Dishank Raj

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

20+ years of HR leadership experience.
Proven success in HR transformation and operational excellence.
Expert in building high-performing recruitment teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR leader specializing in Talent Acquisition and HR Operations across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitmentHr Operations

Other Skills

Governance PracticeSOPsATS ImplementationCost OptimizationEmployer BrandingRecruitment AnalyticsProject ManagementRecruitment StrategySocial Media ManagementDigital Interview PlatformsAI ToolsTeam BuildingDigital ToolsAI ImplementationSourcing

About

A seasoned HR leader with 20+ years of experience in diverse industries such as IT (both Product and Services), Banking and Financial Services. Proven success in leadership, operational excellence, and HR transformation with ability to strategize, innovate and deliver effective solutions.  Formulating HR strategy that is aligned to business goals.  Excellent knowledge and experience in Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, L&D, Talent Management, Business Partnering and HR Operations.  Proven track record in building strong recruiting function from scratch, capability enhancement, cost optimization and strengthening hiring abilities.  Expert in setting up high performing recruitment teams, policy formulation and building recruitment CoE.  Led corporate communications, employer branding as well as diversity & inclusion initiatives.  Designed and ran campus hiring and university engagement programs at large scale.  Conceptualized strategic HR programs such as Talent review framework, Workforce planning, Job analysis.  Skilled in setting-up HR analytics practice, designing KPIs and dashboards.  Excellent people management capabilities and collaborative skills. Inspired and led large teams and collaborated with various departments and stakeholders across the globe.

Experience

20 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

7 mos

Current Experience

Crystal peak

Founder

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Axa global business services (axa gbs)

Global Head - Talent Acquisition (VP)

Oct 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr

Odessa

Vice President & Head - Talent Management

Oct 2021 – Oct 2024 · 3 yrs · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Aeries technology group

Head Talent Acquisition - India

Oct 2019 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs · Bangalore

Responsibilities:
 Spearheading the overall staffing strategy and delivery across India offices in Bangalore, Mumbai & Hyderabad.
Achievements:
 Built a robust governance practice by introducing adequate controls, developing SOPs and policies.
 ATS implementation – spearheaded the entire project from need analysis, identifying the right platform, customization to implementation.
 Reduced agency hiring from 82% to an average of 30% resulting into massive cost savings. The hiring timeline dipped to an average of 24 days from 46 days in the previous years.
 Introduced several strategic initiatives such as recruiter scorecard and incentive structure, candidate engagement framework and agency performance review model.
 Created employer brand visibility, revamped careers page and other social media handles.
 Built a data driven recruiting function by developing recruitment KPIs, dashboards and recruitment analytics practice.
 Provided regular insights on labor market, talent pool, key industry trends and responded to RFPs.

Talent AcquisitionRecruitmentGovernance PracticeSOPsATS ImplementationCost Optimization+2

Swiss re

Head Recruitment & HR Operations (Vice President, HR)

Apr 2012 – Oct 2019 · 7 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

Responsibilities:
 Heading Talent Acquisition and HR Operations Functions.
Achievements:
 Formed the TA team from scratch and played a pivotal role in the company’s growth. During my stint, company grew by >300% in headcount.
 Managed end-to-end HR operations activities from hire to retire.
 Established Swiss Re as a strong employer brand among the targeted talent segments.
 Introduced new age technology interventions such as digital interview platform and AI tool for CV screening. Both were implemented globally.
 Designed and implemented structured onboarding and pre-onboarding engagement. Offer to Joiner ratio climbed up to 94%
 Formulated total rewards strategy aimed at improving talent attraction and retention capabilities.
 Drafted SOPs, RACI matrix and process flows for both recruitment and HR operations to enhance operational efficiency.
 Created framework for centralization of HR operational activities for the APAC region.

Talent AcquisitionHR OperationsEmployer BrandingDigital Interview PlatformsAI Tools

Ing vysya bank

Talent Acquisition Partner

Oct 2009 – Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos

 Institutionalized sourcing team of 7 FTEs that managed almost 40% of the overall hiring volume.
 Designed and implemented volume hiring models such as train & hire, management trainees, outstation drives etc. to meet the hiring demands.

SourcingVolume Hiring ModelsTeam ManagementTalent Acquisition

Aditya birla minacs

Sr. Executive - Talent Acquisition

Jun 2005 – Oct 2009 · 4 yrs 4 mos

 Successfully managed leadership hiring for Bangalore, Mumbai, and Baroda setup.
 Formulated & implemented hiring strategy for KPO vertical in F&A and Life Sciences domain.
 Provided insights for various RFIs/RFPs. Conducted market mapping exercise and proposed hiring plan for multiple mega deals.

Leadership HiringHiring StrategyMarket MappingTalent Acquisition