Associate Director - Talent Acquisition

Why Globalisation Excellence

Zinnov's Globalisation Excellence (GE) practice helps enterprises build and scale Global Capability Centers (GCCs) end-to-end - from Design & Discovery to Build, Scale, and Run.

In GE, you don't work in silos. You:

• Own complex, end-to-end client journeys
• Work across GCC advisory, managed services, and BOT / outsourcing models
• Influence leadership decisions that shape long-term talent and operating strategies This is where strategy meets execution - and where talent plays a defining role.
  

About the Role

As Associate Director - Talent Acquisition, you will lead the hiring strategy and execution for a Global Capability Center (GCC) client in Hyderabad. You will own end-to-end recruitment acrossTechnology, Engineering, and Corporate/Functional roles, partnering closely with senior stakeholders across global and regional teams.

This role is designed for a data-driven TA leader who can scale hiring in a fast-paced environment, build strong pipelines for niche roles, run predictable operating rhythms, and drive high-quality outcomes through strong team leadership, stakeholder alignment, and process excellence.

What You'll Do

TA Strategy & Workforce Planning

• Own the end-to-end TA strategy across Technology, Engineering, and Functional hiring for the GCC.
• Drive workforce planning in partnership with business leaders and HRBPs - demand forecasting, prioritization, and execution plans.
• Build scalable hiring playbooks to support growth across multiple role families and seniority levels.

Niche Hiring & Pipeline Building

• Build robust talent pipelines for niche and hard-to-hire roles through proactive sourcing beyond portals.
• Strengthen channel strategy across referrals, sourcing teams, vendors, research-based mapping, and talent communities.
• Drive hiring outcomes across critical roles with speed, quality, and consistency.

Stakeholder Management & Business Partnership

• Partner closely with senior leadership (Global / India) to understand business needs and translate them into hiring plans.
• Run structured business reviews, share market intelligence, and align on hiring trade-offs and feasibility.
• Maintain high stakeholder confidence through clarity, cadence, and transparent progress updates.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing TA team across recruiters, sourcers, and TA ops.
• Drive capability building on sourcing, assessment quality, role selling, tools, and candidate experience.
• Implement best practices for productivity, bandwidth allocation, and performance management.

Process Excellence & Candidate Experience

• Own and optimize recruitment processes to improve turnaround time, quality of hires, and candidate experience.
• Ensure smooth coordination across sourcing, recruitment operations, onboarding, and HR teams.
• Drive offer management and conversion - engagement, negotiation, and offer-to-join closure discipline.

Metrics, Reporting & TA Dashboards

• Build and run TA dashboards covering TAT, pipeline health, conversion ratios, offer-to-join, hiring forecasts, and recruiter productivity.
• Establish KPI discipline across TA teams and drive action plans based on insights.
• Present hiring trends, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership with decision-ready narratives.

Technology, Tools & Continuous Improvement

• Leverage ATS and HR tools (e.g., Greenhouse / Workday / SuccessFactors or similar) to improve hiring efficiency.
• Advocate for automation, AI tools, and process upgrades that enhance speed and quality.
• Improve data hygiene and operational rigor to ensure reliable reporting and forecasting.

Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing

• Partner with branding/communications teams to strengthen the GCC's employer value proposition.
• Drive recruitment marketing initiatives for tech, engineering, and functional talent segments.
• Build visibility and attractiveness in talent markets through targeted campaigns and community engagement.

What You Bring

Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years of Talent Acquisition experience with5+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong expertise hiring acrossTech, Engineering, and Corporate/Functionalroles.
• Experience scaling hiring in a fast-paced, stakeholder-heavy environment (GCC / product / engineering preferred).
• Strong comfort with recruitment analytics, TA operations, and forecasting.

Key Skills

• TA strategy, workforce planning, and end-to-end hiring ownership.
• Advanced stakeholder management and executive communication.
• Strong people leadership - coaching, performance management, team scaling.
• Data-driven execution - dashboards, funnel management, conversion optimization.
• Process rigor - structured operating rhythm, predictable delivery, high-quality candidate experience.
• Strong sourcing and pipeline strategy for niche roles and competitive talent markets.

What Success Looks Like

• TA strategy translated into predictable outcomes across technology, engineering, and functional hiring.
• Healthy pipelines for niche roles, with strong funnel visibility and disciplined follow-through.
• Improved conversion metrics - higher offer-to-join, faster closures, stronger candidate engagement.
• High stakeholder confidence driven by clarity, cadence, and decision-ready reporting.

A high-performing TA team with strong execution standards, capability depth, and scalable operating rhythms. If you enjoy owning high-scale GCC hiring end-to-end, influencing senior stakeholders through data and market insight, and building a high-performing TA engine that delivers speed and quality - this role offers both impact and growth.