Associate Director - Campus Hiring

Description:

- Mandate managed by 4th Orbit Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

- Role : Associate Director Campus Hiring

- Location: Bangalore / Gurgaon

- Reporting To: Head Talent Acquisition / CHRO

Role Overview:

- We are looking for a seasoned Campus Hiring Leader to architect and scale our national early-talent acquisition strategy.

- This role will own the end-to-end campus lifecycle workforce planning, institute strategy, selection architecture, offer governance, and early talent pipeline quality aligned to long-term business growth and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Campus Strategy & Workforce Planning

- Translate annual headcount plan into structured campus hiring roadmap

- Identify Tier 1 / Tier 2 / emerging institutes aligned to skill clusters

- Build multi-year campus engagement framework

- Own hiring budgets and cost optimization targets

2. University Relationship Management

- Develop strong partnerships with TPOs, Deans, and faculty

- Lead employer branding initiatives: hackathons, case competitions, tech talks

- Position the organization as a preferred recruiter across key campuses

3. Selection & Process Governance

- Design standardized assessment architecture (aptitude, technical, case, panel rounds)

- Improve offer-to-join ratio and joining predictability

- Drive automation via ATS, AI-screening, dashboards

- Ensure SLA adherence across regions

4. Internship & PPO Engine

- Structure internship-to-PPO conversion model

- Build pre-joining engagement programs

- Monitor early attrition and quality-of-hire metrics

5. Team Leadership

- Lead and mentor regional campus recruiters

- Define KPIs and performance scorecards

- Manage external partners (assessment vendors / RPOs)