Shayan Khan

Recruiter

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India3 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in end-to-end recruitment processes.
Proven track record in scaling tech teams.
Strong data-driven approach to hiring strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert specializing in tech recruitment for startups and established companies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment StrategyClient ManagementRecruitment Process Management

Other Skills

AIApplicant Tracking SystemCandidate experience managementCold emailingData-driven hiring strategiesDatabase managementDiversity hiringInterview schedulingLead generationMarket mappingRecruitment drivesSalary negotiationsScreeningSourcingStakeholder management

About

Talent Acquisition professional with expertise in the end-to-end recruitment process of candidates for a plethora of positions having nearly 4 years experience in helping different product companies and start ups (funded and early stage) operating in different domains hire IT and Non-IT professionals Pan India. Currently hiring and scaling the tech, product, and design teams at People Group, home to Shaadi.com, Sangam.com, and AstroChat. Focused on building innovative teams that drive growth and transform user experiences across matchmaking, community, and spiritual tech platforms. I was previously a part of Dream11's Talent Acquisition team and have overlooked hiring for engineering & operations roles across various levels. I've taken a data driven approach to build & strategize hiring plans and have connected with hiring managers to ensure a smooth interview and onboarding process to bring some of the best talent around. In my previous stints, I've connected with C level executives, Engineering Managers, Regional and State Heads, Product Managers, Operations Managers, Tech Leads, Software Developers, Sales & Marketing Managers, as well as freshers and junior level employees of all kinds who're looking out for ideal career advancement opportunities and have made attempts to ensure a smooth transition for all job seekers by helping them get placed at their dream setups.

Experience

Shaadi.com

Senior Executive Talent Acquisition

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

At People Group, the parent company of leading platforms like Shaadi.com, Sangam.com, and AstroChat, I lead the hiring and scaling of tech product and design teams that drive innovation across these diverse products. People Group is at the forefront of digital matchmaking, community engagement, and spiritual tech, with offerings ranging from India’s largest matchmaking platform Shaadi.com to the fast-growing astrology app AstroChat. By building and nurturing talented teams, I help enable the company to deliver user-focused solutions that serve millions of users while continuously evolving to meet changing market needs. Our work supports People Group’s mission to create impactful, digitally led brands that positively transform the way people connect and engage.

Dream11

Talent Acquisition

Aug 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

1. Partner with stakeholders and hiring managers (VP & Directors) of Product, Platform and Data &
ML engineering teams to align hiring strategies with business needs.
2. Increased interview to offer ratio to 4:1 and had a 81% offer to joining percentage for tech roles for
Product Engineering for L2.
3. Used different channels like LinkedIn (27% ), Naukri (18% ), Jobsite (24% ), Internal Referrals (22% )
and Campus reachouts (9% ) to close roles across L1-L4.
4. Worked on an AI initiative with the team around talent branding to increase overall efficiency
within the function.
5. Part of other core team projects that focussed on market mapping, affinity based hiring, and
diversity hiring.
6. Successfully closed open requisitions with joiners from Tier 1 companies like Amazon, Microsoft,
Uber, etc.
7. Managed candidate experience across interviews, offers, and onboarding.
8. Organized virtual and on-site hiring drives for multiple business units across locations like
Bangalore and Mumbai and overachieved the initially set hypothesis for all hiring events.
9. Attended the Mumbai Tech Week for networking and to connect with leaders from some of the
biggest consumer tech companies.

Stakeholder managementData-driven hiring strategiesMarket mappingDiversity hiringTalent brandingCandidate experience management+2

Antal international

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Apr 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

1. Actively recruiting for mid-senior levels roles for well established startups (seed funded or higher) and listed MNCs operating in multiple domains (Fintech, Edtech, Insure-tech, E-Commerce, B2B SaaS, Enterprise applications) Pan India.
2. Responsible for generating leads and sending cold e-mails to decision makers in order to convert actively hiring companies into potential clients.
3. Actively participating in job qualifying and weekly review calls with clients to understand their requirements and expectations.
4. Ensuring a smooth hiring process for clients organising recruitment drives in order to fill multiple vacancies urgently.
5. Building long term professional relationships and a systematic database of top tech talent to cater to their professional expectations.
6. Using an 'Applicant Tracking System' in order to streamline daily work for higher efficiency and meet daily KPIs.
7. Looking after the end-to-end recruitment process for a plethora of tech roles. (Software Engineers, Architects, Engineering Leadership, Data, DevOps, Product, Design, and Testing).
8. Responsible for setting up and taking the initial interviews/screening calls of candidates for a client.
9. Handling multiple positions for a couple of clients end to end (understanding requirements, ensuring quality and timely delivery from other consultants, maintaining the database, streamlining the interview stages, raising invoice for closed positions, and making sure the client and candidate expectations are met post joining).

Lead generationCold emailingRecruitment drivesApplicant Tracking SystemDatabase managementTalent Acquisition+1

Talentstack - your global talent partner

3 roles

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

Mar 2023 – Apr 2023 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

1. Worked as a Senior Recruitment Consultant with relevant experience of over a year. Responsible for looking after the end-to-end recruitment life cycle.
2. Major responsibilities include sourcing, screening, scheduling of interviews, follow ups, maintaining databases and salary negotiations.
3. Helped some of the fastest growing product based startups Pan India fill their job vacancies for a plethora of tech and non-tech positions.
4. Consistently met daily activity and revenue generation based targets that led to two promotions within the span of 14 months.
5. Part of the initial on-job training programme that lasted over 2 weeks to understand the entire recruitment process, hierarchical models and different industries/domains.

SourcingScreeningInterview schedulingSalary negotiationsTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Process Management