Pooja Raja
chennai
Summary
Results-driven Talent Acquisition Lead with over 6 years of experience in end-to-end recruitment across India and the US. Expertise in technical, IT, AI/ML, software, product, and leadership hiring, developing scalable strategies and leading recruitment teams. Proficient in vendor management, stakeholder collaboration, and utilisation of HR automation tools such as Workday.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
CES Information Technology
chennai
02.2022 - 05.2026
- Working closely with client Hiring Managers and HRBPs
- Upon approval of a new requisition, work with the hiring manager to obtain role briefing and to agree on sourcing strategies and timeline
- Meet weekly/monthly/quarterly goals and targets as set by the management team.
- closed 25+niche roles Annually and Achieved 95% offer-to-join ratio.
- Hired top product engineering talent to scale greenfield projects
- Led end-to-end stakeholder management across teams and functions
- Supported one of the largest and fastest-growing business units
- Played a key role in building high-impact tech teams from the ground up
- Be accountable for keeping the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) accurately always updated.
- Successfully sourced, screened, and placed candidates for diverse IT roles such as Data Engineers,Data Architect,Data scientist,Data Analyst, Dotnet Developer, DevOps Engineers, QA Automation, SAP SD, SAP Basis Administration,Full Stack Developers, Architects, Project manager
Sourcing Specialist
Mphasis (Payroll Diamond pick)
chennai
04.2021 - 11.2021
- Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing needs
- Managed vendor profiles in collaboration with hiring managers to ensure alignment on candidate requirements. with hiring managers
- Screening resumes, performing in-person and phone interviews with candidates
- Followed up on interview process status and maintained relationships with internal and external clients, contributing to achievement of staffing goals
- Conducted post-offer follow-up with candidates to sustain interest and minimise last-minute dropouts
- Coordinating and supporting weekend recruitment drives
- Created and completed reports on employment activity research, market intelligence, and landscaping to inform strategic hiring decisions
- Worked for clients such as JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, DBDS, Goldman Sachs, BNY, Bain and Co.
Senior Executive
ObjectFrontier Software, OFS
chennai
12.2020 - 04.2021
- Proficient in managing the complete recruitment stack like sourcing, screening, scheduling & conducting interviews, pre-joining checks, vendor management
- Stakeholders' management - Working closely with hiring managers/project managers to understand better open demands and planning to close highly critical positions
- Managed vendor relationships to enhance collaboration and optimise service delivery.
- Working with sourcing team and vendors to share relevant profiles post discussion with hiring managers for clarity of the requirements
- Conducting initial screening interviews of the candidates
- Participated in weekend recruitment drives to attract a diverse candidate pool.
- Sourcing profiles from Internal database, Referencing, Portals, Social networks like LinkedIn, etc.
- Build good rapport with technical panel to ensure smooth interview process and to understand the technical feedback of each candidate and thereby improving the Sourcing and screening criteria
- Collects feedback from interviewers and informs the candidates on the same
Information Technology Recruiter
Vega Intellisoft pvt ltd
chennai
07.2019 - 07.2020
- Managed end-to-end recruitment process, facilitating candidate placement and client satisfaction
- Screened and shortlisted CVs from portals and referrals, ensuring alignment with client requirements
- Conducted telephonic interviews and first-round assessments with candidates.
- Coordinating with clients and scheduling the Interviews with Candidates
- Coordinate with shortlisted candidates for next levels of interviews till closure
- Follow-up with hiring managers/interviewers on Interview progress
- Followed up with candidates post-interview scheduling, maintaining engagement and support throughout the process
- Pre-screen the candidate's profiles based on the requirements and submit to Senior Talent
- Posting Requirements with Job portals
- Preparing closure reports and Maintaining Records
- Executed monthly and quarterly billing processes to ensure timely invoicing.
- For Technology hiring across Emids- skills include Java, .Net, UI/UX, Business Analysts, &Leadership hiring
- Clients, Saint Gobain, Hinduja Tech Limited, Alten Calsoft , UST Global
Education
Master of Business Administration - Human Resource and management
Loyola College
Chennai, TN01-2022
Bachelor of Arts - corporate secretaryship
Don Bosco College of arts & science
Chennai, TN01-2019
Skills
- Recruitment
- Talent sourcing
- Candidate screening
- Boolean searching
- Applicant Tracking System
- Vendor management
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Team collaboration
- Strategic planning
- Workday platform
- Recruitment
- Communication skills
- Recruitment
Awards
- Received an Award "Raising Star Of The Year 2023"
Key Achievements
- Successfully hired over 50+ technology professionals.
- Managed recruitment for Product, Services, and Engineering organizations.
- Conducted diversity hiring initiatives.
- Maintained strong stakeholder relationships across business units.
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
CES Information Technology
02.2022 - 05.2026
Sourcing Specialist
Mphasis (Payroll Diamond pick)
04.2021 - 11.2021
Senior Executive
ObjectFrontier Software, OFS
12.2020 - 04.2021
Information Technology Recruiter
Vega Intellisoft pvt ltd
07.2019 - 07.2020
Master of Business Administration - Human Resource and management
Loyola College
Bachelor of Arts - corporate secretaryship
Don Bosco College of arts & science