Associate Manager

Associate Manager

Strategic Talent Acquisition 
• Develop and implement talent acquisition strategies aligned with business growth objectives. 
• Partner with leadership teams to understand workforce requirements and create long-term hiring plans. 
• Lead hiring for mid-management, senior management, leadership, and niche roles across multiple functions. 
• Build talent pipelines for critical positions and future business requirements.
Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management 
• Act as a strategic recruitment partner to CXOs, Functional Heads, and Business Leaders. 
• Provide market intelligence, talent trends, compensation benchmarking, and competitor insights. 
• Drive workforce planning discussions and hiring prioritization with business stakeholders. 
• Ensure a consultative approach towards recruitment decisions and talent availability.
Recruitment Operations & Governance 
• Oversee end-to-end recruitment activities from requisition creation to candidate onboarding. 
• Ensure adherence to recruitment policies, hiring governance, diversity goals, and compliance requirements. 
• Monitor and improve hiring metrics including TAT, offer-to-join ratio, quality of hire, and sourcing effectiveness.
• Drive process excellence through automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
Employer Branding & Talent Marketing 
• Drive employer branding initiatives to strengthen Adani GCC's talent market presence. 
• Lead campus recruitment, diversity hiring, leadership hiring, and strategic talent programs. 
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to enhance employee value proposition (EVP). 
• Represent the organization at recruitment events, industry forums, and talent networking platforms.
Offer Management & Candidate Experience 
• Guide compensation discussions, offer approvals, and negotiation strategies for critical hires. 
• Ensure superior candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle. 
• Manage offer governance, approval matrices, and hiring-related escalations. 
• Drive initiatives to improve candidate engagement and joining conversion rates.

Education 
• MBA/PGDM in Human Resources from a reputed institute. 
• Graduation in any discipline.
Experience 
• 08-11 years of experience in Talent Acquisition. 
• Proven experience managing large-scale hiring, leadership hiring, and strategic workforce planning. 
• Experience in GCC, Shared Services, IT, Digital, Analytics, Engineering, Finance, Corporate Functions, or diversified business environments. 
• Prior experience leading and managing TA teams is mandatory.

Experience Level

Mid Level