Jai Shirsalkar

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India14 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven expertise in executive search and talent acquisition.
Strong background in HR strategy and training development.
Significant experience in software testing and project management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR and finance leader with a strong technical background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyTraining & DevelopmentSoftware Testing

Other Skills

Primary ResearchSecondary ResearchE-Learning ConsultingMicrosoft ExcelTestingJavaSQLExecutive SearchRecruitingEmployee EngagementHR PoliciesHeadhuntingHR ManagementTeam ManagementManagement

Experience

14 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Native

2 roles

Principal - CFO and Finance

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Associate Principal

Feb 2022 – Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Native connects people and organisations so that they grow effortlessly. We understand the lay of the land through a unique blend of instinct and data. And we use this to help people and organizations make smart decisions about where and with whom they work. We call this the Power of Informed Intuition. With a reach across 14 industries, our 75+ consultants across our 3 offices - Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore have helped over 2500+ business leaders find companies Native to them.
(www.nativeworld.com)

Godrej group

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Korn ferry

Associate - Global Industrial Markets

Sep 2014 – Dec 2020 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai

Working with the Global Industrial Markets team based out of Mumbai.
Involved in End to end search mandate execution, candidate and client engagement.
Working on CXO level mandates for leading Indian and Multinational business groups.

Indian institute of management, ahmedabad

Research Assistant

Oct 2013 – Jan 2014 · 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Studied the informal HR practices adopted by the Mumbai Dabbawala Foundation and analyzed their impact on achieving organizational and process efficiency (six sigma performance level)
Conducted extensive Primary and secondary research.
Based on the primary and secondary research conducted,co-authored a case study on value based management and informal HR practises of the dabbawalas

Gsk

Summer Intern

May 2013 – Jun 2013 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Interned under Mr. Keith Pinto(Sr. GM-Training & Management Development).
Provided training consultancy in E-learning domain. Audited the existing E-learning process, standardized it by setting quantitative and qualitative benchmarks and provided recommendations on how E- learning as a training pedagogy can be made more effective.
Studied the Competency Framework and Training Need Analysis process adopted by GSK
Managed to bring about 50% reduction in time required for TNA process by enabling and streamlining automatic report generation process using Quantitative Techniques in MS Excel

Infosys

Software Test Engineer

Oct 2009 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Pune Area, India

Worked on Credit Cards projects for American Express (AMEX)
Developed test suites using UNIX, MS SQL, JAVA enabled UI and QC platforms to validate customer inputs and create output files to print actual plastic cards.
Initiated and implemented the creation of templates for Planning, Effort estimation and Design documents to enable reuse and reduce rework and thereby assist in deployment of end to end solutions for the project.
Served as the primary point of contact (POC) for critical cross functional projects