Deepa Sinha
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced senior technical recruiter/lead recruiter with over 12 years of expertise in technical recruiting within the SAAS, enterprise application and product industries. Proven track record of collaborating closely with stakeholders to meet their teams' needs in professional services, support, and engineering. Skilled in managing the entire recruitment process, from initial intake calls with hiring managers to successful candidate onboarding.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/ Senior Talent Partner
Q2 Software
11.2020 - Current
- Talent Partner and business advisor to Helix R&D & Professional Services, support leaders for their hiring.
- Leading a team of 3 experienced recruiters, providing coaching and mentorship.
- Being a buddy for every new joiners in the TA team.
- Leading every aspect of talent acquisition throughout the recruitment life cycle using Workday and Hiredscore as ATS and Goodtime for scheduling interviews with managers, panels and candidates.
- Revamped the employee referral program, resulting in an increase in intake from 15% in 2021 to 35% in 2025 and reduction in vendor utilization from 40% to 10% in 2025.
- Implement sourcing and employer branding techniques to recruit talented employees.
- Work closely with HR Business Partners & Finance Teams to understand new requirements, budget and priorities.
- Provide an excellent candidate experience and act as a candidate advocate and have been maintaining the offer-to-joiner rate at 94% and direct hiring at 90% resulting in significant cost savings.
- Acting brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits and advantages of working for company.
Senior Talent Acquisition
AT&T (IMSI Payroll)
06.2019 - 08.2020
- Acted as a Talent Partner for Xandr Org (now Microsoft) which were in advertising industry.
- We planned of hiring 198 candidates within 6 months and I within 5 months hired 50% of them successfully.
- Participated in building organization centered on diversity and inclusion.
- Met with Senior Leaders, hiring managers to understand business and its requirements
- Advised hiring managers on job market dynamics and trade-offs regarding qualifications and pricing
- Sourced candidates through corporate websites, referrals, internet job boards, and ATS like Avature and Taleo
- Screened candidates for interest and qualifications, coordinated interviews, and managed candidate status in ATS
- Assisted in the selection process, job offer negotiations, and onboarding
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
Lead Technical Recruiter
Intellisoft
05.2015 - 05.2019
- Handled clients like Microfocus, HP, UST Global, Amadeus, Sungard, CMS IT, and other CMM Level 5 companies
- Managed job portals, ATS, and social sites like LinkedIn
- Lead a team of 3 experienced recruiters and 2 freshers, providing training and mentorship
- Worked on middle and senior-level positions for both contract and permanent roles
- Coordinated with clients and internal teams for requirement understanding and quality deliverables
- Managed sourcing, screening, scheduling, and onboarding processes
- Sourced and selected applicants for technical positions within company.
- Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings.
Recruitment Executive
Mindlance Inc.
06.2014 - 05.2015
- Met client expectations in a fast-paced environment
- Managed ATS, sourcing, screening, interview scheduling, salary negotiation, and onboarding
- Used internet search engines and job portals for candidate sourcing
- Explained job roles, responsibilities, benefits, and salary packages to candidates
- Tracked candidates and pushed for feedback on disqualifications, time-to-fill statistics and other variables.
- Hired employees and initiated new hire paperwork process.
IT Recruiter
Allegis Group (TEKsystems)
03.2013 - 06.2014
- Sourced and screened candidates
- Conducted reference checks and ensured the candidate fit with company culture
- Managed job postings and portals
- Conducted initial interviews and coordinated with hiring managers
- Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings.
- Interviewed candidates using different interview methods and approaches.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
North Eastern Hill University
ShillongPost Graduation in Human Resource Management -
Symbiosis
PuneSkills
- Comprehensive talent acquisition
- Proficient in navigating job portals
- Candidate sourcing
- Optimized search techniques
- Facilitator for stakeholder communications
- Mass recruitment strategies
- Proactive follow-up
- Reliable project execution
- Effective negotiation skills
- Competitive market evaluation
- Full-time recruiting
- Leadership talent acquisition
- Coordinating panel engagements
- Evaluation of performance feedback
- Streamlined hiring processes
- Community engagement strategies
- Team leadership
- Targeted recruitment expertise
- Consistent progress reporting
Certifications And Awards
- Tech Recruiter Certification, Hirist.com, cert_gkkt3zwd
- Recruiter of the Quarter, 2014, 2019, 2021
- Recruiter of the Month, 07/01/17, 02/01/21, 05/01/21, 07/01/21, 12/01/23
- Recruiter of the Year, 2018, 2021
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist/ Senior Talent Partner
Q2 Software
11.2020 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition
AT&T (IMSI Payroll)
06.2019 - 08.2020
Lead Technical Recruiter
Intellisoft
05.2015 - 05.2019
Recruitment Executive
Mindlance Inc.
06.2014 - 05.2015
IT Recruiter
Allegis Group (TEKsystems)
03.2013 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Commerce -
North Eastern Hill University
Post Graduation in Human Resource Management -
Symbiosis
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