Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct end-to-end field recruitment activities by visiting local markets, community hubs, and other sourcing hotspots.
• Build and maintain a steady pipeline of candidates through vendor networks, local references, community groups, and job portals.
• Develop and manage relationships with external hiring vendors and partners to increase candidate supply.
• Screen and shortlist candidates as per job requirements and coordinate interviews.
• Travel extensively across assigned locations to source candidates and conduct on-ground hiring drives.
• Provide daily/weekly reports on sourcing progress and pipeline health.
• Maintain a strong understanding of local areas, key sourcing spots, and potential recruitment opportunities.

Required Skills & Experience:

✅ Minimum 2 years of proven experience in field recruitment for frontline or delivery/logistics roles.

✅ Strong vendor network and ability to generate leads through references, local connect, and community ties.

✅ Past experience with companies like Swiggy, Zomato, Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho, Delhivery, Zepto, Jio, Airtel or similar is mandatory.

✅ Should own a two-wheeler and have a valid driving license for local travel.

✅ Familiarity with local areas, languages, and sourcing strategies in the region.

✅ Comfortable with extensive travel and working on tight hiring deadlines.

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Associate

Location: Worli, Mumbai (Hybrid Working)

Experience: 1-2 years

About Qrata

We match top talent with highly competitive career opportunities with leading startups in India

and globally and address hiring challenges, recruitment brand marketing, and innovative and

collaborative strategic consulting.

Position Overview:

As a Talent Acquisition Associate at Qrata, you will be an essential part of our human resources team, responsible for sourcing, attracting, and hiring talented professionals. You will work closely with hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and ensure we bring in the best talent to support our company's growth. This position offers the opportunity for hybrid working, combining both remote and in-office collaboration, with our office located in Worli, Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand job requirements and create detailed job descriptions.
• Develop and implement effective talent acquisition strategies to attract high-quality candidates.
• Source candidates through various channels, including job boards, social media, and professional networks.
• Screen and evaluate resumes and applications to identify potential candidates.
• Conduct initial interviews to assess candidates qualifications and cultural fit.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers.
• Manage the recruitment process from start to finish, ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience.
• Extend job offers and negotiate terms with candidates.
• Build and maintain a talent pipeline for future staffing needs.
• Assist with other HR-related tasks and projects as needed.

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment.
• Knowledge of recruitment best practices and sourcing techniques.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and HR software.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Familiarity with employment laws and regulations.

• At least 2-5 Yrs. of experience handling end-to-end IT recruitment.
• Should be an individual contributor responsible for Full Recruitment Life Cycle: Sourcing, Screening, Interview Co-ordination and Follow-Ups etc.
• Experience working with W2/1099/C2C/GC/EAD/US Citizens/TN Visa/H1B work Authorization.
• Screen candidates to confirm work history, education, training, job skills, soft skills, and availability and salary requirements.
• Follow up with candidates during the entire process, keep them warm and also close the loop as appropriate 
• Candidate should be technically strong & possess knowledge of IT terminologies & current trends.
• Ability to source profiles using alternative sourcing channels (LinkedIn, Li-Searcher, GitHub and other networking channels)

Position – Lead - TA

Reports to HR Head

Experience: 4 years + (Team Handling experience is must)

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Scour job search websites for potential recruits and contact those candidates personally
• Interview potential sales staff members using industry-standard techniques
• Familiarity with online job-hunting websites
• Develop multi-hire sourcing approaches and work in partnership with colleagues across the network to tap into overseas sourcing channels
• Works within a budget agreed
• Upon approval of a new requisition, work with hiring manager to obtain role briefing and to agree sourcing strategies and timelines
• Partner with hiring teams to build and execute effective sourcing, assessment, and closing of highly qualified candidates
• Work within predefined recruitment processes while monitoring that process to identify, recommend areas, improve and to ensure best practices at all times.
• Handling TA team and monitoring their daily work.
• Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence different styles
• Have exceptional communication skills and a very strong ability to manage a variety of leaders
• Strong willed, decisive, a fast learner and able to effect changes fast
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work independently and employ effective organizational, project and time management skills
• Ability to build relationships, recruit candidates, and influence selection decisions

• Define and execute the recruitment strategy for our India hub
• Directly source high caliber technical talent using tools like LinkedIn, GitHub, StackOverflow to name a few
• Manage the end of the end recruitment process from direct sourcing, interviewing, and offer negotiation 
• Partner with a variety of hiring managers to create robust interview processes
• Articulate company culture and values throughout recruiting process
• Use data and metrics to measure our performance and provide insights on how we can improve our recruiting efforts 
• Build talent pools of candidates for key disciplines like Engineering and Product
• Develop and implement a delightful candidate experience
• Partner with our global Talent Team and work on key strategic projects 

