Senior Manager / AGM - Talent Acquisition

SBS is a global financial technology company that’s helping banks and the financial services industry to reimagine how to operate in an increasingly digital world. SBS is a trusted partner of more than 1,500 financial institutions and large-scale lenders in 80 countries worldwide, including Santander, Societé Generale, KCB Bank, Kensington Mortgages, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota FS. Its cloud platform offers clients a composable architecture to digitize operations, ranging from banking, lending, compliance, to payments, and consumer and asset finance. With 3,400 employees in 50 offices, SBS is recognized as a Top 10 European Fintech company by IDC and as a leader in Omdia’s Universe: Digital Banking Platforms.

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Team Lead Talent Acquisition to join our in-house recruitment team. This is lead role with leadership responsibilities, where you will guide recruitment initiatives, mentor team members, and ensure that hiring goals are met with excellence.

This role is ideal for a self-driven individual who thrives in both strategic planning and hands-on execution.

Responsibilities:

- Lead all recruiting efforts to support multiple businesses to proactively identify, source and recruit candidates using a variety of sources including, but not limited to, internet postings and search, direct sourcing, employee referrals, networking and recruiting agencies etc.

- Coach and mentor a team of recruiters and enable them to manage end-to-end IT recruitment for diverse technical roles, ensuring timely hiring aligned with organizational needs.

- Encourage innovation, enhancements and efficiencies in current and new recruiting processes and systems

- Drive employer branding initiatives and leverage non-traditional sourcing and marketing channels to attract top-tier talent

- Gather market intelligence on talent, competitor landscape, recruitment trends and practices, providing guidance and support as needed to fulfil business needs

- Develop and implement methodologies for recruitment dashboards and supporting analytically-driven practices to optimize performance.

- Ensure all compliance and regulatory guidelines are met and that internal recruiting policy and practices are executed

 - Enhance and streamline existing recruiting processes to improve efficiency and candidate experience.

Total Experience Expected: 12-18 years

- Postgraduate degree in HR from a recognized institute.

- 13-18 years of hands-on recruitment experience in IT recruitment, preferably from IT Product organization, with a strong focus on hiring for mid and senior level requirements

- Proven expertise in end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates.

- Build and maintain strong, consultative relationships with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver complex hiring mandates

- Strong knowledge of technical roles, programming languages, and IT ecosystems.

- Hands-on experience with ATS tools like SmartRecruiters/Workday (preferred) or other industry-standard platforms and strong sourcing capabilities across various platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, job portals, internal databases, referrals).

- Demonstrated ability to mentor, inspire, and lead a recruitment team while personally driving critical hiring needs.

- High levels of integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism.

- Ability to conduct market mapping and competitor benchmarking.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills and ability to create and present dashboards using MS Office.

-Exposure to Campus Hirings will be an added advantage.

Secondary Location: Noida Campus

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.