Manager / Lead - Talent Acquisition | 6-8 yrs | D2C Startup | FMCG & Retail | Narhe, Pune

About MetaMorph:

MetaMorph partners with organizations to scale and innovate by putting people at the center of their strategy. With experience across 220+ organizations, we help align talent, enhance capabilities, and build strong employer brands through data-driven insights and end-to-end support.

About Our Client:

It is a fast-growing consumer brand focused on beauty & personal care. Our brand is focusing on unsolved problems in the skin care space and coming up with innovative products to solve it. It uses natural ingredients to build the product range.

Role Overview:

The Lead – Talent Acquisition will be responsible for driving end-to-end recruitment and talent

acquisition initiatives across the organization, partnering closely with the Founders and business

leaders to build high-performing teams that support the company's rapid growth journey. This role requires a hands-on recruitment professional who can balance strategic hiring with execution

excellence in a fast-paced startup environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Own and drive end-to-end recruitment across all business functions and levels.
• Partner with the Founder and functional leaders to understand current and future hiring needs.
• Develop and execute recruitment strategies to ensure timely closure of critical positions.
• Build robust talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, social platforms, and market mapping.
• Conduct screening, assessments, interviews, and candidate evaluations.
• Manage offer negotiations, compensation discussions, and onboarding coordination.
• Monitor recruitment KPIs including TAT, cost-per-hire, offer-to-join ratio, source effectiveness, and hiring quality.
• Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring journey.
• Drive diversity hiring and talent acquisition best practices.
• Build succession pipelines for critical business roles.
• Drive employer branding initiatives to strengthen the company’s market positioning as an employer of choice.
• Oversee a seamless onboarding process that provides new hires with the knowledge, resources, and engagement needed to integrate successfully into the company culture.
• Track and analyze recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, source effectiveness) to continuously improve talent acquisition process

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a strategic talent partner to business leaders and department heads. Conduct regular hiring reviews with stakeholders and provide recruitment insights.
• Advise hiring managers on talent availability, compensation benchmarks, and hiring trends.
• Influence decision-making through talent intelligence and market insights.

Talent Mapping & Market Intelligence

• Conduct competitor talent mapping and talent landscape studies.
• Build and maintain databases of high-potential candidates for future requirements.
• Provide market intelligence related to compensation, talent availability, and hiring trends.

What We’re Looking For:

• Educational Background: MBA in Human Resources or a related field.
• Experience: 6–8 years of strong, progressive experience in Talent Acquisition
• Must have strong experience in leadership hiring & mapping / head hunting roles
• Mindset: A go-getter with a proactive, solution-oriented, and results-driven attitude.
• Professional Attributes: High levels of integrity, professionalism, and emotional intelligence in managing people and processes.
• Core Skills: Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to collaborate effectively across teams and leadership