Talent Acquisition & HR Lead - B2B SaaS

Position: Talent Acquisition & HR Lead (B2B SaaS)
Overall/Total Experience: 8-12 years
Location: Bengaluru
Working Days: 5 Days Working from Office
Notice Period Requirement: 30 Days (Maximum)
Client's Company Size: Startup / Small Enterprise

Roles & Responsibilities:
- Own hiring across India end-to-end.
- Build and scale US hiring capability.
- Lead and develop a TA & HR team of 3 FTE.
- Partner closely with founders to transition from founder-led to structured, manager-led hiring.
Talent Acquisition (~80%):
- Building and running sourcing strategy for open roles, keeping pipelines full enough that hiring managers are never waiting on you.
- Sharpening JDs, running intake calls, and holding HMs accountable for fast, clear feedback on candidates.
- Running a screening and interview process that moves fast and treats candidates well, from first outreach to offer.
- Managing external recruiting agencies where they're used (e.g., US hiring), keeping them accountable to quality and turnaround.
- Tracking pipeline health, time-to-fill, and source effectiveness; flagging bottlenecks before they become escalations.
- Working with the Ops/Admin teammate so new hires land well.
HR mentoring and support (~20%):
- Being a sounding board for the HR team on judgment calls, escalations, etc.
- Working alongside the HR team on performance frameworks, policy, and process design.
- Connecting TA and HR.
Candidate Requirements:
- Must have 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / TA leadership roles of which last 5+ years within B2B SaaS (selling to global market) environments (Series AE).
- Must have exposure to US or global hiring markets, including talent mapping, sourcing strategy, compensation understanding, and offer management.
- Must have proven experience hiring for leadership role like VP, Senior management (Must have closed atleast 1 position of 70Lac+ by self sourcing).
- Must have experience leading and managing a TA / HR team (2+ members), including defining KPIs, driving performance, and improving recruiter productivity.
- Must have demonstrated experience building structure in a scaling startup environment (processes, hiring frameworks, stakeholder alignment).
- Must have strong hands-on experience with ATS systems, hiring workflows, dashboards, and recruitment analytics (time-to-hire, conversion rates, source effectiveness, etc.).
- Must have experience implementing structured, competency-based interview processes, scorecards, and interviewer training frameworks.
- Must be from B2B SaaS companies (selling to global market only).