Talent Acquisition Lead - India

About us 

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.  

It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.  

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.   

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects. Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.  

 

Job Summary  

The Team 

We are building a global Talent Acquisition function to support Graphcore growth across multiple regions. 

This role will lead Talent Acquisition across India, ensuring delivery against hiring plans while operating in line with our global approach. 

You will act as the bridge between global strategy and regional delivery - translating global direction into something that works locally, while feeding regional insight back into the wider Talent strategy.  
 

You will be responsible for hiring performance across the region: ensuring the team is on track, identifying challenges and putting the right plans in place to improve delivery.  

Leading a small team, you will combine people management responsibilities with hands-on recruitment delivery, personally managing selected vacancies and supporting business-critical hiring activity. 

This role is a mix of leadership, operational oversight and hands-on problem solving. It requires someone who knows how to run a high-performing recruitment team, while adapting to the realities of the local market. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

Regional Hiring Delivery & Performance 

• Lead delivery against regional hiring plans, ensuring roles are filled in line with hiring targets and aligned to GC culture and values  

• Partner closely with leadership and hiring managers, providing market insight, hiring data, and recommendations to influence hiring decisions  

• Track pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-hire and overall delivery performance  

• Identify risks, gaps or bottlenecks, taking action to resolve them quickly  

• Personally, managing some vacancies, delivering end-to-end recruitment 

• Proactively source, engage, assess and manage candidates through the recruitment process  

• Partner directly with hiring managers on recruitment strategy, talent mapping and market intelligence for key positions 

• Ensure the team is prioritising effectively and delivering a strong candidate experience  

• Provide regular updates to the Head of TA on regional performance, risks and mitigation plans 

• Step in to support critical or complex hires where needed 

 

Team Leadership & Enablement 

You will lead and support the regional TA team to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery. 

• Set clear expectations around performance, accountability and ways of working 

• Ensure agreed processes and systems are being used consistently 

• Identify capability gaps and put the right training and support is in place  

• Managing external partner and contractors, ensuring alignment to hiring standards and processes  

• Balance team leadership responsibilities with personal recruitment delivery, acting as a role model for best practice hiring 

 

Global Alignment & Regional Adaptation 

• Act as the regional TA representative, contributing to global projects and strategic initiatives e.g. embedding company values, process improvement and hiring training  

• Translate global Talent Acquisition strategy into a clear, practical regional approach 

• Providing insight on regional market conditions, hiring trends, competitor landscape, sourcing strategy, compliance requirements and local nuances  

• Manage regional agency and vendor usage, identify opportunities to improve and ensuring effective spend and hiring support 

• Ensure adoption of global tools and processes [greenhouse/LinkedIn/Insights/Sourcing tools/AI Agents].  

  

Skills & Experience 

We are looking for someone with strong experience as a people leader within Talent Acquisition, who can deliver against hiring plans and bring structure and clarity to a growing organisation. You will be hands on, organised and comfortable switching between operational delivery and strategy. 

 

Key experience 

• Experience recruiting within the semiconductor industry or a scaling technology business 

• People leadership experience  

• Fluent in English with strong communication skills and ability to influence across different levels  

• Experience managing or mentoring recruiters, sourcers and coordinators and external partner 

• Strong understanding of recruiting metrics, pipeline management and hiring performance and using this information to develop the team or improve the hiring process  

• Ability to operate within a global framework while adapting to local markets – closely collaborating and aligning to the HQ in UK  

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced evolving environment 

• Strong end-to-end recruitment experience, including sourcing, assessment, offer management and stakeholder partnering 

  

Desireable 

• Experience recruiting for silicon, Test, software or other similar technical roles 

• Experience leading a small TA team in a global organisation 

• Experience building talent pipelines and proactive sourcing strategies for highly specialised technical talent  

 

Skills & approach 

• Clear, structured and outcome-focused – able to identify issues and act quickly to resolve   

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a bias to action  

• Pragmatic problem solver, comfortable making decisions and driving progress 

• Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery