Job Title: Team Lead (US Staffing - Engineering Delivery)
Location: Noida
Work Model: Onsite
Role Overview
We are looking to hire a high-caliber Team Lead to lead delivery operations for engineering clients in the U.S. market. This is a pure delivery leadership role and is best suited for someone who brings strong execution capability, team management maturity, and a deep understanding of engineering hiring across the U.S. staffing landscape.
This position requires a leader who can drive performance on the floor, build delivery discipline, improve recruiter effectiveness, and ensure strong closure momentum across active requirements. The role calls for hands-on ownership, not just oversight. The selected individual will be expected to lead a team of recruiters, manage delivery priorities with precision, and maintain a high standard of submission quality, speed, and accountability.
Key Purpose of the Role
The core objective of this role is to strengthen engineering delivery capability by leading a team focused entirely on fulfilment for U.S. engineering clients. The role will be responsible for ensuring timely and quality submissions, improving interview-to-hire ratios, optimizing recruiter output, and building a delivery engine that is structured, responsive, and consistently reliable.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage a delivery team of 4 to 5 recruiters aligned to U.S. engineering requirements.Own end-to-end delivery performance across assigned accounts and open roles, with clear focus on submissions, interviews, closures, turnaround time, and pipeline quality.Drive delivery strategy for engineering mandates across segments such as manufacturing, industrial engineering, aerospace, automotive, mechanical, electrical, controls and automation, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and related technical domains.Partner closely with internal sales and account teams to understand client priorities, role urgency, and delivery expectations.Coach recruiters on sourcing strategy, market mapping, screening quality, candidate positioning, rate validation, and submission effectiveness.Ensure proper allocation of requirements within the team based on bandwidth, capability, and priority.Track daily, weekly, and monthly performance metrics and maintain strict control over recruiter productivity, aging positions, interview ratios, and fill performance.Actively support the team on niche, urgent, and high-impact roles where stronger market insight or delivery intervention is needed.Maintain high process discipline across ATS updates, reporting hygiene, candidate status tracking, and internal communication.Conduct regular team reviews, performance discussions, and operational check-ins to ensure visibility, ownership, and course correction.Build a delivery culture defined by urgency, quality, consistency, and execution excellence.Serve as the first level of escalation for delivery challenges and work proactively to resolve bottlenecks that impact closure.
Candidate Profile: The ideal candidate should have a strong track record in U.S. staffing delivery, with specific exposure to engineering or technical hiring. This individual should be capable of balancing team leadership with hands-on delivery ownership and should bring the judgment required to manage both recruiter performance and requirement strategy.
Experience Required
Minimum 5+ years of experience in U.S. Staffing.Minimum 2+ years of experience in team handling, with direct management of a team of 4 to 5 recruiters.Demonstrated experience in delivery for engineering, industrial, manufacturing, or other technical clients in the U.S. market.Strong understanding of engineering roles, technical terminologies, talent pools, and delivery challenges within the U.S. recruitment ecosystem.
Skills and Competencies:
Strong command over delivery operations within U.S. staffing.Ability to lead recruiters with structure, pace, and performance focus.Hands-on expertise in sourcing through job portals, Boolean search, LinkedIn, internal databases, referrals, and alternate talent channels.Strong screening and candidate assessment capability for engineering profiles.Clear understanding of delivery metrics and the ability to use data to drive team performance.Excellent communication skills and confidence in coordinating across internal stakeholders.Strong ownership mindset, operational discipline, and problem-solving ability.Ability to perform in a fast-paced, target-oriented, and highly accountable environment.
Preferred Background:
Experience supporting engineering clients across contract, contract-to-hire, or direct hire models.Exposure to industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, industrial, energy, utilities, heavy engineering, or related sectors will be highly preferred.Experience in handling niche or difficult-to-fill technical roles will be an advantage.
What Success Looks Like in This Role: A successful Team Lead in this role will create delivery stability, improve recruiter effectiveness, strengthen submission quality, and consistently drive closures across engineering requirements. This person will not only manage a team but will elevate delivery standards and build a sharper execution culture within the function.
Why This Role Matters: This is a high-impact delivery leadership opportunity for someone who wants to play a meaningful role in building a strong engineering staffing engine for the U.S. market. The role offers visibility, ownership, and the opportunity to directly influence delivery performance and business outcomes.
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