Head Talent Acquisition

Role & responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Head to oversee our IT hiring needs and with an experience in people management. You will be partnering with senior business leaders and mapping a robust strategy to attract the right talent for business needs

• Overseeing and directly managing sourcing, hiring, and employee acquisition processes.
• Creating and implementing talent acquisition strategies for leadership, mid-career and graduate hiring
• Designing and driving the adoption of consistent recruiting, interviewing and hiring practices that support a strong candidate experience
• Ensuring that talent acquisition projects fall in line with organizational objectives.
• Find opportunities for continuous improvement to recruitment process to enhance candidate and hiring manager experience recruitment strategy and demonstrates in-depth expertise
• Continuous development and mentoring of internal TA team and business around best recruitment and industry practice
• Building relationships with key stake holders in organization.
• Partnering with the business leaders and be talent advisor to effectively fulfil their business hiring needs
• Participating in meetings with talent acquisition managers and other executives.
• Collaborating with hiring managers to ensure the effective sourcing and retention of talent.
• Creating and guiding training initiatives and education policies.
• Should be able to bring down overall recruitment cost with optimized source mix
• Drive the best possible high touch candidate and referral experience and develop pipeline for the business
• Producing regular reports on talent needs, acquisitions, and plans.
• Presenting hiring, talent, and employment-related reports to management of the organization.

Preferred candidate profile

To ensure success as a Head of Talent Acquisition, you should be an experienced HR expert with a keen understanding of practices and processes involved in acquiring and nurturing talent. A top-notch Head of talent acquisition will be an exceptional leader who leverages their knowledge and network to build the organization's potential.

• A Post graduate degree in human resources, industrial psychology, or business management.
• Minimum of 10 years of previous experience within an HR/ talent acquisition-focused role in working as a talent acquisition manager or head of talent acquisition.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated leadership experience
• Knowledge of hiring processes, skill development, and organizational analysis frameworks.
• Experience in employer branding initiatives and promoting the organization as an employer of choice.
• Proficient in the use of computers and their software, including ATS and CRM systems
• Data-driven decision-making skills, with the ability to analyze recruitment metrics and optimize recruitment processes.
• Analytical mindset, and critical thinking abilities.
• Skilled at negotiation, presentation, and execution.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to decision make and think critically
• Good listening skills, with high levels of attention to detail
• Strong networking and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to multitask