Riccha Chauhan

Head of Talent

Pune, Maharashtra, India15 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 16 years of HR leadership experience.
  • Expert in HR automation and digital solutions.
  • Proven track record in talent acquisition and retention.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent acquisition and HR transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionHr StrategyPerformance Management

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsAutomationCRMCampus HiringCampus RecruitmentChange ManagementClient ManagementCollege RecruitingCompetency Based InterviewingContract RecruitmentCost ReductionCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data-Driven Hiring StrategiesEmployee BenefitsEmployee Benefits Design

About

HR leader with 16 years of experience in HR Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, and HR Transformation. Adept at aligning HR strategies with business goals, driving workforce productivity, leadership hiring, and HR automation to support organizational scalability and growth. Expertise in digital HR solutions, data-driven performance management, and employee engagement frameworks to enhance retention and business performance.

Experience

15 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
1 yr 3 mos
Current Experience

Persistent systems

Talent Acquisition POD Leader

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Shaadi.com

Head of Talent Acquisition

Sep 2022Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

  • Strengthened employer branding through market intelligence and cost-effective strategies.
  • Implemented HR automation, enhancing pre-boarding and onboarding programs.
  • Spearheaded manpower planning & leadership hiring across key business verticals.
  • Developed HR policies, including Relocation Policies, Employee referral etc.
  • Partnered with leadership teams to drive workforce analytics and HR decision-making.
  • Led data-driven hiring strategies, reducing costs and optimizing talent acquisition channels.
  • Key Achievements:
  • Implemented ATS (Zappyhire), reducing costs by 50% and cutting hiring TAT from 92 to 45 days.
  • Boosted application rates (+77%) and pipeline speed (+64%).
  • Improved employee referrals (+42%) and reduced offer drop rate (-61%).
  • Achieved 95% fulfillment in Sales & Service and 97% in critical functions (Tech, Product, Design, Business Support).
  • Revamped career website, increasing new user acquisition by 700%.
  • Established AI-driven hiring strategies to enhance recruitment efficiency.
Employer BrandingHR AutomationManpower PlanningLeadership HiringHR Policy DevelopmentWorkforce Analytics+4

The good glamm group

Head of HR Business Partner and Talent Acquisition

Sep 2021Jul 2022 · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · Hybrid

  • Strategic HR Business Partnering & Workforce Planning
  • Partnered with CXOs and business leaders to align HR strategies with revenue and growth objectives.
  • Led workforce planning and organizational structuring, enhancing talent agility, succession planning, and scalability.
  • Spearheaded HR business partnering across multiple verticals, ensuring talent strategies met evolving business needs.
  • Optimized retention strategies, reducing attrition by 20% through data-driven engagement and career progression frameworks.
  • Performance Management & Employee Development
  • Implemented XTO10X for automated Performance Management, ensuring real-time and objective tracking.
  • Designed and launched OKR-based performance evaluations, aligning individual goals with business strategy.
  • Fostered a continuous feedback culture, integrating coaching, mentorship, and leadership development.
  • Developed a HiPo (High-Potential) framework, accelerating career progression and internal promotions.
  • Leadership Hiring & Talent Acquisition
  • Led executive hiring for CFO, Head of Technology, and Head of Information Security, ensuring leadership quality and cultural fit.
  • Developed a structured hiring framework, improving talent quality, reducing time-to-hire, and enhancing hiring manager satisfaction.
  • Strengthened global hiring strategy, partnering with the UAE team to support international expansion.
  • Implemented real-time recruitment dashboards, increasing visibility into hiring metrics for leadership.
  • HR Transformation & Automation
  • Digitized HR processes, implementing XTO10X for PMS automation and Infeedo for AI-driven employee engagement, improving efficiency.
  • Introduced automated onboarding workflows, reducing manual efforts and accelerating new hire productivity.
  • Designed HR analytics dashboards, enabling data-backed decisions on headcount planning and workforce trends.
  • Standardized HR policies and compliance frameworks, ensuring alignment with regulatory best practices
HR Business PartneringWorkforce PlanningPerformance ManagementEmployee DevelopmentLeadership HiringHR Transformation+3

