Payal Jain

Head of Talent

North Delhi, Delhi, India17 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Scaled workforce from 150 to 1600+ employees.
Implemented AI-driven recruitment processes.
Passionate about inclusive hiring and people transformation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Talent Acquisition and HR technology within the technology sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionDiversity & Inclusion

Other Skills

AI RecruitmentBenefits NegotiationEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsHRISHuman ResourcesHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Interpersonal LeadershipInterviewingInterviewsLeadershipManagementPerformance ManagementRecruitingScreening

About

I am a People & Talent Strategy Leader with 18+ years of experience helping global technology organizations scale, transform, and future-proof their workforce. I have partnered closely with CEOs and senior leadership teams to scale organizations 10x (150 to 1600+ employees) while aligning business strategy with people, capability, and culture. My work sits at the intersection of AI, analytics, and human judgment. I have led AI-enabled talent and recruitment automation, predictive workforce planning, and HR technology modernization to improve decision quality, speed, and experience. My focus is on building data-driven, inclusive, and scalable people systems that support sustainable growth. I am passionate about AI-driven people transformation, leadership pipelines, and inclusive hiring. I enjoy partnering with leaders who believe that people strategy is business strategy, and who are committed to building organizations that can adapt, innovate, and lead in a rapidly changing world.

Experience

Aristocrat

4 roles

Head of Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

Led talent acquisition across regions, scaling workforce by 1,450 employees over 10 years.
Enhanced brand presence, increasing talent engagement by 25%.
Implemented D&I initiatives, boosting diversity hires annually.
Digitized recruitment processes with AI, improving efficiency and satisfaction.
Ensured recruitment compliance with labor laws and GDPR.

LeadershipTalent AcquisitionDiversity & Inclusion

Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 · 11 mos

Manager HR

Jan 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Deputy Manager HR

Apr 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Softwareone

Team Lead Recruitment

Mar 2015 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

SoftwareONE India- “The Software Licensing/Product Licensing Experts”
Privately owned since 1985, SoftwareONE is redefining the technology solutions landscape as the thought leaders in Software Portfolio Management (SPM) services. By combining our commercial, technology, compliance and governance expertise into a balanced SPM service offering, we support our customers by ensuring their IT investments are cost-effectively road mapped towards their unique business needs.
Globally headquartered in Stans, Switzerland with a local presence in 82 countries, our 1,800 certified Software Portfolio Management consultants help our customers optimize their software spend through our elite sales designations and deep-rooted relationships with top publishers such as Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, VMware, Oracle, Citrix, Symantec, McAfee, and many more. To learn more about SoftwareONE, visit us at http://www.softwareone.com.
Specialties:
Software Portfolio Management, Software Licensing/Product Licensing Expert, Technology Advisory Services, Cloud Solution, Software Licensing Solutions, Software Asset Management, VARassist Partner Program, Managed Services for Software Procurement, Software Lifecycle Portal

Pitney bowes

HR Professional

Mar 2009 – Feb 2015 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Responsible for supporting different LOB Units in the staffing of open positions.
Strategizing and planning for the fulfillment of open requirements at all levels.
Involved in entire recruitment cycle with experience in project-based recruitment, Skills based recruitment.
Shelling out resumes against different requirements, checking them against different specifications such as skill set, salary range, relocation, work authorization etc.
Maximizing various channels for hiring. Direct sourcing through networking, headhunting, job sites, references, refer-a-pal scheme, etc thereby reducing cost of hire.
Coordinating technical interviews and HR formalities.
Taking HR rounds.
Preparing and maintaining weekly reports to ensure that the relevant data is captured to give a clear picture of where we stand in terms of the goals set.
Coordinate recruitment fairs, walk-ins.

Webtek labs pvt ltd

HR Ex - Recruitments for Microsoft At Webtek Labs

Jan 2008 – Feb 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

Client : Microsoft GDCI Hyderabad
Understanding the organization requirement with respect to existing business activities job requirements laying special focus on Job Description & Specification.
Searching suitable CV’s from existing Database, from CV database of jobs sites and headhunting.
Screening, evaluating and short listing the candidates on various parameters, for a particular resource request, taking the interviews over telephone and arranging interviews of short listed candidates with Human Resources Manager / Recruiters.
Preparing recruitment advertisements and publishing the same in Internet.
Also involve in Campus Hiring for the company