About this role

As the Talent Acquisition & HR at Zenskar, you will be a strategic leader responsible for shaping how we find, attract, assess, hire, and support talent — across functions, levels, and regions.

You will lead and scale the TA & HR function, building structure, accountability, and strong hiring partnerships as we grow across India and the US. This role combines hands-on executive hiring with the founders, function-level leadership, process excellence, and people operations ownership.

You will:

• Own hiring across India end-to-end

• Build and scale US hiring capability

• Lead and develop a TA & HR team of 3 FTE

• Partner closely with founders to transition from founder-led to structured, manager-led hiring

This is a high-impact role. You’re not just closing roles — you’re building the talent engine that powers the company’s next stage of growth.

What You’ll Own

Strategic Talent & HR Leadership

• Define and evolve the TA & HR strategy aligned to business goals.

• Partner with leadership on workforce planning, hiring forecasts, and org design.

• Bring market insights, compensation benchmarking, and talent intelligence into hiring decisions.

• Gradually expand into broader HR ownership — including policies, performance enablement, onboarding experience, and people processes (even if your prior experience is TA-heavy).

Hiring Ownership – India & US

• Lead and execute full-cycle recruitment across India for tech and business roles.

• Build structured US hiring capability — including talent mapping, sourcing strategy, compensation insights, and offer management.

• Personally drive leadership and critical hires (VP, senior management, niche roles).

• Establish structured, competency-based assessment frameworks across levels.

This role offers strong exposure to international hiring markets and global talent strategy.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead and manage a team of 3 FTE within TA & HR.

• Define clear role ownership, KPIs, and hiring SLAs.

• Improve recruiter productivity, quality, and stakeholder management.

• Create structured weekly hiring reviews and accountability systems.

• Coach and develop the team to scale with the organization.

Process Excellence & Hiring Analytics

• Own and optimize the ATS — workflows, automations, dashboards, and reporting.

• Track and improve hiring funnel metrics (time-to-hire, conversion rates, source effectiveness, quality of hire).

• Introduce structured interview scorecards and interviewer training.

• Reduce bias and improve decision quality through calibration and governance.

Employer Brand & Candidate Experience

• Build proactive pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

• Elevate Zenskar’s employer brand across India and US markets.

• Ensure consistent, high-quality candidate communication and closure.

Broader HR & Organizational Impact

• Strengthen onboarding experience and hiring-manager enablement.

• Partner on performance processes, people policies, and engagement initiatives.

• Support compliance and operational HR foundations as the company scales.

We’re open to candidates who have primarily led TA but are excited to step into broader HR leadership.

Key Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition or TA leadership roles, ideally in SaaS / technology / startup environments (Series A–E preferred).

• Experience leading hiring across India and exposure to US or global hiring markets.

• Demonstrated experience building structure in scaling environments.

• Proven success hiring for executive, leadership, and niche technical roles.

• Experience managing and developing TA team members.

• Strong understanding of ATS systems, hiring workflows, and analytics.

• Data-driven mindset with strong business judgment.

• Ability to influence founders and senior leaders confidently.

• Entrepreneurial, ownership-driven, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.

• Interest and openness to expanding into broader HR leadership.

• Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable operating with minimal supervision

• Not taking yourself too seriously 🙂

Compensation

• INR 20-25L + ESOPs - Meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup

• Health insurance for you and your family

• Learning & development budget

• Top-tier equipment and tools

Location

• Hybrid - 2 days per week (Tuesday, Thursday)

• Office Location: Indiranagar, Bengaluru.

• Address: 3rd Floor, A wing No 1, Carlton Towers, HAL Old Airport Rd, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008.