Shikha .

Head of Talent

Gurgaon, Haryana, India9 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

8+ years in Talent Acquisition and HR leadership.
Expert in strategic workforce planning and talent development.
Passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the FinTech industry with a focus on strategic HR initiatives.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStrategic SourcingFull-life Cycle RecruitingTalent ManagementTechnical Recruiting

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBrandingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCC++Campus HiringCandidate ExperienceCollege RecruitingCompetency mappingConsultingCorporate BrandingData AnalysisEmployee EngagementEmployee Relations

About

HR professional with 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, team leadership, and campus hiring across startups and fast-paced environments. Currently working as an Assistant Manager - HR, I’ve led high-impact recruitment projects, improved hiring efficiency, and driven diversity and inclusion initiatives. I’m now growing into a more strategic HR role—focusing on workforce planning, talent development, and business partnering. Passionate about people, performance, and creating inclusive workplaces that thrive.

Experience

9 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Datacultr

Assistant Manager: Talent Acquisition Leader | Strategic Partner to Business |

Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Datacultr is a global Digital Operating System for Risk Management and Credit Recovery. We enable lenders, telecom, and fintech organizations to improve collection efficiencies and reduce delinquencies and non-performing loans (NPLs).
What I Do at Datacultr
As a Talent Acquisition leader at Datacultr, I act as a strategic partner to business leaders, aligning talent strategies with our growth objectives in emerging markets. I oversee end-to-end hiring across functions, with a strong focus on:
Workforce Planning: Collaborate with department heads to forecast hiring needs aligned with product expansion and market entry strategies.
Talent Strategy: Design and execute scalable hiring frameworks that support rapid growth while enhancing quality of hire and time-to-fill metrics.
Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, providing market intelligence and talent insights to inform decisions.
Candidate Experience & Employer Branding: Lead initiatives to enhance our employer brand and ensure a seamless, engaging experience for candidates.
Process Optimization: Continuously refine hiring processes to improve efficiency, reduce drop-offs, and support diversity goals.
Campus Hiring: Led campus recruitment programs across premier engineering and business schools, building strong entry-level talent pipelines to support long-term workforce planning. Developed evaluation frameworks and built campus partnerships to support recurring hiring needs.

Global RecruitingStrategic SourcingTeam ManagementTechnical RecruitingTalent sourcingRecruiting+9

Novo

2 roles

Lead Recruitment

Jun 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Global RecruitingStrategic SourcingTechnical RecruitingFull-life Cycle RecruitingTalent sourcingTalent Management+8

Senior Technical Recruiter

Jun 2022 – Dec 2022 · 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Global Recruitingleadership hiringStrategic SourcingTechnical RecruitingTalent sourcingRecruiting+5

Leena ai

Talent Acquisition Specialist - Technical Recruiter

Mar 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · India

End to End Hiring :Hiring resource across various levels (Entry to senior level management for tech team such as setting up the teams for: Front End , Backend , Quality Assurance, Chat bot developers, Business Analyst and Solution Architect.
Involved in Both active Recruitment and passive recruitment.
Accountable for complete interview and offer process, offer negotiation whilst ensuring the best candidate experience.
Liaising with Business Leaders /Hiring Managers across levels- understanding recruitments and firming up the recruitment strategy

Global RecruitingStrategic SourcingTalent sourcingGlobal SourcingApplicant Tracking SystemsCandidate Experience+3

Paisabazaar

Team Lead - Talent Acqusition

Jan 2020 – Dec 2020 · 11 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

My role entails for the following
Handling the entire recruitment, driving the recruiting process in a timely manner.
Identify potential candidates through the use of intricate Boolean searches, user groups,
professional, campus hiring and social networking, candidate referrals, networking, web sourcing.
Joining Formalities
Documentation /Filing

Global RecruitingGlobal SourcingCandidate ExperienceHiringTalent Acquisition

Bti executive search

Research Consultant

Nov 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

I am responsible for
Own the full-cycle recruiting process: Source, scout, screen, and recruit the best talent.
Involved in end to end Middle to CXO level hiring by employing various methodologies
such as industry research, headhunting, mapping and other best possible sources (Social Media, Job Portals, LinkedIn ).
Conducting personal/telephonic interviews, determining their qualifications/skills & cultural fitment

Global RecruitingGlobal SourcingHiringTalent Acquisition

Veda consulting

Research Consultant

Jun 2015 – Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Haryana

Veda Executive Search & Consulting is a unique confluence of search and consulting which 'simply focused' on quality execution. Veda offers world class processes with agility and flexibility of a boutique.Our mission is to help Corporates, Investors, and Entrepreneurs build profitable and enduring business by acquiring impactful board members and leadership talent. Our team has collaborated with firms of all size and helped them ensuring the competitive advantage through its experience and customer focus attitude.

Global RecruitingTalent Acquisition