About the Role

Our client, a diversified conglomerate, is looking for a high-impact Talent Acquisition Lead, to drive hiring strategy and execution across the organization. This role will own end-to-end recruitment, lead a team of recruiters, and partner closely with business leaders to build scalable hiring processes aligned with growth plans.

This is a business-facing role requiring strong stakeholder management, structured thinking, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, consumer-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and manage a team of 3–4 Talent Acquisition professionals, drive performance, accountability, and hiring SLAs.
- Partner with senior stakeholders across functions to understand workforce plans and translate them into actionable hiring roadmaps.
- Own end-to-end recruitment across business and corporate roles.
- Build strong pipelines through market mapping, direct sourcing, referrals, and search partners where required.
- Bring structure to hiring processes – metrics tracking, TAT,



candidate experience, offer-to-join ratios.
- Provide market intelligence on compensation trends, talent availability, and competitor hiring patterns.
- Ensure strong employer branding and candidate engagement throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Candidate Profile

- 5+ years of relevant experience in Talent Acquisition.
- MBA from a reputed institution.
- Experience managing or mentoring a small team is preferred.
- Strong understanding of consumer-driven businesses; ability to hire for quick-scaling environments
- Prior experience in a search firm is advantageous, though not mandatory.
- Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and influence hiring decisions.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and execution skills.

If this sounds like you, please click apply or drop a note on [email protected] for a confidential chat.

📌 Talent Acquisition Lead (Mumbai)
🏢 Aquis Search
📍 Mumbai