Astha Singh

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Top 100 Talent Titans recognition
  • Radiant Leadership Award recipient
  • Expert in building talent ecosystems
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with extensive experience in IT and HR sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementData AnalysisRecruitmentRecruitment Operations

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemApplicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationCandidate ExperienceCandidate ScreeningCold CallingCompetitor BenchmarkingCompetitor MappingContract RecruitmentCore JavaEnd to End RecruitmentExecutive SearchFeedback SurveysGoogle AnalyticsInternet Recruiting

About

Transformational Talent Strategist with over a decade of experience in the IT product and services industry. Starting out as an engineer, I discovered my true calling in HR — where I found the perfect balance of people, purpose, and performance. My strength lies in transforming underperforming areas, scaling operations, and building high-impact, cross-functional teams across geographies and levels. From campus to C-suite, I drive full-spectrum hiring strategies that not only fill roles but fuel business growth and cultural evolution. Recognized among the Top 100 Talent Titans by Springworks and honored with the Radiant Leadership Award by India Tech Talent League, I’m proud of the milestones—but it’s the opportunity to shape organizations and nurture potential that truly drives me. I don’t just hire talent—I build talent ecosystems where ambition meets opportunity, and people thrive.

Experience

13 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Itilite

2 roles

Associate Director - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jun 2025Present · 1 yr

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Sep 2021Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Played a pivotal role in driving ITILITE's growth, contributing to a 2x increase in the company's size and success.
  • Partnered with and maintained strong relationships with key hiring leaders, HR-BPs, and stakeholders to own, promote, and contribute to hiring processes, strategies, interview design and planning, candidate experience, selection, and offer negotiation, primarily for non-tech positions.
  • Conducted extensive competitor mapping and analysis, including hierarchy, structure, team sizing, challenges, compensation, and allowances. Implemented and sustained a talent pipeline that ensured future talent needs were met for key roles, with an unceasing flow of candidates via relational tactics, proactive sourcing, and talent targets.
  • Forecasted and planned quarterly reviews and weekly dashboards, in addition to stakeholder meetings.
  • Conducted feedback surveys to frequently check the interview experience from candidates and the quality of hires with business leaders.
  • Explored and built expertise in using social media for sourcing needs.
  • Proposed to expand the horizon and set up a campus COE for campus hiring.
Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementCompetitor MappingTalent Pipeline DevelopmentInterview DesignCandidate Experience+2

Visionet systems inc.

Manager - Strategy & Sales Recruitment

Jul 2020Sep 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Served as a talent acquisition partner for key stakeholders, focusing on executive-level hiring for sales, strategy, and marketing leaders.
  • Demonstrated an in-depth understanding and implementation of the Applicant Tracking System (Zwayam), building queries to extract complete and accurate data, creating aggregated dashboards, and continually improvising.
  • Designed and formulated interviewer capability development through training, video, peer coaching, shadowing, and mentoring to drive high-quality interview assessments, up-skill the Interview & Assessment Framework, Behavioral Interview Guide (for campus recruitment & sales recruitment), channel management (source mix analysis, alternative sourcing, implementation of internal recruitment module, online test module, employee referral program (automated intranet module), No Vendor Program (internships, temp staffing, incentive schemes, 100% in-house placements).
  • Conducted talent mapping across competitive organizations and analyzed past hiring data to develop talent pools, conduct competitor benchmarking and talent landscape surveys and dashboards, review salary surveys, and competitor job population. Identified market median and advised senior management relative to pay position.
Applicant Tracking SystemTalent MappingCompetitor BenchmarkingInterview Capability DevelopmentData AnalysisTalent Acquisition

American express global business travel

Staffing Specialist

Nov 2019Apr 2020 · 5 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Directly interacting with the Business/ service Leaders
  • Utilizing largely direct channels (Employee Referral/ IJP/ Naukri/ LinkedIn) for identifying a right resource for the ask
  • Managing IJP Applicants for filling mew or vacant positions
  • Managing End to End recruitment cycle right from requirement briefing till the time candidate is getting on-boarded.
  • Current role includes Volume hiring for PAN India location
  • Role largely includes stakeholder management
  • Maintained MIS reports and skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint & word
  • Directly involved in making & posting creatives for the walk-in drives conducted in the different social media channels
  • Adept with Workday and other executive dashboard for weekly reviews to track the progress on roles
End to End RecruitmentStakeholder ManagementVolume HiringMIS ReportingSocial Media RecruitingRecruitment

