Lead Recruiter -Global Talent Acquisition & HR Coordination

Accountabilities • Lead end-to-end technical and non-technical recruitment across multiple geographies and business entities.

• Manage hiring requirements across AI/ML, data center infrastructure, cloud technologies, software development, IT services, and corporate functions. • Coordinate permanent, contractual, consultant, and contract-to-hire recruitment processes. • Develop sourcing strategies for niche, senior-level, and business-critical positions, building proactive talent pipelines aligned with organizational priorities. • Manage candidate screening, assessments, interview scheduling, feedback collection, salary negotiations, and offer discussions. • Independently organize recruitment priorities, deliverables, and hiring timelines while ensuring consistent execution. • Coordinate daily recruitment activities, monitor team productivity, mentor recruiters, and support improvements in sourcing and screening effectiveness. • Track recruitment KPIs, including time-to-hire, candidate quality, interview conversion rates, and recruitment productivity. • Identify recruitment bottlenecks, implement corrective actions, and maintain accurate hiring reports and performance dashboards. • Collaborate with senior leadership, hiring managers, technical teams, and HR stakeholders across India, Europe, APAC, and other international locations. • Coordinate interview panels, candidate evaluations, hiring approvals, and recruitment communications across different time zones. • Ensure hiring activities align with business priorities, workforce requirements, reporting structures, and approved recruitment plans. • Maintain accurate candidate databases, recruitment trackers, hiring documentation, and applicant tracking system records. • Coordinate offer approvals, background verification documentation, candidate negotiations, and onboarding requirements in collaboration with HR operations. • Support recruitment-related reporting, process compliance, and employee lifecycle coordination. • Use ATS platforms, recruitment portals, HRMS systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, and task-management tools to manage recruitment workflows. • Leverage AI-assisted sourcing, screening, and recruitment automation tools where appropriate. • Identify opportunities to standardize recruitment practices, improve workflow efficiency, strengthen reporting accuracy, and enhance overall hiring performance.

Requirements:

• 5–8 years of experience in talent acquisition, preferably within IT services, AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or technology-driven organizations. • Proven experience managing both technical and non-technical recruitment requirements. • Strong understanding of permanent, contractual, consultant, and contract-to-hire recruitment models. • Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple hiring requirements, stakeholders, and recruitment priorities. • Exposure to international recruitment and multi-entity organizational structures. • Experience coordinating recruitment teams, monitoring performance, and ensuring accountability for hiring outcomes. • Strong proficiency with ATS platforms, recruitment portals, HRMS systems, and recruitment reporting tools. • Ability to coordinate technical interviews, assess candidate suitability, collect feedback, and facilitate hiring decisions. • Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and organizational skills. • Understanding of recruitment compliance, onboarding coordination, and employee lifecycle processes. • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on recruitment productivity and operational efficiency. • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline. • Experience recruiting for AI/ML, data center infrastructure, cloud technologies, and emerging technology environments is an advantage. • Previous international recruitment experience, particularly across India, Europe, and APAC, is desirable. • Familiarity with globally distributed teams, multiple business entities, and international contractor hiring is beneficial. • Experience with Jira, HRone, Breezy HR, and AI-enabled recruitment platforms is a plus. • Experience mentoring recruiters, coordinating a small recruitment team, and developing recruitment dashboards or performance reports is preferred. • An MBA or postgraduate qualification in Human Resources or a related field is an additional advantage.