FreeCharge - Recruitment Role - Sales Hiring

Role Overview:

The Sales Hiring Lead will spearhead the end-to-end recruitment strategy for one of our high-growth sales verticals across major metropolitan hubs. You will partner closely with regional sales heads and business leaders to identify talent gaps, build robust pipelines, and execute hiring mandates that drive our market expansion. This role is pivotal in shaping the quality of our frontline and leadership sales teams, ensuring that we attract top-tier professionals who can thrive in a fast-paced, target-driven fintech environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for sales roles across metro locations to ensure timely fulfillment of business hiring requirements.
• Partner with senior sales leadership to define competency frameworks and hiring profiles that align with regional revenue targets.
• Manage high-volume and niche hiring mandates by leveraging diverse sourcing channels, including professional networks, industry mapping, and referral programs.
• Drive stakeholder management by providing regular market intelligence, hiring metrics, and pipeline updates to business heads.
• Optimize the candidate experience and interview process to maintain a strong employer brand and high offer-acceptance ratios.
• Implement data-driven recruitment strategies to reduce time-to-hire and improve the quality of talent acquisition across the sales function.

Required Skillset:

• Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale sales recruitment, with a deep understanding of the talent landscape in the fintech or banking sectors.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior business leaders and align recruitment outcomes with organizational goals.
• Strong proficiency in talent mapping and headhunting, specifically for high-performing sales professionals in competitive metro markets.
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities, essential for managing complex offer discussions and candidate engagement.
• Proven ability to thrive in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment while managing multiple hiring mandates simultaneously.
• A minimum of 5 - 10 years of experience in recruitment, specifically focusing on sales hiring within the Indian market.
• A graduate or postgraduate degree from a reputed institution, with a strong track record of professional growth in talent acquisition.