Aakanksha R.

Head of Talent

London, England, United Kingdom15 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 14 years of international HR experience.
  • Expert in end-to-end recruitment for technical and corporate roles.
  • Proven track record in stakeholder management and team leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Talent Acquisition professional with expertise in technical recruitment across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Internal RecruitmentCorporate RecruitingTechnical RecruitingProject ManagementMarket Intelligence

Other Skills

Account ManagementApplicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationBlockchainBusiness DevelopmentCandidate ManagementCompliance ManagementContract RecruitmentCryptocurrencyCustomer ServiceDiversity & InclusionFraud PreventionInterviewingKPI DashboardsKPI Implementation

About

I have over 14 years of international experience in talent acquisition and human resources, with a Master's degree in HR and a Bachelor's degree in Science. My core competencies include end-to-end recruitment, stakeholder management, team management, training, coordination, and administration for technical and corporate roles. I have successfully recruited and onboarded candidates for various technologies, such as cloud, devops, IoT, systems engineering, data science, and mobile development, as well as corporate functions, such as data analysis, marketing, copywriting, AML/KYC, customer service, fraud prevention, and merchant support. I am agile, fast, and confident in making decisions, handling high-stress situations, and communicating with C-level stakeholders. I am optimistic, self-motivated, proactive, and result-driven, and committed to providing the best talent solutions for my stakeholders and candidates.

Experience

Rakuten viber

Global Talent Partner

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Coeo group

Talent Acquisition Manager

Jun 2023Jul 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Scaling up HR & recruitment processes from scratch.
  • Implementing advanced sourcing techniques, including leveraging social media, niche job
  • boards, and industry-specific platforms, resulting improved quality candidates pipelines.
  • Conducting in-depth technical interviews and assessments to evaluate candidates' skills,
  • ensuring alignment with both technical requirements and organizational culture.
  • Implementing employer branding initiatives, showcasing the company culture and values,
  • resulting in significant increase in inbound applications from top professionals.
  • PeopleHR updates with new hires & leavers information- Onboarding & exit process.
  • Majorly recruiting for—PHP Developers, AI Engineers, IT Project Managers, Data Analyst, Fullstack
  • Developers, Customer Service, Business Developers, Client Relationship Managers etc
Internal RecruitmentCorporate RecruitingCandidate Management

Capital.com

Senior Talent Acquisition and HR Partner- Global Markets

Aug 2022May 2023 · 9 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Responsible for end to end recruitment cycle for Technical and Business roles.
  • Collaboration with leaders to develop and update job descriptions, ensuring accuracy and
  • relevance to the current trends.
  • Reviewing & enhancing recruitment/interview processes.
  • Successfully implemented and optimized the use of ATS to streamline recruitment processes,
  • resulting in a reduction of time-to-fill.
  • Utilized data analytics within the ATS to provide insights into recruitment metrics, enabling data-
  • driven decision-making and continuous process improvement.
  • End to end administrative support. This includes processing new starters, change of details,
  • leavers on to the HR database. Ensuring that all new starter documentation is returned and
  • recorded.
  • Managing communication with C-level stakeholders for the confidential hiring.
  • Vendor Management.
  • Mentoring coaching junior recruiters, new team members.
  • Technical and Product Recruitment— Web2.0 & 3.0 Blockchain based technology recruitment
  • for developing a trading platform for Crypto currency like- Fullstack Lead, React Developers,
  • Node.JS Backend developers, PHP Developers, Java Developers, System Analysts, Business
  • Analysts, Head of Technical Strategy, Head of IT, IT Project Managers, Incident Managers, System
  • Engineers, Network Engineers, CyberSecurity Engineers (Red and Blue Teams), Technical
  • Support,Product Manager, Product Designer, Head of Product Strategy etc
  • Business Roles covered— Data Analyst, HR, Marketing, Copywriters, AML/KYC Specialists,
  • Customer Service etc
  • Markets covered- UK (London), Poland (Warsaw), Cyprus (Limassol), Ukraine (Kyiv), Lithuania
  • (Vilnius), Georgia, Bulgaria (Sofia).
Corporate RecruitingDiversity & InclusionTechnical RecruitingSourcingInterviewingWeb 2.0+3

Klarna

Talent Acquisition Lead and Onboarding Specialist - Global Markets

May 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Headhunting and building Recruitment strategy for senior technical roles- Frontend (UI/UX, JS,
  • React), Backend (Java, NodeJS, Python), IOS (Swift, xcui test, Objective C), Android (SDK, kotlin,
  • python), Fullstack, Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Devops (CI/CD, Jenkins, Kubernetes), QA (selenium,
  • test automation, rest assure, API automation), Database (Oracle, SQL, MySQL)
  • Business roles covered- AML, Consumer Ops, Merchant Foundations—Recruitment for Customer
  • Support, Merchant support, AML Specialists, Tech Support, Engineers, Sr Engineers, Lead,
  • Managers, Project Managers, program managers, Vendor Managers at all levels.
  • Markets covered--US, UK (London, Manchester), Sweden (Stockholm, Gothenburg), Germany
  • (Berlin, Munich), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Madrid), Italy (Milan), Nederland (Amsterdam).
  • Project & program Management-
  • Diversity sourcing sessions.
  • Vendor onboarding (3rd party agency)- specialised agencies specially for German market
  • Talent mapping exercises for new markets before the launch.
  • Team bonding Workshops— to enhance collaboration in this virtual environment using Miro
  • board.
  • Mentoring, coaching junior recruiters, new team members.
  • Analysing exit interviews data to take the corrective actions.
  • Ensuring that references are obtained for all new starters in-line with the Company’s screening
  • requirements.
  • Reporting
  • Daily, Weekly- Submissions, Interviews to the reporting manager.
  • Hiring Status- Bi-weekly— Offers, Starts, dropouts to the Stakeholders (Engineering Managers/
  • Market Leads) Business Review- Monthly/Quarterly— Hiring plan forecast, budget, team capacity
  • planning.
  • ReportingTools- MS Excel, Qlicksense (Conversion rates, funnel, reverse funnel), Lever (ATS
  • reporting)
Corporate RecruitingKPI DashboardsDiversity & InclusionProject ManagementTechnical RecruitingSourcing+6

