Akancha Gupta

Key Contributions & Achievements 🔹 Team & Leadership Hiring •Built high-performing Marketing, Tech, Product, and Design teams from scratch in the Game-Tech domain. •Spearheaded leadership hiring across Marketing, Engineering, Product, Finance, Business Strategy, and Non-Tech functions. •Provided mentorship and guidance to a team of over 6 members fostering growth and performance. •Successfully closed niche and critical roles, including confidential and senior mandates. 🔹 Strategy & Business Partnership •Partnered closely with founders and CXOs to align hiring with strategic business objectives. •Designed recruitment strategies, capacity planning, and workforce forecasting to meet evolving business needs. •Acted as a strategic advisor to business leaders on hiring plans, market intel, and talent acquisition best practices. 🔹 Process Design & Optimization •Designed and implemented end-to-end hiring processes and structured interviewing frameworks. •Streamlined hiring processes by driving continuous improvement initiatives and process automation. •Rolled out org-wide referral programs and recognition initiatives to drive cost-effective, high-quality hires. •Resolved challenges like interviewer inefficiencies, low pass-through rates, and bottlenecks by fostering cross-functional collaboration. 🔹 Data-Driven Hiring Excellence •Adopted a data-driven approach to improve time-to-fill, reduce stage-wise delays, and enhance hiring funnel efficiency. •Tracked and optimized key hiring metrics: TAT, Fill Rate, Quality of Hire, Cost of Hire, Candidate Experience, and Source Mix. •Conducted in-depth analyses of offer declines and market competitiveness to resolve compensation challenges. •Leveraged market and competitor intelligence to continuously refine hiring strategies.

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• Handing recruitment process for Ciena’s R&D department. • Independently handling all the requirements of assigned Business Units. • Interaction with BU heads to discuss various open positions along with future prospects and prepare recruitment strategy accordingly to full fill the demand on time. • Build and maintain productive relationships with business leaders, hiring managers and HR Business Partners. •Have an ability to prioritize time, demonstrate pushback and a sense of urgency, and understand the value of providing best in class customer service. •Understand how to recruit passive candidates and possess the skills to profile people and assess candidates for cultural fit • Evaluate skill level, conduct efficient and professional interview process, and drive offer process, including reference checks, salary recommendations and negotiations, and closing of candidates. •Manage and liaise with external recruitment agencies.

- Handling multiple client accounts and taking care of end-to-end delivery. Done hiring for services and product based clients. Closely working on BFSI domain hiring - Evaluated potential candidates' profiles compared with clients’ requirements. Screening resumes, interviewing qualified candidates, evaluating skill level, coordinating with the panel. - Negotiated pay rates and salaries and other requirements that candidates have, and obtained a commitment from candidates.