Isha Sharma

Head of Talent

Gurugram, Haryana, India9 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Built Talent Acquisition functions from scratch.
  • Led hiring for $1M+ ARR startups.
  • Expert in strategic and niche talent acquisition.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in EdTech and Consumer Tech with a focus on strategic hiring.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStrategic Hiring

Other Skills

Talent MappingTalent ManagementWorkforce PlanningVendor PartnershipsInternational RecruitmentHR AUDITINGBusiness Process ImprovementOnboardingCandidate ExperienceTalent AnalyticsHuman Resource ManagementLinkedIn Talent InsightsRecruitment auditleadership hiringEnd to End Recruitments

About

I build Talent Acquisition functions from scratch โ€” not just fill roles. Over 9+ years across Ed Tech, Ad Tech, and Gaming & Rewards, I've grown from Senior HR Associate to Head of TA at Collegedunia Group โ€” one of India's largest EdTech platforms โ€” hiring across 3.14 Digital (AdTech), KickCash (Gaming & Rewards), and Collegedunia (EdTech), spanning EMEA and APAC geographies. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ โ–ธ Lead strategic hiring โ€” partnering with CXOs and business heads to align talent plans with company growth and revenue goals โ–ธ Execute niche and hard-to-fill hiring โ€” Performance Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Growth roles where standard sourcing simply doesn't work โ–ธ Design TA infrastructure โ€” ATS, scorecards, sourcing playbooks โ€” that outlasts any single hire โ–ธ Run programmatic and leadership hiring across EMEA, APAC, and India โ–ธ Build and manage vendor ecosystems โ€” agencies, RPOs, and freelance sourcers โ€” negotiating contracts and holding partners to SLAs โ–ธ Drive campus hiring and hiring drives โ€” university partnerships, assessment days, bulk onboarding pipelines โ–ธ Revamp career pages and employer branding to convert passive visitors into active applicants โ–ธ Own HR ops foundations โ€” onboarding frameworks, HRMS hygiene, offer workflows, and recruiter SOPs that scale ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ Ed Tech | Ad Tech | Gaming & Rewards | Consumer Tech ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป Product ยท Engineering ยท Performance Marketing ยท Sales ยท Leadership ยท Ops CHRM Certified ยท 36K+ Network built through genuine community, not broadcasting. Always open to meaningful conversations around Talent, People Strategy, and the future of hiring.

Experience

9 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Kickcash

Head โ€“ Talent Acquisition

Dec 2020 โ€“ Present ยท 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Rewarded UA | Cashback App | $1M+ ARR | 2M+ users | Expanding to EMEA
  • โ–ธ Hired across growth, product, engineering and marketing for a consumer app scaling to 2M+ users โ€” focus on mobile growth, performance marketing and UA talent.
  • โ–ธ Supported international expansion hiring as KickCash crossed $1M ARR and explored EMEA markets.
  • โ–ธ Partnered with leadership on demand forecasting and capacity planning tied to funding milestones.

Collegedunia

3 roles

Head of Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Oct 2020 โ€“ Present ยท 5 yrs 8 mos

  • India's largest college discovery platform (Ed Tech) | Also heading TA for sister entities 3.14 Digital (Ad Tech) and KickCash (Rewarded UA)
  • โ–ธ Heading TA simultaneously across 3 entities at different growth stages โ€” Ed Tech, Ad Tech, and Rewarded UA โ€” each with a distinct hiring playbook
  • โ–ธ Built and lead a team of 10+ recruiters; own hiring strategy, vendor management, workforce planning and org design across all three
  • โ–ธ Closed leadership and niche roles โ–ธ Led campus hiring across IITs, IIMs and Tier 2 institutes; built early-talent pipelines for product, tech and business functions
  • โ–ธ Executed large-scale walk-in drives for high-volume hiring across sales, customer success and operations
Talent MappingTalent ManagementTalent AcquisitionStrategic Hiring

Assistant Manager Human Resources

Promoted

Dec 2018 โ€“ Oct 2020 ยท 1 yr 10 mos

  • Stepped up to own mid-senior hiring across Product, Engineering, and Business teams as Collegedunia expanded into new verticals
  • Introduced structured interview frameworks and feedback loops that reduced mis-hires and improved offer-to-join ratios by ~20%

Senior Human Resources Associate

Dec 2017 โ€“ Dec 2018 ยท 1 yr

  • Managed end-to-end recruitment for 8+ business functions during the company's early hypergrowth phase, directly supporting 3ร— headcount growth in 18 months
  • Built foundational hiring processes including JD standardisation, interview panel coordination, and offer management โ€” laying the groundwork for the TA function that followed

Peoplestrong

Quality Analyst - Human Resources

Jan 2017 โ€“ Oct 2017 ยท 9 mos

HR AUDITINGBusiness Process Improvement

Education

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

Human Resources

Delhi University

Economics

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