Lead Recruiter
About the Job
We are looking for a Recruitment Lead with strong experience in executive, corporate, shared services, banking, or financial services hiring. This role is ideal for a recruitment professional who can lead a team, manage end-to-end hiring requirements, drive recruitment performance, and partner closely with stakeholders to deliver quality hires on time.
The successful candidate will play a key role in leading recruiters, monitoring hiring metrics, supporting complex recruitment requirements, and ensuring a positive candidate and stakeholder experience throughout the hiring process.
Key Responsibilities- Lead, coach, and manage a team of recruiters to achieve hiring goals, service levels, and recruitment KPIs.
- Handle end-to-end recruitment for assigned roles while consistently meeting individual hiring targets.
- Manage volume and niche hiring requirements across different business units, with focus on shared services, banking, and financial roles.
- Monitor recruitment performance, including recruiter productivity, turnaround time, aging requisitions, and quality of hires.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with hiring managers, stakeholders, and business partners.
- Conduct role calibration meetings to align on hiring requirements, candidate profiles, timelines, and sourcing strategies.
- Provide market insights, talent availability updates, and hiring recommendations to stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, recruitment standards, and hiring procedures.
- Prepare, analyze, and present recruitment reports, dashboards, and hiring metrics.
- Support team development through coaching, mentoring, training, and performance management.
- Drive process improvements and recruitment initiatives to improve hiring efficiency and overall recruitment delivery.
- Handle escalations related to candidates, clients, stakeholders, or recruitment concerns.
- Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- At least 4 to 5 years of recruitment experience in executive, corporate, shared services, banking, or financial services hiring.
- At least 2 years of experience in a lead or team management role.
- Strong experience in end-to-end recruitment, stakeholder management, and recruitment operations.
- Experience managing both volume and niche hiring requirements.
- Strong understanding of recruitment metrics such as turnaround time, aging, productivity, and hiring quality.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead, coach, and motivate recruiters in a fast-paced hiring environment.
- Proficient in recruitment tools, applicant tracking systems, and reporting dashboards.
Why Join Us
This is a great opportunity for an experienced recruitment professional to step into a leadership role where you can drive hiring results, support team growth, and make a direct impact on recruitment delivery across key business functions.