Talent Acquisition Lead

Description

As Talent Acquisition Lead, you’ll be responsible for bringing in the top minds across technology, AI, manufacturing, and research. This means executive-level and niche hiring only—finding people who “think different,” who can build, and who thrive in unstructured, fast-paced environments.

• Execute executive search and headhunting for critical senior roles.
• Design out-of-the-box hiring strategies that appeal to unconventional, high-performing candidates.
• Anticipate future hiring needs for new ventures and build pipelines accordingly.
• Identify and attract exceptional talent for tech, research, and strategic leadership roles.
• Bring a startup-builder mindset, setting up processes from scratch while keeping them agile.
• A platform to build talent functions from the ground up for both KGK and new research/tech ventures.
• Act as a trusted partner to business leaders, understanding evolving needs.

Requirements

Exp: 3-7 Yrs Only

You’ll need to combine creativity, extroversion, and sharp business judgment with the ability to run a world-class candidate experience. You will be trusted with autonomy, and high expectations will be placed on your delivery.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on 0→1 challenges—building talent acquisition functions from scratch, spotting high-caliber individuals, and convincing them to join bold new ventures. You’ll not only shape hiring for KGK but also for deep research, tech, and startup-style initiatives where the stakes are high and only the best talent will do.

• Personality Fit: You are extroverted, persuasive, and confident in networking—comfortable headhunting, pitching, and building long-term candidate relationships.
• Deliver an engaging, high-touch candidate experience in both English and Hindi.
• Business Acumen: You’ve partnered with leadership to define the type of talent needed and connected hiring strategy directly to organizational goals.
• Number of hires in research/tech/finance/startup environments you’ve closed in the last 1–2 years.
• Exceptional Talent Spotting: You can point to specific hires you made who brought unique, high-impact value to the organization.
• Bilingual Excellence: You are fluent in English and Hindi for business communication, negotiations, and pitching roles persuasively.
• Proven 0→1 Experience: You’ve worked at a startup, research lab, deep finance, or tech company where you built or scaled talent acquisition from scratch—not just executed an existing process.
• Out-of-the-Box Execution: You’ve applied at least two unconventional sourcing or hiring strategies that worked better than traditional approaches.
• Use persuasion, charisma, and business acumen to close difficult hires.
• 0→1 HR Building
• Network Builder: You are active in talent ecosystems (startup communities, finance/tech meetups, research forums, professional circles) and know how to use these networks to find hidden talent.

Benefits

• A dynamic, startup-style environment that rewards bold thinking and initiative.
• Direct access to visionary leaders in business, technology, and innovation.
• The chance to shape the DNA of multiple ventures with your hiring decisions.
• Your average time-to-fill for senior or niche roles.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Your offer-to-acceptance ratio.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance