Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

• *Location :** Mumbai

• *Experience Required :** 8 years \+

• *Working Days :** Monday \- Saturday

• *Job Type :** Full Time

• *About the Role**
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We are looking for a senior, structured Talent Acquisition professional to independently drive hiring across business\-critical and functional roles including Operations, Purchase, Finance, Accounts, Audit, and mid\-to\-senior management positions.

This is a high\-ownership individual contributor role requiring strong evaluation capability, business understanding, and the ability to close quality hires across diverse functions.

The focus is on building stable, high\-performing teams \- not just filling positions.

• **Key Responsibilities**
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• **1\. End\-to\-End Functional Hiring**
• + Manage full recruitment lifecycle for operations, finance, audit, purchase, and management roles

+ Drive structured screening and competency\-based evaluation

+ Coordinate multi\-stage interview processes

+ Own offer negotiation and joining confirmation

• **2\. Quality of Hire \& Stability Screening**
• + Evaluate candidates for role\-fit, stability, and long\-term alignment

+ Assess technical competence and behavioural fit

+ Reduce mis\-hiring and early attrition

• **3\. Senior \& Mid\-Level Hiring**
• + Handle mid\-management and senior hiring mandates

+ Conduct structured stakeholder discussions to define role clarity

+ Ensure alignment between business need and hiring outcome

• **4\. Hiring Discipline \& Metrics**
• + Maintain hiring tracker with defined TAT

+ Track offer\-to\-joining ratio

+ Ensure minimal dropouts

+ Provide weekly hiring status updates

• **What Success Looks Like in this Role**
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• + Mid and senior positions are closed within defined timelines

+ Offer\-to\-joining ratio improves consistently

+ Dropout rates reduce significantly

+ Quality of hire strengthens team performance

+ Hiring becomes structured, predictable, and measurable

+ Leadership does not need to follow up repeatedly on open mandates

• **Key Skills \& Competencies**
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• + Strong end\-to\-end recruitment ownership

+ Experience hiring for functional roles (Operations, Finance, Audit, Purchase, etc.)

+ Structured interviewing and candidate evaluation capability

+ Strong negotiation and closure skills

+ Ability to assess stability and cultural alignment

+ Strong stakeholder coordination and communication skills

+ Data\-driven approach to hiring metrics (TAT, offer\-to\-joining ratio, dropout rate)

+ High accountability and disciplined execution

• *Qualifications**
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• 8 \+ years of hands\-on recruitment experience.
• Proven experience in mid\-to\-senior functional hiring.
• Exposure to Pan\-India hiring preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline (HR specialization preferred but not mandatory).
• Strong knowledge of sourcing platforms and recruitment tools.