Role Overview

We are looking for a mature, proactive, and client-focused Recruitment & Stakeholder Management Specialist to manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle while serving as a key point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders.

The role combines executive-level recruitment, client relationship management, recruitment reporting, and coordination with internal teams. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, strong recruitment expertise, and the ability to independently manage client expectations, drive hiring assignments, and ensure a seamless recruitment experience from requirement gathering to candidate joining.

Key Responsibilities

1. Client & Stakeholder Management

- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
- Understand client business requirements, hiring priorities, organizational structures, and role expectations.
- Develop comprehensive job descriptions when clients do not provide one and validate them with the client before initiating the search.
- Communicate recruitment progress, provide regular updates, manage expectations, and address client queries professionally.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.

2. End-to-End Recruitment

- Independently manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from requirement understanding and sourcing to salary negotiation, offer closure, and candidate joining.
- Source candidates through Naukri, Shine, LinkedIn, professional networks, referrals, and other relevant channels.
- Conduct proactive headhunting and market mapping to identify and engage passive candidates, particularly for senior and executive-level positions.




- Screen resumes, conduct preliminary assessments, and evaluate candidates against client requirements.
- Manage executive and leadership-level hiring assignments.
- Coordinate interview scheduling, candidate preparation, feedback collection, and follow-ups with clients and candidates.
- Participate in salary negotiations and facilitate offer closure in alignment with client budgets and candidate expectations.
- Maintain candidate engagement throughout the process to minimize dropouts.
- Follow up with selected candidates through offer acceptance, notice period, documentation, and final joining.

3. Recruitment Reporting & MIS

- Prepare and maintain recruitment reports, trackers, and client-specific MIS using Microsoft Excel.
- Track sourcing, submissions, interviews, offers, acceptances, rejections, and joining status.
- Provide timely and accurate recruitment updates to clients and internal management.
- Analyze recruitment progress, identify bottlenecks, and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain accurate candidate pipelines, recruitment records, and client communications.

4. Team Coordination & Mentoring

- Coordinate with junior recruiters and shared recruitment teams to ensure timely sourcing and delivery.
- Guide and mentor junior team members on sourcing strategies, candidate screening,



communication, and recruitment best practices.
- Review candidate profiles and submissions to ensure quality and alignment with client expectations.

Required Qualifications & Skills

- Bachelor's degree in any discipline; MBA in Human Resources preferred.
- Prior experience in end-to-end recruitment, preferably including executive and leadership-level hiring.
- Strong experience in client-facing recruitment and stakeholder management.
- Proficiency in Naukri, Shine, LinkedIn, and other recruitment platforms.
- Demonstrated expertise in headhunting, passive candidate sourcing, and market mapping.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including recruitment trackers, reporting, and MIS preparation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with outstanding English proficiency.
- Strong interpersonal skills, maturity, and the ability to manage senior stakeholders and demanding client expectations.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment, manage multiple assignments, and prioritize effectively.
- Robust negotiation, coordination, problem-solving, and relationship-management skills.

Ideal Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is a confident and articulate recruitment professional who combines strong hiring expertise with excellent client-handling capabilities. They should be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, independently managing complex recruitment assignments, mentoring junior recruiters, and taking ownership of hiring outcomes through to candidate joining. Applicants must be based in Pune, Mumbai, or Rajasthan to be considered for this remote opportunity.

📌 Recruitment & Stakeholder Management Specialist (Mumbai)
🏢 Virtuous Advisors u0026 Resources
📍 Mumbai