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Lead – TA (IB)

Posting Date:  10 Sept 2025
Department:  India Business HR
Business Unit:  Human Resources
Country:  India
State:  Maharashtra
Location:  Mumbai Central
Req Id:  97669

Division

Department

Sub Department 1

Job Purpose

Key Accountabilities (1/6)

Responsible for creating, managing and developing HR processes for Talent Acquisition for IB

  • Working closely with stakeholders in IB Rx
  • Act as a strategic business partner by providing thought leadership in strategic talent acquisition

Key Accountabilities (2/6)

Responsible for Manpower planning, recruitment strategies and budgeting.

  • Developing and executing detailed hiring strategies (including social media) for attracting talent with top-notch skills and the right personality
  • Develop and monitor a resource plan for the year in consultation with business to ensure resource optimization
  • Instrumental in offer negotiations and handholding of candidate till on boarding

Key Accountabilities (3/6)

Manage and monitor sourcing strategy and manage recruitment costs and efficiency.

  • Preparing sourcing strategies
  • Effective use of various tools for sourcing-LinkedIn, networking, headhunting, portals like naukri etc.
  • Using  channels like IJP for internal talent pool
  • External sources of hiring like agencies /consultants
  • Using psychometric tools for hiring to ensure cultural adaptability and key competencies

Key Accountabilities (4/6)

Designing of  metrics, processes, and tools to measure and continuously improve the efficiency of recruitment

  • Measuring TAT
  • Hiring savings
  • Actual vs budgeted cost

Key Accountabilities (5/6)

Responsible for on boarding of employees thereby helping their smooth transition into the organisation

  • Customised induction plan for new joiners in IB
  • Instrumental in smooth transitioning into the organisation

Key Accountabilities (6/6)

Major Challenges

  • Volume Sourcing across cluster & non field roles
  • Evaluating cultural fitment into the role
  • Working on tight timelines
  • Manage Cost of hiring
  • Managing Quality of hires

Key Interactions (1/2)

Internal

  • Stakeholder in IB, compensation team, legal team

Key Interactions (2/2)

External

Vendors, hiring agencies etc

Dimensions (1/2)

  • Should be comfortable with volume hiring (3000+)
  • Instrumental in hiring savings at least 10% of the budget.
  • Achieving TAT SLA across level in field and Non Field days from initiation to offer

Dimensions (2/2)

Key Decisions (1/2)

Decisions

  • Sourcing strategies
  • Negotiations within budget

Key Decisions (2/2)

Recommendations

  • Use of external vendors for sourcing
  • Terms of engagement of external vendors for hiring
  • Exceptional cases where cost is over budget

Education Qualification

  • Postgraduate in HR with at least 12 years’ experience in talent acquisition
  • Experience in Pharma industry preferable
  •  Excellent networking skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Assertive

Relevant Work Experience

  • 8  years of experience in talent acquisition in pharmaceutical industry

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