Website:
aptivisiontechnologies.com
Job details:
Job Title: Co-Founder – Recruitment & Staffing | Global Talent Solutions
Location: India / Remote with extensive client travel as required
Role Type: Co-Founder / Leadership
Business: Recruitment, Staffing, RPO, VMS, MSP & HR Technology
Geographies: India, USA, UK, Australia, UAE, Canada & Global Markets
About the Opportunity
Aptivision Technologies is looking for an experienced and highly connected Co-Founder – Recruitment & Staffing to build and scale our recruitment and talent solutions business from 0 to 1 and 1 to 10.
We are looking for a commercially driven recruitment industry leader who already has a strong network of direct clients, enterprise HR leaders, hiring managers, procurement teams, MSPs, VMS platforms and reliable prime vendors across India and international markets.
This is not a traditional recruitment or sales position. The ideal candidate should be capable of building a recruitment business from the ground up, winning the first major clients, creating strategic partnerships, building delivery capabilities and establishing a scalable global staffing operation.
Key Requirement – Existing Network
The strongest candidates will have an established professional network and demonstrated ability to generate business through relationships.
You should have strong connections with:
- Direct enterprise clients
- CHROs, HR Heads, Talent Acquisition Heads and Hiring Managers
- Procurement and vendor-management teams
- MSP providers
- VMS ecosystem
- Prime vendors
- Staffing companies
- RPO providers
- Technology consulting companies
- System integrators
- Healthcare organizations
- Hospitals and healthcare networks
- BFSI organizations
- Semiconductor companies
- IT/ITeS companies
- AI companies
- Contact center/BPO organizations
- Engineering and manufacturing companies
Preferred Geographic Network
Experience and business relationships across one or more of the following markets:
- India
- USA
- Canada
- UK
- Australia
- UAE / GCC
- Europe
- APAC
- Other international markets
Candidates with verified direct client relationships and active hiring accounts will be strongly preferred.
Industry Expertise
Strong industry relationships in the following sectors are particularly valuable:
Priority Industries
- Information Technology / IT Services
- Software & SaaS
- Artificial Intelligence / ML
- Semiconductor / Electronics
- BFSI – Banking, Financial Services & Insurance
- Healthcare
- Hospitals & Healthcare Networks
- Contact Centers / BPO / CX
- Engineering & Manufacturing
- Telecom
- Retail & E-commerce
- Energy & Utilities
- Life Sciences
- Automotive
- Government / Public Sector
Required Recruitment & Staffing Experience
The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in multiple areas of the staffing ecosystem, including:
- Domestic recruitment
- IT staffing
- Non-IT staffing
- Contract staffing
- Contract-to-hire
- Permanent hiring
- Executive search
- RPO
- VMS
- MSP
- Payroll staffing
- Workforce management
- Recruitment process management
- Vendor management
- Client acquisition
- Account management
- Recruitment operations
- Talent delivery
- Compliance and onboarding
Experience working with VMS/MSP programs and large enterprise staffing environments will be a significant advantage.
Key Responsibilities
1. Build the Business from 0 → 1
- Develop the recruitment and staffing business strategy.
- Identify target markets, industries and enterprise accounts.
- Acquire the first set of direct clients and strategic accounts.
- Build a predictable sales pipeline.
- Establish the company's market presence and credibility.
- Create repeatable processes for scaling the business.
2. Client Acquisition
- Leverage existing relationships to generate immediate business opportunities.
- Open doors with CHROs, HR Heads, Talent Acquisition leaders and procurement teams.
- Develop relationships with enterprise hiring organizations.
- Identify and close staffing, RPO and recruitment opportunities.
- Build long-term strategic relationships rather than transactional recruitment accounts.
3. Direct Client & Prime Vendor Network
- Build a strong portfolio of direct clients.
- Develop reliable prime-vendor partnerships.
- Establish relationships with MSPs and VMS ecosystems.
- Evaluate and onboard reliable recruitment vendors.
- Create a structured vendor network for large-scale requirements.
- Develop strategic partnerships across domestic and international markets.
4. RPO / MSP / VMS Growth
Lead the development of:
- RPO engagements
- MSP partnerships
- VMS programs
- Enterprise staffing programs
- Recruitment outsourcing
- Workforce solutions
- Managed staffing services
The candidate should understand how enterprise staffing programs operate and how to position the company within the direct client → MSP → VMS → prime vendor → staffing vendor ecosystem.
5. Build Recruitment Delivery
Work with the recruitment leadership team to establish:
- Recruiter teams
- Sourcing teams
- Technical recruitment teams
- International recruitment teams
- Account managers
- Delivery managers
- Quality processes
- Candidate pipelines
- Recruitment KPIs
- SLA management
6. Build International Staffing
Develop and expand recruitment operations for:
USA | Canada | UK | Australia | UAE/GCC | India | Other Global Markets
Build appropriate recruitment, compliance, payroll, onboarding and delivery models for each market.
7. Payroll & Workforce Solutions
Experience with or knowledge of:
- Payroll processing
- Contractor payroll
- Timesheet management
- Employee onboarding
- Benefits administration
- Compliance
- Contractor management
- Workforce management
- International staffing compliance
is highly desirable.
8. HR Technology & Systems
The candidate should understand modern HR technology and preferably have experience with:
- ATS
- CRM
- HRMS
- HRIS
- VMS
- Recruitment platforms
- Payroll systems
- Candidate databases
- Recruitment analytics
- Workforce management systems
- AI-powered recruitment technology
The ability to help shape technology-enabled recruitment services will be an important advantage.
0 → 1 Ownership
The Co-Founder will be expected to take ownership of the entire business-building journey:
Market → Clients → Requirements → Delivery → Recruiters → Revenue → Operations → Scale
The person should be comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment where they may initially handle multiple responsibilities including:
- Business development
- Client acquisition
- Partnerships
- Account management
- Recruitment strategy
- Delivery strategy
- Team building
- Vendor management
- Strategic planning
- Operations
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