Title:  Manager-TAG

Area(s) of responsibility

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce requirements, role expectations, team structures, and hiring timelines.
• Develop and execute hiring strategies for lateral, niche, and leadership mandates aligned with business priorities.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle including requisition intake, role calibration, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, assessment, selection, offer negotiation, and closure.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for recurring, business-critical, and hard-to-fill positions through proactive market mapping and relationship-based sourcing.
• Leverage multiple sourcing channels effectively, including professional networks, job portals, employee referrals, social platforms, databases, search partners, and direct outreach.
• Drive hiring quality by applying structured screening and assessment practices, ensuring strong alignment between candidate capability, role requirements, and organizational fit.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders by sharing insights on talent availability, competitor hiring trends, compensation positioning, and expected time-to-close.
• Ensure an excellent candidate experience through timely communication, clear process management, professionalism, and consistent follow-through.
• Lead or support employer branding initiatives to improve market visibility and strengthen the organization's position as an employer of choice in the Noida and NCR talent market.
• Collaborate with HR, business leaders, and relevant teams on offer approvals, compensation alignment, pre-boarding coordination, and onboarding readiness.
• Track and report recruitment metrics such as pipeline health, source effectiveness, interview conversions, offer-to-join ratio, time-to-hire, and closure rates.
• Use hiring data and trends to identify bottlenecks, improve decision-making, and drive continuous process improvement.
• Ensure disciplined usage of applicant tracking systems and recruitment trackers, with strong focus on process compliance, documentation quality, and data accuracy.
• Manage relationships with recruitment agencies, search partners, and external hiring channels where applicable, including performance monitoring and cost optimization.
• Support diversity-focused hiring efforts by broadening talent pools and promoting fair, structured, and inclusive hiring practices.
• Coach interviewers and hiring managers on recruitment best practices, candidate evaluation quality, and timely decision-making.
• Contribute to hiring governance, policy adherence, and recruitment audits in line with internal standards and applicable employment practices.
• Where required, mentor junior recruiters or coordinate team delivery across multiple open positions and business units.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related discipline; MBA/PGDM in HR or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Typically 8-12 years of relevant experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, with strong exposure to end-to-end hiring in fast-paced organizations.
• Demonstrated experience managing mid-level to senior-level hiring across multiple functions, with the ability to handle both volume and niche requirements.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment methods, sourcing strategies, interview frameworks, and candidate assessment practices.
• Hands-on experience using applicant tracking systems, recruitment dashboards, and hiring analytics.