Role Overview:

We are building a strong in-house talent acquisition capability to support both niche technology hiring and structured BPO recruitment mandates.

We are looking for a Senior Specialist Headhunter to drive niche and strategic hiring, with strong headhunting experience across niche IT roles and hands-on exposure to BPO and shared services hiring. The position demands deep market mapping, proactive headhunting, and the ability to close hard-to-fill and specialized positions. The role requires a strong focus on targeted search and passive talent acquisition, with a hiring mix of approximately 60% IT niche roles and 40% BPO senior or bulk hiring mandates.

Key Responsibilities

A. Niche IT Hiring (Primary Focus – 60%), not generic IT hiring.

- Lead end-to-end hiring for high-complexity product engineering roles - such as Machine Learning / AI Engineers, Backend Engineers (Java/Go/Rust), Full Stack Engineers, and Cloud & DevOps professionals.
- Conduct competitor market mapping and passive talent identification.
- Use LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, and direct search strategies.
- Drive structured technical screening discussions.




- Lead offer negotiation and closure.
- Reduce dependency on external agencies.

B. BPO & Shared Services Hiring (40%)

- Manage hiring for F&A; (R2R,P2P, O2C), Insurance operations, Customer Service roles, and Shared services mandates.
- Handle mid-level and occasionally bulk hiring requirements.
- Build structured talent pipelines for recurring mandates.
- Support hiring during ramp-ups and transitions.

Core Expectations

- Robust headhunting mindset.
- Experience hiring niche technology roles.
- Ability to manage bulk hiring cycles when required.
- Strong stakeholder management capability.
- Market intelligence and compensation benchmarking ability.
- Ability to build hiring processes and future TA structure.

Ideal Candidate Background

- 8–12 years of experience in IT and BPO recruitment.
- Experience in headhunting product/engineering hiring preferred.
- Experience in staffing or executive search firms is a plus.
- Proven record of closing hard-to-fill roles.

📌 Talent Acquisition Specialist (Pune)
🏢 Cogneesol
📍 Pune