Sadiya Qazi

Head of Talent

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India16 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years in strategic talent acquisition.
Expert in employer branding and candidate experience.
Proven success in scaling teams and diversity initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert specializing in IT services and software recruitment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTeam Management

Other Skills

Account ManagementApplicant Tracking SystemsBPOBenefits NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentCRMCampus HiringCollege RecruitingContract RecruitmentCorporate RecruitingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Database ManagementEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEnd-to-End Recruitment

About

Seasoned Talent Acquisition Professional with 15+ years of experience specializing in delivering strategic staffing solutions across diverse domains. Proven track record in designing and executing effective campus recruitment strategies, fostering strong employer branding, and enhancing candidate experience. Expertise in: • Talent Acquisition Strategy: Developing and implementing comprehensive strategies to attract and hire top talent across various levels and functional areas • Employer Branding: Building and managing a strong employer brand to position the organization as an employer of choice • Diverse Domain Expertise: Staffing for software products and IT services firms in travel, supply chain, ERP, finance, Salesforce, and other industries • Leadership Hiring: Recruiting for C-Suite Executives, Vice Presidents, and Product, Engineering, and Architecture leads • Team Scaling: Building and scaling software product teams from the ground up, including Microsoft stacks, Salesforce communities, open-source technologies, ERP, QA, product management, technology services, BI/analytics, data science, project management, infrastructure, and architecture roles • Diversity and Inclusion: Promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace through targeted recruitment efforts and inclusive practices I'm always open to making connections. Let's talk about scaling your organization's talent acquisition goals.

Experience

Mutiple clients

TA consulting

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Drip Capital - Strategic and leadership hiring
Impactsure- TA architect
Oneture, Flairlabs- Agency based hiring support
Epi Softect - TA operations and leadership hiring

Priceline

Global Talent Acquisition

Aug 2020 – May 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai · Remote

Gep worldwide

Manager, Talent Acquisition (Tech, Product, Engineering & Spend Analysis)

Nov 2013 – Apr 2019 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Navi Mumbai · On-site

Led Recruitment Delivery for Engineering, Product & Spend function (PAN India)
Headed a team of 7-10 recruiters
Advocate to business in heading succession planning and provided directions to business by alignment & disciplines
Introduced HR and technical assessment framework to ensure consistency
Building analysis and dashboards and publishing recruitment analysis in review meetings
Leadership Initiatives:
Scaled up product and spend technology function from 100 to 350 employees under my leadership after Securing the India Technology Talent Acquisition Lead role
Strategized, implemented, and executed renege management plan
Developed internal & external referral program strategy which in result increased employee referral usage by 15% by performing through in-house branding initiatives
Efficiently reduced recruitment vendors utilization and facilitated cost savings (leveraged only 3-5% of their services)
Acted as one of the key members

Recruitment DeliveryTeam LeadershipHR Assessment FrameworkRecruitment AnalysisSuccession PlanningReferral Program Strategy+2

Cloud sherpas (acquired by accenture)

Senior IT Recruiter

Nov 2011 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Navi Mumbai

Led pan India recruitment to eliminate agency dependency in 2012 to 2013
Pivotal in hiring 58 Salesforce Consultants in a year and worked as a part of new location hiring strategy
Worked as an integral part of Global Sourcing Team (sourced for UK, US and Australia)
Responsible for recruitment dashboard and analysis

Pan India RecruitmentSalesforce RecruitmentGlobal SourcingRecruitment DashboardTalent Acquisition

Idhasoft

Executive Recruitment (IT Recruitment)

Oct 2009 – Nov 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Navi Mumbai

Led end-to-end recruitment in collaboration with Business Heads (PAN India) and worked on in-house projects & client
requirements (body-shopping)
Supported campus hiring Initiative and partnered with universities across Navi Mumbai
Maintained the resume database an administered employee referral program

End-to-End RecruitmentCampus HiringResume Database ManagementTalent Acquisition

Conjugate

Recruiter (IT Recruitment)

Jul 2008 – Oct 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Managed end-to-end recruitment for clients in India and Middle East for technology roles
Collated, developed, and maintained database of Indian & Middle East companies
Lead generation by cold calling and setting up appointment forsales meeting

End-to-End RecruitmentDatabase ManagementLead GenerationTalent Acquisition