Recruitment Manager

ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for a Recruitment Manager to take full ownership of day-to-day delivery. You'll lead our team leaders and recruiting team, run daily operations, manage client delivery, and make sure mandates convert into closures. This is a hands-on role. You'll screen, guide and personally close senior mandates, not just supervise.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Team leadership and performance
Lead the team leaders and recruiters: set daily and weekly targets for sourcing, submissions, interviews and closures.
Track individual and team performance, spot gaps early, and coach, correct or escalate as needed.
Run daily team operations: mandate allocation, prioritisation, and resolving day-to-day queries and blockers.
Ensure every new mandate gets a first client submission within 48 hours of receipt.
JD understanding and mandate briefing
Break down client JDs into must-haves, good-to-haves and deal-breakers before sourcing starts.
Brief the team on each mandate and review early submissions to correct misalignment quickly.
2nd-level screening and submissions
Conduct or oversee L2 screening, personally handling senior and leadership roles.
Ensure only quality-checked profiles reach clients, with accurate candidate summaries and flagged gaps.
Leadership hiring
Personally handle department-head, manager and senior mandates, including search, assessment, compensation discussions and closure.
Manage offer negotiation and pre-joining engagement to reduce dropouts.
Client engagement
Be the delivery point of contact for clients: requirement calls, feedback follow-ups, interview coordination and escalations.
Build client trust through fast TAT and relevant submissions.
Reporting
Own daily and weekly client reports and internal MIS: pipeline, submissions, interviews and closures.
Keep ATS data accurate and current across the team.
Share a weekly delivery review with the founder.
REQUIREMENTS
5+ years in recruitment, with a significant portion at a recruitment agency or consulting firm. Corporate-only HR/TA backgrounds will not be considered.
Proven experience leading a team of 5+ recruiters, or managing team leads, with measurable delivery outcomes.
Demonstrated closures of leadership or senior roles, with examples you can walk us through.
Strong JD-analysis and screening judgement, going beyond keyword matching.
Hands-on with Naukri Resdex, LinkedIn sourcing, and at least one ATS.
Comfortable with Excel/Google Sheets for reporting.
Clear, confident communication with senior candidates and client stakeholders.
REMOTE WORK REQUIREMENTS
Own laptop, reliable high-speed internet and power backup.
Available during business hours [confirm days/timings], and responsive on calls and team chat.
Comfortable with daily output tracking and reporting.
WHAT WE OFFER
Fixed pay plus uncapped closure-based incentives.
Full ownership of delivery, working directly with the founder.
Fully remote role.

Work arrangement
Yes