Director of Recruiting, Engineering & IT, Bangalore India

The role

You will lead recruiting efforts for Engineering and IT in India and the Asia-Pacific region. You will manage recruiting managers and individual contributors to support technical hiring and regional talent strategy.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a multi-layered recruiting organization.
• Build recruiting management capability through coaching and development plans.
• Own senior and executive-level technical searches in the region.
• Set sourcing, talent pipeline, and market strategies for technical roles.
• Advise senior Engineering and IT leaders on organization design and workforce planning.
• Define regional hiring metrics and reporting.
• Partner with People Business Partners, Compensation, and Finance on headcount strategy and process improvements.
• Champion diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Build an operating model for all-remote collaboration.

Required qualifications

• Experience leading recruiting in high-growth technology companies.
• Experience managing recruiting managers or leading a multi-layered recruiting organization.
• Deep experience recruiting Engineering and IT talent from individual contributors to executive leadership.
• Record of sourcing, engaging, and closing passive candidates for senior technical and leadership roles.
• Deep knowledge of India’s technology talent market and experience setting hiring strategy across India and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
• Experience leading distributed teams and large, multi-portfolio hiring plans.
• Clear written and verbal communication when advising senior leaders.
• Data-informed approach to recruiting including experience with hiring metrics, dashboards, market intelligence, applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, and sourcing tools.

Nice to have

• Experience with Greenhouse

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

About the company

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. The company enables organizations to increase developer productivity and improve operational efficiency.