Sapna Upadhyay(She/Her/Hers)

Lead Recruiter

Gurugram, Haryana, India12 yrs 8 mos experience

AI Enabled

Key Highlights

Successfully filled over 50 critical roles in a quarter.
Expertise in AI, machine learning, and cloud technologies recruitment.
Strong background in stakeholder management and team leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned recruiter specializing in technology and SaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Leadership HiringSenior Stakeholder ManagementTechnical RecruitingStakeholder ManagementSourcingTeam ManagementExecutive SearchMass RecruitmentCorporate RecruitingGlobal Talent AcquisitionUniversity Recruitment

Other Skills

ATSApplicant Tracking SystemsArtificial Intelligence for BusinessCandidate ManagementExcel with AIFreshteamHeadhuntingHiringHuman Resources (HR)IT RecruitmentInternal RecruitmentInternet RecruitingRecruitingSAP SuccesFactorsSAP Successfactors

About

At Microsoft, talent acquisition is not just about filling positions, but shaping the future of technology. Our team's mission is to strategically identify and onboard leaders who will advance AI, machine learning, and cloud technologies. With a focus on senior and leadership recruitment, I've successfully managed to fill over 50 critical roles within a single quarter, effectively strengthening our global teams. Previously at Onix, while leading recruitment for the Engineering and Product teams, I honed my expertise in Boolean searching and university recruitment, ensuring a robust pipeline of top-tier candidates. We seamlessly transitioned high-caliber talent from first contact through to successful onboarding, thanks to a collaborative effort with cluster heads and my junior recruiter, whose development I've had the privilege to accelerate.

Experience

Dunnhumby

Talent Acquisition Lead

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.
Dunnhumby(a Tesco company) Hq. in London with offices across countries employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Metro.
Dunnhumby helps retailers and brands deliver better experiences through Customer First strategies.
Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail – one of the world’s most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data – dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.
A Retail Media Network is an advertising platform owned by a retail company that allows brands to advertise to the retailer’s customers on the retailer’s own properties and sometimes beyond.
In practice, this means retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target, etc., offer ad placements on their websites, apps, in-store displays, or other channels, leveraging their first-party shopper data.
Hiring Engineering Manager
1) Dot Net
2) Fullstack(React+Dot Net)
3)ML Ops
4)Data Engineer+ML

Microsoft

Senior Recruiter(Leadership Hiring)

Apr 2024 – Jan 2025 · 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Responsible for hiring Senior and Leadership positions.
Part of Global Talent Acquisition Team

Leadership HiringSalary NegotiationsSenior Stakeholder Managementoffer processing

Onix

Lead Recruiter

Sep 2023 – Jan 2024 · 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Hiring end to end for Engineering and Product Team ( Pelican, Raven and Eagle Teams)

Stakeholder ManagementTechnical RecruitingTalent ScoutingGlobal Talent AcquisitionATSLeadership Hiring

Workspan

Lead Recruiter B2B SaaS

Nov 2022 – Aug 2023 · 9 mos · Remote

Working as Senior Global Recruiter building the team across the continents India and Europe(Product, Engineering, Finance Team) US(Sales/Marketing Team)
Heading the recruitment across the departments Engineering,Product,Technology,Network Success,
Marketing,Sales/Digital,Finance
Handled close to 50+ positions within a quarter
Source applicants, screen resumes, interview, and assess candidates to provide qualified candidates to hiring managers
Worked closely with cluster heads to forecast the demand and strategize the recruitment funnel to manage fullcycle recruitment process from developing job descriptions ,choosing sourcing methods, screening to offer,onboarding the candidate
Leading a Junior recruiter and evolving her to undertake greater responsibilities and managing her appraisal.
Facilitate feedback to key stakeholders to ensure timely production of appropriate documentation and approval.
Negotiate candidate offers, research markets and peer organizations, and provide stakeholders with market data and activity information
Ensure all hiring policies and procedures are adhered to and that “best practice” recruitment guidelines are administered throughout the recruitment process
Manage relationships with search firms/agencies to drive timely and thorough sourcing of high quality, diverse candidate pool as well as participate in diversity recruiting events and activities
Tracking and sharing the Recruitment Metrics report monthly while recruitment updates reports weekly with the leadership team
Created and Implemented recruitment plans and strategies to create a better recruitment experience
ATS used : FreshTeams
sourcing channels : Angellist, Linkedin, GitHub, instahyre, Indeed,Naukri, Hirist

