Head – Offshore Recruitment (Global HR)
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About the Role
Applexus is seeking a dynamic and strategic Head – Offshore Recruitment to lead our offshore talent acquisition function as part of the Global HR Team. This is a leadership role responsible for driving enterprise-wide hiring strategies, leading high-performing recruitment teams, leveraging AI-powered recruitment technologies, and building a scalable talent acquisition organization that supports Applexus’ global growth.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-volume, niche, and just-in-time hiring across multiple practices and geographies while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience, operational excellence, and strong stakeholder partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment Strategy & Leadership
Develop and execute the offshore recruitment strategy aligned with Applexus’ current and future business objectives.
Lead end-to-end recruitment across all offshore practices, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality talent.
Build scalable hiring models to support rapid business growth and evolving workforce demands.
Partner closely with executive leadership and business heads to forecast hiring needs and develop workforce plans.
Recruitment Operations Excellence
Oversee the complete recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, onboarding coordination, and hiring governance.
Design, implement, and continuously improve recruitment processes, frameworks, and best practices to ensure operational excellence and consistent service delivery.
Ensure hiring quality, speed, compliance, and superior candidate experience while meeting defined turnaround times (TAT).
Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of specialized recruiters responsible for hiring across multiple business units.
Define KRAs and KPIs for the recruitment team and drive a high-performance culture through regular coaching, performance reviews, and capability development.
Foster collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement within the recruitment organization.
Business Partnership
Work closely with Delivery, Practice Leaders and Leadership teams to understand business priorities and translate them into actionable recruitment plans.
Participate in regular business review meetings to provide hiring updates, address hiring challenges, and recommend strategic solutions.
Serve as a trusted talent advisor to business leaders on market trends, talent availability, and hiring strategies.
Recruitment Analytics & Reporting
Establish and monitor recruitment metrics including hiring velocity, time-to-fill, quality of hire, source effectiveness, offer-to-join ratio, recruiter productivity, and hiring costs.
Analyze recruitment data to identify trends, gaps, risks, and opportunities, providing actionable insights to leadership.
Present weekly and monthly recruitment dashboards and executive reports to senior leadership.
Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management
Partner with internal sourcing teams to strengthen talent pipelines, improve passive candidate engagement, and optimize sourcing strategies.
Drive employer branding initiatives across digital platforms, professional networks, and social media.
Manage external staffing partners and recruitment vendors, conducting regular performance reviews and ensuring quality, responsiveness, and cost efficiency.
AI-Driven Talent Acquisition
Drive the adoption of AI-powered recruiting platforms, automation, sourcing technologies, and analytics to improve hiring efficiency, recruiter productivity, and candidate experience.
Continuously evaluate emerging recruitment technologies and implement innovative hiring practices to enhance talent acquisition outcomes.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline; MBA preferred.
15+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including significant leadership experience managing large recruitment teams.
Proven success in leading high-volume, niche, and critical hiring for global organizations, preferably within SAP, ERP, Analytics, AI, Cloud, or Technology consulting environments.
Demonstrated experience implementing AI-enabled recruitment tools, recruitment automation, and talent analytics.
Strong understanding of modern sourcing strategies, employer branding, recruitment marketing, and workforce planning.
Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
Experience managing recruitment operations across multiple business functions and global geographies.
Success Profile
The ideal candidate is a strategic leader who combines operational excellence with innovation, thrives in a fast-paced consulting environment, and has a proven ability to build high-performing recruitment teams. They are passionate about leveraging AI and data-driven decision-making to transform talent acquisition while partnering closely with business leaders to deliver exceptional hiring outcomes.