# Team Lead Talent Acquisition > Weekday AI · Mumbai, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-22 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** Weekday's Client via platform ## Description **This role is for one of Weekday’s clients** Min Experience: 8+ years Location: Mumbai JobType: full-time **Working Days:** Monday to Saturday We are looking for an experienced **Team Lead – Talent Acquisition** to lead a recruitment team supporting a leading wealth management and financial services organisation. The role involves managing end-to-end recruitment, driving hiring delivery, building strong stakeholder relationships, and ensuring the timely closure of critical positions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in **BFSI recruitment**, particularly in Wealth Management, Private Banking, Relationship Management, Sales, and Business Development hiring. The candidate should possess strong team leadership, stakeholder management, and recruitment delivery capabilities, along with a track record of meeting hiring targets and maintaining high standards of candidate experience. ## Requirements ## Key Responsibilities ### 1\. Team Leadership and Performance Management - Lead, mentor, and manage a team of recruiters to achieve recruitment targets and business hiring objectives. - Monitor recruiter productivity, hiring quality, and delivery performance. - Provide guidance, coaching, and regular feedback to improve team effectiveness. - Conduct periodic team reviews and proactively address recruitment challenges. ### 2\. End-to-End Recruitment - Oversee the complete recruitment lifecycle, from understanding hiring requirements and sourcing candidates to screening, interview coordination, offer management, and successful closure. - Manage multiple hiring mandates simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery. - Establish effective recruitment strategies to improve turnaround time and quality of hire. - Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. ### 3\. BFSI and Wealth Management Hiring - Drive recruitment across Wealth Management, Private Banking, Relationship Management, Sales, Business Development, and other relevant financial services functions. - Build talent pipelines for Wealth Managers, Relationship Managers, Private Bankers, and other business-critical positions. - Develop a strong understanding of wealth management talent markets, competitor organisations, and industry hiring trends. - Support hiring for roles catering to High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNIs) and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals (UHNIs). ### 4\. Sales and Business Development Recruitment - Lead hiring for revenue-generating positions, including client acquisition, relationship management, and wealth sales roles. - Understand the skills and experience required for professionals managing HNI/UHNI client relationships and Assets Under Management (AUM). - Build sustainable candidate pipelines for business-critical and niche sales positions. - Identify suitable talent from relevant financial institutions and competing organisations. ### 5\. Stakeholder Management - Partner with business leaders and hiring managers to understand hiring needs, define candidate profiles, and establish recruitment priorities. - Provide regular updates on hiring progress, candidate pipelines, and anticipated closure timelines. - Manage stakeholder expectations and recommend appropriate sourcing strategies based on market availability. - Build strong working relationships with business teams to improve hiring outcomes and satisfaction. ### 6\. Sourcing Strategy and Market Mapping - Develop targeted sourcing strategies for niche, leadership, and business-critical roles. - Conduct competitor mapping and talent market research to identify relevant candidates. - Strengthen sourcing effectiveness through recruitment networks, referrals, databases, and other channels. - Maintain healthy candidate pipelines to support current and future hiring requirements. ### 7\. Recruitment Metrics and Reporting - Track key recruitment metrics, including hiring targets, turnaround time, recruiter productivity, pipeline health, interview-to-offer ratios, and offer-to-joining conversions. - Prepare recruitment dashboards and provide regular reports to relevant stakeholders. - Analyse recruitment performance and implement corrective actions to address delivery gaps. - Drive continuous improvement in recruitment processes, team productivity, and hiring quality. ## Must-Have Skills - **Talent Acquisition:** Strong expertise in talent acquisition strategy, workforce hiring, and recruitment delivery. - **Recruitment:** Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment and multiple hiring mandates. - **BFSI Recruitment:** Strong knowledge of banking, financial services, wealth management, and private banking talent markets. - **Team Leadership:** Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and motivate recruitment teams while achieving hiring targets. - **Stakeholder Management:** Excellent relationship management, communication, negotiation, and expectation-setting skills. - **Recruitment Metrics:** Ability to monitor hiring performance, manage dashboards, and drive data-backed improvements. ## Good-to-Have Skills - **RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing):** Experience managing recruitment delivery in an RPO or recruitment consulting environment. - **Sales Recruitment:** Experience hiring sales, business development, client acquisition, and revenue-generating professionals. - **Relationship Manager Hiring:** Expertise in recruiting Relationship Managers, Wealth Managers, Private Bankers, and professionals managing HNI/UHNI clients. - **Executive Search:** Exposure to executive search, niche talent mapping, and specialised recruitment assignments. - **Corporate Talent Acquisition:** Experience managing recruitment within an organisation's internal talent acquisition function. ## Required Qualifications and Experience - 9–12 years of overall experience in Talent Acquisition or Recruitment. - Prior experience leading, mentoring, or managing a recruitment team. - Strong hands-on experience in BFSI recruitment, preferably across Wealth Management and Private Banking. - Demonstrated success in hiring Relationship Managers, Wealth Managers, Private Bankers, Sales, and Business Development professionals. - Understanding of HNI/UHNI client segments, Assets Under Management (AUM), and wealth sales hiring requirements. - Experience managing multiple recruitment mandates and delivering against defined hiring targets. - Strong analytical, organisational, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. ## Key Success Measures - Achievement of team hiring targets and timely closure of recruitment mandates. - Quality, relevance, and consistency of candidate pipelines. - Improved recruiter productivity and overall team performance. - Strong stakeholder satisfaction and positive candidate experience. - Higher offer-to-joining conversion rates. - Accurate recruitment reporting and effective management of hiring metrics. ## Apply [Apply at Weekday AI](https://apply.workable.com/weekday-1/j/39A73AEE4B/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)