ATUL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
Summary
Talent Acquisition Manager with 11+ years of experience driving end-to-end recruitment across Analytics, Data, Technology, Product, Media, and Business functions. Proven expertise in strategic workforce planning, AI-enabled sourcing, recruitment analytics, and stakeholder partnership. Adept at leading and mentoring recruiting teams, managing high-volume and niche hiring, and delivering scalable hiring solutions aligned to business goals. Strong track record in process optimization, diversity hiring, offer management, and improving time-to-hire and quality-of-hire through data-driven and automation-led approaches.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager
WPP Media
Gurgaon
12.2023 - Current
- Led end-to-end recruitment for technical, analytics, product, and business roles across multiple levels, ensuring timely and quality hiring aligned with business goals and the introduction of AI in recruitment, creating an agent for resume screening, profile authenticity, technical depth verification, and role relevancy risk score, overcoming recruitment lapses.
- Managed and mentored a team of eight recruiters, setting clear KPIs, conducting regular performance reviews, and enabling capability building through coaching and training.
- Partnered closely with senior leadership, hiring managers, and stakeholders to understand workforce needs, define hiring strategies, and drive effective intake discussions.
- Achieved an 87% offer-to-join ratio, a 1:7 sourcing-to-offer conversion rate, a 90-day retention quality of 93%, 21% diversity hiring, and improved hiring velocity by 15%.
- Achieved a Time-to-Hire of 25 days for generic roles, and 46 days for niche skills.
- Designed and implemented structured recruitment processes, interview frameworks, and evaluation criteria to improve hiring efficiency and candidate experience.
- Owned recruitment metrics, including time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, offer-to-join ratio, pipeline health, and diversity hiring indicators. Continuously identified process gaps and implemented automation or improvements to enhance recruitment productivity and quality.
- Prepared and presented weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual dashboards for all BUs to global leaders, country IT directors, and the India TA director.
- Drove sourcing strategies using job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, and talent mapping to build strong pipelines for niche and leadership roles.
- Acted as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on market intelligence, compensation benchmarking, and hiring feasibility.
- Oversaw offer management, negotiations, documentation (DOI, offer letters), and onboarding coordination to ensure a seamless candidate transition.
- Managed stakeholder communication, weekly/monthly hiring dashboards, and leadership updates on recruitment progress and risks.
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
American Express
05.2019 - 11.2023
- Recruiting for technology and analytical roles within Global Talent Acquisition (GTA)
- Supporting India Markets for Finance, Technology, Enterprise Digital Analytics (EDA), Credit Fraud Risk Analytics (CFR), and Amex Digital Labs (ADL)
- Managing a team of 4-5 people, ensuring stakeholder expectations are met and tracking daily workflow
- Maintaining daily reports of hiring in analytics and collaborating with different campuses
- Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, collaborating with them to streamline the process and understand their needs
- Managing the internal process for transferring inbound recruits to designated sub-areas and business units
- Acting as a subject matter expert (SME) for both hiring leaders and candidates, managing their expectations regarding compensation and potential candidate flow
- Utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, social media, Boolean searches, and online search techniques to source and maintain a passive pipeline of candidates
- Conducting talent pipelining and networking through headhunting and referrals
- Managing end-to-end recruitment, including sourcing, salary negotiation, conducting on-campus group discussions, and maintaining an effective pipeline network of talent
- Leading requisition intake sessions with hiring leaders, providing guidance on the hiring process, and conducting market research and talent mapping using LinkedIn Recruiter tool
- Conducting various drives for bulk hiring, such as CFR Drive, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), HISPANIC, and Women in Product (WIP)
- Handling candidate pipelines and maintaining strong relationships to achieve the best results
- Conducting GTA town halls and conferences
- Building and managing candidate pipelines using tools like Naukri, IIM Job, Smash-Fly, LinkedIn, Power to fly, and X-ray Search
Senior Recruitment Specialist
ROSE International
05.2016 - 12.2018
- Conducted search, identification, and qualification of potential candidates through various channels
- Evaluated candidate strengths compared to client requirements through screening and interviewing
- Built and maintained strong relationships with managers
- Experienced in high-volume recruitment, working with hiring managers to develop recruiting requirements and strategies
- Responsible for achieving team targets and maintaining productivity
- Consistently exceeded team targets by effectively managing high-volume recruitment for telecom and financial clients, including Verizon, AT&T, Mastercard, and Union Bank
- Utilized market research and talent mapping techniques to identify and attract qualified candidates, resulting in an increase in candidate quality and fit for client requirements
Technical Resource Specialist/Recruiter
USTECH Solutions
02.2015 - 05.2016
- Responsible for full life cycle recruitment, including screening resumes, negotiating terms and rates, coordinating interviews, extending offers, and closing candidates
- Screened profiles, conducted phone interviews, and maintained communication with candidates throughout the process
- Developed and maintained a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates
- Assisted the manager with tasks supporting the recruitment team, such as creating individual recruiters for specific requirements
- Managed overall recruiting team in the absence of the manager
- Worked on different domains, including financial, insurance, banking, healthcare, and pharmaceutical
- Successfully managed full life cycle recruitment for multiple domains, including financial, insurance, banking, healthcare, and pharmaceutical
- Implemented a database management system using Excel worksheets, resulting in improved organization and accessibility of candidate information
Education
Executive PGDM - Human Resource Management & Administration
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
01.2021
B-Tech - Computer Science and Engineering
Institute of Engineering & Technology
01.2014
Skills
- Corporate recruiting
- LinkedIn recruiting
- Boolean search
- Team Management
- Diversity and inclusion
- Onboarding AI-powered sourcing and talent intelligence tools
- CV screening using AI or automation platforms
- Predictive hiring analytics (pipeline health, attrition risk)
- Data-driven decision-making in recruitment
- Chatbots and automation for candidate engagement
- AI-assisted job description optimization
- Data && HR Analytics
- Campus hiring (alumni-IIMs and IITs)
- ATS expert
- Recruitment strategies
- Candidate negotiations
- Resource management
- Offer making
- Vendor management
- Talent pipelining
- Networking
- Headhunting
- Referrals
- Market research
- Talent mapping
- Bulk hiring
- Diversity hiring initiatives
- Recruiting analytics
- Leadership development corporate recruiting
Certification
- Business Administration Management Training from TISS
- 3 months training in Core Java from Ducat Development and Training Institute, Noida
- 3 months course of C and C++ from NIIT, New Delhi
Accomplishments
- Implementing a talent pipelining strategy, resulting in a reduction in time-to-fill for critical technology and analytical roles
- "Recruiter of the Year" Award in the GTA Summit
- AMCAT Certified Data Processing Specialist
- Promoted as a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist in American Express
- Attended workshops on Diversity Inclusion, Career Track Module, and LinkedIn, receiving certificates of achievement
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager
WPP Media
12.2023 - Current
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
American Express
05.2019 - 11.2023
Senior Recruitment Specialist
ROSE International
05.2016 - 12.2018
Technical Resource Specialist/Recruiter
USTECH Solutions
02.2015 - 05.2016
Executive PGDM - Human Resource Management & Administration
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
B-Tech - Computer Science and Engineering
Institute of Engineering & Technology