Deepak Kumar

Lead Recruiter

Gurgaon, Haryana, India12 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in talent acquisition.
Expert in building high-performing recruitment teams.
Passionate about inclusive hiring practices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with a focus on strategic hiring in diverse business environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementRecruitment

Other Skills

Benefits NegotiationCandidate ExperienceConsultingContract RecruitmentDiversity HiringEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEnd-to-End RecruitmentExecutive SearchHR ConsultingHR PoliciesHRISHeadhuntingHiringHuman Resources

About

Talent Acquisition professional with over a decade of experience in building and leading high-performing recruitment teams across diverse business functions. Currently serving as Group Lead – Talent Acquisition, I drive strategic hiring initiatives, lead a team of skilled recruiters, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable, business-aligned talent solutions. My expertise spans end-to-end recruitment, stakeholder management, process optimization, and employer branding. I’m passionate about creating a seamless candidate experience, fostering inclusive hiring practices, and leveraging data and technology to enhance recruitment outcomes. I believe in leading by example, empowering teams, and continuously evolving to meet the dynamic needs of the talent landscape. Whether it’s scaling teams during growth phases or refining hiring strategies for niche roles, I bring a solution-oriented mindset and a commitment to excellence.

Experience

12 yrs

Total Experience

3 yrs

Average Tenure

7 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Ameriprise financial services, llc

3 roles

Group Lead - Talent acquisition

Promoted

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Lead and manage a team of recruiters, driving performance, mentoring on sourcing techniques, and fostering continuous improvement.
Partner with business leaders to understand workforce needs, conduct skill gap analyses, and advise on talent availability and market trends.
Design and implement sourcing strategies to meet current staffing needs and build future talent pipelines, ensuring cost-effectiveness and reduced time-to-hire.
Manage the full recruitment lifecycle including requirement gathering, candidate evaluation, HR interviews, salary fitment, and offer negotiations.
Promote internal mobility through collaboration on internal movements and promotions.
Ensure diversity hiring by evaluating candidates for experience, skills, cultural fit, and long-term potential.
Collaborate with external vendors and sourcing partners to expand reach and improve candidate quality.
Present curated talent pools to hiring managers and support them in making informed selection decisions.

Team ManagementStakeholder ManagementRecruitment LifecycleDiversity HiringSourcing StrategiesTalent Acquisition

Lead Recruiter

Promoted

Feb 2021 – Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Senior Recruiter

Aug 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Capgemini

Recruitment Specialist

Feb 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

Working with Business units, Resource Managers, Hiring and Project Managers for their Resource requirements.
Building high quality pipeline for Business Information Management (BIM) & Center of Excellence (COE) teams.
Interacting with Sourcing partners for Recruitment drives targeting the fulfillment numbers across geographies.
Handling the entire recruitment life cycle starting from job requirement gathering till on boarding the resource.
Hiring for project specific and Strategic Hiring
Understand the job specification of the requirement, analyze the feasibility to fulfill the same against resource market availability
Regular & structured interaction with stakeholders
Involved in screening the profiles and taking their HR interviews and closing the loops at a quick Pace.
Salary negotiation with the shortlisted candidates
Report generations for the offers and joiners.
Conversion Specialist:
Providing Market Intelligence on regular basis and suggest in revising the existing compensation practices to improve hiring conversions.
The role of conversion specialist involves building a professional relationship with the candidate and converting an offer to a joinee.
Providing High Tea engagement Sessions for Candidates.
Follow up with Offered candidates to ensure committed joining date

Recruitment LifecycleStakeholder InteractionSalary NegotiationMarket IntelligenceTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Arrows group

Senior Technical Recruiter

Jun 2015 – Feb 2016 · 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

Arrows Group delivers specialist workforce solutions to high-growth companies, operating in sectors with high demand for permanent, contract, and freelance skills.
Generating revenues in excess of £70m, the company operates from offices in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and India, serving a global client base with a blended onshore and offshore sourcing model.
Arrows Group’s philosophy is based on driving business and employee growth through employee empowerment and cutting-edge service innovation.
Arrows Group continues its quest to offer clients a truly bespoke and innovative approach to their workforce demands through its world-class people, technology, and processes.

Hcl technologies

Recruitment Specialist

Sep 2013 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos · Noida Area, India

.Working as an Consultant for Talent acquisition in RMG
Handling End to end lateral Recruitment for HCL Technology (Infrastructure Service Division).
Managing the entire Data center (Unix and Storage, Database, Windows, Vmware) offshore recruitment.
Formulating and executing the hiring strategy to close the active requirements in the shortest time frame.
Sourcing, screening and short listing suitable profiles as per the open requirements.
Sourcing through different job portals like Naukri, Monster, References, database.
Actively working on the sourcing from the social networking tools.
Taking the preliminary round of interview over call/F2F and matching the suitability as per the open requirement.
Coordinating and scheduling the Technical/Managerial (Telephonic & In Person) round of interview with the candidate and Technical panels and ensuring the smooth interview process.
Working as a Business interface to ensure the timely closer as per the open requirements.
Creating and ensuring WOW candidate experience.
Actively involved in Vendor Management and evaluating the vendor performance over the fulfillment and support , Involved in ER .