Talent Acquisition Lead

• Lead talent acquisition for Contour’s India platform, covering sourcing, screening and closing hires
• Turn rough hiring briefs into defined roles with appropriate levels, skills, titles and market-accepted packages
• Choose sourcing channels and determine when to use direct outreach, referrals, communities or agencies
• Agree quarterly vacancies with pod leads and the VP of Global Enablement and Support
• Headhunt passive candidates on Naukri and LinkedIn Recruiter
• Build talent pools and launch campus drives
• Maintain consistent hiring scorecards and standards across Contour
• Write the careers page and run recruitment marketing
• Manage AmbitionBox and Glassdoor presence
• Maintain the ATS and report funnel and diversity data
• Manage external agencies
• Design screening forms and VideoAsk and assessment stages
• Coach pod leads on consistent and fair interviewing
• Manage background checks and take candidates through offer within agreed bands
• Keep candidates engaged through the notice period and brief the People team for onboarding
• Determine when to add recruiting capacity, define the role and hire for it
• Coach recruiters through structured 1:1s and performance conversations
• Identify and advocate for better recruiting channels and tools
• Work directly with pod leads, managers, the HR Business Partner and People and Culture in Australia

• Recruiting ownership covering strategy, channel and tool choices, and results, as a lead, sole recruiter, or person trusted to work from no plan
• Experience filling positions across more than one function, including senior hires
• Experience taking a vague requirement through to a signed offer, with level, titles, skills and package aligned
• Experience building talent pools from passive profiles beyond inbound applications
• Experience designing an assessment process and defending a shortlist
• Experience delivering a positive candidate hiring experience or building an employer brand that attracts strong profiles
• Direct people-management experience, such as managing a recruiter, coordinator or sourcer, with coaching results
• Written English that lands with applicants or pod leads as intended
• Comfortable working across the India and Australia time difference
• Nice to have: EdTech, education or student-facing background
• Nice to have: Experience filling creative, content, operations or automation roles
• Nice to have: Zoho Recruit or similar ATS
• Nice to have: Vendor management

• Fully remote, anywhere in India
• Compensation is competitive and benchmarked to the role and your experience; discussed openly early in the process