HR Manager - Talent Acquisition

Location: Bengaluru

Work Mode: Work From Office

Experience: 2 - 3 years

Employment Type: Full-time

About Binocs:

Binocs is an AI-powered investment research and underwriting platform helping investment teams, strategy consultants, and financial institutions accelerate due diligence and make better-informed decisions.

We are looking for a hands-on HR Manager with a strong focus on Talent Acquisition to help us build and scale our team.

About the Role:

You will be responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment across Binocs, working closely with founders and hiring managers to identify, attract, assess, and close high-quality talent.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys recruitment, is comfortable with high-volume and niche hiring, and wants significant ownership in a fast-paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition - Primary Focus:

- Own the end-to-end recruitment process from requirement understanding to candidate onboarding.

- Work closely with founders and hiring managers to understand hiring requirements and define candidate profiles.

- Create and manage effective sourcing strategies across LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, communities, and direct sourcing.

- Source and screen candidates for AI/ML, Engineering, Product, Strategy, Investment Research, and GTM roles.

- Conduct initial candidate screening and evaluate candidates against role requirements.

- Coordinate interview processes and ensure a smooth candidate journey.

- Manage candidate engagement, follow-ups, offer discussions, negotiations, and closures.

- Build and maintain active talent pipelines for current and future requirements.

- Track recruitment funnel metrics such as applications, screening, interviews, offers, closures, source effectiveness, and time-to-hire.

- Proactively identify new sourcing channels and improve hiring conversion.

- Build and strengthen the employee referral program and talent network.

- Support employer branding and recruitment initiatives.

Stakeholder Management:

- Work closely with founders and hiring managers on critical and priority positions.

- Maintain regular updates on hiring pipelines, challenges, and expected closures.

- Help hiring managers improve interview processes and candidate evaluation.

- Understand market availability and compensation trends for different roles.

HR Operations:

- Support onboarding and employee lifecycle processes.

- Maintain employee documentation and HR records.

- Support background verification, insurance, HR vendors, and employee benefits.

- Assist with employee engagement, performance management, and HR initiatives.

- Support HR policies and compliance-related activities.

What We're Looking For:

- 2 - 3 years of experience in HR/Talent Acquisition, preferably in a startup or technology company.

- Strong hands-on experience in end-to-end recruitment.

- Excellent sourcing skills, especially through LinkedIn and other online channels.

- Experience hiring for technical roles is highly preferred.

- Strong candidate engagement and follow-up skills.

- Good negotiation and offer-closing abilities.

- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to manage multiple open positions simultaneously.

- Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

- Strong ownership and bias for action.

- Data-oriented approach to tracking and improving recruitment performance.

Good to Have:

- Experience hiring for AI/ML, software engineering, product, consulting, finance, or strategy roles.

- Experience in a B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, or investment-tech startup.

- Strong LinkedIn sourcing and Boolean search skills.

- Experience working directly with founders or senior leadership.

- Exposure to employer branding and HR operations.

What You'll Get to Own:

- End-to-end recruitment for a growing AI startup.

- Direct exposure to founders and senior leadership.

- Hiring across diverse and challenging roles.

- Opportunity to build talent pipelines and recruitment processes from the ground up.

- Broader exposure to HR and People Operations as the organization scales.