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Sujay Ketkar

Co-Founder

Pune, Maharashtra, India16 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in integrating talent strategies with business goals.
  • Proficient in data-driven talent acquisition and analytics.
  • Strong background in leadership hiring and performance design.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition and People Analytics expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionPeople Analytics

Other Skills

Microsoft Power BItalent partnerCustomer Service ManagementPython (Programming Language)PandasData ScienceLeadership hiringoffer recommendationsSQLHR Business PartneringHR AnalyticsHR ConsultingSalary NegotiationsRecruitingHuman Resources

About

I advise organizations on building sustainable talent strategies that integrate leadership hiring, people analytics, and performance design. My focus is on helping companies strengthen their internal talent capability while aligning people decisions with long-term business goals. With a background in corporate Talent Acquisition, I understand how hiring influences every layer of an organization — from culture to capability to growth. That experience has evolved into a consulting practice built on partnership, not transaction. we work best through retained or advisory engagements, where there’s room to understand the business, shape strategy, and deliver measurable outcomes rather than short-term placements. I believe Talent Acquisition is a core organizational competency, not a function to outsource entirely. When organizations retain that capability close — supported by an inside consultant — they build stronger, more adaptable workforces. Coupled with People Analytics, this approach creates a powerful combination: data gives depth to human judgment, and human understanding gives meaning to data. Together, they drive better hiring, engagement, and retention decisions. In my work, I also help organizations unlock insights from their internal HR and TA data through Data storytelling. By analyzing existing systems, performance trends, and workforce metrics, we identify actionable opportunities to improve hiring effectiveness and organizational health. I design and deliver dashboards that visualize core metrics such as merit increases, bonus distribution patterns, and talent benchmarks, benefit utilization, attrition risks and its potential causes across roles and markets. Using advanced analytics, I help leadership teams interpret these patterns — linking reward outcomes, mobility trends, and workforce composition to broader performance and retention goals. My advisory scope extends beyond recruitment into pay-for-performance frameworks, talent research, and HR technology selection. Each of these areas connects back to a central goal : helping leaders make evidence-based decisions about people while maintaining agility and authenticity in how they lead. At the core of my consulting philosophy is the belief that careers — and organizations — rarely grow in straight lines. The most effective leaders and companies are those that continuously evaluate, explore, and evolve. I apply that principle to my own work, ensuring every engagement adapts to changing business realities and delivers lasting value.

Experience

16 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

20four consulting

Founder & Principal Consultant - Talent Acquisition & People Analytics

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • At 20four Consulting, I lead engagements at the intersection of Talent Acquisition, People Analytics, and performance advisory, helping organizations build capability, not dependency. The firm was created to move beyond transactional hiring and deliver a consulting model grounded in partnership, data, and business impact.
  • My focus is on helping clients design and execute strategic talent solutions — from leadership and niche technology hiring to compensation design and workforce analytics. Over time, we’ve helped global enterprises and high-growth startups build high-performing engineering and product teams across Backend, UI, Site Reliability, Machine Learning, GenAI, Java, and AWS Cloud disciplines. Each engagement combines deep market understanding with analytical precision.
  • We work closely with HR and business leaders to align talent, pay, and performance strategies — advising on compensation benchmarking, benefits optimization, and pay-for-performance models that reflect both business priorities and market realities. These insights are supported by robust analytics, translating hiring and retention challenges into evidence-based workforce plans.
  • At 20four, we design and deliver business intelligence dashboards and predictive analytics models that form the bedrock of talent decision-making. Our analytics frameworks integrate metrics such as merit increases, bonus distribution, attrition patterns, and talent benchmarks across roles and markets. Using Python, Power BI, and machine learning, we uncover patterns that guide leaders toward more accurate forecasting, workforce planning, and reward decisions.
  • 20four Consulting brings together the strengths of corporate Talent Acquisition expertise and advanced People Analytics to help organizations make smarter, data-informed talent decisions — turning insight into measurable, sustainable performance
Microsoft Power BItalent partnerCustomer Service ManagementPython (Programming Language)talent acquisitionPandas+3

Tracelink

Principal Talent Acquisition Partner

Nov 2019Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Various roles held, spanning from Talent Acquisition to HR Business Partner. started as Senior TA, moved to Principal TA and HR Manager.

Symantec

Senior Technical Recruiter

Jul 2016Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Pune

  • Hiring for Symantec product groups like Gateway security, security technology and response, Cloud & Big Data Platform engineering, Infrastructure engineering. I recruited for roles across levels and technologies like Big Data, Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Cyber Security.
  • I had the privilege of working in a top-notch setting characterized by strong values, where I contributed quality work.

Zs associates

Senior Recruiter

Oct 2012Jun 2016 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Pune Area, India

  • Local recruiting contact for software engineering group. As a recruiter, hired for ZS - SaaS, Test, QA & Developments teams at Pune location.
  • In a highly demanding and fast-paced setting, I successfully forged meaningful friendships around.

The digital group inc.

Recruiter

Jan 2011Sep 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune Area, India

  • Acquired insight into the software service culture.

Hexagon executive search

Recruiter

Jan 2010Dec 2010 · 11 mos · Pune Area, India

  • Brief yet memorable experience, acquired recruiting skills, learned tricks of the trade.

Education

Shivaji University

Master’s Degree — Human Resources

Jan 2006Jan 2008

Shivaji University

Bachelor's Degree in Textiles

Jan 2001Jan 2005

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