Recruitment Business Partner

ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a Recruitment Business Partner to lead recruitment delivery for a portfolio of client accounts from our India delivery centre. You will lead a team of team leads and recruiters, partner with Sales and client hiring managers, and own the full hiring cycle from requirement to joining. This is a delivery leadership role, not a desk-recruiting role. You will be measured on outcomes: how quickly strong candidates reach the client, how many are selected, and how many join. You will also act as a trusted advisor to Sales and clients, using market insight and data to shape realistic requirements, rates and timelines. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Delivery ownership - Own monthly and quarterly hiring targets (selections and joiners) for the accounts in scope. - Prioritise open requirements each week, and decide which to push, escalate or pause. - Make sure quality profiles reach the client quickly, especially on priority roles. - Track every requirement from intake to joining, and step in early when a role stalls, a candidate disengages or an offer is at risk. Stakeholder management - Lead intake and calibration discussions so every role has a clear brief, a realistic budget and an agreed interview process before sourcing starts. - Agree feedback timelines with Sales and clients, and follow up with data when they slip. - Advise Sales on which requirements are likely to close and where the team should focus. People leadership - Lead, coach and manage team leads and recruiters against clear weekly productivity goals. - Run regular performance reviews, identify gaps early and put development plans in place. - Hire, onboard and ramp up new recruiters, and develop future team leads. Process and data - Make sure the team follows the agreed recruitment process, with accurate and complete data in the applicant tracking system. - Use dashboards and reports to find bottlenecks across the hiring funnel (submission → interview → selection → joining) and fix them. - Keep offer and post-selection drop-outs low, and lead root-cause reviews when they rise. Quality and candidate experience - Raise screening quality so clients see fewer, better-matched profiles. - Make sure every candidate receives timely updates and a clear outcome. Sourcing channels - Work closely with the central sourcing team on role allocation, handovers and turnaround time. - Make effective use of job boards, referrals, vendor partners and internal talent pools. Reporting - Prepare monthly account and team performance reviews for leadership, with clear commentary on trends and actions. HOW SUCCESS IS MEASURED - Selections and joiners against target - Time to first qualified profiles on priority roles - Submission-to-interview and interview-to-selection conversion - Offer and post-selection drop-out rates - Joiner retention in the first 30 days - Team productivity and data quality - Stakeholder satisfaction (Sales and client feedback) WHAT YOU BRING Must have - 8–12 years in recruitment, with at least 3 years leading recruiters or team leads against delivery targets. - A strong background in IT recruitment or staffing (contract, permanent or managed services), ideally for international clients. - A proven record of meeting hiring targets, which you can back with your own numbers. - Confidence with senior stakeholders: you run intake calls, challenge with evidence and handle escalations calmly. - Strong analytical skills: comfortable with funnel metrics, Excel and BI dashboards. - A coaching leadership style that balances accountability with development. - Excellent written and spoken English. Nice to have - Experience with Global Capability Centres (GCC), offshore or captive delivery models. - Experience working with European clients and across time zones. - Experience integrating teams after a merger or acquisition. - Experience managing recruitment vendors. - Hands-on experience with ATS and CRM tools. WHAT WE OFFER - A visible leadership role in a growing India delivery centre serving international clients. - Ownership of client accounts and a team, with the scope to shape how delivery runs. - Quarterly performance incentive linked to hiring outcomes. - A central sourcing team, shared dashboards and a well-defined recruitment process to support you. - Clear growth path into wider account or regional leadership. We empower companies with high-end IT services emagine is a high-end business, engineering & IT consulting company. Enabled by an extensive network of experts, emagine powers progress, solves challenges and delivers real results through tailored high-end consulting services. emagine is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with departments in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates as well as India. Over the last couple of years, the company has grown extensively, increasing its international footprint to become one of the biggest consultancies in its segment in Europe and beyond. emagine A/S is owned by private equity company Axcel and a group of senior staff and board members. Are you our new colleague? At emagine, we value diversity immensely. Both when it comes to backgrounds and competences, but also in relation to personality and individual ambition. We are a diverse and well-rounded group made up of experienced specialists, generalists, recent graduates and self-taught people. We are generally curious, helpful and happy to share knowledge with our colleagues. We are proud of our values that are based on honesty, kindness, helpfulness and solidarity. We nurture a strong community culture, where cooperation is paramount – not just locally but also across borders with our international departments. Only in unison can we provide the best service to our clients and affiliated consultants – and that is our goal. As an employee of emagine, you will experience a close-knit culture in which people stand side by side and where there is an emphasis on building close relationships. Going to work must be a fun and enriching experience yet still provide a challenge. That is why we take several steps to ensure that work is motivating and engaging. Finally, we also strive to create the right conditions for physical and mental wellbeing. Want to know more about what it is like to work at emagine? 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