Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

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HRO(TA&WA)- SM-RET

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Inviting applications for the role of Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition & Workforce Data Administration
This role requires overseeing high-volume, time-zone-sensitive hiring operations with special focus on sourcing and screening across regions. The Senior Manager will be responsible for client governance, delivery excellence, process innovation, and driving business impact through a skilled and scalable workforce. Additionally, this role is pivotal in driving strategy, governance, and operational excellence for a multi-country HR data function supporting our global client. This is a highly visible leadership role requiring strong stakeholder engagement, transformation focus, and experience in scaling workforce data operations.
Responsibilities
Strategic Talent Acquisition Leadership:
o Develop and execute effective recruitment strategies with special focus on sourcing and screening to meet hiring goals across multiple departments and geographies.
o Lead large-scale, complex hiring initiatives including senior leadership and niche skill roles.
o Drive employer branding initiatives by tracking the success to attract top talent in the competitive market.
o Oversee the delivery of job requisition posting, candidate scheduling, pipeline tracking, and offer documentation through ATS tools (e.g., Oracle Taleo, Workday, SuccessFactors, Avature, etc).
o Supervise pre-joining activities including documentation, compliance validation, third-party background checks, and onboarding portal readiness.
o Demonstrate hands-on proficiency in Oracle Taleo.
o Ensure adherence to defined service level agreements (SLAs), turn-around-times (TATs), and internal quality metrics.
o Conduct random quality checks on candidate records, interview scheduling logs, and offer documentation.
o Handle exceptions and escalations
Strategic Data Governance:
o Define and enforce global data policies, process standards, and compliance protocols across all employee lifecycle processes.
o Partner with the client to build a sustainable, audit-ready, and scalable HR data governance framework.
o Act as an SME for HRIS configurations, reporting, and analytics.
Team Management
o Lead a cross-functional delivery team, including recruitment coordinators, sourcing analysts, and reporting specialists.
o Manage, coach, and develop a team of analysts and team leads responsible for HR data transactions and administration.
o Provide structured coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback through regular 1:1s, team huddles, and development plans.
o Manage staffing plans, shift rosters, and training needs to ensure full coverage across multiple time zones.
o Own the onboarding and integration of new team members, ensuring readiness to meet client-specific standards.
o Drive employee engagement by fostering a high-trust, inclusive, and performance-oriented work environment.
o Lead business continuity planning for seasonal volume spikes and expansion into new hiring geographies or functions
Stakeholder Management:
o Act as the escalation point of contact between the Genpact support team and recruitment leads, hiring managers, HRBPs and other teams within HR in client retained org.
o Conduct strategic review sessions, governance calls, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs) to drive alignment and performance.
o Partner with client-side process owners to co-create strategy for continuous process improvement and employee experience design.
o Anticipate client needs during volume surges, org changes, or calendar-based recruitment cycles and proactively adjust operating plans.
o Define and enforce global data policies, process standards, and compliance protocols across all employee lifecycle processes.
o Partner with the client to build a sustainable, audit-ready, and scalable HR data governance framework.
o Act as an SME for HRIS configurations, reporting, and analytics.
Reporting & Process Excellence
o Oversee process frameworks ensuring efficiency, compliance, and scalability.
o Champion continuous improvement initiatives leveraging data analytics, automation, AI & Agentic AI and best practices.
o Implement cutting-edge recruitment technologies and tools to enhance candidate sourcing and experience.
o Monitor and analyse key metrics to identify trends and drive actionable improvements.
o Act as an SME for HRIS configurations, reporting, and analytics.
Risk, Compliance & Audit Readiness
o Ensure strict adherence to all relevant labour laws, corporate policies, and audit requirements across processes in scope.
o Lead periodic internal reviews, documentation audits, and risk assessments for in scope processes.
o Address audit gaps and implement preventive controls across high-risk areas (e.g., delayed background verifications or pre-employment checks, data access, offer issuance, HRIS data quality).
o Strategic Data Governance.
o Define and enforce global data policies, process standards, and compliance protocols across all employee lifecycle processes.
o Partner with the client to build a sustainable, audit-ready, and scalable HR data governance framework.
Qualifications we seek in you
Minimum Qualifications

• MBA in HR, or equivalent.

• Proven experience in talent acquisition and workforce data administration or a related role, with a strong background of >10 years in leadership, managing a team of >15 people.

• Proven ability to manage teams and large volumes of data transactions and bulk hiring.

• Strong process orientation and knowledge of compliance/audit frameworks.

• Strong understanding of global recruitment, onboarding, workforce data administration process (end-to-end employee lifecycle) workflows, payroll operations and service delivery.

• Expertise in talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, employer branding, and recruitment technology.

• Proficient with ATS (Oracle Taleo), recruitment analytics, and talent acquisition technologies.

• HCM tool experience – Oracle is mandatory.

• Experience in ticketing tool like Service Now, Zendesk, etc is preferrable.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, mandatory.

• Drive consistency and compliance across processes.

• Willingness to work 5 days from office in client specific shift.
Preferred Qualifications/ Skills

• Proven track record in managing large-scale hiring projects.

• Certifications in leadership or advanced recruitment practices.

• Certifications in data management, or project management.

• Prior experience managing international clients or matrixed teams supporting global workforce data management, global hiring and onboarding preferred.

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

• Exceptional leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and reporting abilities.

• Effective communicator with strong stakeholder engagement skills.

• Flexibility to work across global teams and time zones.

Why join Genpact?

• Be a transformation leader – Work at the cutting edge of AI, automation, and digital innovation

• Make an impact – Drive change for global enterprises and solve business challenges that matter

• Accelerate your career – Get hands-on experience, mentorship, and continuous learning opportunities

• Work with the best – Join 140,000 bold thinkers and problem-solvers who push boundaries every day

• Thrive in a values-driven culture – Our courage, curiosity, and incisiveness - built on a foundation of integrity and inclusion - allow your ideas to fuel progress
Come join the tech shapers and growth makers at Genpact and take your career in the only direction that matters: Up.
Let's build tomorrow together.

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Job Senior Manager Primary Location India-Hyderabad Schedule Full-time Education Level Bachelor's / Graduation / Equivalent Job Posting Sep 25, 2025, 10:20:48 AM Unposting Date OngoingMaster Skills List OperationsJob Category Full Time

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