Lead - Talent Acquisition - EdTech Startup

Here is an opportunity for a fantastic career filled with learning and growth in a vibrant, intellectually challenging environment!

Our client is one of India's leading ed-tech company that offers high quality, impactful and industry relevant learning programs to working professionals through convenient technology-enabled blended and online modes, enabling them to develop new competencies and achieve career growth without disrupting their career. Apart from providing India's #1 rated analytics course popular executive MBA programs and specialized courses such as the Financial Risk Analytics program.

The team comprises of passionate individuals having an excellent blend of entrepreneurial and industry experience. Its founding team has been part of multiple successful startups in the US and India. The team members are alumni of leading institutions like Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, Kellog, IIT Mumbai, Duke, MDI, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Shillong and have previously worked in companies such as Tiger Global, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Boston Consulting Group, Zipdial, SAP, and Stratify.

The company has seen a 100 times growth in the number of registered learners in three years, and 30 times revenue growth in the last 3 years. The team has grown from five to 60 and now has offices in Bengaluru and Gurgaon. Their programs are offered in Gurgaon, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

As a TA Lead, you will take responsibility for and ownership of our recruitment strategy and implementation - to hire talented and motivated people who would be a fantastic fit to our organization.

What you need to do:

- Focusing on talent acquisition, entire employee life-cycle planning (induction, engagement, talent management, culture building (genuinely), a whole lot of unforeseen work!

- Working with each functional team to meet their recruiting needs in terms of number and quality of people

- Proactively identifying and maintain relationships with talent across various skill categories and levels of experience

- Implementing a talent management strategy, including personal development and career planning

- Designing, implementing and refining process pertaining to talent on-boarding, performance management, and employee engagement

- Acting as a trusted advisor to managers, and coaching them on successful hiring, management and conflict resolution methods

What you need to have:

- At least 3 years of total experience, with at least 2 years in talent acquisition and / or business partnering.

- MBA preferable.

- Start-up experience desirable

Here are a few important personal & functional traits that are needed to be successful in this job. If they click with you, you will click with us:

- 'Never Say No' attitude

- What's the other, easier & better way of doing it

- What got us here wouldn't get us there - Innovate

- Let's fix-it - Why don't we have a solution yet

- Stand-up for what you feel

- Journey is the reward

- Design thinking in HR processes