• You’ve got extensive experience as an internal recruiter in a high growth tech company/startup 
• You have strong knowledge of the talent market in India and know where to source high caliber candidates from 
• Proven track record in direct sourcing for candidates using a variety of tools
• You are confident managing and advising stakeholders on how to approach building their teams
• Experienced in building and utilizing a variety of recruiting tools and channels
• Strong ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Strong ability to work in a team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication

The interview process for this role is: 

• 30m interview with one of our Talent Team or Recruitment Partners
• 1h interview with Operations Lead
• Final interview with our Leadership Team

We can be flexible with the structure of someone's circumstances or timescales require it for good reason, just let us know! 

Please reach out if you have any specific requirements so we can be as accommodating as possible for you.

Collaborate with business leads/managers, team members, RPO partners, recruitment agencies and other groups to run an effective recruiting unit

• Own planning and achievement of team targets, help team members on aspects like sourcing, quality checks, meeting their goals
• Implement weekly/monthly execution strategies through your team (5-6 members) to provide effective, in-time hires
• Work within predefined recruitment processes, also assess scope for improvement and build new methodologies
• Work on offer-generation, negotiation and post offer follow-up
• Continuously think and implement better candidate engagement practices (pre and post offer)
• Take initiatives to improve offer to join ratio and track necessary data trends
• Prepare team interview coordination plans and manage interviews in and out of Pune
• Work meticulously on ATS adherence and motivate the team to do so
• Work on data gathering, analysing and reporting, fetch meaningful hiring data trends

Required professional and technical expertise:

• Minimum 8 - 12years of experience in recruiting (preferably in IT corporates or Large RPO's)
• Must have worked on niche skills and targeted hiring (headhunting)
• Expertise in sourcing through social media channels and other innovative sourcing channels would be a plus
• Demonstrable experience in partner management and strength to hold difficult conversations with them
• Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, ability to lead a team

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: Pune, India

About FlytBase:

FlytBase is a 4-year old, venture-funded, high growth startup –  a global pioneer in software-led automation of commercial drone applications. The team has a cumulative professional experience of several decades, with engineering graduates from IIT-B, IIT-KGP, University of Texas & Georgia Tech.

FlytBase provides drone agnostic software solutions to automate and scale drone operations. It is the world’s first Internet of Drones Platform (IoD), that allows easy deployment of intelligent drone fleets, connected with cloud-based business applications.

As a key contributor to our lean Talent team, you will be responsible to build and manage our talent pipeline. You will work directly with our Engineering, Design, Strategy and Business leaders to help us scale and meet the demands of a fast-growing global technology product startup. This is a full cycle recruiting role, meaning, managing your entire pipeline from talent marketing, sourcing, evaluation process, negotiation, reference checks, offer acceptance, pre-boarding and joining.

Responsibilities:

• Source high caliber active and passive candidates through market research, networking, advanced search tools, employee referrals, and community events.
• Drive the interview and offer process, including creating job descriptions, overseeing interviews & feedback, tactful negotiations, reference checks and closing of positions.
• Innovate our current talent & outbound sourcing strategies.
• Ensure candidates have a world-class experience throughout each stage in our recruitment process.
• Lead talent marketing and employer branding initiatives.
• Organize and attend job fairs, hackathons and other recruitment events.
• Build and sustain relationships with campuses to meet the hiring requirements.
• Developing and executing presentations,career fairs and participating in campus interviews.

Must have:

• 2+ years in full cycle technical/non-technical and leadership recruitment, preferably with a fast-growing startup.
• Deep knowledge in delivering a world-class talent experience and ability to influence top tier talent.
• Hacker mindset -- come up with ideas/hacks to attract the best talent for a given role, and to shorten the closure time for open positions.
• Excellent work ethic, a strong sense of urgency and attention to detail.
• Self-directed and able to work independently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exposure to various campus recruiting practices and techniques – including the ability to build new partnerships, identify areas of brand building and provide ad-hoc reporting and market intelligence.

What Will I Earn?

This role comes with an annual CTC that is market competitive and depends on the quality of your work experience, degree of professionalism, culture fit, and alignment with FlytBase’s long-term business strategy.

 Perks:

• Fast-paced Startup culture
• Hacker mode environment
• Enthusiastic and approachable team
• Professional autonomy
• Strong meritocracy
• Zero bureaucracy 
• Company-wide sense of purpose
• Flexible work hours
• Informal dress code

What you need to have:

Experience: 2 to 5 years

Annual CTC: Rupees 10,00,000 to 12,00,000