Vijayram Singh

Talent Acquisition Leader with 15+ years of experience managing recruitment delivery, technical hiring, recruitment operations, stakeholder management, workforce planning, and leadership hiring across India, Middle East, US, EMEA, and APAC markets. Proven expertise in leading teams of up to 20 recruiters, driving recruitment process optimization, improving hiring metrics, reducing time-to-fill, and closing niche technology roles. Experienced in IT Services, Engineering, BFSI, Automotive, Aerospace, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Retail, and Education sectors.

Leveraging AI-powered sourcing, talent intelligence, prompt engineering, and recruitment analytics to improve sourcing efficiency, candidate engagement, recruiter productivity, and hiring quality.

Recruitment Manager – Talent Acquisition at Vistas Global (An Aria Holding Company) (2025-08 – 2026-05)

Lead end-to-end recruitment across Middle East and India markets for IT, Engineering and Corporate functions.

• Partner with business leaders on workforce planning and hiring strategies.
• Manage niche hiring across SAP, Cloud, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, Data Engineering and Digital Transformation programs.
• Drive sourcing through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, talent mapping, referrals and recruitment partners.
• Handle stakeholder management, offer negotiations and hiring governance.
• Track hiring metrics including time-to-fill, conversion ratios and sourcing effectiveness.
• Leveraged AI-powered sourcing and talent intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, HireEZ, SeekOut and Perplexity AI) to optimize Boolean searches, build talent pipelines, accelerate candidate identification and improve recruiter productivity.

Leadership Hiring & HR Operations at Freelance HR Consultant (2024-10 – 2025-04)

• Delivered leadership hiring across India, US, EMEA and APAC markets.
• Successfully closed senior Sales, Pre-Sales and leadership mandates.
• Maintained 95%+ client satisfaction and improved closure cycles by 20–25%.
• Managed onboarding, HR operations, HR documentation and HRMS/ATS administration.

Career Break at Career Break (Family Care) (2023-12 – 2024-09)

Took a planned break to support spouse during a high-risk pregnancy involving prolonged medical care, ensuring family stability.

Manager – Delivery at People Prime Worldwide (2023-05 – 2023-12)

• Led recruitment delivery for IT and Engineering hiring programs.
• Managed a team of 20 recruiters and drove productivity improvements.
• Implemented KPI-based hiring reviews and recruitment governance.
• Consulted clients on hiring plans, workforce planning and talent acquisition strategy.
• Reduced time-to-fill through structured sourcing and pipeline management.

Sr Executive – Talent Acquisition at Thermo Fisher Scientific (2021-10 – 2022-10)

• Managed full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, screening, interviewing and offer management.
• Built talent pipelines using social recruiting, job boards and professional communities.
• Partnered with hiring managers to define recruitment strategies and improve candidate experience.

Associate Manager – Talent Acquisition at Happiest Minds Technologies (2021-01 – 2021-08)

• Led recruitment operations and managed a team of recruiters.
• Implemented Boolean search and social recruiting strategies.
• Tracked recruitment KPIs including time-to-hire, cost-per-hire and offer acceptance ratios.

Sr Executive – Recruitment / Sourcing at L&T Infotech (LTI) (2015-09 – 2020-12)

• Managed strategic hiring for global clients including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and EY.
• Handled India and Middle East hiring across multiple technology stacks.
• Advised leadership on compensation benchmarking, hiring strategy and workforce planning.
• Supported large-scale hiring and niche technology recruitment initiatives.

Senior IT Recruiter / Manager at Techwave Consulting (2014-06 – 2015-09)

• Handled IT recruitment and Middle East/APAC hiring initiatives.
• Managed sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management and onboarding.

Manager – Recruitment Delivery & Employee Relations at Core Global IT Products & Services (2013-03 – 2013-10)

• Managed recruitment operations for Middle East (KSA) engagements.
• Led sourcing teams, vendor management and recruitment planning activities.

Team Lead / Delivery Lead – Recruitment at Cognate IT Services (2010-06 – 2012-08)

• Managed end-to-end recruitment delivery and client relationships.
• Led teams handling bulk hiring and technical recruitment programs.

HR Recruiter at Syscon Software Solutions (2007-06 – 2010-05)

• Handled complete recruitment lifecycle including sourcing, screening, interviews, offer management and onboarding.

Bachelor of Computer Applications in Computer Applications – Nagarjuna University