Deputy Manager - Talent Acquisition
At a glance
Manager-level Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at Adani Career Site. Ahmedabad · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Set hiring plans with business leaders, then recruit for mid-management, senior, leadership and niche roles
- Build talent pools for priority jobs and advise CXOs on hiring needs, talent trends and compensation benchmarks
- Run recruitment from role opening through onboarding, maintaining hiring rules and improving time, conversion and sourcing measures
- Lead employer-branding, campus and diversity programs, and represent the organization at recruitment events
- Guide offers and negotiations for critical hires, address escalations and improve candidate engagement and joining rates
What you bring
- You have seven to ten years of talent acquisition experience, including large-scale and leadership hiring
- You hold an HR MBA or PGDM and an undergraduate degree in any discipline
- You have led and managed talent acquisition teams, a mandatory requirement
- You have experience with strategic workforce planning in a GCC, shared services or another listed environment
Who this fits
This manager-level role suits someone who can advise senior business leaders and lead recruitment teams. The role is based in Ahmedabad, India.
From the employer
Strategic Talent Acquisition
• Develop and implement talent acquisition strategies aligned with business growth objectives.
• Partner with leadership teams to understand workforce requirements and create long-term hiring plans.
• Lead hiring for mid-management, senior management, leadership, and niche roles across multiple functions.
• Build talent pipelines for critical positions and future business requirements.
Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management
• Act as a strategic recruitment partner to CXOs, Functional Heads, and Business Leaders.
• Provide market intelligence, talent trends, compensation benchmarking, and competitor insights.
• Drive workforce planning discussions and hiring prioritization with business stakeholders.
• Ensure a consultative approach towards recruitment decisions and talent availability.
Recruitment Operations & Governance
• Oversee end-to-end recruitment activities from requisition creation to candidate onboarding.
• Ensure adherence to recruitment policies, hiring governance, diversity goals, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor and improve hiring metrics including TAT, offer-to-join ratio, quality of hire, and sourcing effectiveness.
• Drive process excellence through automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
Employer Branding & Talent Marketing
• Drive employer branding initiatives to strengthen Adani GCC's talent market presence.
• Lead campus recruitment, diversity hiring, leadership hiring, and strategic talent programs.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to enhance employee value proposition (EVP).
• Represent the organization at recruitment events, industry forums, and talent networking platforms.
Offer Management & Candidate Experience
• Guide compensation discussions, offer approvals, and negotiation strategies for critical hires.
• Ensure superior candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Manage offer governance, approval matrices, and hiring-related escalations.
• Drive initiatives to improve candidate engagement and joining conversion rates.
Education
• MBA/PGDM in Human Resources from a reputed institute.
• Graduation in any discipline.
Experience
• 07-10 years of experience in Talent Acquisition.
• Proven experience managing large-scale hiring, leadership hiring, and strategic workforce planning.
• Experience in GCC, Shared Services, IT, Digital, Analytics, Engineering, Finance, Corporate Functions, or diversified business environments.
• Prior experience leading and managing TA teams is mandatory.