Vice President - Talent Acquisition - IT/ITeS

Location: Gurgaon

Timings: 2pm to 11pm IST

Domains: Software, Technical, Non-Technical, North America, India, Cloud, BPO

The Chief Talent Acquisition Officer will be responsible for managing the talent acqusition process and applicant tracking system for EVC's portfolio companies.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, manage and develop the recruiting team to consistently deliver a high level of performance as an efficient, effective and collaborative partner with the business as a whole and with the various business unit leaders

- Support business leaders to manage headcount planning and set recruiting targets; understand market trends and competitive dynamics, and develop talent acquisition strategies to achieve those targets

- Provide structure and strategy to hiring for experienced positions across all levels and departments within the organization, including managing relationships with outside search firms and developing a program to, in certain cases, identify and source candidates without using third-party search firms

- Provide regular updates to business executives on progress against hiring targets and other key talent acquisition initiatives

- Manage efforts to optimize employment branding, candidate experience, interviewer training, diversity hiring, and internship programs

- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, developing and implementing projects to increase recruiting efficiency and effectiveness for the recruiting team and business partners, as well as identifying problems and remedying them in a sustained, system-wide fashion

- Implement best practices for recruiting across all efforts and strategies

The Successful Applicant:

The successful candidate for the VP of Talent Acquisition will have:

- A minimum of 10 years recruiting management work experience, prior experience recruiting in IT/ITES companies is highly preferred

- A Bachelor's degree, Master's degrees preferred

- Proven track record of success within a recruitment organization

- Creative sourcing and networking techniques

- Strong business acumen

- Manage competing demands, the ability to prioritize and successfully meet client needs.Flexible nature and ability to meet changing demands in a dynamic work environment.Work with minimal supervision, and successfully develop relationships with candidates and hiring managers

- Adept at using Internet recruitment tools such as, Monster.com, Naukri.com, LinkedIn, Hirist, IIMjobs and other online search and posting sites

- Superior communication skills both written and verbal, with strong attention to detail

- Proficiency with applicant tracking databases, as well as Microsoft Office Products