Senior Manager - Recruitment - Media

Role : Manager - Talent Acquisition

Location : Mumbai (Work from Office Monday to Friday)

Reports to : Head Talent Acquisition

About the Role :

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Manager - Talent Acquisition to lead end-to-end hiring. This would be an individual contributor role wherein you would own the talent strategy across Digital, Broadcast, Content and Corporate functions, ensuring we attract and hire top creative and business talent in a highly competitive market.

Key Responsibilities :

Talent strategy & planning :

- Partner with business leaders and HRBPs to forecast hiring needs and build annual TA plans aligned to content calendars and business needs.

- Develop talent market maps for niche media roles: OTT, Digital, social media, Ad Sales and others.

- Drive diversity hiring and build pipelines for specialized, hard-to-fill roles.

End-to-end recruitment delivery :

- Own full recruitment lifecycle: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding for frontline to senior level roles.

- Reduce time-to-hire and cost-per-hire while maintaining quality of hire metrics.

- Manage high-volume hiring for junior roles.

Sourcing & employer branding :

- Build and leverage talent networks across media, entertainment, OTT, News and advertising ecosystems.

- Drive employer branding initiatives with Marketing: LinkedIn campaigns, media campus drives, industry events, awards.

- Lead internal job posting (IJP) and employee referral programs to maximize internal mobility.

Stakeholder & vendor management :

- Act as talent advisor to CXOs and HRBPs on market trends, compensation etc.

- Manage recruitment agencies, job portals.

TA operations & analytics :

- Own ATS/HRMS (DarwinBox) data hygiene: maintain real-time trackers for pipeline, offer declines, joining ratios.

- Publish weekly/monthly dashboards: TAT, source mix, offer-to-join, source analysis to CHRO and CXOs/ Business Heads.

- Drive process improvements and automation in recruitment workflows.

- Manage KPIs TAT, Diversity, Source Mix etc.

Required qualifications & skills :

- Experience : 7 - 10 years in Talent Acquisition, with preference to 3+ years in media, entertainment, broadcasting, OTT, or advertising.

- Education : MBA/PGDM in HR preferred; Graduate mandatory.

- Skills : Strong networking, negotiation, and stakeholder management. Data-driven with advanced Excel/ATS proficiency.

- Attributes : High urgency, ability to manage ambiguity, strong cultural fitment assessment for creative environments.