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Kajal Verma

Kajal Verma

Bengaluru

Summary

Results-driven Senior Manager with over 13 years of experience in campus recruitment and talent acquisition. Proven success in developing and executing strategic recruitment initiatives to attract top-tier talent from universities (IITs, NITs, & IIMs). Adept at building and maintaining strong relationships with academic institutions, students, and internal stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a high-performing team to achieve recruitment goals. Skilled in leveraging innovative recruitment technologies and methodologies to streamline processes and enhance candidate experience. Possess a deep understanding of industry trends, campus recruitment best practices, and a commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion in recruitment efforts.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

VP - Program Manager, Early Careers

JP Morgan Chase
Bengaluru
02.2025 - Current
  • Develop the strategy, structure, and delivery of the two-year Technology Graduate Program.
  • Design a balanced curriculum that builds both core technical capabilities (e.g., software engineering, data, cloud) and essential professional skills (e.g., communication, collaboration, leadership).
  • Partner with Learning & Development, and technical SMEs, to build customized learning paths aligned to future role expectations.
  • Create an engaging and supportive experience from onboarding through graduation.
  • Facilitate mentorship, buddy programs, career coaching, and access to role models within the organization.
  • Conduct regular check-ins, feedback sessions, and career development planning with graduates.
  • Coordinate with business leaders to identify suitable placements, projects, and mentorship opportunities.
  • Act as the central point of contact for all graduate program stakeholders.
  • Manage graduate mobility to support their career growth.

SENIOR MANAGER, EARLY CAREERS

Standard Charted GBS
Bangalore
08.2021 - Current
  • Lead Early Careers Program for Standard Charted Bank GBS - Technology India and Malaysia
  • Devise and implement comprehensive campus recruitment strategies aligned with organizational goals.
  • Identify key universities and colleges for talent acquisition, considering industry needs and trends.
  • Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with academic institutions, career services, and faculty members.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between recruitment needs and educational partnerships.
  • Design and execute new engagement programs (Pre-Hiring/ Post Hiring) for campus hiring.
  • Develop and implement new ATS in conjunction with vendor while ensuring project meet all milestone.
  • Manage end-to-end UR cycle, including pre-hiring strategizing with the business leadership, designing the sourcing strategy, implementing the campus season, implementing keep-warm strategies, graduate program, and on boarding.
  • Manage 2 months & 6 months Internship Program.
  • Create and Implement Branding Strategies. Act as a brand ambassador for the organization, promoting its values, culture, and career opportunities to prospective candidates.
  • Managed the budget for all campus recruiting activities.

RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST - CAMPUS

American Express
Bangalore
07.2019 - 07.2021
  • Led University Hiring for Amex Technology.
  • Own the end-to-end UR cycle, including pre-hiring strategizing with the business leadership, designing the sourcing strategy, implementing the campus season, implementing keep-warm strategies and onboarding.
  • Design new engagement programs for campus hiring.
  • Partnered with key branding and engagement initiative like CodeStreet, Hackathons, TechGeek and Grace Hoppers Celebration India 2020.
  • Designed Virtual Internship Program for summer interns.
  • Designed Virtual Onboarding Program for Full Time Employees.
  • Managed cross functional projects for Learning and Development team.
  • Led Colleague virtual engagement project.
  • Completed successful hiring for FY20.
  • Working with Business Leaders to define a strategy for FY21 hiring.

RECRUITER, UNIVERSITY RECRUITING

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Bangalore
11.2015 - 06.2019
  • Managed UR for Microsoft Engineering.
  • Executed three successive seasons (FY16, FY17 and FY18) with 100% fulfillment of 150 FTEs across Tech schools and B-Schools.
  • Designed engagement program for B-School.
  • Own the end-to-end UR cycle, including pre-hiring strategizing with the business leadership, designing the sourcing strategy, implementing the campus season (including branding, engagements, and recruiting), implementing keep-warm strategies, and onboarding.
  • Member of India V-Team for Diversity & Inclusion for Microsoft Global Talent Acquisition.
  • Partnered with key branding and engagement initiative like Grace Hoppers Celebration India (FY17, FY18).
  • Worked with Business Leaders to define a separate Internship program for Microsoft Services.
  • Launched digital sourcing for UR Asia.

STAFFING ASSOCIATE

Goldman Sachs
Bangalore
07.2013 - 06.2015
  • Identifying and sourcing Non-Technical profile, candidates for various roles.
  • Handled Telephonic Pre-Screening of eligible candidates and initiated their interviews.
  • Coordinated with Channel Specialists, Recruiters and the Scheduling Services Team through the candidate's lifecycle.
  • Partnered with Hiring Managers to align the business requirements with the hiring efforts of the team.
  • Ensured a pleasant candidate engagement by constantly updating them about the status of their candidacy.
  • Pre and Post offer sync up with candidates.

HR RECRUITER (ONLINE RECRUITMENT)

Tesco Hindustan Services Private Limited
Bangalore
08.2010 - 04.2012
  • Manage selection and recruiting process for successful candidates for hiring needs, develop and manage engagement strategies to ensure a long-term candidate cultivation.
  • Keep warm calls, renege calls to understand reasons, conduct events to ensure lower reneges) for Asia region.
  • Develop and implement On-boarding strategies for the hires.
  • Develop an integration plan for interns and full-time.
  • Maintain the trackers for Full time and summer internship candidates.
  • Manage the Internship program.
  • Manage candidate queries.

HR RECRUITER

Convergeon HR services
Bangalore
04.2008 - 04.2009
  • Matching prospective profiles from the company database to evaluate skill sets, with client brief.
  • Maintaining offer letter tracker and reports.
  • Short listing of the selected candidates using personal and telephonic interviews.
  • Network and data mining of job portals.
  • Network and data mining of job portals' and initiation of background verification for new joiners.
  • To ensure offer letter being issued immediately upon receipt of hire and to ensure HR briefing and documentation to new joiners.

Education

B. Com -

APS University
Rewa

Skills

  • Market analysis and data analytics
  • Talent development and recruitment
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Branding and stakeholder management
  • Program management

Accomplishments

  • Received rewards for Diversity hiring - Amex
  • Received reward for Grace Hoppers Celebration India- Microsoft
  • Received reward for ICims (ATS) Super User. - Microsoft
  • LinkedIn Recruiter Certification.
  • Received 'Best Team Player' award - Tesco
  • Received 5 Value Awards from stakeholders and Managers - Tesco

Extracurricular Activities

State level Football player Played lot of Badminton Tournaments.

Timeline

VP - Program Manager, Early Careers

JP Morgan Chase
02.2025 - Current

SENIOR MANAGER, EARLY CAREERS

Standard Charted GBS
08.2021 - Current

RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST - CAMPUS

American Express
07.2019 - 07.2021

RECRUITER, UNIVERSITY RECRUITING

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
11.2015 - 06.2019

STAFFING ASSOCIATE

Goldman Sachs
07.2013 - 06.2015

HR RECRUITER (ONLINE RECRUITMENT)

Tesco Hindustan Services Private Limited
08.2010 - 04.2012

HR RECRUITER

Convergeon HR services
04.2008 - 04.2009

B. Com -

APS University

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