Talent Acquisition Lead

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Who We Are…

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From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Talent Acquisition Lead, Hyderabad

About Warner Bros. Discovery:

Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines Warner Media’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

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Roles & Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Senior Recruitment Manager, APAC, the Talent Acquisition Lead is responsible for the acquisition and placement of top talent both internally and externally to support the growth of Warner Bros Discovery’s Direct to Consumer function across APAC.  The roles that the team will be focusing on will be Technology and Software Engineering.

Leading a team of recruiters, the TA Lead’s primary role is to ensure best-in-class attraction, sourcing, assessment, and selection of candidates for all recruitment across these well-known brands, positioning Warner Bros. Discovery as an Employer of Choice. The role will be based in Hyderabad.

• Manage, mentor, and support the recruitment team in Hyderabad on Software Engineering and Tech requisitions as well as any escalations, challenges or blockers. 

• Allocate work and manage team workload to ensure maximum effectiveness. Provide day-to-day guidance on recruiting processes and offer creative solutions for challenging searches.

• Build strong relationships, and attend regular meetings, with senior stakeholders, Talent Leads and P&C Leads across the business.

• Deputize for  the Senior Recruitment Manager in delivering training, leadership meetings and presentations.

• Partner with the Diversity Outreach Lead, International, Sourcing Lead, EMEA and Employer Brand Manager, International to position WBD as an Employer of Choice, ensuring the team is equipped when attending function-related events, partnering with organisations and networks, and continuously growing the talent pipeline.

• Mobilize the team around data integrity, ensuring the Warner Bros Discovery ATS (Workday) is updated in real-time to ensure accurate reporting. 

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for Senior/specialist roles, which includes but is not limited to, the following:  

• Lead kick-off meeting with hiring executives, to understand their business unit, department, and position needs, and develop recruitment strategies to source, attract and recruit to fill key positions.

• Leverage tools to source viable candidates (Workday, LinkedIn, etc.). 

• Engage and assess candidates for company and position viability and present candidate shortlist that are diverse and representative.

• Partner with hiring executive on candidate slate from initial presentation to finalist selection, coaching them to develop new practices and capabilities with regards to interviews and selection procedures.

• Negotiate salary terms and process subsequent offer details. 

• Lead on special projects that support continuous business process improvement. 

• Work closely with the TA Operations team to ensure that a superior candidate experience reflective of our values is being adhered to across all recruitment. 

What to Bring:

• Solid experience and expertise in Talent Acquisition, with demonstrated success in leading a team across a software engineering and technology function.

• Proven track record of successfully recruiting top tech talent.

• Creative sourcing techniques.

• Exceptional communication skills to cultivate and manage effective relationships with a wide range of individuals across the organization.

• Strong professional demeanor, with strategic mindset, and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

• A continuous improvement mindset, identifying ways to refine processes and develop the team.

• A strong client satisfaction focus, able to influence hiring executives with regards to recruitment practice and selection activities. 

What We Offer:

• A Great Place to work.

• Equal opportunity employer

• Fast track growth opportunities
   

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/  along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

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