Kalpana Saraswat

Company Overview : AI-Powered Patient Access & Revenue Cycle Solutions, A product-based Org

• Responsible for devising and implementing effective recruitment strategies to attract highly skilled individuals for diverse roles
• Manage a team of 6 Members
• Developed candidate experience frameworks and continuously improved the recruitment process through candidate feedback and industry benchmarks
• Monitors TA key metrics
• Determining optimal job advertising mix, including job boards, careers pages and social networks
• Collaborating with Hiring managers & key stakeholders in evaluating existing / future talent requirements, defining critical roles, core competencies and finalizing acquisition plans for sourcing potential talents & market intelligence, Redesigned & implemented rigorous interview process to meet constantly changing business needs
• Implemented improvements to operational systems, hiring processes, and policies to support the organization's mission and enhance management reporting and information flow
• Collaborated closely with vendors & partners to optimize recruitment processes and achieve organizational goals
• Oversee & monitor post-offer/pre-hire activity including but not limited to reference & background checks ensuring consistency and compliance with fair hiring regulations; Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits and advantages of working for company
• AI-Powered Patient Access & Revenue Cycle Solutions, A product-based Org

Company Overview : A global Enterprise AI and Product Based Analytics company

• Leading the lateral hiring for MathCo with a fact-based TA strategy for a range of needs, from high-volume hiring to bespoke engineering and leadership roles and building high potential Engineering and Data Science teams for PAN India region
• Leading and managing TA recruiters and TA Ops team - Building and motivating an inclusive and growth-oriented recruiting team with an obsessive focus on elevating candidate experiences through attention to detail, hard work, and data-driven decision making
• Coaching and developing strong performers, tackle difficult conversations to elevate underperformers, and tactfully navigate legacy teammates
• Stakeholder Management- Close engagement on regular cadence backed up data along with regular WBR and MBR's
• Leveraging data to drive strategy, communicate with teams and leaders effectively, and develop partnership with internal and external stakeholders to attract top talent and act advisory to business hiring needs Strategy making for upcoming year hiring keeping allocated and unallocated pool in mind and establishing TOP notch TA systems, processes, and team structures that drive quality, predictability, cost-effectiveness, and engagement
• Referral hiring Programs and strategy to ensure the right source mix for the hiring
• Vendor management -Vendor contracts, vendor evaluations and payments Ensuring process are adhered by the team (including effective usage of Assessment tools and ATS)
• Reporting and metrics (recruiting KPI's) - cost owner of the talent function with focus on capitalizing on unique opportunities in the talent market to reduce cost per hire and time to hire while improving quality of hire and candidate NPS
• Owning and driving employer branding, including, but not limited to, presence on job boards, campus hiring, social media, and hiring events, keeping up to date to global recruiting practices to become a high standard TA engine
• A global Enterprise AI and Product Based Analytics company

Company Overview : AI-powered data unification and management Product Organisation

• Lead the Talent Acquisition function for India location
• 1st Member in the HR Team at the India office, lead lateral and campus hiring for the company
• Implemented tools required for HR Team(HRMS and ATS)
• Proactive engagements with stakeholders through weekly meetings to update the progress on key positions and backing it up with accurate Matrixes and data
• Close association with Hiring Managers on growth plan and Budgeting opens requisitions Department/Division wise
• Streamlined policies and processes, partnered on hiring and team expansion plans with improved Candidate NPS
• Introduced data centric decision making in through regular tracking of key metrics; source, quality of hires, time to hire, offer joining ratio
• Responsible for making and keeping a track of policies like vendor contracts, vendor empanelment process, campus hiring, employee referral, employee handbook etc
• Created hiring process by defining the TAT (for leadership and junior level hiring), salary approval matrix, requisition approval matrix, joining and retention bonus matrix, hiring matrix etc
• Responsible for manpower/ workforce planning along with organization sizing
• AI-powered data unification and management Product Organisation

• Was responsible for hiring for future 500 Clients (Majorly IT) and managing team of 10 Recruiters
• Led RPO for IBM and TechM

• Managed the entire hiring for the 2 highest earning Business units for ERP and Cloud Solutions (GCP) Nominated and winner of Excellence award with Team computers on hiring and building whole business unit for ERP (Microsoft Dynamics) and Cloud Solutions (GCP)
• Leading a team of 3-4 members
• Utilized and focused more on social media platforms to source potential candidates and build pipeline of qualified talent
• Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages of working for company