Sana Kausar

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India4 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Scaled engineering team from 50 to 100+.
  • Reduced time-to-hire by 60% through process optimization.
  • Awarded 'Star Enabler' for impactful contributions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist in the Tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementRecruitment Process OptimizationHr OperationsRecruitment Lifecycle

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsCandidate AssessmentCold CallingCreative Problem SolvingData AnalysisDeterminationEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEnd to End RecruitmentsGo getterInterview CoordinationLinkedIn RecruiterMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPoint

About

People-friendly Talent Partner, focused on bringing the right talent to the organisation and turning talent into success stories :)

Experience

Sense

2 roles

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Scaled the India engineering team from 50 to 100+ in just over a year.
  • Helped the engineering teams by testing the product as an end user and provided suggestions for improvement.
  • 🔹 My breakthrough: Learned how to move fast without breaking the human side in hiring and made friends for life.
Talent SourcingStakeholder ManagementTeam PlayerEmployee EngagementTalent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition Partner

Apr 2022Mar 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Drove the first internship program, hired 28 interns across Tech, Product, and Testing.
  • Reduced agency cost to 0, fully shifting to in-house sourcing and employee referrals.
  • Transitioned the ATS from SmartRecruiter to TRM (in-house ATS) and onboarded India and US teams onto the platform.
  • Reduced time-to-hire by 60% by streamlining the recruitment process, driving targeted hiring.
  • Dabbled in employee engagement and ops along the way.
  • Awarded the “Star Enabler” and "Sense Values" awards for impact in 2023.
End to End RecruitmentsApplicant Tracking SystemsEmployee RelationsInterview CoordinationTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Process Optimization

Furlenco

Senior Executive Human Resources

Jul 2021Mar 2022 · 8 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Gained hands-on experience in in-house recruitment from requirement gathering, stakeholder management to offer closure.
  • Transitioned into a vendor management role, coordinating with external partners and driving candidate outsourcing.
  • Leveraged data to provide key insights to leaders that supported key hiring decisions.
  • 🔹 My breakthrough: Strengthened my recruitment foundation and learned valuable corporate lessons. Moving fast while keeping quality over quantity.
Vendor ManagementData AnalysisEmployee EngagementTalent AcquisitionStakeholder Management

Ezetap by razorpay

Human Resources Consultant (On Contract)

Dec 2020Jun 2021 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Started in-house hiring, owned the end-to-end recruitment process (sourcing to offer), and successfully closed critical tech positions.
  • Handled HR operations, including onboarding, 1:1 connects, paperwork, salary proposals, performance appraisals, and exit formalities.
  • Gained strong exposure in stakeholder management
  • Contributed to policy creation by gathering market insights and implementing them to improve HR processes.
  • 🔹 My breakthrough: This was where I sailed in two ships, exploring HR operations while owning in-house end-to-end recruitment.
End to End RecruitmentsHR OperationsPolicy CreationTalent Acquisition

Anzy careers

2 roles

Associate Recruitment Specialist

Jun 2019Nov 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · On-site

  • Transitioned to complete recruitment lifecycle (sourcing to offer) across tech roles – Backend, UI, Android, iOS, QA, DevOps, SDET, Data Engineering & Tech Leads.
  • Helped 10+ product startups (Meesho, Groww, Zeta, Recko.io (Stripe), GamesKraft, etc.) hire engineers through outbound talent strategies.
  • Gained hands-on learning on everything from cold reachouts to closing tough roles for seed to Series C stage start ups.
  • Achieved fast closures with consistent 15 to 30 days TAT as a primary sourcer.
  • 🔹 My Breakthrough: This is where I made mistakes, learned recruitment the hard way, and began my journey into the start-up world through consultancy.
SourcingCold CallingCandidate AssessmentTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Lifecycle

Recruitment Trainee

Apr 2019May 2019 · 1 mo · On-site

  • Learned the fundamentals of Recruitment

Education

Karnataka University, Dharwad

Chetan Business School of Research and Management || Master of Business Administration - MBA — HR & Marketing

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Karnataka University, Dharwad

Nehru BBA and BCA college || Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA — Marketing

Jan 2014Jan 2017

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