Dishaa Kukreja

Talent Acquisition Manager

Gurgaon, Haryana, India9 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Proven track record in scaling recruitment teams.
Expertise in both technical and non-technical hiring.
Strong focus on data-driven talent acquisition processes.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Manager with expertise in scaling teams in fast-paced startup environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTeam ManagementLeadership Hiring

Other Skills

AI recruitmentBenefits NegotiationCandidate ManagementData AnalysisData EngineeringEmployee EngagementEmployer BrandingExecutive SearchFinTechHR PoliciesHuman ResourcesJavaMISManagementMarket Research

About

As Talent Acquisition Manager at Freedom Consulting Inc., I bring extensive experience in talent management and recruitment, spanning over 12 years. My focus is on scaling teams and building robust recruitment frameworks for fast-paced startup environments. At Freedom, I lead a team of four recruiters, driving aggressive hiring KPIs while also contributing directly to technical and non-technical hiring needs. My expertise includes SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Data Engineering, and AI recruitment, among others. My mission is to ensure efficient and data-driven talent acquisition processes. I prioritize mentoring teams, streamlining hiring strategies, and fostering candidate engagement. With a proven record of building scalable recruitment systems, I support organizational growth by aligning hiring solutions with business goals.

Experience

Freedom consulting inc.

Talent Acquisition Manager

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · India · Remote

● Talent Manager with a strong record of scaling teams and building recruitment functions in fast-paced startup environments.
● Leading and mentoring a team of 4 recruiters while consistently delivering on aggressive hiring KPIs—often closing roles across tech and non-tech functions as an individual contributor too.
● My experience spans SAP, Salesforce, Signavio, ServiceNow, Data Engineering, Analytics, AI, backend engineer, frontend engineers, and full-stack engineers, Kinaxis Rapid Response hiring. I have successfully scaled internal teams from 0 to 60+ resources within Freedom’s Internal hiring within first 6 Months, built processes from scratch like TA Framework, Role book for KPI’s Candidate Pitch, Incentive plan etc, and partnered with leadership to design recruitment strategies for India and global hiring, covering both permanent and contract staffing.
● With a deep focus on data, dashboards, funnel optimization, and recruiter productivity, I’ve improved hiring efficiency and reduced TAT significantly over the months. Efficiently worked on clients like Ola Electric, KPMG, Accenture (India & Singapore), EY, Optimum, NEC, Motherson, Bikano, Softek Etc.
● I also drive employer branding by managing social media strategy and creative direction—leading to organic follower growth, higher engagement, and stronger brand visibility.
● Alongside talent acquisition, I serve as the Presiding Officer of the POSH Committee, ensuring compliance and fostering a safe and inclusive workplace culture. High energy, resilience, and problem-solving are at the core of everything I do.

SAP ProductsSalesforceServiceNowData EngineeringAI recruitmentTeam Management+2

Novo

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Manager

Promoted

Jun 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

● Driving the entire Talent space for Novo India, with a team of 3 recruiters
● Scaling the team from 20 to 70 + engineers now in India. Designing, driving and implementing strategies related to all - tech and non-tech hiring org wide.
● Ensure a positive, professional candidate experience throughout the talent acquisition process. - Taking first Job Intake calls with the assigned recruiter and planning the recruitment strategy for the given roles within the set TAT’s
● Encouraging the team to follow and work around their KPI’s by weekly 1:1 and quarterly look back on the team's success.
● Build relationships with hiring managers to understand their current and future headcount needs, candidate selection, and initial on-boarding processes.
● Develop and implement recruiting strategies, Build TA Framework
● Leverage various platforms to source diverse internal and external candidates.
● Advise hiring managers on best practices for interviewing skills, talent acquisition process, and retention.
● Exclusively Working on Leadership roles for Novo India.

Leadership hiringFinTechTeam ManagementSmall Team ManagementTech hiringCandidate Management+1

Senior Technical Recruiter

Jun 2021 – Apr 2022 · 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Ihs markit

Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Feb 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

Worked into Full Recruitment cycle and Built product development team for IHS Markit including full-stack developers, SDET, business analysts and Test engineers across India and APAC specialising in investment banking domain.

Sapient global markets

Associate - Talent Acquisition

May 2015 – Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

Sapient Global Markets, a division of Sapient® (NASDAQ:SAPE), is a leading provider of services to today’s evolving financial and commodity markets. We provide a full range of capabilities to help our clients grow and enhance their businesses, create robust and transparent infrastructure, manage operating costs, and foster innovation throughout their organizations. We offer services across Advisory, Analytics, Technology, and Process, as well as unique methodologies in program management, technology development, and process outsourcing.
The company operates three divisions, SapientNitro, Sapient Global Markets and Sapient Government Services.
Responsibilities:
 Hiring niche talent for Core Java, C++, Big Data & .Net technologies across India
 Manage end to end recruitment cycle (from sourcing of candidate till the candidate onboarding)
 Experienced in Market Intelligence, Talent Mapping, Competitor Mapping
 Vendor Management and alignment, schedule Vendor meeting with the hiring manager pertaining open Requirements
 Hired experienced Technical/Development Leads, Architects and Platform Experts
 Client industry includes - Investment Banking / Capital Markets
 Talent management; TALEO/Database Management & Tracking
 Stakeholder Management; Account Management & Reporting
 Referral Networking
 Talent mapping; Organizational chart development

K2 partnering solutions

Recruiter

Jul 2013 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

K2 is a global staff augmentation firm specializing in the placement of niche enterprise consultants, with a particular focus in ERP, Analytics and Cloud resources.
At K2, we recognize that the most valued asset to any business is its people, and our team of associates are committed to the K2 standard of relationships, excellence and quality.
Responsibilities:
Professionalism and expertise, complemented by multilingualism and global reach, enable K2 to connect you with the right people for the toughest assignments. Because after all, the best consultants in the industry don’t want a job, they want a challenge.
Lead Management, Market Research and Outbound Sales Management.
Managing a spectrum of clients in Fortune-500, Large Indian enterprises.
Adept in commercial qualification and market mapping to identify potential customers.
Liaison with CXO-level decision-makers to generate business.
Client mapping and evaluation using quantitative analytics and Market research.
Proactively engage the team to follow up on leads and key account management.
Managing entire end to end Recruitment process from sourcing till final placement.
Sourcing the candidates from portals as per the given JD.
Working the contract market and establishing relationship with the Contractors in India and Abroad
Making use of the Boolean Search for a more relative search

Spa capital services ltd.

HR Intern

Jun 2012 – Aug 2012 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Competency Mapping, Talent Acquisition, Recruitment.
Handling selection and recruitment for various vacancies (Corporate marketing, IT, Accounts department etc) pan India, Maintaining records for new joinees, Making letters (Relieving letter, Offer letter, Confirmation letter, Appointment letter, Appraisal letters), handling joining of a candidate, exist cases, making relevant searches for vacancies on various Job Portals( Naukri, Firstnaukri), Handling B-schools for summer interns, Software update(HRIS) for employees of the organisation, Preparing Salary Structure