Saurabh Gupta

Head of Talent

New Delhi, Delhi, India13 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Implemented AI-driven sourcing strategies for recruitment.
  • Revamped employer branding and diversity initiatives.
  • Led full-cycle recruitment across multiple verticals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in Fintech and recruitment lifecycle optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment Lifecycle

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data ManagementDiversity InclusionEmployer BrandingExecutive SearchGlobal SourcingHuman ResourcesInterviewingJob PortalsMass HiringMicrosoft OfficeNetworkingOnboardingPerformance MetricsRecruitment

About

My focus as Talent Acquisition specialist encompasses refining recruitment processes and implementing AI-driven sourcing strategies. Over the past four years, I've been pivotal in enhancing our employer branding and diversity inclusion, which significantly improved our offer-to-join ratio and reduced recruitment costs. My approach leverages a mix of employee referrals, direct sourcing, and internal job postings to fulfill over 200 requirements. My competencies are rooted in the creation of performance metrics, managing hiring SOPs under RBI guidelines, and vendor management, all of which have contributed to our team's success. We've optimized our recruitment lifecycle, ensuring compliance and efficiency. I am committed to fostering a culture that values innovation and continuous improvement, aligning talent acquisition with Paytm Payments Bank's strategic vision.

Experience

Tripjack

Deputy General Manager

Nov 2025Present · 4 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Paytm payments bank

Head of Talent Acquisition

Sep 2021Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

  • Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change and assess progress
  • Implemented AI-driven sourcing approach to enhance the efficiency of the recruitment process
  • Revamped the employer branding, Diversity inclusion, referral policy and introduced the employee referral program to ensure a better offer-to-join ratio and lowering the overall recruitment cost per hire
  • Leveraged employee referrals (30%), direct sourcing & job posting (60%), IJP applications (10%) to source candidates for positions
  • Maintaining hiring SOP and compliance as per company policy under RBI guidelines
  • SPOC for 10+ stakeholder for their 150+ requirement across all level
  • Maintaining the MIS Reports and act as channel of communication across all level of management
  • Spearheaded full-cycle recruitment across multiple verticals including Technology,
  • Product, Sales, Finance, Operations, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, Audit, Business
  • & Growth, Customer Support, Risk Management, and Vigilance
  • Strong experience with vendor onboarding, vendor management, stakeholder management
  • Manage and evaluate recruitment methodologies, strategies to ensure effective sourcing, interviews / evaluation, selection of resources and timely hires
  • Leading a team 6 recruiter to manage Leadership and lateral hiring throughout all the verticals on various technology and stacks like - Backend, Frontend, Developers/Tech Leads/Engineering Managers/AVP/VP/Director - Java, Node.JS/react.js, Big Data Engineers/Data Scientist, Program Manager, Mobile Developer (iOS & Android), DevOps, DBA etc
  • Ensuring closure of all positions with minimum TAT.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingDiversity InclusionPerformance MetricsVendor Management+2

Paymentus

Talent Acquisition Lead

Jul 2019Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Gurgaon, India · On-site

  • Responsible for leading a team of 4 recruiters and Involved in hands-on end-to-end recruitment across all level positions on Tech/Non tech
  • Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change and assess progress
  • Manage job assignment on a day-to-day basis, monitoring performance on job and Support hiring and training of new and existing associates
  • Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits and advantages of working for company
  • Sourced, Screened & Conducted pre-screening interviews of prospective candidates for the vacancy
  • Vendor Management-handling multiple vendors and recruitment Process Outsourcing for fulltime and contract basis requirement
  • Develop and implement cost effective sourcing, including the use of online, internal, direct, referrals, and agency sources
  • Provide timely data report to the business and other stakeholder on Weekly and monthly basis
  • Responsible for creating and fostering relationships with diverse professional organizations to attract and recruit best talent
  • Mapping the market to understand, which companies are working on that niche skill & accordingly generating reports.
Performance MetricsVendor ManagementRecruitment Process OutsourcingSourcingScreeningTalent Acquisition+1

Diverse lynx

Talent Acquisition Manager

Jun 2015Jun 2019 · 4 yrs · Noida Area, India · On-site

  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Recruitment (70% of job profile) and Human Resources (30% of job profile)
  • Manage full recruitment life cycle process for experienced and fresher’s hiring.
  • Responsible for managing a team of 5 recruiters for their submissions, interviews, offers &
  • Starts
  • Relationship Management with stakeholders, Vendors, TPOs and Prospective Employees
  • Designing Recruitment processes that relate directly to business needs, including selection and assessment tools, customized sourcing initiatives and talent management best practices.
  • Manage experienced/Fresher’s hire interview process including: sourcing and screening resumes, selecting candidates for interview, conducting interview, selection and onboarding.
  • Involved in client meetings and conference calls to understand their recruitments.
  • Conduct daily conference calls with team to set daily targets and assign daily jobs to perform.
  • Preparing excel sheets for daily submission and submit daily reports to account manager.
  • Handling communications within the team and aiding in preparing schedules for recruitment activities and their execution
  • Prepare interviewers for interviews, transitioning relevant candidate-specific information, verbally extend offers of employment and leverage on manager for guidance around complex negotiation
  • Plan, conduct and participate in post-offer pursuit activities (e.g., communications, office visits, answering questions)
  • Hiring through Job Portals, LinkedIn, Social media, Vendors & Campus-Screening, Shortlisting & Coordinating with Stakeholders
  • Recruitment of all levels of candidates (Developers, Tech Leads, Project Leads, and Project Managers) and Corporate level hiring (Sr. Manager-TA, AVP- HRD, GM-Operations, and Manager-Presales).
  • purpose.
  • Strategy for Volume hiring: Planning and execution for Walk-ins local or outstation.
RecruitmentHuman ResourcesStakeholder ManagementInterviewingOnboardingTalent Acquisition+1

Dezire techsoft private limited

Technical Recruiter

Jun 2012Jun 2015 · 3 yrs · Noida

  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Worked with multiple direct clients like FRBNY, EMC, Barclays Capitals, GE Health Care, GSK Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson
  • Working on Job boards like Naukri, Monster, on-line database, Job Diva, LinkedIn candidate referrals, internet and networking to identify potential candidates.
  • Experienced in recruiting various Telecom positions and Software Jobs.
  • Handled the tasks of screening, selecting and submitting candidates to job orders within a defined discipline.
  • Participating in Vendor calls with the client to understand the requirements in detail.
  • Responsible for recruiting and maintaining good relationship with existing candidates of the organization.
  • Expertise Recruitment working on Web Developers, Software Developers/Analysts, Java developer Database Developers/Administrators/Analysts/Architects, Network Administrators/Engineers, QA Testers/QA Analyst/QA Engineer, and Program/Project Managers and Administrative positions etc.
  • Developed and maintained a network of Clients and vendors to get HOTLIST’s/requirements regularly.
  • Keep a track and follow up of every requirement from submission till closure.
Technical RecruitingScreeningVendor ManagementNetworkingTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Lifecycle

Education

Motivational Pathway

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electronics and Telecommunication

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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