Associate Manager - Recruitment (Mumbai - Remote)

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced and results-driven Associate Manager Recruitment to lead talent acquisition activities, manage recruitment teams, and drive end-to-end hiring across multiple business functions. The role requires strong stakeholder management, recruitment strategy, sourcing expertise, and the ability to deliver hiring targets within agreed timelines while maintaining quality and cost efficiency.

Skills Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 8–12 years of overall recruitment experience, preferably with experience managing a recruitment team.
• Strong experience in end-to-end recruitment across IT and non-IT functions.
• Proven stakeholder management and team leadership capabilities.
• Hands-on experience with applicant tracking systems, job portals, and recruitment reporting tools.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions, changing priorities, and time-sensitive hiring requirements.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and recruitment dashboards; Power BI experience is an advantage.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Recruitment

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for IT and non-IT positions across multiple business functions and locations.
• Manage volume hiring, lateral hiring, niche skill recruitment, and leadership-level positions.
• Develop effective sourcing strategies using job portals, professional networks, employee referrals, consultants, and other recruitment channels.
• Ensure timely closure of open positions in line with agreed SLAs and hiring targets.

Client Account & Operations Partnership

• Work closely with Account Managers and Operations leaders to understand manpower plans, vacancies, skill requirements and timelines.
• Attend client/account discussions where recruitment support or market insight is required.
• Provide early visibility of recruitment risks that could affect operational readiness.
• Regularly visit Mumbai client locations to understand account-specific hiring requirements.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with hiring managers, business leaders, and HR teams to understand workforce requirements and hiring priorities.
• Conduct requirement briefing sessions to establish clear job specifications and candidate evaluation criteria.
• Provide regular updates on recruitment progress, market challenges, candidate availability, and closure timelines.
• Manage salary negotiations, offer approvals, candidate expectations, and offer acceptance rates.

Sourcing Strategy and Market Intelligence

• Conduct talent market mapping, competitor analysis, salary benchmarking, and availability assessments for critical skills.
• Optimize the utilization of job portals, recruitment agencies, employee referrals, and internal talent databases.
• Build talent pipelines for recurring and business-critical positions.
• Identify opportunities to improve sourcing effectiveness and reduce recruitment costs.

Recruitment Operations and Reporting

• Monitor recruitment metrics, including time-to-fill, time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, offer-to-join ratio, and ageing of open positions.
• Prepare and present recruitment dashboards, MIS reports, and hiring forecasts to management.
• Maintain accurate recruitment data in the applicant tracking system and ensure compliance with recruitment processes.
• Identify bottlenecks in the recruitment lifecycle and implement corrective actions.

Offer Management and Candidate Experience

• Drive offer negotiations and ensure competitive compensation alignment with approved budgets.
• Monitor offer dropouts, candidate engagement, and joining ratios.
• Coordinate with HR operations and background verification teams to ensure smooth onboarding.
• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Process Improvement and Compliance

• Standardize recruitment processes and implement best practices to improve efficiency and quality of hire.
• Ensure adherence to company recruitment policies, data privacy requirements, and applicable employment regulations.
• Identify opportunities for automation and technology adoption in recruitment operations.

Statement of other duties

This document describes the major duties, responsibilities and authorities of this job and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.