Manager/Senior Manager - Corporate HR

**Job Description: Corporate Talent Acquisition**\ \ **Location:** Mumbai\ **Experience:** 5–8 years (candidates with 4–5 years of relevant experience may also be considered) **Role Overview** We are looking for a hands-on Corporate Talent Acquisition professional who can independently manage end-to-end hiring mandates, including leadership and critical positions. The ideal candidate should have strong business understanding, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to attract and close high-quality talent. The role requires experience working in a structured corporate environment, with a good understanding of recruitment governance, compensation benchmarking, internal parity, and offer approval processes. **Key Responsibilities** - **End-to-end recruitment:** Independently manage corporate hiring mandates, from understanding business requirements and sourcing candidates to offer management and closure. - **Leadership and critical hiring:** Drive leadership, niche, and business-critical hiring mandates with a focus on quality and timely closures. - **Stakeholder management:** Partner closely with business leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce requirements, role expectations, and talent priorities. - **Candidate engagement:** Build strong candidate relationships, effectively communicate the organisation's value proposition, and demonstrate excellent candidate-selling and negotiation skills. - **Recruitment governance:** Manage structured hiring processes, including position approvals, Delegation of Authority (DOA), compensation benchmarking, internal parity checks, and offer approvals. - **Business understanding:** Develop a clear understanding of business functions and talent requirements to ensure relevant candidate mapping and effective hiring decisions. - **Metrics and reporting:** Track recruitment performance through key metrics such as time-to-hire, offer-to-joining ratio, hiring turnaround time, and mandate closure rates. - **Process excellence:** Ensure adherence to recruitment policies, approval workflows, and internal hiring standards while maintaining a positive candidate experience. **Candidate Requirements** - 5–8 years of relevant experience in Corporate Talent Acquisition, with flexibility to consider strong candidates with 4–5 years of experience. - Experience in large, structured organisations, preferably across **FMCG, consumer goods, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, or allied industries**. - Strong hands-on experience in corporate recruitment, including leadership and critical hiring mandates. - Demonstrated ability to independently manage hiring requirements and deliver quality talent within agreed timelines. - Strong business acumen and the ability to understand hiring needs beyond the job description. - Excellent candidate engagement, selling, negotiation, and offer-closure skills. - Working knowledge of structured recruitment processes, including position approvals, DOA, compensation benchmarking, internal parity, and offer approvals. - Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior business leaders and hiring managers. - A metrics-driven approach, with clear examples of recruitment performance, hiring outcomes, and process improvements. **Preferred Candidate Profile** - Candidates from established FMCG, consumer, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or similar large organisations. - Professionals with a strong foundation in core Corporate Talent Acquisition and experience managing end-to-end hiring independently. - Candidates who can demonstrate ownership of critical mandates, strong stakeholder relationships, and measurable recruitment outcomes. **Important:** This role is best suited for core Talent Acquisition professionals. Candidates whose experience is predominantly in HR generalist, HR Business Partner, or broader HR operations responsibilities, with limited hands-on exposure to structured corporate recruitment, may not be the right fit.