Assistant Manager/Deputy Manager - HR Business Partner & Talent Acquisition

Job Title: Assistant Manager / Deputy Manager - HRBP & Talent Acquisition.

Location: Gurugram.

Experience: 6-10 Years.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a dynamic HR professional who can effectively balance 50% HR Business Partnering and 50% Talent Acquisition responsibilities. The role requires an individual who can partner with business leaders, drive employee engagement and performance, while simultaneously leading end-to-end recruitment for critical positions. The ideal candidate should have worked in fast-paced, high-pressure and rugged business environments where hiring volumes, business expectations, and operational challenges demand agility, resilience, and strong execution capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Human Resources Business Partner (50%):

- Act as the HR Business Partner for assigned business functions.

- Partner with business leaders on workforce planning, organization design and people strategies.

- Drive employee engagement initiatives and improve employee experience.

- Support performance management, goal setting, talent reviews and succession planning.

- Coach managers on employee relations, conflict resolution and HR best practices.

- Ensure compliance with company policies, employment laws and HR processes.

- Analyse HR metrics and recommend actions to improve productivity and retention.

- Facilitate onboarding, confirmations, transfers, promotions and employee lifecycle management.

- Drive culture-building initiatives and organizational change management.

2. Talent Acquisition (50%):

- Manage end-to-end recruitment for mid and senior-level positions.

- Partner with hiring managers to understand manpower requirements and define hiring strategies.

- Source candidates through multiple channels including LinkedIn, Naukri, referrals and market mapping.

- Conduct candidate assessments, interviews and stakeholder coordination.

- Ensure an excellent candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

- Build talent pipelines for critical and future hiring needs.

- Negotiate offers and manage the joining process.

- Track recruitment metrics including TAT, source effectiveness and offer-to-join ratio.

- Continuously improve hiring processes and employer branding initiatives.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- MBA/PGDM in Human Resources or equivalent qualification.

- 6-10 years of relevant HR experience with significant exposure to both HRBP and Talent Acquisition.

- Strong business partnering, stakeholder management and recruitment capabilities.

- Experience hiring across multiple functions and levels.

- Excellent communication, influencing and relationship management skills.

- Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities simultaneously.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Mandatory Qualification:

- The candidate must have worked in high-pressure, rugged and execution-driven environments where managing business demands, employee issues and aggressive hiring targets simultaneously is part of the role.

- Candidates who have spent the majority of their careers in highly structured, low-intensity corporate environments with limited ownership or execution responsibility may not be suitable for this position.