Senior Manager/Assistant General Manager - Talent Acquisition - Construction/Infrastructure

Lead the end-to-end Talent Acquisition function to deliver high-quality hiring at speed and scale across business. Own workforce planning, strategic sourcing, employer branding, and TA operations to ensure a superior candidate and stakeholder experience while meeting cost, quality, and compliance goals.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Strategy & Planning

Hiring Delivery & Governance

- Own end-to-end recruitment lifecycle (requisitions to onboarding handoff) for [functions/sites].

- Lead leadership hiring and critical mandates; manage external search partners with performance scorecards.

Employer Branding & Pipelines

- Drive campus programs (GT/MT), DEI hiring initiatives, and talent communities.

- Publish hiring analytics: funnel metrics, TAT, source mix, cost per hire, offer-to-join ratio, quality-of-hire.

- Process Excellence

- Standardize JDs, interview rubrics, and selection frameworks; drive interview capability for hiring managers.

- Implement continuous improvements-automation, structured interviews, assessment tools, and bias mitigation.

Must-Have Qualifications

- Education: MBA/PGDM in HR or equivalent.

- Proven delivery on volume + niche + leadership hiring; multi-location and plant/site exposure preferred.

- Strong command of Darwin box, sourcing tech (LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri), assessments, and analytics.

Core Competencies

- Data-Driven Decision Making & Forecasting

- Structured Interviewing & Assessment Design

- Change & Process Excellence Orientation