CHANDAN KUNAL

Currently engaged in strategic hiring advisory and search projects, I am committed to helping organizations build scalable, future-ready talent functions.

• Developed strong relationships with clients, resulting in increased business opportunities and revenue growth
• Leading hiring efforts for mid- to senior-level leadership roles, identifying and recruiting for positions including CTO's, Heads of Engineering, Engineering Managers, Architects, Tech Leads etc.
• Collaborating with leadership to understand hiring needs, sourcing high-quality candidates across diverse channels. Adept at optimizing recruitment strategies and processes independently while maintaining strong candidate relationships and driving positive hiring outcomes

• Workforce Planning: Successfully implemented a comprehensive manpower planning strategy for Global Capability Center (GCC), Sales & Production teams in India, aligning workforce planning with business growth projections and delivering between 80-85% fulfillment of forecasted headcount (800+ hires annually)
• Enhanced Recruitment Metrics & Performance Optimization: Improved time-to-hire by 25% in lateral to mid Technology R&D role(s) and reduced cost-per-hire by 18%, saving approx. ₹2 Cr annually
• Enhanced diversity hiring scorecards by 12% YoY, while increasing direct sourcing contribution to 40% and reducing agency dependency
• Leadership Hiring: Independently closed 15+ mid-to-senior leadership positions annually in Technology R&D achieving a cost saving of ~1.2 CR
• Early Talent Hiring from Campus: Designed and executed dynamic campus hiring and employer branding strategies, resulting in the successful onboarding of over 100+ campus graduates
• Team Management: Led a high-performing team of recruiters, consistently meeting both annual and forecasted hiring targets
• Process Optimization: Redesigned and implemented Recruitment SOPs (Referrals, Internal Job Posting, Contract-to-Hire, Onboarding) reducing onboarding time by ~22%
• HR Tech Implementation: Led the Workday Implementation Project in India and served as the point of contact for global strategic initiatives
• Employer Branding: Drove strategic employer branding initiatives in collaboration with the Global Employer Branding team in Germany by developing tailored talent personas, designing compelling job advertisements, and planning high-impact campus engagement events

• Strategic Talent Advisory & Client Management: Partnered with founders, CXOs, and senior leadership of portfolio companies to design and execute bespoke talent acquisition strategies
• Leadership Search: Driving mid and senior leadership searches across Technology for Pre-Series, Series A/B startups in consumer internet, B2C, B2B and Fintech
• Managed a P&L of approximately 1 to 1.5 crore INR, driving business growth and profitability through strategic recruitment and client relationship management

• Strategic Talent Acquisition & Leadership Hiring: Led recruitment efforts for Tesco Technology Group, focusing on core retail functions such as Transportation, Supply Chain, and Order Management Systems
• Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Development: Despite a brief stint at Tesco, my impact was immediate and I closed one of the critical Head of Software Development roles in record time (Less than 3 months of my joining) and rapidly on-boarded top talent in Senior Engineering Manager and SDE-3 roles, ensuring the cost savings were ~2.5X

• Strategic Talent Acquisition During Organizational Growth: Joined Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group during the establishment of its development center in Bengaluru and played an instrumental role in scaling 35 members to 1000+ for core engineering groups, Clearing House, Infrastructure & Operations, Information Security & Shared Services Team
• Global Collaboration & International Hiring: Collaborated closely with business leaders in Chicago, London and Singapore to design and implement strategic recruiting initiatives. Facilitated global project exchanges and cross-border collaboration, fostering a cohesive approach to talent acquisition
• University Relationships & Employer Branding: Evolve and accelerate strategic relationships with targeted institutions by devising structured engagement plans that include leadership involvement, events, effective branding campaigns, job marketing initiatives branding CME as an employer of choice

• Tech Hiring: Developed comprehensive talent attraction strategies for tech talent hiring for cloud and mobile group at SAP. Implemented data-driven approaches to analyze recruitment metrics
• SAP's Early Talent Program: Active participation in campus hiring which led to hiring of more than 480 campus graduates from the top universities in PAN India

• Led large-scale RPO assignments, successfully scaling critical teams for American Express across Finance, Risk Management, Customer Service, and Digital Transformation
• Drove strategic hiring at DXC Technology for Program & Project Management, Global Service Delivery, and Business Transformation roles
• Managed end-to-end recruitment for 300+ positions annually while leading a high-performing team of sourcing recruiters based out of Noida and Bengaluru

• Recruited top tech talent across diverse fast-paced startup, mid to large product-driven organizations
• Led a team of sourcing recruiters, emphasizing strategic execution of recruiting plans and effective talent outreach