Job Description
Overview of the Role: Talent Sourcer
Location: BKC, Mumbai
GLG’s Talent Sourcer role reflects our commitment to attracting and onboard the brightest talent. This position will be responsible for executing a search and selection strategy that reflects our firm culture, values, and success factors. This position is responsible for elevating the relationship within the recruitment unit, candidate experience and requires a strong understanding of business needs and priorities to translate them into a practical sourcing and recruitment strategy.
This role will report directly into the Manager, Talent Acquisition based in Mumbai.
Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Proactively source and identify high-quality talent through multiple source channels including LinkedIn, job portals, social media platforms, networking events and talent communities.
- Qualify suitable candidate profiles using both paper and phone screening
techniques to evaluate skills, motivation, and overall fit for the role and organization.
- Coordinating with stakeholders and hiring managers to determine position requirements
- Building and developing ongoing talent pipelines for future hiring needs and high priority and strategic roles.
- Measuring funnel conversion rates including outreach response, interview conversion, offer acceptance, and effectiveness to continuously improve sourcing strategies.
- Execute strategies for employee referrals program and process improvements.
- Promoting our employer brand online and offline.
- Maintaining candidate databases (e.g. via our Applicant Tracking System)
Communicating with past applicants regarding new job opportunities
- Ideate and execute introduction of new alternative sourcing channels.
- Ad Hoc recruitment responsibilities as required
An ideal candidate will have the following:
- Bachelor’s Degree with 1-3 years of Talent sourcing/acquisition experience; preferably within a fast-paced and high-growth environment.
- Excellent communication skills (written & verbal), with ability to engage effectively with candidates and stakeholders.
- Good business acumen to learn and understand the business and associated recruitment needs.
- Good understanding of the India talent landscape, including market trends, candidate behavior, competitor mapping for an industry.
- Strong drive to succeed in a target-oriented recruitment environment.
Ability to quickly gain an understanding of the business needs and strategy and articulate the needs of a position
- Demonstrated competence in thinking strategically, analytically, conceptually, and willing to be hands-on throughout daily activities.
- Ability to translate business requirements into strategic talent acquisition actions with positive, measurable business impact
- Working experience with Applicant Tracking Systems is a plus (Greenhouse)
- Prior experience in executive search, headhunting, or recruitment agency environments will be an added advantage.
This role is based at our Mumbai office at BKC. Candidates from Mumbai may apply*. The role follows a hybrid model of working (3 days work from office).
About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise. We connect global decision-makers—from hedge fund managers and private equity partners to strategy leaders at Fortune 500s—with the specific, authoritative voices required to answer their most critical questions.
At GLG, you are an extension of our clients’ core teams. You will work at the intersection of industries and global markets, navigating high-stakes challenges across the full spectrum of their strategic initiatives. Operating within the industry’s most trusted research environment, you’ll help our clients capture the nuanced perspectives that drive smarter, faster business outcomes.
We are a global team of pragmatic problem-solvers who mirror the intensity of the markets we serve. If you are driven by intellectual curiosity and a bias toward action, join us in reinventing the industry we invented.
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
