Head of Talent Acquisition

Experience: 15–20 Years Location: Bangalore, India Industry: Healthcare / Healthcare Services Employment Type: Full-Time Level: Head of Talent Acquisition / Senior Leadership

About HummingBird

HummingBird, an AI-powered Total Talent Workforce Platform, helps enterprises transform how they attract, engage, and hire talent across complex workforce environments. With capabilities across AI-powered talent matching, recruitment workflows, talent intelligence, workforce analytics, and automation, HummingBird enables organizations to build scalable and data-driven talent strategies. HummingBird is hiring on behalf of its client, a leading organization in the Healthcare industry, for a senior leadership position as Head of Talent Acquisition, based in Bangalore.

About the Role

We are seeking an accomplished Head of Talent Acquisition to lead the organization's end-to-end talent acquisition strategy and build a scalable, high-performing recruitment function. The role will be responsible for developing the TA vision, workforce hiring strategy, leadership hiring, talent pipelines, employer branding, recruitment technology, and talent acquisition operations across the organization. The successful candidate will partner closely with the CHRO, business leaders, functional heads, HRBPs, and senior leadership to align talent strategy with business growth and workforce requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy

• Develop and execute the organization's enterprise-wide Talent Acquisition strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Build scalable hiring models to support business expansion, new capabilities, and evolving workforce requirements.
• Develop annual and multi-year talent acquisition plans in partnership with business and HR leadership.
• Establish a data-driven and technology-enabled recruitment operating model.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical and future skills.

Healthcare Talent Acquisition

• Develop specialized sourcing strategies for healthcare, clinical, medical, nursing, allied healthcare, corporate, technology, and business functions, as applicable.
• Build talent pools for critical and hard-to-fill healthcare positions.
• Understand healthcare talent-market dynamics, skill shortages, and evolving workforce requirements.
• Develop recruitment strategies that balance speed, quality, candidate experience, and applicable compliance requirements.
• Support workforce planning for both clinical and non-clinical roles.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing Talent Acquisition organization.
• Build an effective TA structure across recruiters, sourcers, talent partners, and recruitment operations.
• Establish clear KPIs, productivity metrics, service standards, and performance-management frameworks.
• Develop succession plans and leadership capabilities within the TA organization.
• Create a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Leadership & Critical Hiring

• Lead hiring strategies for senior leadership, critical business roles, specialized healthcare professionals, and niche talent.
• Partner with senior executives and business leaders on strategic hiring requirements.
• Build executive talent pipelines and succession-related talent pools.
• Manage relationships with executive search firms and specialized recruitment partners.

Employer Branding & Candidate Experience

• Strengthen the organization's Employer Value Proposition (EVP) and employer brand.
• Develop targeted talent campaigns to attract healthcare and corporate talent.
• Build differentiated candidate engagement strategies across the recruitment lifecycle.
• Partner with Marketing and Communications teams to strengthen employer visibility.
• Develop talent communities and long-term candidate relationships.

Digital, AI & Recruitment Technology

• Drive adoption of AI, automation, talent intelligence, analytics, and digital recruitment technologies.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiter productivity and candidate engagement through technology.
• Evaluate and implement modern recruitment platforms and sourcing solutions.
• Establish responsible and effective use of AI throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Talent Analytics & Governance

• Establish a comprehensive Talent Acquisition analytics framework.
• Track and improve metrics including:
• Time-to-hire
• Time-to-fill
• Cost-per-hire
• Quality-of-hire
• Offer acceptance
• Source effectiveness
• Candidate experience
• Recruiter productivity
• Diversity hiring
• Use data and market intelligence to optimize recruitment strategies and workforce planning.
• Establish appropriate governance, policies, processes, and controls across TA operations.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Partner with CHRO, HRBPs, business leaders, hiring managers, Finance, Procurement, and other stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with recruitment agencies, RPO partners, technology vendors, and other talent ecosystem partners.
• Establish vendor performance frameworks and service-level expectations.
• Provide senior leadership with regular hiring insights, market intelligence, and workforce updates.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or a related discipline.
• MBA / Master's degree in HR or a related field preferred.
• 15–20 years of progressive Talent Acquisition / Recruitment experience.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale Talent Acquisition teams.
• Strong experience in Healthcare, Healthcare Services, Life Sciences, Hospitals, HealthTech, or related sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing large and diverse hiring programs.
• Strong experience in leadership hiring, workforce planning, employer branding, and recruitment transformation.
• Experience implementing recruitment technology, analytics, automation, or AI-enabled hiring solutions.
• Strong executiv