Leader - Talent Acquisition

The role

You will lead a portfolio of strategic GCC and product-engineering client accounts, owning talent strategy, executive relationships, delivery performance and the leadership teams that deliver outcomes. You will partner with CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, CHROs and business leaders to turn growth plans into workforce plans.

What you will do

• Own multi-account talent acquisition strategy, workforce demand forecasts and hiring priorities.
• Advise executives on talent-market feasibility, compensation, role design and hiring trade-offs.
• Build talent market maps and proactive pipelines for niche engineering, AI, data and leadership roles.
• Lead sourcing strategy and complex searches across research, referrals, direct search and partners.
• Lead executive business reviews on progress, risks, options and decisions required.
• Lead account resets and escalations to restore client confidence.
• Lead, develop and build successors among managers, leads, recruiters and TA operations.
• Set delivery governance so hiring is predictable: intake calibration, interviewer readiness and decision timelines.
• Own demand, funnel, joining, forecast, productivity and utilization scorecards.
• Lead cross-TA transformation in analytics, AI, sourcing or governance.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years in talent acquisition, including strategic account or portfolio leadership.
• Proven GCC, product and engineering hiring at senior levels.
• Proven multi-account ownership, account recovery and measurable results.
• Experience leading leaders, capacity planning, TA analytics and commercial decisions.
• Strategic workforce planning and executive-level talent advisory.
• Credible engagement with CEO, CTO, CHRO and CIO level executives.
• Leadership development, succession planning and performance management.
• Funnel analytics, market intelligence, forecasting and utilization economics.

About the company

Zinnov is a global management consulting firm with 450+ professionals across 10 global offices. It helps enterprises make data-led decisions on market entry, global operating models, M&A and growth.