Head/Lead - Talent Acquisition - Media & Entertainment

Head / Lead - Talent Acquisition (Media & Entertainment)

Job Summary:

Own and scale companies talent acquisition strategy to fuel business growth across Creative, Technology, Digital, Sales, Marketing, and corporate functions. Build a high-performing TA function that delivers on speed, quality, and employer brand while championing candidate and hiring manager experience.

Key Responsibilities:

TA Strategy & Leadership:

- Design and execute companies talent acquisition strategy aligned to business plans, including annual manpower planning and budgeting signed off in the AOP

- Build, mentor, and lead a team of recruiters across level of hiring.

- Establish TA metrics: time-to-hire, source mix, offer acceptance rate, quality of hire, and diversity targets.

- Drive data-led decisions

Business Partnership & Stakeholder Management:

- Partner with CXOs and BU Heads to forecast talent needs and create proactive pipelines for critical/niche roles.

- Act as advisor to hiring managers on market trends, comp benchmarks, talent availability, and assessment design.

- Drive hiring manager enablement to improve interview quality and reduce cycle time.

Employer Branding & Talent Attraction:

- Own companies employer brand across LinkedIn and industry forums. Position company as an employer of choice in Media & Tech

- Build differentiated sourcing channels: passive talent networks, employee referrals, agencies, campus, and digital platforms.

Process Excellence & Innovation:

- Drive adoption of AI/tools for sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement

- Implement structured interviewing, scorecards, and bar-raiser programs to ensure hiring quality

Niche & Leadership Hiring:

- Personally drive CXO, P&L, and business-critical leadership mandates

- Build talent mapping and succession pipelines for creative, digital, and tech leadership roles

- Present monthly/quarterly dashboards to CHRO and leadership on TA performance