Stakeholder ManagementFreshteamSourcingIT RecruitmentTeam ManagementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)+2

Ola

Assistant Manager TA

Jan 2022 – Nov 2022 · 10 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Initially was hired to build a tech team in Pune wherein Ola acquired GeoSpoc (startup in Pune) Acting lead, delivered the recruiting numbers across tech roles and built the Software Team for Ola
cabs,Olaelectric,Oladash,Olafinance
ATS used : Successfactors
Sourcing channels: Github, Linkedin AngelList, Instahyre, Cutshort,Github, Xray, Hirist,Behance/Dribble, Naukri

Technical RecruitingStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementSAP SuccesFactorsSourcingExecutive Search+7

Persistent systems

Associate Manager TA

Oct 2021 – Jan 2022 · 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Responsible for end to end recruitment.
Handled positions like Appian developers, Pega developers, QA.
Involved in recruitment discussion with stakeholder, hiring managers, Directors, cluster heads
Used Litmus Test.
Sourcing Channels used Naukri, monster, vendors, Linkedin

Technical RecruitingSourcingTalent Management

Scaler academy

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Lead

Dec 2019 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

One of the founding members of Scaler.com
I was promoted as a Lead Recruiter managing a team of 10 recruiters and managing their appraisal.
Handled the account of 50+ clients and catering to their requirements.
Forecasting the demand and strategize the recruitment process to meet the open requirements.
Scaled the startups and product teams of noon.com,WorkSpan,Algorythma,Phonepe, Flipkart

SourcingExecutive SearchInternet RecruitingHuman Resources (HR)Talent Management

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jun 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

One of the Founding members of Scaler(Interviewbit.com)
Worked as a hands-on Technical Recruiter and closed many senior, mid and leadership positions.
Involved in bulk hiring for around 20+ clients across industries i.e.Ecommerce, Product, B2B, Banking,
Manufacturing,Service.
Headhunting through various sourcing channels ,screening, interviews schedule and feedback, offer negotiation, offer and post offer follow up
Strong communication with stakeholder and sharing reports with them on recruitment progress.
Sourcing Channels used are , LinkedIn recruiter,Github, Stack overflow, Xray search,instahyre, Interviewbit.com, Naukri, Hirist, AngelList
ATS : Interviewbit,greenhouse,Darwinbox

Mass RecruitmentCorporate RecruitingGlobal Talent AcquisitionSourcingExecutive SearchInternet Recruiting+3

Careernet technologies

Recruitment Consultant

Jun 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr · Noida Area, India · On-site

Strong Experience in Head Hunting through Github, Naukri ,Stack overflow,GitHub,Angellist,Linkedin, Xray search, hirist, referral generations, company's database, networking.
Experience in volume hiring and handling drives.
Responsible for end-to-end recruitment for various companies across industries built the teams from scratch for many product startups and hired for companies
Clients : Airtel, MakeMytrip, Flipkart, Amazon, Ola, Inmobi,Samsung, healthkart, OneAssist and many more
Sourcing channels used Linkedin, Xray search, Monster,iimjobs,Angellist, instahyreGithub, Naukri ,Stack overflow.
ATS used AMS
Achievements : Was given the weekly award twice for closing 10 position in the first month

Mass RecruitmentCorporate RecruitingGlobal Talent AcquisitionSourcingExecutive SearchInternet Recruiting+2

Hcl technologies

Technical Recruiter

May 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Noida Area, India

Was part of the HCL Infra hiring for windows, citrix, Linux, Service deliver managers.
Handled mega drive of 500 positions.
Handled the recruitment process of Contract to Fulltime employees.
Was part of scheduling and offer team.
Used internal ATS- iTap
Released offer of the candidates.

Corporate RecruitingGlobal Talent AcquisitionSourcingExecutive SearchInternet RecruitingInternal Recruitment+3