Kushagra P.

Head of Talent

Gurugram, Haryana, India17 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 17 years of experience in Talent Acquisition.
Expert in building talent capabilities from scratch.
Led multiple HR initiatives for talent development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the SaaS and Gametech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionOrganisation DevelopmentStrategic Hiring

Other Skills

People InitiativesTalent Capacity PlanningProfessional NetworkingRequirements AnalysisStakeholder ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Human Resources (HR)RecruitmentCareer CounselingCareer AdvisingBuilding RelationshipsRecruitingTalent ManagementSourcingManagement Consulting

About

Kushagra has been associated with large SaaS based, internet/ecommerce and Gametech industries for over 17 years where he has been recruiting for various roles in Product and Technology, Data Science & Analytics, Digital Marketing, Biz Research, Consulting and Financial Research. As a Talent Advisor, he has supported his clients to scale up their teams from scratch or build talent capabilities. He has led and participated in multiple Talent Acquisition projects, with a focus on process improvisation. Alongside Talent Acquisition, he has led various HR initiatives around talent development, compensation benchmarking and internal talent mobility. Kushagra has held various leadership roles in the past 6 years where he has been consulting his business team/leaders in identifying the right talent, managing capacities and talent engagement. Specialties: Talent Acquisition, Business Growth, Team building, Executive Search, Network Building and Recruitment Consulting.

Experience

17 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Junglee games

2 roles

Assistant Vice President Human Resources (Talent & People)

Promoted

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Hybrid

In the new role I'll be partnering on Organisation Development & Redesign, Talent Capacity Planning, Talent Acquisition and People Initiatives

Talent AcquisitionPeople InitiativesOrganisation DevelopmentTalent Capacity Planning

Director Talent Acquisition

Dec 2021 – Jan 2026 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Hybrid

Leading and represent Talent Acquisition function at Junglee Games. My team and I partner with departments spanning across Product, Technology, Marketing, CX, Data Science and Analytics, Customer Experience and Corp Functions. Got opportunity to work on senior mandates around all vertical and did closures to bring in the best talent onboard.
Alongside my team we are working on continuos TA process improvisation initiatives to provide the best experience to our candidates and stakeholders.

Professional NetworkingRequirements AnalysisStakeholder ManagementStrategic HiringTalent Acquisition

Airtel x labs

DGM Talent Acquisition

Feb 2021 – Dec 2021 · 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Groupon

TA Leader - India Engineering

Apr 2020 – Feb 2021 · 10 mos

Partner and advisor to Engineering Leaders in India and International offices. Ensuring smooth TA transaction and providing an awesome experience to all applicants.

Opentext

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Jun 2018 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Kushagra is aligned with OpenText Engineering teams to lead the university hiring efforts and improvise the model on a continuous basis. He is also involved in working on Talent Acquisition Strategic Programs.

Kronos

3 roles

Manager Talent Acquisition - Product Engineering and University Relations

Jan 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

Leading the Product Engineering BU's hiring and University Relations for Top T and B Schools PAN India.

Principal Recruiter

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs

Leading the recruitment delivery process for Products and Technology group in Kronos. I also lead the Campus Hiring initiative for Major BUs in India.
Leading niche and senior level hiring for Kronos engineering units. Manage Campus relations and an year long campus engagement plan with Top T shchools in India.

Sr Recruiter - Talent Acquisition

Oct 2010 – Dec 2013 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Have been working as a Specialist in the Talent Acquisition team of Kronos Solutions.
Have been involved in end-2-end hiring lifecycle for various BU's within Kronos. Hired professionals across levels for various technologies.

Hirepro consulting

2 roles

Senior Consultant - Onsite Account Executive @ Adobe

May 2010 – Oct 2010 · 5 mos

Kushagra managed the recruitment process for Adobe Systems for all Dev and QA position and hired professionals working on C/C++/Java

Analytics Recruitment Consultant @ Dell Analytics

Nov 2009 – May 2010 · 6 mos

Kushagra managed the analytics hiring project at Dell Analytics.
The profile was more centric towards client engagement and process management for recruitment related project with Dell Analytics.

Careernet consulting

2 roles

Consultant

Promoted

Oct 2008 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

Kushagra gained a good understanding of various kinds of requirement needs of his clients in Business Analytics space. He worked on niche project and delivered the needs of the clients matching to their expectations.

Associate Consultant

Jun 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

Kushagra joined as a management trainee after completing his masters in business administration. He was deputed on the research related hiring needs for one of world's leading research and management consulting firm.
Slowly and gradually he matured his understanding in Business Research, Business Analytics, Financial Research and Consulting space.