About Emeritus
Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 80 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China.
Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 300,000 individuals across 80+ countries.
Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 1,800 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. The company is backed by prominent investors including Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.
About the Role
This role is a blended position with a primary focus on driving end-to-end talent acquisition while partnering with business leaders on key HRBP initiatives. This role will be responsible for building strong talent pipelines, delivering high-quality hiring outcomes, and supporting people strategies that enhance engagement, performance, and organizational effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand hiring needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.
- Manage end-to-end recruitment lifecycle including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer management.
- Source candidates using multiple channels such as job boards, social media, referrals, and proactive outreach.
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of active and passive candidates for current and future hiring needs.
- Ensure a seamless and high-quality candidate experience from initial outreach through onboarding.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on hiring progress, candidate status, and market insights.
- Track and analyze recruitment metrics (e.g., time to hire, quality of hire, funnel efficiency) and recommend improvements.
- Maintain compliance with hiring policies, employment laws, and documentation standards.
- Leverage ATS and recruitment tools effectively to manage hiring workflows and reporting.
- Partner with business leaders to drive people agenda including engagement, retention, and productivity.
- Own and manage people data, dashboards, and reporting for the business unit.
- Drive performance management processes including goal setting, reviews, and employee development interventions.
- Provide guidance on employee relations matters including coaching, counseling, and disciplinary actions.
- Enable manager capability building through coaching and structured interventions.
- Drive employee engagement initiatives aligned to survey insights and action plans.
- Support change management initiatives and organizational development programs.
- Contribute to learning and development initiatives for team effectiveness.
Required Skills and Competencies
- Strong stakeholder management and business partnering capability.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to build relationships with candidates and internal stakeholders.
- Strong data orientation with analytical and problem-solving skills.
- High attention to detail and strong organizational capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Education and Experience
- 3–5 years of experience in Talent Acquisition and at least 1 year in HR Business Partnering.
- Strong expertise in recruitment strategies, sourcing techniques, and candidate assessment.
- Hands-on experience with ATS, HRMS, and recruitment tools.
- Exposure to workforce management across functions.
- Working knowledge of core HR areas including performance management and compensation basics.
- Postgraduate degree in HR or related field (preferred but not mandatory).
- Exposure to ed-tech, higher education, or regulated sectors is a plus.
Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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