Assistant General Manager (AGM) – Talent Acquisition

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Job Title: Assistant General Manager (AGM) – Talent Acquisition Department: HR – Talent Acquisition Location: Mumbai Reports to: TA Head Employment Type: Full-time Role Purpose Lead the end-to-end Talent Acquisition function to deliver high-quality hiring at speed and scale across business. Own workforce planning, strategic sourcing, employer branding, and TA operations to ensure a superior ... candidate and stakeholder experience while meeting cost, quality, and compliance goals.Key ResponsibilitiesTalent Strategy & Planning• Partner with business leaders to translate AOP/manpower plan into quarterly hiring plans and capability build roadmaps.• Build and execute sourcing strategies for niche, technical, frontline, and leadership roles; drive succession pipelines.Hiring Delivery & Governance• Own end-to-end recruitment lifecycle (requisitions to onboarding handoff) for (functions/sites).• Establish and enforce SLAs, TATs, and quality standards; run weekly hiring reviews with business.• Lead leadership hiring and critical mandates; manage external search partners with performance scorecards.Employer Branding & Pipelines• Drive campus programs (GT/MT), DEI hiring initiatives, and talent communities.• Co-own EVP activation with Corporate Communications; deliver measurable outcomes (traffic, applications, acceptance).Data, Systems & Compliance• Run TA through TurboHire and Darwin Box; maintain accurate dashboards and audits.• Publish hiring analytics: funnel metrics, TAT, source mix, cost per hire, offer-to-join ratio, quality-of-hire.• Ensure compliance with documentation, background checks, and audit readiness.Team Leadership & Vendor Management• Lead, mentor, and upskill the TA team, institute capability frameworks and recruiter productivity models.• Negotiate and manage external partners (agencies, assessment vendors, job boards) for performance and cost.Process Excellence• Standardize JDs, interview rubrics, and selection frameworks; drive interview capability for hiring managers.• Implement continuous improvements—automation, structured interviews, assessment tools, and bias mitigation.Must-Have Qualifications• Education: MBA/PGDM in HR or equivalent.• Experience: 10–12 years.• Proven delivery on volume + niche + leadership hiring; multi-location and plant/site exposure preferred.• Strong command of Darwin box, sourcing tech (LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri), assessments, and analytics.Core Competencies• Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management• Data-Driven Decision Making & Forecasting• Structured Interviewing & Assessment Design• Program Management (Campus, DEI, Lateral)• Negotiation & Vendor Governance• People Leadership & Coaching• Change & Process Excellence Orientation