Senior Lead, Talent Acquisition

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

The vision of KLA’s global human resources organization is to become a leader and partner to operating leadership in support of the company’s efforts to achieve its strategic growth, customer and operating objectives through strategic talent management. Our mission is to enable the business, and leverage human resources to achieve short and long-term business objectives. Our primary areas of strategic focus include talent acquisition, individual and organizational assessment and development, performance management, inclusion and engagement, and rewards. The global HR organization includes HR business partners, learning and development, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee communications, and HR system operations.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Role Overview:

Position Overview 

The Talent Acquisition lead is responsible for designing and delivering end‑to‑end talent acquisition work for a Semiconductor Global Capability Center, supporting rapid scale‑up of engineering, R&D, digital, IT, and shared services teams. The role combines strategic workforce planning, high‑quality hiring execution, stakeholder partnership, and governance in a highly competitive semiconductor talent market.

This is a full-time, on-site role located in Chennai. This is an individual contributor role, report to Manager HR, KLA India.

1. Talent Acquisition Strategy & Workforce Planning

• Translate global and India GCC workforce plans into actionable TA strategies aligned with semiconductor business priorities.
• Build scalable hiring models for niche, senior, and volume roles while balancing speed, quality, and cost.
• Use external talent intelligence and market insights to advise leadership on demand‑supply risks and capability gaps.

2. End‑to‑End Hiring Delivery

• Own full‑cycle recruitment for lateral, leadership, niche, and critical skills hiring.
• Ensure strong governance on time‑to‑hire, quality of hire, offer‑to‑join ratio, and candidate experience.
• Implement structured assessment frameworks (competency mapping, interview calibration, selection matrices) to reduce bias and enhance quality.

3. Stakeholder & Business Partnership

• Act as a talent advisor to the leaders, Engineering heads, and HR Business Partners.
• Support leaders with talent segmentation, location strategy, and hiring prioritization.
• Partner with global TA, CoEs, and workforce planning teams to ensure alignment with global hiring standards.

4. Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead and develop a high‑performing TA team (recruiters, sourcers, coordinators).
• Drive capability building in hiring, niche skill sourcing, and stakeholder management.
• Foster a culture of data‑driven decision‑making, ownership, and continuous improvement.

5. Employer Branding

• Execute employer branding activities across career pages, job portals, and social media platforms by coordinating content, creatives, and campaigns that highlight the organization’s culture, values.
• Assist in creating and managing employer branding content such as job descriptions, employee testimonials, recruitment videos, campus branding materials, and event collateral in collaboration with TA, marketing, and external vendors.
• Track engagement metrics (career site traffic, social media reach, campaign responses) and support benchmarking of employer branding efforts against competitors to continuously improve talent attraction outcomes.

6. Tools, Analytics & Process Excellence

• Drive adoption and optimization of Workday, recruitment automation, and AI‑enabled sourcing tools.
• Maintain dashboards tracking Turnaround Time (TAT), Quality of Hiring (QOH), sourcing mix, cost per hire, and funnel health etc.
• Standardize TA processes to ensure scalability, audit readiness, and consistency.

• Ensure compliance with local labor laws, data privacy norms, and global TA policies.
• Manage search firms, staffing vendors, through clear SLAs, scorecards, and governance.
• Support audit‑ready recruitment documentation and approvals.

• Post‑graduate degree in HR / Management or equivalent.
• 10–15+ years of Talent Acquisition experience in MNC with 800+ HC, with significant exposure to semiconductor, hi‑tech, or deep‑tech GCCs.
• Proven experience in niche engineering, hiring, scale‑up environments, and leadership stakeholder management.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Excellent communication and presentation skills as this role will interact internally with senior leadership, global executives and externally with various agencies.
• Semiconductor / Engineering hiring expertise
• GCC scale‑up & workforce planning
• Stakeholder advisory mindset
• Data‑driven TA & talent intelligence
• Campus & early‑career programs
• Vendor governance & compliance
• Strong leadership & influencing skills
• Project Management approach

Success Measures

• Hiring delivery against plan (quality + speed)
• Time to fill the position
• Critical skill gap closure
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Team capability maturity
• Audit‑safe, scalable TA operations

Minimum Qualifications

• Post‑graduate degree in HR / Management or equivalent.
• 10–15+ years of Talent Acquisition experience in MNC with 800+ HC, with significant exposure to semiconductor, hi‑tech, or deep‑tech GCCs.
• Proven experience in niche engineering, hiring, scale‑up environments, and leadership stakeholder management.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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