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Rahul Jain

Bangalore

Summary

Strategic and hands-on recruiting leader with 8+ years of experience scaling high-growth teams across India, Taiwan, Australia, and the U.S. Proven success building and managing distributed TA teams, launching new sites, and hiring senior technical and site leadership. Data-driven, execution-focused, and passionate about empowering teams to deliver exceptional hiring outcomes.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager – Technical Talent Acquisition, APAC

Toast, Inc
06.2023 - Current
  • Built and managed a 10-member recruiting team, overseeing performance reviews, mentorship, and career development, supporting R&D hiring across India, Taiwan, and Australia.
  • Owned headcount planning and forecasting in alignment with Finance and SLT; drove data-backed hiring strategies.
  • Partner with global engineering leadership to forecast, plan, and deliver hiring for high-priority functions including Platform, Payments, Product, and Security.
  • Collaborate with People Strategy, Total Rewards, and Candidate Experience to deliver on KPIs including Time to Fill, Offer Acceptance Rate, and Funnel Health.
  • Delivered weekly hiring updates to APAC and global SLT, highlighting metrics, risk areas, and actionable insights.
  • Led proactive pipelining and passive candidate engagement for critical leadership roles across R&D.
  • Championed post-offer engagement and conversion strategies, improving offer acceptance rates.
  • Drove process improvements in interview operations, scheduling efficiency, and recruiter productivity.
  • Implemented tracking for attrition trends and internal mobility to inform TA strategy.
  • Launched local employer branding initiatives (e.g., GIDS 2025, LinkedIn campaigns) to position Toast as a tech employer of choice.
  • Managed referral programs, boosting internal advocacy and increasing pipeline quality.
  • Established strong metrics hygiene through tools like Greenhouse, Gem, and Tableau for reporting and decision-making.
  • Drove 40% YoY increase in pipeline efficiency through recruiter training and top-of-funnel sourcing strategies.

Principal / Lead TA Partner – First Hire in India

Toast, Inc
04.2022 - 05.2023
  • First employee hired to launch Toast’s India site; built and scaled the team from 1 to 550 employees across Bangalore and Chennai within 2 years.
  • Hired the SVP & Site Leader for India and built out the entire technical leadership team across India and Taiwan (Directors, Senior Managers, and Principals).
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams to establish recruiting infrastructure, interview process, and brand presence in new markets.
  • Built high-trust relationships with US-based execs to support global expansion plans and scale with quality.

Senior Talent Partner

Hub Recruiting
09.2018 - 03.2022
  • Worked with hypergrowth startups and mid-size enterprises across the U.S. to scale their software engineering, product, and leadership teams.
  • Consulted on hiring strategy, process improvement, and sourcing plans for Series B-D companies.
  • Delivered >90% interview-to-offer ratio across multiple client engagements.
  • Recruited globally distributed engineering teams with a focus on quality and candidate experience.

Application Development Analyst

Accenture
08.2015 - 06.2017
  • Supported the ObamaCare health insurance platform, solving complex issues between technical teams and clients.
  • Automated manual reporting processes, reducing workforce dependency by 20% and saving $6K annually.
  • Managed and validated large-scale data pipelines, built SQL-based reports, and improved system data integrity through advanced QA testing.

Education

Executive Program in Human Resources Management -

IIM Calcutta
07-2024

Master of Science - Entrepreneurship And Leadership

Babson College
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
05-2018

Bachelor’s of Engineering - Electronics and Communications

BNM Institute of Technology
Bengaluru, India
05-2015

Skills

  • Gem
  • Greenhouse
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Naukri
  • Google Suite
  • Excel
  • Instahyre
  • Slack
  • Workday
  • Tableau (basic)
  • Team leadership
  • Strategic planning

Timeline

Manager – Technical Talent Acquisition, APAC

Toast, Inc
06.2023 - Current

Principal / Lead TA Partner – First Hire in India

Toast, Inc
04.2022 - 05.2023

Senior Talent Partner

Hub Recruiting
09.2018 - 03.2022

Application Development Analyst

Accenture
08.2015 - 06.2017

Executive Program in Human Resources Management -

IIM Calcutta

Master of Science - Entrepreneurship And Leadership

Babson College

Bachelor’s of Engineering - Electronics and Communications

BNM Institute of Technology

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