Lead - Talent Acquisition

About the Role

This role requires a recruiter who combines deep technical recruiting expertise with an AI-first mindset. You will partner with engineering leaders to hire niche and leadership technology talent while leveraging AI-powered recruiting tools to improve sourcing, market intelligence, candidate engagement, and hiring outcomes at scale.

What You’ll Do

Candidate Sourcing, Tracking & Experience

• Attract, track, and close high-quality technical talent aligned to evolving business needs
• Own end-to-end hiring for niche and senior technology roles across Engineering, Product, Cloud, AI/ML, Data, Platform Engineering, and Enterprise Software.
• Leverage AI-powered sourcing, talent intelligence, and recruiting automation tools to identify, engage, and convert high-quality technical talent.
• Build proactive market maps and leadership pipelines for critical engineering capabilities.
• Maintain clean, disciplined pipelines with clear reporting and funnel visibility
• Deliver a standout candidate experience through speed, clarity, and thoughtful communication

Candidate Assessment & Placement

• Assess early-career and technical talent through structured interviews and assessment centres
• Match candidate strengths and aspirations with business needs to ensure best-fit placement
• Consolidate and present interview feedback into crisp, decision-ready summaries

Stakeholder Partnership & Advisory

• Partner closely with Engineering Directors, Engineering Managers, Architects, and Product leaders to define hiring strategies, calibrate technical talent, and provide market intelligence on emerging skills.
• Advise business leaders on AI talent availability, compensation trends, and competitive hiring strategies.
• Advise stakeholders on hiring trends, and candidate attraction levers.

Hiring Manager Enablement

• Guide stakeholders on delivering a consistent, high-quality candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Educate hiring managers on interviewing, diversity hiring, and candidate engagement best practices

What You Bring

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s / MBA in HR or related fields preferred
• 8–10 years of hands-on technical recruiting experience in Product Engineering, Digital Engineering, GCC, or technology organizations.
• Mandatory experience hiring senior technology talent including Engineering Managers, Principal Engineers, Staff Engineers, Solution Architects, Enterprise Architects, AI/ML Engineers, Data Scientists, Platform Engineers, and Cloud Architects.
• Demonstrated success hiring niche and critical engineering roles in competitive talent markets.
• Strong track record of meeting or exceeding hiring metrics (quality, speed, diversity, experience)
• Mandatory hands-on experience using AI-powered recruiting platforms and GenAI tools for sourcing, talent intelligence, screening, candidate engagement, market mapping, and recruiter productivity.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex requisitions simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills
• End-to-end ownership mindset with strong project management capability

Key Skills:

• Hands-on experience using AI and GenAI tools for sourcing, candidate engagement, screening, market research, interview preparation, and recruiting workflow automation.
• Strong sourcing and pipeline-building expertise
• Ability to leverage AI-driven talent intelligence to identify emerging technical skills and build strategic talent pipelines.
• Strong understanding of AI, Cloud, Data Engineering, Cybersecurity, Platform Engineering, and Enterprise Software talent markets.
• Ability to evaluate technical competencies in partnership with engineering leadership.
• Deep understanding of modern engineering organizations and technical career paths.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI usage in recruitment while maintaining fairness, compliance, and high-quality hiring decisions.
• High attention to detail with strong data and reporting hygiene
• Customer-first mindset with a bias for action and accountability
• Ability to thrive in fast-moving, high-dependency environments