Dhani

Deputy General Manager - HR Business Partnering & Talent Acquisition

Jun 2017Sep 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • HR Business Partnering & Workforce Planning
  • Aligned HR strategy with business expansion, driving workforce planning and organizational restructuring.
  • Optimized talent retention strategies, reducing attrition through data-driven engagement initiatives.
  • Led HR business partnering efforts, ensuring talent strategies supported the company’s financial goals.
  • Performance Management & Talent Development
  • Developed and implemented a competency-based Performance Management System (PMS).
  • Designed career growth frameworks, strengthening internal mobility and succession planning.
  • Increased engagement scores through structured L&D initiatives and leadership programs.
  • HR Transformation & Automation
  • Spearheaded HR automation initiatives, implementing ATS and LMS for operational efficiency.
  • Integrated AI-driven employee sentiment analysis to proactively manage engagement and retention.
  • Key Achievements
  • 🏆 Strategic HR Business Partnering – Aligned talent strategy with business expansion, ensuring workforce agility.
  • 🏆 Leadership Hiring & Workforce Expansion – Led executive hiring for critical leadership roles, strengthening organizational capabilities.
  • 🏆 Performance Management & Talent Development – Implemented automated PMS, increasing workforce productivity and engagement.
  • 🏆 HR Transformation & Automation – Digitized HR processes, enhancing efficiency and employee experience.
HR Business PartneringWorkforce PlanningPerformance ManagementTalent DevelopmentHR AutomationHR Strategy+1

Proptiger.com

HR Manager

Jun 2015Sep 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Managed Campus Hiring for the Technology Team.
  • Drives workforce planning strategies by consulting on industry, market, and business unit-specific factors impacting TA vision/outlook for IT and Non-IT roles.
  • Overseen change management, quality of hire, process efficiency metrics, TAT, cost per hire, and scales monitoring.
  • Established recruiting requirements by studying organization plans and objectives; collaborates with the hiring team to discuss needs.
  • Counseled hiring leaders on innovative recruiting practices and effective talent planning decisions as the day-to-day TA subject matter expert.
  • Evaluated applicants by discussing job requirements and applicant qualifications. Manages end-to-end IT hiring for the Product and Technology division.
Campus HiringWorkforce PlanningChange ManagementQuality of HireTalent Acquisition

Hcl technologies

Assistant Manager- Talent Acquisition

Apr 2013May 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Noida

  • Analysis of Talent Supply from various Channels like Business/ external hiring data/ Internal pool availability
  • Based on analysis, preparing a mitigation plan to lower down the supply risk
  • Conversion of more and more cases as a Billable resources to so that organization can generate more revenue
  • Analysis and Planning of Training in sync with the multiple Business to ensure the upskilling of manpower to Niche and Super Niche skills to migate risk for future demands.
  • Planning to improve upon the utlization of internal resources in mutliple service lines,
  • Rotation Planning of resources
Talent Supply AnalysisTraining PlanningResource UtilizationHR Strategy

Samsung sds

Global Hiring-SPOC

Mar 2011Mar 2013 · 2 yrs · New Delhi, India

  • Talent Acquisition:
  • Global Hiring Recruitment-
  • Co-ordination with Korea team for end to end recruitment process.
  • Resource Planning at all over India Level along with the Line of Business
  • Designing Job description, raising manpower request, understanding positions from Line Of Business.
  • Sourcing resumes from various sources like portal, employee referral, vendors etc.
  • Vendor Management- Preparation of contract, reviewing of contract, educating vendors about the positions, sharing feedback with vendors etc.
  • Campus Hiring for Indian Hiring and Global Hiring-Managing end to end process
  • Coordinating with the Training and Placement Officers (TPO) of the various colleges to organize Campus Recruitment Drives.
  • Target Colleges-IITs, NSIT, DCE, BITS Pilani, NITs/RECs etc
  • Responsible for End-to-End recruitment process.
  • Handle the campus drives end to end in coordination with the delivery teams.
  • Delivering Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) & addressing the queries about company's profile.
  • HR interviews, Aptitude Test and other Process specific Tests.
Global HiringVendor ManagementCampus RecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Xecute hr solutions private limited

Sr. HR Executive

Jul 2009Feb 2011 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurgaon

  • My roIe was talent aquisition. I was the onsite employee of Xecute HR deputed at following client Places:
  • Comviva Techologies: July 2010-Feb 2011
  • Ericsson India Pvt Ltd: Feb 2010-June 2010
  • In Comviva Technologies, my role was:
  • Handling Client
  • Sourcing Candidates from Portal, headhunting references etc for IT Hiring
  • Vendor Management for NON IT Hiring
  • Acting as Team lead for few specific units in Comviva Technologies
  • In Ericsson India my role:
  • Client Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Experienced the process of mass hiring.
  • Worked as a SPOC of Ericsson-Gurgaon location
Talent AcquisitionClient ManagementVendor Management

Education

Skyline Business School

MBA — Human Resource

Jan 2007Jan 2009

Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University

Bachelor of Science - BS — Botany/Plant Biology

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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