Mustafa Kesarya — Associate Partner

I am a strategic and results-oriented recruiting leader with extensive experience in building world-class teams across Tech, Product, Design, Marketing, and Corporate Strategy. My expertise lies in translating business objectives into a talent acquisition strategy that is not only data-driven but also fosters a culture of scalable growth and proactively embraces technology and automation. I am passionate about creating a candidate-centric journey that attracts top talent and ensures a seamless experience from initial contact through onboarding. A core part of my philosophy is AI-driven efficiency in sourcing. To that end, I personally built and deployed https://booleanator.netlify.app, a specialized utility that automates the generation of complex Boolean search strings for platforms like LinkedIn and GitHub. It's the magical interface that writes powerful, multi-site sourcing queries in seconds, empowering sourcers to find talent that others miss by transforming manual, time-consuming tasks into seamless intelligent automation. Some key Highlights: - Led high-scale, cross-functional hiring initiatives for consumer internet products, including Engineering, Product Management, Design, Marketing, and Corporate Strategy. - Managed the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from proactive sourcing and screening to offer negotiation and TA operations. - Pioneered and scaled Campus placement programs to build a robust pipeline of emerging talent. - Implemented and streamlined TA operations, including compliance, audits, and a seamless onboarding experience. - Mentored and managed a team of recruiting professionals, driving efficiency and excellence throughout the hiring process.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic recruiting leader in the tech and talent acquisition industry.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 13 yrs 10 mos

Career Highlights

Led high-scale hiring initiatives across multiple functions.
Pioneered campus placement programs for emerging talent.
Implemented AI-driven sourcing efficiency tools.

Work Experience

Dream11

Director - Talent Acquisition (1 yr 10 mos)

Sr. Manager - Talent Acquisition (4 yrs)

Manager Talent Acquisition (2 yrs)

Sr. Executive - Talent Acquisition (5 mos)

Endurance International Group

Talent Acquisition (10 mos)

BrowserStack

Executive - Talent Acquisition (9 mos)

Super.Jobs

Talent Acquisition Specialist (1 yr 1 mo)

Sutra Services Pvt. Ltd.

Talent Acquisition Specialist (1 yr 5 mos)

Arpeo Solutions

Sr. Researcher (1 yr 3 mos)

Datamatics Financial Services Limited

Web Research Executive - Trainee (3 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Management Studies at University of Mumbai

S.S.C at St. Xavier High School

Mustafa Kesarya

Associate Partner

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India13 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led high-scale hiring initiatives across multiple functions.
Pioneered campus placement programs for emerging talent.
Implemented AI-driven sourcing efficiency tools.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic recruiting leader in the tech and talent acquisition industry.

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Skills

Other Skills

Data AnalysisDatabasesAnalysisMarket ResearchPrimary ResearchOnline ResearchRecruitingSourcingScreeningLeadershipExecutive SearchNetworkingTalent AcquisitionManagementHuman Resources

About

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Dream11

4 roles

Director - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Leadership roles (Director level+) for Dream11 & few portfolio companies (Dream Sports)
TA evangelism to connect with Sr. potential candidates
Leading Campus hiring, Onboarding team, TA Ops

Sr. Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2020 – Jul 2024 · 4 yrs

Scaled Campus hiring to next level. Offered and Onboarded highest number of Debutants in a year at Dream11
Primarily worked for Frontend, Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Founder's office & helped hire at leadership & mid-level
Hired & onboarded for Key leadership roles in Engineering, Analytics, Data & HR roles
Started mentoring junior to mid-level recruiters
Took charge of Onboarding & TA Ops

Manager Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2018 – Jul 2020 · 2 yrs

Hustled to the core to fast-track hiring and roll-out almost 5+ offers every week
Took care of Technology, Design, Product, Marketing, Finance etc
Introduced, strategized and executed Campus hiring initiatives (IITs) from scratch

Sr. Executive - Talent Acquisition

Feb 2018 – Jul 2018 · 5 mos

Hired Developers & Designers at Scale
Got an early promotion

Endurance international group

Talent Acquisition

Apr 2017 – Feb 2018 · 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

- Hired in Tech (Frontend and Backend)

Browserstack

Executive - Talent Acquisition

Jul 2016 – Apr 2017 · 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

- Hired SDE-2, SDE-3, Customer Support, Principal Engineers

Super.jobs

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jun 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

Build & scaled team from 18 member to 40 total
Hired Developers (Backend, Frontend, Mobile), Designers, Product Managers, Photographers, Marketeers etc

Sutra services pvt. ltd.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jan 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Andheri West

Planning, coordinating and executing end-to-end hiring/recruitment assignments.
Screening, shortlisting, taking telephonic rounds, writing accurate feedback and following up with candidates.
Handling all scheduling activities between candidates and clients, also negotiation & fixation of salaries.
Other than the traditional job sites, using LinkedIn, Twitter, etc., including Head hunting.
Following processes and maintaining internal Database of candidates.
Managing Clients as Accounts, and maintaining healthy business relationships with them.
Tech - Android, Graphic Designer, .Net, iOS, Java, PHP, Python, Support Engineer, System Admin., UI Developer/Designer, etc.
I have successfully placed senior and mid-level candidates in various Startups like Citrus Payments, Spotzot, Tailorman.com, Birds Eye Systems, Taxiforsure, cartrade.com, Akosha etc. If you have any recruitment challenges, feel free to mail me at mustafa.k@sutrajobs.com.

Arpeo solutions

Sr. Researcher

Sep 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos · Powai, Hiranandani, Mumbai

Arpeo Solutions is a specialist provider of recruitment process outsourcing, RPO, business process outsourcing, BPO services across the globe. We help clients to better utilise their time, money and resources and boost their bottom-line with best value, pragmatic and innovative cost reduction solutions.
My Responsibilities here are:-
=> Searching on Internet Various job Titles as given by clients.
=> Using boolean Search Techniques to obtain results.
=> Email and Switchboard no. searching.
=> searching for Candidates Via LinkedIn.
=> CV Searching on various job portals.
=> look for all Extra informations as specified by the clients (Industry, Sector etc)