job Type

Regular

Master Skill List -

Talent Acquisition

Remote Type -

Office

Work Shift -

Night Job (India)

Why join Genpact?
• Lead AI-powered transformation – Drive innovation and solve real-world business challenges that matter
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• Accelerate your career – Gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and world-class learning opportunities to stay ahead
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• Thrive in a values-driven culture – Our courage, curiosity, and incisiveness - built on a foundation of integrity and inclusion - allow your ideas to fuel progress
Come join the 140,000+ coders, tech shapers, and growth makers at Genpact and take your career in the only direction that matters: Up.
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📌 Sr. Manager - Talent Acquisition 4D (India)
🏢 1401 Genpact India
📍 India