Senior Manager, Recruitment – South Asia

The Senior Manager, Recruitment – South Asia, is a strategic talent advisor responsible for building sustainable, ready-to-hire talent pipelines to support both hotel openings and ongoing operational needs across South Asia. You will deliver recruitment outcomes to the South Asia team by identifying, engaging, assessing, and qualifying talent in the market ahead of demand, ensuring the business has access to diverse, high-quality candidates through robust talent communities and in-market talent banks. Working closely with the APAC recruitment leaders, business leaders, and HR partners, you will position Hilton as an employer of choice and enable faster, higher-quality hiring decisions. Driving Proactive Talent Sourcing & Market Intelligence. Work with the workforce planning team to execute forward-looking sourcing strategies aligned with short and long-term workforce plans across South Asia. Actively map target markets, competitor talent, and critical skill segments, translating insights into sourcing plans. Build deep understanding of candidate motivations, availability, and movement patterns to advise leaders on realistic hiring strategies. Leverage multiple sourcing channels (direct sourcing, referrals, communities, partnerships, niche platforms) to continuously engage talent. Building and Managing Talent Banks. Establish and maintain in-market talent banks for priority roles and future openings, with clearly defined qualification standards. Ensure talent banks are actively engaged, refreshed, segmented, and hire-ready, not static databases. Partner with recruiters and hiring leaders across the business to align talent bank composition with forecasted demand. Enable faster hiring by ensuring pre-qualified talent pools are available ahead of new hotel openings and peak hiring periods. Ensure that diversity targets are exceeded by having ready-to-go talent banks of local talent ready to hire. Lead the end-to-end candidate qualification process, ensuring consistent assessment of capability, potential, and cultural alignment. Set high standards for candidate evaluation, screening, and shortlisting to ensure quality over volume. Ensure an exceptional candidate experience while maintaining selection rigor and speed. Ensure all recruiting practices comply with internal and external regulations. Conduct research and translate trends into creative and innovative practices, understand how the innovative trends and competitive landscape affect the business, and identify the most suitable recruiting approaches to support high-performance hiring. Drive accountability, ownership, and collaboration of all stakeholders in the recruitment process, promoting a strong team culture. Partner with Recruitment Marketing and Brand teams to attract, engage, and nurture target talent segments. Support EVP activation through sourcing campaigns, storytelling, and targeted talent community engagement. Strengthen Hilton’s presence in priority markets as an employer of choice for future-ready talent. Data, Insights & Continuous Improvement. Track and analyze sourcing effectiveness, talent bank health, and candidate conversion rates. Build dashboards that provide visibility on pipeline strength, readiness, diversity mix, and time-to-hire impact. Use insights to continuously refine sourcing strategies and talent segmentation. Drive experimentation and innovation in sourcing approaches to stay ahead of market trends. 8+ years’ experience in talent sourcing and recruitment, with strong exposure to strategic sourcing and pipeline management. 5+ years' experience partnering with senior stakeholders in complex, multi-market environments. Demonstrated success in building talent banks, market mapping, and proactive candidate engagement. Strong ability to assess and qualify talent, balancing experience, potential, and cultural fit. Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into actionable sourcing strategies. Excellent influencing, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with competing priorities.