Director – Talent Acquisition

Director – Talent Acquisition - People & Culture

The Team: The People & Culture team, supports the development and growth of talent by effectively chalking out initiatives in conjunction with business leaders and global teams. We aim to implement human resource strategies in India to improve organizational effectiveness.

The Role: Like many organizations, we believe people are our most important asset. Our people—through their creativity, talent, and willingness to learn—are essential to the success of our company. As such, we have an insatiable thirst for ever greater insight and understanding into the opinions, preferences, makeup, and changing dynamics of our workforce.
Morningstar is seeking a dynamic, people oriented, humble and ever-willing-to-learn Director for Talent Acquisition. In this role, located at Vashi, Navi Mumbai, you will possess end to end ownership of talent acquisition team.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for driving the end-to-end recruiting activities to ensure all the business requisitions are closed as per the agreed timelines & quality of hires.
• Create and implement robust & dynamic talent acquisition strategy for leadership, mid-career and early career hiring, aligned to the business needs and organizational priorities including a clear strategy on sourcing diverse profiles.
• Work closely with the regional & global stakeholders to design and drive the adoption of consistent recruiting, interviewing, and hiring practices that appropriately balance business needs and candidate experience.
• Ensure all roles that are being offered are fairly compensated by working closely with the Compensation and Benefits team
• Stay updated with the market trends, industry practices and emerging technologies to dynamically evolve & transform the hiring workflow.
• Strengthen the employer brand in the regional market across social media platforms and campuses.
• Ensure pro-active communication and necessary education on the industry landscape and compensation ranges for new teams setup / new stakeholders requiring hiring support.
• Pro-active communication and reporting to the local and global business and P&C teams on open requisitions, red flag roles beyond agreed timelines, quality of profiles, diversity, etc.
• Responsible for ongoing transformation of the end-to-end recruitment process and ensure robust documentation of hiring processes & policies.
• Build a dynamic, highly engaged & fungible TA team to exceed expectations across all the key hiring metrics.

Requirements:

• 15+ years’ experience in a similar role with at least 10 years in leading high performing and effective recruitment teams
• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral science (OD, HR Management) or MBA with appropriate experience preferred
• Be a thoughtful leader in the hiring space with strong communication skills
• Strong ability to plan, design and implement talent acquisition programs
• Ability to collaborate across teams and work with leaders to get their buy-in on various talent acquisition initiatives
• Ability to influence and collaborate cross-culturally with diverse individuals and teams.Ability to work through ambiguity and complexity to provide simple, expedient, and practical solutions

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.