Ankush Khatkar

Recruiter

Gurugram, Haryana, India7 yrs experience
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Key Highlights

  • Built teams from scratch in fast-paced environments.
  • Achieved high offer acceptance rates consistently.
  • Expert in technical recruitment across multiple industries.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in Fintech and SaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingStrategic Recruitment PlanningFull-life Cycle Recruiting

Other Skills

Stakeholder ManagementAttention to DetailLeadershipHiringDecision-MakingSourcingLeadership HiringSocial MediaTechnology RecruitmentRecruitingExecutive SearchWorkforce PlanningTeamworkInterviewingDriving Results

About

I'm a data-driven and an Insightful Sourcer/Recruiter who is passionate about growing teams and dreams. My joy in Recruiting, so far, has been matching top-performing and rising professionals with the right career move in IT, what not. I feel that my skill-set is adaptable to any role focused on people. Connect with me!!

Experience

7 yrs
Total Experience
1 yr 2 mos
Average Tenure
11 mos
Current Experience

Payoneer

2 roles

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Promoted

Feb 2026Present · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Talent Acquisition Partner

May 2025Feb 2026 · 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

  • Contributed to building Payoneer’s India Platform Engineering team from the ground up,
  • supporting the scale-up from 0 to 50+ professionals (leadership to IC’s) in 6 months across 5
  • business units.
  • Achieved 92% Offer Acceptance Rate for India platform hires
  • Partnered with hiring managers across five business units to define role requirements, defined hiring
  • strategy and established the India technology hub expansion roadmap.
  • Designed and implemented a structured interview process and technical assessment framework to
  • improve candidate evaluation and hiring quality across engineering roles.
  • Led end-to-end recruitment for technical and business functions, including sourcing, screening,
  • interviewing, and offer negotiation.
  • Drove 28% Sourcing Channel Conversion Rate via LinkedIn (42%), referrals (35%), and
  • Instahyre/HireEZ (23%), building pipelines for niche tech roles.
  • Collaborated with leadership to provide talent insights, market intelligence, and competitor mapping
  • to influence workforce planning.
  • Ensured an excellent candidate experience by driving timely communication and seamless interview
  • coordination.
Stakeholder ManagementAttention to DetailTechnical RecruitingLeadershipFull-life Cycle RecruitingHiring+13

Save the water™ (stw™)

Global Talent Acquisition Specialist

Feb 2024Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Toronto Area, Canada · Remote

  • Recruiting candidates for the Development, Technology, and Finance departments across the US and Canada.
  • Engaged in calls with hiring managers to gather detailed information about the roles, ensuring a deep understanding of job requirements and expectations.
  • Conduct initial interviews to assess candidate fit, qualifications, and interest in the position.
  • Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers and team members, ensuring a smooth interview process.
  • Gather feedback from interviewers and hiring teams to assess candidate suitability and make informed hiring decisions.
  • Released offer letters and maintained continuous candidate engagement to ensure a positive experience and smooth onboarding.
Stakeholder ManagementAttention to DetailTechnical RecruitingLeadershipFull-life Cycle RecruitingHiring+13

Mongodb

Global Talent Acquisition Specialist- Customer Engineering

Aug 2022Oct 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Partnered with extremely talented, enthusiastic global and local engineering leaders in MongoDB helping them build our customer engineering teams in the APAC, NA and EMEA region.
  • Responsible for sourcing top passive talent through LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, Indeed, Google, Xray, Greenhouse, ATS etc.
  • Liaised closely with recruiters and hiring managers in various software engineering and finance teams to deeply understand the requirements of the role.
  • Crafted detailed LinkedIn talent insights, providing data-driven reports to hiring managers to enhance hiring strategies.
  • Led screening calls and meetings with candidates to assess qualifications, cultural fit, and interest in the role.
  • Recruited candidates for core technical roles in the Customer Engineering and Finance department. (Technical services engineering, Cloud support, and Professional Services; Roles: Director of Technical Services, Consulting Engineer, Technical Services Engineer and Manager, Cloud Engineer, Backend Developer, etc.)
Stakeholder ManagementAttention to DetailBoolean SearchingTechnical RecruitingLeadershipFull-life Cycle Recruiting+14

Publicis sapient

Technical Recruiter

May 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Worked as an individual contributor and responsible for full-cycle recruitment and am dedicated to source and engage the niche yet best technical talent from all sources including LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, Indeed, Google, Xray etc.
  • Recruited candidates on technology: Java and Mulesoft.
  • Leverage multiple sourcing strategies and channels including external network, job boards, and internal referrals to provide high-quality candidates for open positions.
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to understand their hiring needs and goals.
  • Extensively used Google chrome extensions and recruiting automation tools.
  • Level recruited for: Associate to Managers [Exp range: 0 – 15 YR]
  • Responsible for keeping candidates warm during the interview process and after releasing the offer.
  • Applicant and candidate tracking using CRMs: Taleo, SmartRecruiters.
  • Actively managed hiring drives.
Stakeholder ManagementBoolean SearchingTechnical RecruitingLeadershipFull-life Cycle RecruitingHiring+13

Varite inc

Technical Recruiter

Feb 2019Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Recruited Candidates for different IT as well as Non-IT requisitions.
  • Create the job description after having proper understanding of client’s requirement.
  • Sourcing Techniques and Strategies:
  • o Job boards: Monster, Indeed, CareerBuilder, and Google.
  • o Social Media sites: LinkedIn and LinkedIn Recruiter
  • o Personal/Local Database: Exelare and Ceipal.
  • o Maintain my own database of quality candidates for future job requirements.
  • o Use highly effective Boolean search and utilize every portal’s special operators for specified search.
  • o Spread referral plans, do mass mail, and post job requisitions on different job boards.
  • o Proficient in finding anyone contact information through internet research skills, which helps in passive market recruitment.
  • Screening:
  • o Do the proper screening of candidates resume and then reach out to the potential candidates.
  • o Cover all the questions to evaluate candidate exact experience, credibility and interest level.
  • Recruited Candidates for Salesforce Administrator, Business Analyst, Marketing Manager, Logistics Analyst, Web Development Engineer, System Administrator, Data Analyst and Data Scientist positions.
  • Maintain proper coordination with Candidates and Hiring Managers throughout the recruiting process.
Stakeholder ManagementBoolean SearchingFull-life Cycle RecruitingHiringSourcingTechnology Recruitment+5

Acro service corp

Technical Recruiter

Aug 2018Feb 2019 · 6 mos · Livonia, MI 48152

  • Working on Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Recruitment Software
  • Screening all the candidates’ profiles.
  • Making good relationship and communicates with candidates via email and phone to keep in touch for future references.
  • Submitting candidates, scheduling interview, maintaining feedback etc.
  • Dynamic and result-oriented individual with experience of Technical Recruiting experience and managed the full-cycle recruiting process.
  • Resume submission to managers, scheduling interview, maintaining consistent feedback, background checks, and scheduling first day orientation.
  • Build and maintained relationship with hiring managers in order to best support the recruitment process and their staffing needs.
  • Building and maintaining good relationship with hiring managers in order to support the recruitment process and their staffing needs.
Stakeholder ManagementBoolean SearchingFull-life Cycle RecruitingHiringSourcingTechnology Recruitment+5

Education

Conestoga College

Postgraduate Degree — Management and leadership development

Jan 2024Jan 2024

Guru Jambheshwar University

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2018Jan 2020

Guru Jambheshwar University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Computer Science

Jan 2011Jan 2015

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