SmartCoin - Talent Acquisition Specialist - IIM/XLRI/SCMHRD/TISS

job Description:

Hiring & Execution:

- Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle including workforce planning, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and onboarding.

- Deliver hiring across Technology, Product, Data Science, Risk, Credit, Analytics, Sales, Operations, Finance, and Corporate functions.

- Manage lateral, leadership, niche, and mission-critical hires in fast-paced, high-growth fintech environments.

- Drive and continuously improve time-to-hire, cost-to-hire, quality-of-hire, and

hiring conversion metrics using data-backed insights.

- Independently own and close TA projects such as hiring sprints, business-critical ramp-ups, leadership closures, and new team setups.

Stakeholder Management:

- Partner closely with Founders, CXOs, VPs, and Hiring Managers to understand talent needs and define scalable hiring strategies.

- Act as a trusted talent advisor, providing market intelligence, compensation benchmarking, and hiring feasibility analysis.

- Drive structured interview frameworks, hiring scorecards, and strong feedback discipline to improve hiring quality.

- Enable decision-making through data, dashboards, and hiring insights.

Sourcing, Talent Branding & Market Intelligence:

- Build strong and sustainable pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, direct sourcing, talent communities, fintech networks, and ATS.

- Leverage data, automation, and AI tools to enhance sourcing efficiency and candidate outreach.

- Strengthen employer branding through superior candidate experience, storytelling, and consistent market presence.

- Identify and attract passive talent from fintechs, NBFCs, startups, banks, and technology companies.

Process, Data, Analytics & Governance:

- Own and continuously optimize recruitment processes, SLAs, and hiring governance frameworks.

- Build and maintain real-time hiring dashboards, funnel analytics, and reports to track performance and predict outcomes.

- Actively experiment with AI-driven sourcing, screening, automation, and workflow optimization to scale hiring efficiently.

- Ensure compliance with labor laws, background verification, data privacy, and internal hiring policies.

- Collaborate closely with HR Ops, Finance, and Leadership to ensure smooth closures, onboarding, and workforce planning.

Team, Vendor & Project Management:

- Mentor and guide junior recruiters (if required) and drive high performance within the TA team.

- Manage and evaluate external recruitment partners, consultants, and vendors to ensure cost efficiency and quality delivery.

- Lead and execute strategic TA initiatives such as:

1. Hiring automation projects

2. Employer branding initiatives

3. Diversity hiring programs

4. Campus / lateral hiring drives

5. Process digitization and ATS optimization

Skills & Competencies:

Must-Have:

- Strong experience in fintech, NBFC, lending, startups, or high-growth internet companies.

- Proven expertise in both tech and non-tech hiring.

- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.

- Hands-on experience with ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing tools, and hiring analytics.

- Highly data-driven mindset with ability to track, analyze, and improve hiring metrics.

- AI-curious and automation-oriented mindset with eagerness to adopt and implement new hiring technologies.

Good-to-Have:

- Exposure to bulk hiring, leadership hiring, and niche role closures.

- Understanding of fintech regulations, credit, risk, analytics, and product-led organizations.

- Experience scaling teams from early-stage to growth-stage environments.

- Experience running end-to-end TA projects independently and driving measurable outcomes.

Qualifications:

- MBA in HR from a premium institute.

- 2-6 years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition.

- Prior experience as Senior Recruiter / Lead / Associate Manager preferred.