Manoj Sharma

Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Professional with 11+ years of experience in end-to-end recruitment, stakeholder management, team handling, bulk hiring, and strategic talent acquisition. Proven expertise spanning startups, MNCs, telecom, IT, networking, cloud, infrastructure, and emerging technology domains. Adept at closing critical positions across India while maintaining strong relationships with hiring managers, candidates, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Experienced in managing high-volume recruitment projects, salary negotiations, onboarding, and workforce planning.

Senior HR Executive - Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) - India

(2024-08)

• Manage end-to-end recruitment cycles across major national hubs including Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, and Delhi NCR.
• Partner closely with business leaders and technical stakeholders to accurately forecast and map workforce requirements.
• Source and close business-critical, niche technology requirements across Telecom, Networking, AI/ML, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, Storage, Linux, Cyber Security, and Data Analytics domains.
• Direct the complete hiring lifecycle: sourcing, screening, interview logistics, strategic offer negotiation, background verification (BGV), and seamless employee onboarding.
• Elevate corporate stakeholder engagement and ensure an exceptional, positive candidate journey throughout the lifecycle.

Senior Recruiter - Tech Mahindra - India

(2018-12 - 2024-07)

• Led and mentored a 3-member talent acquisition team, driving performance on sourcing strategies, screening protocols, and recruitment workflows.
• Spearheaded full-lifecycle recruitment for high-impact IT, Telecom, Infrastructure, Networking, and Cloud positions.
• Orchestrated large-scale bulk hiring initiatives and coordinated expansive recruitment drives to meet aggressive client timelines.
• Managed complex salary negotiations, offer rollouts, onboarding operations, and post-joining engagement to mitigate candidate dropouts.
• Collaborated directly with cross-functional operations teams and external hiring managers to facilitate smooth closures.
• Supported Tier-1 Global Clients: AT&T, Bell Canada, Netgear, ASOS, Amazon, and Vodafone.
• Key Achievement: Successfully closed over 155 critical positions across India within a single year; received multiple corporate awards and recognitions for stellar sourcing execution.

Senior Support Associate - Global Web Imaging Inc.

(2015-07 - 2018-09)

• Headed international recruitment tracks focusing on elite software engineering pipelines.
• Executed end-to-end talent sourcing and lifecycle matching for niche Java and Oracle Developer roles.
• Strategically supported recruitment deliverables for premium K-Force clients situated across the USA region.
• Owned candidate engagement matrices covering international sourcing, active screening, offer administration, and onboarding frameworks.

PGDM - Punjab University

B.Com - Punjab Technical University

Class XII - CBSE Board

Class X - CBSE Board