Hcl technologies

Associate Manager

Nov 2018Sep 2019 · 10 mos · Bangalore

  • Stake holder management, consultative approach to hiring by providing passive resources to enable succession planning at leadership level
  • Directly interacting with the Business Unit/ LOB Heads, Delivery Managers to understand the requirements
  • Utilizing both direct and vendor channel for identifying a right resource for the ask
  • Managing IJP applicants for filling new positions with the help of akilled bench resources or wmployees looking for movement internally
  • Managing End to End recruitment cycle right from requirement briefing till the time candidate is getting on-boarded
  • Current role includes Leadership hiring for PAN India location for Salesforce practice along with SAP Techno - functional hiring
  • Role largely includes stakeholder and vendor management
  • Adept with ITAP, Talview, ITAPEdge and other executive dashboard for weekly reviews to track the progress on roles
Stakeholder ManagementEnd to End RecruitmentLeadership HiringVendor ManagementRecruitment

Wipro limited

2 roles

Team Lead - Wividus/ Human Resource Shared Services

Feb 2016Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Handled team taking care of operational activities in Campus Recruitment.
  • Close interaction with stakeholders on the recruits On-boarding, batch allocation etc.
  • Updating & generating reports on daily, weekly & monthly basis.
  • Monitored accounts like Campus Audit, Offer generation, Help desk Recruitment, Manager Campus, Background Verification and Document verification.
  • Directly involved in automation for process simplification in synergy, Pragati and IVR systems
  • Trained new joiners on the standard operation procedure
  • Reviewed the appraisal cycles of the team members based on the performance matrix for progression.
  • Engage employees in team building activities
  • Front ended various critical activities and successfully completed it without compromising on the company’s & client satisfaction.
Operational Activities ManagementTeam TrainingReport GenerationProcess AutomationRecruitment Operations

Executive Consultant - Business Application Services & BFSI, Leadership Hiring - EMEA

Aug 2014Feb 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Responsibilities:
  • C level Stake holder management, consultative approach to hiring by providing passive resources to enable succession planning at leadership level
  • Pan Geo cultural mapping of resources focused in Europe, Middle-East and Americas region
  • Directly interacting with the Business Unit Heads, Hiring Managers to understand the requirements
  • Sourcing candidates from job portals, Social Networking sites and through networking as per the requirement.
  • Managing IJP applicants for filling vacant positions with the help of akilled bench resources or wmployees looking for movement internally
  • Responsible for end to end recruitment cycle.
  • Perform initial screening of the profile based on the required skill set and collect basic details of the candidates
  • Scheduled & coordinated interviews with the Hiring panel
  • Industries worked through- Energy, Utilities, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Business Application Services, Consulting Services, Global infrastructure services and Retail/CPG
  • Adept with Taleo, Telemetry and executive dashboard for weekly reviews to track the progress on roles
Stakeholder ManagementEnd to End RecruitmentSourcing CandidatesInterview CoordinationRecruitment

Lancesoft, inc.

IT Recruiter

Aug 2012Aug 2014 · 2 yrs · India

  • Clients: AT&T, GMAC, Becton & Dickinson, General Electric (Healthcare, Capital, Corporate and Power & Water) and Johnson & Johnson
  • Responsibilities:
  • Evaluating the job requirement and tracing the matching profiles from job sites like Monster, CareerBuilder and Dice
  • Handled key accounts for Healthcare/Pharma/Medical, Telecom Industry, Financial Banking, Energy Management and conglomerate industries
  • Ascertaining the candidates based on the Job skills, requirements and performed cold calls
  • Performed screening, benefits negotiation and internet recruiting
  • Submitting the selected profile in portals “Field glass”
  • Formatting resumes tailored to the client's corporate branding or specification
  • Scheduling face-to-face interviews with prospective candidates, as well as negotiating Pay rate to maintain the required pay rate for each position to achieve higher margins/profitability
  • Meeting targets on a consistent basis
  • Knowledge of Visa status like H1B, L1, L2, EAD and have worked on Corp 2 Corp, W2
  • Worked on IT and non IT requirements
  • Developed and maintained good relationship with the client and vendor
Job Requirement EvaluationCandidate ScreeningCold CallingResume FormattingRecruitment

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Shillong

Post Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management (PGCHRM) — Human Resources Management and Services

Dec 2022Dec 2023

CSVTU University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Electronics and telecommunication engineering

Jan 2007Jan 2011

Holy Cross Convent School

High School

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