Sanjay Samuel

Head of Talent

Hyderabad, Telangana, India14 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 11 years of recruitment experience.
Expert in building high-performing teams.
Strong focus on diversity and inclusion in hiring.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader in the tech industry with a focus on recruitment strategies.

Contact

ssamuel@uber.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionPeople Management

Other Skills

Active ListeningBenefits NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentCRMChange ManagementCommunicationConstructive FeedbackContract RecruitmentDiversity & InclusionERPEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsExecutive SearchGrowth HackingHR Consulting

About

I’m a Talent Acquisition Leader at Uber, leading both tech and non-tech recruiting teams across APAC—especially in India and Japan. With over 11 years in recruitment and 3+ years in people management, I’ve built and scaled high-performing teams that deliver impact. I believe in moving fast, learning from every experience, and using those lessons to run even faster toward our goals. My leadership style: Results-Oriented: Set clear goals, define measurable outcomes, and ensure the team has what they need to succeed. Celebrate wins, and treat setbacks as learning opportunities. Coach: Invest in people’s growth through guidance, feedback, and encouragement to help them unlock their full potential. Servant Leader: Remove roadblocks, create opportunities, and foster an environment where everyone feels heard, valued, and empowered. I work across market intelligence, business education, talent partnership, and anything else that helps the organization grow. My passion is simple—build strong teams, hire great talent, and help the business win.

Experience

14 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Uber

3 roles

Talent Acquisition Leader - APAC

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

Managing Team
Based out of India & Japan.
Involved in strategic Planning
Leading Talent Sourcing Projects

Diversity & InclusionPerformance ManagementPeople ManagementRecruitingBenefits NegotiationSourcing+1

Senior Technical Sourcing Lead

Promoted

Dec 2021 – Sep 2022 · 9 mos

Leading & Managing a Team of 7 members and defining the goals.
Training and On-Boarding
Responsible for building capabilities of the sourcing team to find the best developers and engineers across the globe.
Working closely with Stakeholders, Recruiters, and recruiting managers to build a strategy around sourcing to address short-term and long-term recruitment needs.
Ideating projects which would help to automate and fix the recruitment gaps in the industry.
Ensuring team to collaborate and share best practices to support team impact and learning.

Senior Technical Sourcer

Feb 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

Mentoring a team of 4 Sourcers.
Straterging Sorcing efforts
Talent Pipeline management & Reports
Responsible for creating, managing the Talent Pipelines.
Organizing Daily stand up to understanding priorities and challenges faced by individuals
Weekly focused sourcing sessions to build active pipeline
Forecasting the need of business and planning sourcing efforts accordingly
Successful able to help a contract resource to get into full time
Continously working on interviewer calibration and sourcing calibration
Motivating team to focus on impact and deliver results.

Amazon

3 roles

Specialty Hiring

Sep 2019 – Feb 2020 · 5 mos

Worked on Machine Learning , Data Scientist and Applied Scientists roles.

Technical Recruiter II

Promoted

Feb 2017 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Responsible for hiring engineering professionals and responsible for end-to-end recruitment within the stipulated aggressive timelines and building the talent pipeline for the business to achieve the hiring targets.

Technical Recruiter

Feb 2015 – Feb 2017 · 2 yrs

Cognizant technology solutions

Technical Recruiter

Jul 2014 – Feb 2015 · 7 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Responsible for Source and create active pipeline of prospective candidates.
Worked in setting up teams of Engineering Services, Domain Specialists and involved in Executive Hiring.
To plan and execute the hiring events.