Associate Manager - Strategic Talent Acquisition

Associate Manager Responsibilities 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. Qualifications Education • MBA/PGDM in Human Resources from a reputed institute. • Graduation in any discipline. Experience • 08-11 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.