Head of Talent Acquisition

Location: Hyderabad (head office)

Work mode: Work from office, 5 days a week

Timings: 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM

Team: Leads a TA team of up to 15 (managers, team leads, recruiters)

Reports to: Senior leadership (to be confirmed in the process)

Hiring mix: About 80% tech, 20% non-tech

Experience: 10+ years in TA, with strong experience leading teams

Joining: Immediate to 30 days preferred

The hiring mandate

You will own all hiring, about 210- 220 hires every month, at speed and without dropping quality.

About 80% of hiring is tech and 20% non-tech. You will also own leadership and senior hiring as the business scales.

Key responsibilities

Strategy and planning

- Build the annual and monthly hiring plan with business heads, and tie headcount to business goals and budgets.
- Design separate operating models for bulk hiring and lateral hiring: sourcing channels, team pods, SLAs and turnaround times.
- Forecast demand ahead of sales cycles, batch launches and expansion into new cities.

Team leadership

- Lead, hire and coach a TA team of up to 15, including managers and team leads.
- Set targets, run daily and weekly reviews, and hold the team to productivity and quality numbers.
- Build a performance culture with clear career paths for recruiters.

Bulk and volume hiring

- Deliver about 150 bulk hires a month for sales, counselling, operations and support roles.
- Run hiring drives, walk-ins, campus and fresher programs, and assessment-led selection at scale.
- Manage job portals, referral programs, social hiring and, where needed, vendor partners.

Lateral, tech and leadership hiring

- Deliver 6070 lateral hires a month across engineering, product, academics and corporate functions.




- Personally drive senior and leadership hiring with the founders and business heads.
- Partner with technical panels to keep the bar high and the interview process fast.

Process, data and technology

- Own the ATS and hiring dashboards: funnel conversion, time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source mix, offer-to-join and quality of hire.
- Use data to fix bottlenecks and cut offer drop-offs.
- Bring in automation and AI tools for sourcing, screening and interview scheduling.

Stakeholders and employer brand

- Act as a trusted partner to hiring managers; challenge requirements where needed and set realistic expectations.
- Strengthen Nxt Wave's employer brand on campuses, job portals and social channels.
- Ensure a strong, consistent candidate experience from first contact to joining.

What we're looking for

Must have

- 10+ years in Talent Acquisition, with several years leading a TA team.
- Experience managing managers or team leads, not just recruiters.
- Proven volume hiring across both lateral and bulk, ideally 100+ hires a month.
- Hiring experience across tech and non-tech roles (sales, operations, support).
- Leadership or senior hiring experience, working directly with founders or CXOs.
- Strong command of hiring metrics and dashboards, with examples of decisions driven by data.
- Stable career history and willingness to work from the Hyderabad office 5 days a week.

Positive to have

- Experience in EdTech, a startup or another high-growth environment.
- Hands-on use of AI and automation in recruiting (sourcing, screening, AI interviews).
- ATS implementation experience.
- Campus and fresher hiring at scale.
- Experience reducing agency dependence and building in-house hiring.

. Skillset Required: Talent acquisition, team leadership, lateral hiring, volume hiring, bulk hiring, team management

📌 Head of Talent Acquisition (India)
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