This role is for one of our partner companies, series C $150M raised

About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on talent acquisition leader to own non-technical hiring across sales, growth, marketing, finance, legal, people, and operations. You’ll manage the entire hiring journey—from understanding business needs and designing the search to closing exceptional candidates and supporting their first 90 days. Success in this role isn’t measured by simply filling positions; it’s about creating strong, lasting matches between Emergent and the people who will help shape its future. Reporting to the Head of People, you’ll lead a small recruiting team while personally managing the company’s most critical and complex searches. What You’ll Own
• Non-tech hiring strategy: Develop and continuously refine hiring priorities across commercial and corporate functions as business needs evolve.
• Role intake and search design: Partner with hiring managers to define the role’s purpose, six-month success outcomes, target candidate profiles, non-negotiable and flexible requirements, and the interview process.
• Talent mapping and pipelines: Identify relevant companies, talent pools, and career stages while building relationships with high-potential candidates before roles open.
• End-to-end recruitment: Lead sourcing, assessment, candidate engagement, selection, offer management, and onboarding.
• Hiring systems and playbooks: Build scalable workflows, metrics, assessment frameworks, and operating standards.
• Compensation and offer strategy: Advise leaders on market benchmarks, variable compensation structures, candidate motivations,



and offer trade-offs.
• Recruiting team leadership: Hire, develop, and manage a high-performing recruiting team while remaining hands-on with priority searches.
• Candidate

experience:
Create a thoughtful, transparent, and high-quality experience throughout the hiring process.
• Quality of hire: Compare interview assessments with post-hire performance and use those insights to improve the hiring bar.
• First 90-day success: Stay connected to new hires and their managers during onboarding to support a successful transition. What We’re Looking For
• Experience owning non-technical hiring at a company operating at a similar stage, scale, and pace.
• A solid track record of hiring across sales, growth, marketing, and corporate functions.
• Experience hiring, managing, and developing recruiters while maintaining a consistently high quality bar.
• Demonstrated success building recruiting systems and processes from the ground up in a fast-changing environment.
• The ability to partner directly with business leaders, understand their objectives, and translate them into effective hiring plans.
• Experience closing senior candidates in competitive or talent-constrained markets.
• Strong judgment when evaluating candidates beyond credentials and surface-level fit.
• A data-informed approach to measuring recruiting effectiveness and quality of hire.
• Practical experience using AI to improve research, sourcing, productivity, and candidate assessment.
• A genuine commitment to creating successful outcomes for both the company and its talent.

📌 Lead Recruiter (Bengaluru)
🏢 profound.me
📍 Bengaluru