Position: Talent Acquisition & HR Lead (B2B SaaS)

Overall/Total Experience: 8-12 years

Location: Bengaluru

Working Days: 5 Days Working from Office

Notice Period Requirement: 30 Days (Maximum)

Client's Company Size: Startup / Small Enterprise

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Own hiring across India end-to-end.

- Build and scale US hiring capability.

- Lead and develop a TA & HR team of 3 FTE.

- Partner closely with founders to transition from founder-led to structured, manager-led hiring.

Talent Acquisition (~80%):

- Building and running sourcing strategy for open roles, keeping pipelines full enough that hiring managers are never waiting on you.

- Sharpening JDs, running intake calls, and holding HMs accountable for fast, clear feedback on candidates.

- Running a screening and interview process that moves fast and treats candidates well, from first outreach to offer.

- Managing external recruiting agencies where they're used (e.g., US hiring), keeping them accountable to quality and turnaround.

- Tracking pipeline health, time-to-fill, and source effectiveness; flagging bottlenecks before they become escalations.

- Working with the Ops/Admin teammate so new hires land well.

HR mentoring and support (~20%):

- Being a sounding board for the HR team on judgment calls, escalations, etc.

- Working alongside the HR team on performance frameworks, policy, and process design.

- Connecting TA and HR.

Candidate Requirements:

- Must have 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition / TA leadership roles of which last 5+ years within B2B SaaS (selling to global market) environments (Series AE).

- Must have exposure to US or global hiring markets, including talent mapping, sourcing strategy, compensation understanding, and offer management.

- Must have proven experience hiring for leadership role like VP, Senior management (Must have closed atleast 1 position of 70Lac+ by self sourcing).

- Must have experience leading and managing a TA / HR team (2+ members), including defining KPIs, driving performance, and improving recruiter productivity.

- Must have demonstrated experience building structure in a scaling startup environment (processes, hiring frameworks, stakeholder alignment).

- Must have strong hands-on experience with ATS systems, hiring workflows, dashboards, and recruitment analytics (time-to-hire, conversion rates, source effectiveness, etc.).

- Must have experience implementing structured, competency-based interview processes, scorecards, and interviewer training frameworks.

- Must be from B2B SaaS companies (selling to global market only).