Talent Acquisition Manager - APAC - Emerging Talent & Careers (Gurgaon)

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

Why Join Us?

To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.

Manager, Talent Acquisition (Early Careers)

Introduction to team

Our Corporate Functions are made up of teams that support Expedia Group, including Employee Communications, Finance, Legal, People Team, Inclusion and Diversity, and Global Social Impact and Sustainability.

Are you interested in a chance to impact the lives of millions of people in a meaningful way and help them enjoy time away with their friends and families building memories? That is what we do here at Expedia Group. We are the leading online travel company simplifying the process for travelers to book flights, hotels, vacation rentals, cars, and experiences through a variety of leading travel brands. We have a passion for travel and a passion for connecting the world through the experience of travel.

We are searching for a Manager within APAC Emerging Talent and Careers team to lead a team that hires talent for our emerging talent programs at Expedia Group. This individual will also be responsible for finding great talent themselves and getting involved with our talent attraction and selection process.

In this role, you will:

• Leadership experience i.e. leading and/or mentoring teams, preferably within the emerging talent/early careers space
• Agile mindset: able to work in ambiguity and be comfortable in a fast-paced changing environment
• Familiarity with a highly matrixed environment
• Emerging Talent recruitment experience preferred, encompassing interns, graduates, apprentices, and more!
• Ability to influence stakeholders by providing value-added recruiting advice and insights
• Experience with working in a global team desired, but not essential
• Ability to comprehensively understand the business strategy and connect it to our ETC talent strategy
• Capacity to anticipate future talent needs of the organization and build a steady stream of prospective talent
• Exceptional networking and candidate engagement skills, including with key external partners to hire emerging talent such as apprenticeship providers
• Possess strong skills related to all aspects of a full-cycle volume recruiting process
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, including being able to prioritize workload based on business needs

Experience and Qualifications:

• Ownership and delivery of regional hiring strategy. This covers recruitment for all emerging talent  (campus hiring and alternative entry pathways eg. apprenticeships, military placements etc) across all divisions for your region and involves partnerships with local schools and organizations to help attract talent.
• Regional operational delivery – includes aspects like requisition management in Workday, an extended keep warm process for hires. Collaboration with E&O team on hiring process alignment with GTA.
• Connection with peers in other regions to build the global strategy – aligning where possible but calling out regional nuances
• Act as local point of contact for local stakeholders, providing proactive information and answering questions
• Ongoing collaboration with our ETC global programs team, recognizing the connection between our recruitment processes, hiring and program delivery, providing input on regional nuances and considerations
• Manage team members, including goal setting and performance management
• Support annual demand planning process with the business.
• Drive operational excellence within the team and implement process improvements
• Build and implement sourcing strategies within the team, for the business to meet current demand and to build a strategic pipeline for future roles
• Recruit for a small number of roles yourself, covering all aspects of a full-cycle recruiting process while effectively using Expedia’s guidelines, systems, and tools
• Build relationships with passive candidates and articulate the Expedia brand in the emerging talent market to create a compelling story and gain interest
• Maintain effective relationships with candidates through the recruiting process to ensure an excellent experience throughout.
• Act as ambassador of Expedia, demonstrating and articulating our values, culture, work environment, business strategies, benefits, and other areas of interest.
• Act as an advisor to partners concerning labor market conditions, and subject matter expert on emerging talent trends.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

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