Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager

Role Summary

We are hiring a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager to lead our recruitment team, drive delivery excellence, and personally handle strategic and leadership hiring mandates. This role requires a strong blend of hands-on recruiting, stakeholder management, team leadership, and process/KPI ownership.

Key Responsibilities

1) Strategic Hiring & Delivery Ownership

• Lead end-to-end hiring for senior, niche, and high-priority roles (Manager to C-suite).
• Conduct deep requirement intake with clients and translate into strong sourcing and selection strategies.
• Build targeted talent pipelines using LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, communities, and direct outreach.
• Ensure strong shortlists with high alignment, speed, and quality.

2) Team Leadership & Performance Management

• Manage and mentor recruiters: daily prioritization, coaching, feedback, and quality control.
• Set weekly targets and ensure accountability on sourcing, submissions, interviews, and closures.
• Run team huddles, pipeline reviews, and role-briefing sessions to remove blockers fast.
• Improve recruiter capability through training, scripts, scorecards, and roleplays.

3) Client & Stakeholder Management

• Be the primary point of contact for key clients for hiring delivery updates and alignment.
• Proactively manage expectations, timelines, and feedback loops to reduce drop-offs.
• Build trust through insight-led recruitment (market mapping, salary benchmarks, competitor insights).

4) Recruitment Operations & Process Excellence

• Maintain CRM/ATS hygiene: accurate pipelines, stage tracking, notes, and reporting.
• Build and enforce recruitment SOPs: intake forms, scorecards, interview coordination, follow-ups.
• Track and improve core metrics: TAT, submittal-to-interview ratio, interview-to-offer ratio, offer acceptance.

Requirements

• 7–12 years in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment (agency experience strongly preferred).
• Proven success managing senior/niche/strategic hiring with strong closure track record.
• Prior experience leading a recruitment team and driving KPIs.
• Strong sourcing expertise (LinkedIn Recruiter, NaukriGulf/Indeed/Bayt etc.).
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Strong process orientation—comfortable with SOPs, trackers, and dashboards.

Skills We Value

• Leadership + coaching mindset
• High ownership, speed, and structured execution
• Candidate experience and relationship building
• Strong judgment on quality and role fit
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving founder-led environment