Talent Acquisition Leader - Software India

Introduction

IBM's software combines cutting edge innovation from the world's largest industrial R&D organization with over a century of deep enterprise expertise. See how you can revolutionize your productivity and meet the business needs of tomorrow.

Your role and responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders, hiring managers, and the recruitment team to deeply understand the skills, technologies, and market dynamics specific to software development roles.
• Translate hiring needs into targeted recruitment strategies and actionable plans that deliver top engineering talent at speed and scale.
• Identify, attract, and engage diverse talent pools by leveraging market insights, talent mapping, and competitive intelligence.
• Demonstrate agility in sourcing passive talent and recommend innovative approaches to accelerate hiring outcomes for critical developer roles.
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers to evaluate the effectiveness of sourcing channels, refine recruitment processes, and ensure alignment to business priorities.
• Build trusted relationships with candidates, hiring teams, and external communities to create a seamless and positive hiring experience.
• Establish strong networks through industry contacts, professional associations, university partnerships, and developer communities to strengthen the software talent pipeline.
• Research and introduce new sourcing methods, digital platforms, and AI-enabled tools to expand access to high-quality candidates.
• Leverage online platforms, developer forums, and professional networks (e.g., GitHub, Stack Overflow, LinkedIn) to proactively identify and engage software engineering talent.
• Provide compelling and authentic value propositions to candidates, positioning IBM as an employer of choice for developers.
• Contribute to the design of creative, cost-efficient, and scalable sourcing strategies tailored to developer hiring.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of engineering talent for recurring and high-demand skill areas such as Full-Stack Development, Cloud, AI, and Systems Software.
• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of recruiters, ensuring delivery against defined KPIs, SLAs, and organizational goals.
• Monitor team performance, recruitment metrics, and productivity, driving accountability, continuous improvement, and high-quality outcomes.

Required education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 15+ years of relevant experience in Talent Acquisition, with significant focus on software developer hiring.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end recruitment, including workforce planning, sourcing, assessment, and offer management.
• Expertise in leveraging a wide range of sourcing channels (social media, developer communities, referrals, vendor partners, etc.).
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage performance against metrics, and deliver results aligned to organizational goals.
• Ability to consult, influence, and negotiate effectively with multiple stakeholders across global teams.
• Skilled at managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes within dynamic, high-growth environments.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Strong negotiation and influence skills with both candidates and business leaders.
Detail-oriented and organized, with a proactive mindset.
Experienced in behavioural and competency-based interviewing and assessment.
Comfortable adopting a consultative approach to advise hiring managers and talent.
* Strategic thinker with hands-on capability to deliver results.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Corporate Headquarters (CHQ) team represents a variety of functions such as marketing, finance, legal, operations, HR, and more, all working together to solve some of the world's most complex problems, help our clients achieve success and build collaborative work environments for IBMers.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

When applying to jobs of your interest, we recommend that you do so for those that match your experience and expertise. Our recruiters advise that you apply to not more than 3 roles in a year for the best candidate experience. For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: IBM-56071

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-03T18:48:53