Rahul Jain

Talent Acquisition Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Scaled Toast India from 1 to 700+ employees.
Expert in building candidate-first recruiting experiences.
Strong background in technical hiring and data analysis.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in scaling tech organizations across APAC.

Contact

rahul.jain@toasttab.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionLeadershipRecruitingTechnical RecruitingSoftware EngineeringData Analysis

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsAutosysCC (Programming Language)C++CitrixCognosCommunicationConstructive FeedbackEclipseEmployer BrandingEntrepreneurshipEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)Event ManagementExcel

About

I build and scale high-performing product & engineering teams across India and APAC. As the first TA hire at Toast India, I grew the organization in the APAC region from the ground up; scaling from 1 to 700+ employees in 3+ years across Bangalore, Chennai, Taiwan, and Australia. Today, I lead all tech and product hiring for the region and manage a team of 8 recruiters driving mission-critical growth. My journey started as a software engineer, moved through global recruiting roles in the US, and has evolved into scaling entire sites and orgs from zero. This mix of technical background, business acumen (Babson MSEL), and HR leadership training (IIM Calcutta EPHRM) allows me to bring both strategy and execution to talent acquisition. I’m passionate about: - Scaling R&D orgs for high-growth tech companies - Building candidate-first recruiting experiences - Using data, market insights & storytelling to influence hiring decisions - Growing and mentoring TA teams to raise the hiring bar Always open to exchanging ideas on building teams at scale, site strategy, and the future of talent acquisition.

Experience

9 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Toast

2 roles

Manager, Talent Acquisition - APAC Region

Promoted

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Lead TA strategy for India, Taiwan & Australia across tech and product orgs.
Manage a team of 8 recruiters; partner closely with site and functional leadership.
Drive long-term workforce planning, hiring dashboards, and employer branding initiatives.

Workforce PlanningTalent ManagementHR AnalyticsEmployer BrandingTalent AcquisitionLeadership

Principal Talent Acquisition Partner

Apr 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

First hire for Toast Bangalore; scaled India team from 0 to 200+ during this period.
Closed senior leadership roles across engineering and product.
Established TA infrastructure and interview processes.

Talent AcquisitionTechnical RecruitingInterview ProcessesRecruiting

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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Sep 2018 – Apr 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Boston, Massachussets

Supported hypergrowth startups and MNCs across US tech markets.
Specialized in technical hiring for product, engineering, and data roles.
Hub Recruiting is talent acquisition for the modern world. By offering experience, honesty and innovation Hub Recruiting has quickly become a key strategic recruiting partner for growing technology companies who need permanent hires and temporary staff!
Hub Recruiting provides recruiters on an hourly basis to focus on permanent hiring needs (reduce expensive contingency and retained fees).
Hub Recruiting provides technology consultants for strategic needs and temporary spikes in workload.

Technical HiringRecruitingData AnalysisTalent AcquisitionTechnical Recruiting

Accenture

Application Development Analyst

Aug 2015 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Early career as a software engineer solving complex client challenges.
Optimized processes while working on the Obama-care health insurance project by automating previously generated manual reports, reducing the involvement of iterating workforce by 20% and optimally saving the project $6000 yearly.
Ensured timely delivery of requests with optimal quality through troubleshooting and configuration of new job components as per requirements, testing and validation of builds.
Performed data analysis and presented results using SQL, Excel and Visual Basic scripts for data-driven decision making.

Data AnalysisSQLExcelVisual BasicSoftware Engineering