About Arthan Better leaders. Bolder missions. Bigger
change. Arthan exists to unlock the potential of those who advance
the world. We partner with social-impact organisations to build the
leadership, structures, and ecosystems that turn ambition into
outcomes — across education, climate, health, and beyond. Our work
spans strategy, talent, and ecosystems: helping mission-driven
organisations attract, hire, and develop the leaders who will
define the next decade and designing the systems and culture that
let them scale without losing what makes them work. Ours is not
transactional recruitment; it is long-term partnership with
organisations navigating growth, transition, and complexity. Over
the last 10 years and 3,000+ placements, we have become a trusted
partner to some of the most responsible organisations in the world:
INGOs, foundations, social enterprises, climate organisations, and
government-adjacent institutions, on the decisions they can least
afford to get wrong: who leads their work. The Mandate This is not
a senior recruiter with a title, and it is not a delivery manager
who supervises a process. It is the operating leadership of a
growing people consulting business unit with Arthan, for someone
who can take what 10 years of founder-led effort has built and
scale it into an institution that does not depend on any one person
to run it. You will lead a team of 3 managers and 12 recruiters to
deliver 240 roles per annum in the impact sector, a run-rate of
roughly 20 placements a month, while owning client relationships at
the most senior level and building the systems that let quality
scale faster than headcount. Three non-negotiable objectives for
the first 18 months: Deliver the number: build the team rhythm,
pipeline discipline, and quality bar that gets 12 recruiters to 240
closed roles a year, sustainably. Build a serious executive search
practice: move average revenue per role upward across the three
verticals and set the quality standard for CXO and senior
leadership mandates. Integrate AI into delivery workflows: reducing
grunt work, cutting cost per closure,



and freeing the team's best
energy for the work only humans can do. What You Own Delivery and
targets End-to-end ownership of the 240-role annual delivery
target: monthly targets owned, tracked, and delivered. Pipeline
discipline across intake, sourcing, shortlisting, closure, and
post-placement follow-up. Pricing architecture, mandate strategy,
and deal discipline: knowing which mandates to take and which to
walk away from. Team leadership Direct leadership of 3 managers and
12 recruiters across the International, Urban NGO, and Private /
CSR / Social Enterprise verticals. Functional oversight of
researchers and account managers supporting the delivery engine.
Performance management, coaching, and accountability, including
making hard calls on underperformance. Hiring and onboarding to
keep the team at strength as the business grows. Client
relationships and executive search Own client relationships at the
most senior level, as a peer, not a service provider. Lead pitches,
escalations, and key accounts alongside the delivery mandate.
Design and lead the executive search offering, from intake to
closure, and build Arthan's positioning with global impact
institutions. AI and workflow integration Map current delivery
workflows and identify automation opportunities. Pilot and
implement AI tools across sourcing, screening, ATS hygiene, and
reporting. Build a leaner operating model, fewer people doing
higher-value work. Founder partnership Act as the Founder's
operating partner as he transitions to a larger institutional
mandate. Absorb commercial and execution load, no escalation that
should have been owned. Represent Arthan externally at the level
the Founder previously occupied.



Who We Are Looking For Experience
Minimum 12 years of experience in talent acquisition, executive
search, or leadership advisory, with at least 5 years leading
delivery teams. Has sat inside an executive search firm or
leadership advisory practice, understands retained search, not just
recruitment. Has worked in or closely with the impact sector, not a
career pivot. Has carried and delivered against revenue or
placement targets, and led a team through them. Has made hard
calls, including exiting underperformers and walking away from
clients. Soft skills Executive presence, credible in the room with
CXOs, board members, and founders of global impact institutions.
Commercial judgment, instinct for pricing, deal discipline, and
which mandates build the franchise. Coaching and performance
leadership, raises the bar for 12 people without burning them out.
Decisiveness, comfortable making calls with incomplete information
and owning the outcome. Structured communication, crisp written and
verbal communication with clients, candidates, and the team.
Resilience and rhythm, sustains a 20-placements-a-month operating
cadence without letting quality slip. Integrity and discretion,
handles candidate, client, and compensation information with
complete confidentiality. Software and tools Applicant tracking
systems, hands-on fluency with at least one modern ATS (e.g.,
Manatal, Zoho Recruit or similar) including pipeline hygiene and
reporting. Sourcing platforms, advanced use of LinkedIn Recruiter
and Boolean / X-ray search techniques. AI tools, meaningful
exposure to AI-assisted sourcing, screening, and workflow
automation (LLM tools, and automation platforms such as Zapier or
Make) beyond casual Claude Pro use. Spreadsheets and dashboards,
strong Google Sheets / Excel skills for target tracking, capacity
planning, and revenue dashboards; familiarity with a BI tool (e.g.,
Looker Studio) is a plus. CRM and collaboration, comfortable with a
sales/client CRM and the Google Workspace suite.

📌 Director: Talent Solutions (New Delhi)
🏢 Arthan
📍 New Delhi