Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced IT Recruitment Consultant to manage the end-to-end hiring process, ensuring alignment between hiring managers, business unit managers, cluster heads, and practice leaders while balancing client expectations with market realities. This role requires a deep understanding of IT talent acquisition, market trends, stakeholder management, and candidate engagement to drive successful hiring outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years of experience in IT recruitment, a strong ability to negotiate hiring expectations, and the expertise to source, attract, and secure top IT talent in a highly competitive market.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End IT Recruitment & Talent Sourcing

• Manage full-cycle recruitment from job briefing, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, interviewing, negotiating offers, and onboarding.
• Develop strategic sourcing plans to attract top IT professionals in software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, DevOps, AI/ML, digital transformation, and enterprise applications.
• Utilize advanced sourcing techniques, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and AI-driven recruitment platforms.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of high-quality IT candidates for current and future hiring needs.

Stakeholder & Hiring Manager Engagement

• Partner with hiring managers, business unit heads, cluster leaders, and practice heads to understand hiring needs, job requirements, and business priorities.
• Provide consultative guidance to hiring managers on market conditions, salary benchmarks, candidate availability, and hiring best practices.
• Conduct regular meetings with business leaders to discuss talent acquisition strategies, recruitment roadmaps, and workforce planning.
• Mediate between hiring expectations and market realities, ensuring a balanced and realistic hiring process.

Candidate Management & Engagement

• Ensure a seamless candidate experience by providing timely updates, interview feedback, and offer negotiations.
• Conduct competency-based interviews and technical screenings to assess candidates’ technical and cultural fit.
• Serve as a trusted career advisor for candidates, ensuring long-term engagement and retention.
• Manage offer negotiations, counteroffers, and candidate onboarding to prevent drop-offs and last-minute withdrawals.

Market Intelligence & Talent Strategy

• Provide insights on IT recruitment trends, emerging technologies, and talent supply-demand dynamics.
• Develop hiring strategies tailored to niche IT roles, ensuring competitiveness in a tight talent market.
• Advise on diversity and inclusion (D&I) hiring strategies to enhance workforce diversity in IT teams.
• Monitor industry salary benchmarks, market trends, and talent movement to guide hiring managers.

Process Optimization & Recruitment Metrics

• Maintain recruitment dashboards, KPIs, and reporting metrics to track time-to-hire, quality-of-hire, candidate conversion rates, and cost-per-hire.
• Optimize recruitment workflows, tools, and applicant tracking systems (ATS) to streamline hiring processes.
• Conduct post-hire assessments and new hire feedback sessions to improve recruitment effectiveness.

Key Skills & Competencies

IT Recruitment Expertise

• Strong experience in hiring for IT roles such as software engineers, cloud architects, DevOps specialists, cybersecurity analysts, data scientists, AI engineers, IT consultants, and project managers.
• Deep understanding of IT skills, programming languages, and technology stacks (e.g., Python, Java, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Linux, SAP, Salesforce).
• Expertise in headhunting passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and AI-driven talent platforms.

Stakeholder & Client Management

• Proven ability to engage, advise, and influence hiring managers, senior executives, and technical leaders.
• Strong negotiation skills to balance hiring expectations with market availability.
• Experience in collaborating with business units, HR teams, and technical teams to align hiring needs with business goals.

Candidate Engagement & Market Intelligence

• Ability to build long-term candidate relationships and manage talent pools.
• Knowledge of global and regional IT hiring trends, salary benchmarking, and workforce analytics.
• Strong candidate assessment skills, including competency-based interviews and cultural fit analysis.

Process Management & ATS Optimization

• Experience using ATS platforms such as Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, SmartRecruiters, or Taleo.
• Ability to analyze recruitment data, optimize hiring processes, and improve time-to-fill metrics.
• Strong focus on diversity hiring initiatives and talent retention strategies.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in end-to-end IT recruitment.
• Prior experience in a high-growth IT services, system integration, or software development company.
• Strong knowledge of employment laws, visa requirements, and work permit regulations.
• Certifications such as LinkedIn Certified Recruiter, AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR), or SHRM-CP are a plus.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Time-to-hire and quality-of-hire metrics.
• Offer acceptance and retention rates.
• Candidate and hiring manager satisfaction scores.
• Talent pipeline development and proactive sourcing success.
• Success in balancing hiring expectations with market realities.