Hiring: Director Talent Acquisition

Location: Cybercity, Gurgaon (5 Days from Office)

Experience: 12+ Years in Executive Search / Recruitment Consulting

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days

Are you a seasoned executive search professional with a passion for building long-term client relationships and delivering exceptional leadership hiring solutions?

We're looking for a Director Executive Search to lead retained and exclusive search mandates while partnering with senior business leaders across a defined industry vertical. This is a high-impact, client-facing role for someone who thrives in a consultative, entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead end-to-end executive search and recruitment mandates for leadership and specialist hiring.

- Manage a portfolio of retained and exclusive search assignments while ensuring exceptional client delivery.

- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders through a consultative approach.

- Develop and execute strategic account plans to grow existing client partnerships.

- Drive business development by acquiring new clients and expanding existing accounts.

- Provide career advisory and a premium candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

- Resolve complex client and candidate situations with professionalism and commercial acumen.

- Build a strong market presence through thought leadership, networking, and personal branding on LinkedIn and industry forums.

- Organize and lead webinars, roundtables, and networking events to strengthen market visibility.

- Maintain accurate candidate, client, and assignment data within recruitment CRM systems.

- Leverage recruitment analytics and market intelligence to optimize hiring strategies.

- Collaborate with global teams, sharing market insights and best practices.

- Mentor consultants and contribute to training and capability-building initiatives.

What We're Looking For:

- 12+ years of experience in 360 agency recruitment or executive search.

- Proven success delivering retained search and senior leadership hiring assignments.

- Strong business development and account management capabilities.

- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships.

- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills.

- Ability to manage multiple high-priority searches simultaneously.

- Strong networking skills with an established professional brand in your market.

- Experience using recruitment platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Vincere, or similar ATS/CRM tools.

- Self-driven, commercially focused, and comfortable working in an autonomous, high-performance environment.

Why Join Us?

- Opportunity to work on high-value executive search assignments.

- Entrepreneurial culture with significant autonomy and ownership.

- Exposure to global clients and cross-border search projects.

- Collaborative team focused on excellence and knowledge sharing.

- Clear opportunities to enhance your personal brand and career growth.

If you're passionate about executive search and enjoy partnering with business leaders to hire exceptional talent, we'd love to hear from you.