Kamran Rizvi

Recruiter

Delhi, India16 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 15 years in tech recruitment.
Led recruitment for Adobe's India engineering teams.
Strong focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned recruitment leader in the SaaS industry with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionLeadershipDiversity, Equity, And Inclusion

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsApplicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentCRMChange ManagementContract RecruitmentDatabasesE-commerceEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsExecutive SearchHiringHuman ResourcesManagement

About

With over 15 years in tech recruitment, I specialize in building and scaling recruitment functions that drive growth and innovation. My career has spanned a decade in fast-paced startup environments, where I led recruitment from the ground up—setting up processes, implementing industry best practices, and establishing teams across all functions. Over the past 5 years, I've focused on leading recruitment for a global corporation, overseeing the recruitment strategy and delivery for Adobe's India engineering teams across multiple locations. Currently, I lead a talented team to meet Adobe’s recruitment needs while advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) in the region. As a DE&I leader from a talent acquisition perspective, I drive regional initiatives and collaborate with global teams to support Adobe's inclusive hiring goals. My experience bridges the agility of startups and the scale of multinational corporations, allowing me to implement impactful recruitment strategies that support business objectives and enhance workplace culture.

Experience

Adobe

3 roles

Sr. Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

At Adobe, I lead hiring initiatives for our engineering teams across Noida and Bangalore, managing a talented team of recruiters and overseeing recruitment delivery and the regional talent acquisition strategy for India.
I have supported Adobe’s growth in the India region by scaling up and establishing new engineering teams.
As the DE&I leader for our Talent Acquisition team, I drive initiatives that foster an inclusive hiring environment in collaboration with teams and functions.
I partner closely with business leaders to assess product feasibility, addressing new challenges through innovative solutions.
Beyond recruitment, I’ve taken initiatives to streamline processes, establish interview best practices, and launch key regional initiatives, enhancing the overall impact and efficiency of Adobe’s hiring strategy.

LeadershipManagementTalent ManagementExecutive SearchPeople ManagementAnalytical Skills+9

Talent Acquisition Manager

Promoted

Feb 2022 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs

Leading team of 9 members and responsible for acquiring Engineering Talent for Experience Cloud, Document Cloud and DALP Businesses across India for Adobe.
Hiring
Scaling up the Engineering Talent for Adobe Document cloud and Experience Cloud.
Scaled up the global engineering center for Adobe Campaign (Experience cloud) in India.
Set-up Adobe Sign engineering center for Document cloud in Bangalore.
Set-up and scaled the Adobe AdCloud and Marketo Engineering centers in India.
DE&I
Leading the DE&I charter for Engineering functions from Talent acquisition point of view.
Set-up dedicated talent scout team to focus on creating a gender diversity strategy.
Championed Diversity hiring for Engineering Verticals and attained a strong gender representation of 25% at Experienced and senior levels.
Key Projects
Envisioned and implemented project Kaizen (recruiting 2.0) at Adobe to identify gaps in the recruiting process and plug them to provide a better experience to candidates, Interview Panelists and the Talent Selection teams.

ManagementPeople ManagementTalent ManagementExecutive SearchAnalytical SkillsLeadership+3

Sr. Talent Partner

Jun 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Naukri.com

Sr. Manager- Talent Acquisition

Apr 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Noida Area, India

Handling Tech recruitment for Naukri.com and a couple of startups under the infoedge Umbrella.
Hired for Mid to senior level roles and upgraded the internal talent.
Involved in migrating the entire TA team to candidate management systems and automated internal processes.
Streamlined the interview and assessment process for naukri that eventually got replicated to the other departments as well.

Gofro.com

Head- HR and Recruitment

Aug 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Joined GoFro at the first Employee. Primarily headed Talent Acquisition along with managing the other gamut of HR stuff. This was by far the best journey of my career, seeing the startup from day 1.
Built the entire team from scratch
Built and managed the entire HR function for the organisation.
Grew the team from zero to 130 at zero cost.
Managed a team of 2 awesome resources.

Snapdeal | acevector group

4 roles

Manager - HR and Recruitment

Promoted

Apr 2015 – Aug 2015 · 4 mos

Deputy Manager HR and Recruitment

Promoted

Apr 2014 – Mar 2015 · 11 mos

Asst. Manager HR and Recruitment

Apr 2013 – Mar 2014 · 11 mos

Sr. Executive HR and Recruitment

May 2012 – Mar 2013 · 10 mos

Responsible for Setting up the entire engineering team for snapdeal.com in Delhi.
Grew the Tech team exponentially from 30 to 120 in under three quarters. Hired a variety of disciplines including Engineering Managers, Directors, Release Engineers, System Engineers, QA Engineers, Datawarehouse Engineers, Project Managers etc.
Primarily hired candidates from top product companies and tier 1 campuses.
Implemented the Performance Management,streamlined the interview and other HR processes for the Tech function.

Letsbuy.com

Assistant Manager HR and Recruitment

Mar 2011 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Delhi, India · On-site

Was 40th member of the organisation and grew the team to 300+ within 3 quarters. Hired both technology and Non technology resources varying from Engineering managers, Developers to Category managers, Marketing managers, Operations Manager, Warehouse managers, Procurement executive, Customer care executive and managers.
Letsbuy.com is the leading brand in the in the Indian e-commerce industry for retail of digital lifestyle and IT products. The company has a direct association with leading brands in the Mobile telecom, IT hardware, Gaming, and Consumer Electronics arena. The online catalogue lists 175 brands and over 5,000 products. Letsbuy.com is being endorsed by leading brands as their preferred E-commerce partner. The Company is managed by an experienced team with strong e-commerce background and fundamentals. The Companyâ€™s advisory board includes some of the most distinguished and eminent names from the Indian Internet industry having experience in building & scaling up businesses to key leadership positions. Letsbuy.com has recently raised $6 million in venture capital funding from Helion Venture Partners, Accel Partners and Tiger Global.

Cyborg technologies

2 roles

Lead Technical Recruiter

Apr 2010 – Mar 2011 · 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

Technical Recruiter

Aug 2009 – Mar 2010 · 7 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

Searching for the right candidate for the clientsby various sources like Portals, Headhunting, references, database etc.
Provided staffing support for rapidly expanding start-up environments and Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Google Inc, and various other IT product companies for diverse candidate pool, from, entry level through senior management positions.
Capable of handling different requirements in IT.
Maintaining Database of all Consultants/vendors which ever submitted and rejected.
Co-ordination with all the teams until a candidate gets on-boarded in the organization.
Responsible for various JOB POSTINGs.