Lead Recruiter - Hyderabad

Company: Palni
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Experience: 5-8 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Function: Talent Acquisition / Contract Staffing

About Palni

Palni is a customer-centric digital and technology services company focused on enabling human-centric digital transformation. We help organizations improve efficiency, accelerate transformation, and create sustainable business value through technology, engineering, and digital solutions.

Our capabilities include Digital Engineering, BIM, Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Automation, Cloud, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Customer Experience, and other technology-driven services.

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Lead India Contract Staffing professional with strong experience in IT Contract Staffing, Staff Augmentation, Contract-to-Hire, and enterprise technology hiring.

The role requires a combination of individual recruitment delivery and team leadership. The candidate will lead recruiters, manage recruitment delivery across multiple requirements, personally drive critical hiring closures, and contribute to account growth and revenue objectives.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage end-to-end IT Contract Staffing and Contract-to-Hire recruitment across India.
- Personally handle sourcing, screening, candidate engagement, offer negotiation, and successful closures for critical requirements.
- Lead, mentor, and monitor recruiters to achieve hiring targets and delivery SLAs.
- Manage recruitment pipelines, recruiter productivity, hiring metrics, and delivery performance.
- Coordinate with Account Managers, Hiring Managers, Business Leaders, and internal stakeholders.
- Manage multiple enterprise staffing requirements while ensuring candidate quality and timely delivery.
- Drive recruitment for enterprise technology practices, including SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Oracle, JD Edwards, Cloud, Data Engineering, AI/ML, and Generative AI.
- Handle delivery escalations and implement sourcing strategies to improve recruitment outcomes.




- Support account mining, account expansion, revenue growth, and staffing forecasts.
- Maintain recruitment trackers, ATS records, delivery reports, and performance dashboards.

Mandatory Requirements

- Minimum 5 years of experience in IT Staffing / Contract Staffing.
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a Team Lead or Delivery Lead.
- Strong hands-on experience in individual recruitment delivery alongside team leadership.
- Experience in India Contract Staffing, Staff Augmentation, or Contract-to-Hire.
- Exposure to enterprise hiring, MSP/VMS programs, or large-scale staffing engagements.
- Solid sourcing expertise using LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, and other recruitment platforms.
- Experience managing recruiters, recruitment delivery, and performance metrics.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a target-driven, deadline-oriented environment.

Preferred Industry Background

Candidates from IT Staffing, Contract Staffing, Staff Augmentation, Recruitment Consulting, Technology Services, and enterprise technology hiring environments are preferred.

Experience supporting organizations such as Deloitte, LTIMindtree, ITC Infotech, Zensar Technologies, UST, Accenture, or similar consulting and technology services companies will be an advantage.

Role Expectations

This is a hands-on leadership role. The candidate must actively participate in recruitment sourcing and closures while leading recruiters and managing delivery commitments.

The role combines individual recruitment delivery, team leadership, enterprise staffing coordination, and contribution to account growth.

What We Offer

- Exposure to diverse enterprise technology hiring requirements.
- Opportunities to work across multiple technology practices.
- Experience in contract staffing and enterprise recruitment delivery.
- A quick-paced, performance-driven work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth based on performance and contribution.

Interested candidates with relevant contract staffing and team leadership experience are encouraged to apply.

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