Kelly

Talent Acquisition Manager-DACH

Nov 2020Apr 2021 · 5 mos

  • Responsible for the leadership, design, development and execution of effective, global talent acquisition strategies and systematic talent mapping plans at the foundation.
  • Develop and cultivate strong relationships with business leaders at all levels to fully understand business needs and objectives.
  • Analyze the relevant labor market and provide the insightful reports about the challenges and solutions to the hiring managers.
  • Lead and continuously improve end-to-end recruitment and talent acquisition process for technical positions. Leverage deep technical recruiting knowledge to develop plans to attract top talent with required skill-sets to support Business objectives.
  • Responsible for active sourcing on social Platforms such as Linkedin, Monster, Stepstone, phone screens, candidate assessments, candidate tracking and status updates, interview feedback sessions, compensation analysis, offer extension, negotiations and candidate relationships.
  • Track and analyze talent acquisition metrics to monitor and improve performance
  • Managing an international team of 4 recruiter.
  • Technical Recruitment- Cloud Architect, Infrastructure Architects, Java Developer, Frontend Developers, Fullstack Developers, DevOps Lead etc.
Technical RecruitingSourcingReporting & AnalysisMarket IntelligenceAccount ManagementInterviewing+2

Acs solutions

Talent Acquisition Manager- US Recruitments

Oct 2012Jul 2020 · 7 yrs 9 mos

  • Talent Acquisition/Recruitment
  • End to end technical recruitment.
  • Conducting phone screens with in-depth ability to qualify resources on specific technologies.
  • Onboarding candidates on our own in-house systems as well as many Vendors/Clients through HireGenics/RecruitEx/JobDiva.
  • Vendor Management.
  • Team Management
  • Responsible for Goal setting, Performance reviews and development plan for team members.
  • Creating recruitment team offshore from scratch depending upon the flow of client requirements.
  • Delegating requirements among the team members and making sure that the delivery is done as per client SLAs (Service-level Agreement) and within TAT (turnaround time).
  • Managing and mentoring recruitment staff, refining recruitment process, maintaining functional metrices.
  • Providing training to the team members in building professional network and utilizing that network in requirement coverage.
  • Responsible for team targets that includes Daily, Weekly and Monthly Targets with respect to submittals, interviews and placements.
  • Industries covered- IT Consulting, Banking and Financial, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical, Telecom, Retail, Callcenters, Datacenters etc Involved in bulk hiring for the skills like-- Cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS), DevOps, IoT, C++ and Embedded Engineers, Infotainment Engineers, Systems Engineers, Server Engineers (Windows, Linux/Unix, Z/OS), Project Managers, Data Center Architects, Coders/Developers [(Backend–Java, Python, Kotlin C#/C++), (Frontend– JavaScript, React, Angular, HTML, CSS), Fullstack)], Database (Oracle, SQL), IOS Developers, Android Developers, SDET’s, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, Finance etc.
  • Achievements:
  • Awarded as the "Hi-Flier Team" for the Quarter Oct-Dec 2015.
  • Awarded as the "Hi-Flier Individual" for the Quarter Jan-Mar 2016.
  • Awarded as the "Hi-Flier Team" for the Quarter Apr-Jun 2016.
  • Honored by “Service & Excellence” award in Mar 2018.
Corporate RecruitingTechnical RecruitingBusiness DevelopmentSourcingLeadershipAccount Management+3

Artech information systems

Senior Executive/ Senior Technical Recruiter- US Recruitments

Mar 2010Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Coordinating with US based counterparts to discuss the IT requirements, interviews/ offers feedback/follow ups, detailed job descriptions etc & delegated the same to the team members accordingly. Solicited and tracked feedback process for candidates.
  • Working as a virtual Team Lead or Assistant Team Lead.
  • Completing all the assigned tasks timely and achieved the monthly/quarterly/annual targets.
  • Handling the recruitment & selection process; Performing resume searches and job posting using internal and external tools like Job diva, LinkedIn, Bullhorn Reach etc. Headhunting on niche positions to get the right match.
  • Following up with the candidates & the concerned departments on post offer activities for the background check processes including, employment applications and release form submittals, drug screen completion, and gathering additional documents if necessary.
  • Developing database/pipelining of potential candidates for future opportunities.
  • Redeploying the candidates after their project completion.
  • Achievements
  • Awarded as the ROOKIE OF THE MONTH for achieving the targets in the first month of joining.
  • Awarded multiple times as the ACHIEVER OF THE MONTH/ QUATER for achieving the monthly targets.
  • Got the SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD for service excellence & quality work.
Technical RecruitingSourcingKPI ReportingInterviewing

Moserbaer photo voltaic pvt. ltd

Summer Trainee HR

Jun 2008Aug 2008 · 2 mos

  • Synopsis: The project emphasized on identification of training needs of all the employees of Moserbaer Photo Voltaic Ltd., preparation of data bank and after analyzing them suggest a suitable training programme for the employees for the financial year 2008-09.

Education

UP Technical University

MBA — HR

Jan 2007Jan 2009

CCS University

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) — Physics; Chemistry & Maths

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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