Kavita Gupta adhzhu@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 678-***-**** U.S Citizen

Recruitment Lead focused on supporting Executive Management with transformational business endeavors. Focused on leading teams to achieve goals resulting in improved processes and increased revenue. Proven expertise as a strategic business partner, dedicated change agent and advisor to all levels of management.

o Competitive & Organizational Intelligence o Social Media & Diversity Strategy o Budget Optimization o Vendor Selection & Management o KPI & Metrics Implementation o Employment Branding o Compensation Analysis o HRIS System Administration/Integration o Job Analysis & Behavioral Interview

o Re-engineering/Streamlining process

o US Immigration Law

o Diversity, University & Veterans Hiring

MasterCard – Data & Services

Manager, Talent Acquisition Consultant December 2019 – Present o Managed Full life cycle recruiting for North America for the Data & Services Delivery team. o Developed a dynamic portfolio sourcing approach and manage requisitions as the talent acquisition advisor for key roles across several of Mastercard’s business units, including consulting/professional services and business development roles. o Build partnerships with local, regional, and global leadership to identify important talent needs and develop creative strategies to attract and assess talent. o Managed, evaluated and developed innovative direct sourcing plans to attract diverse talent to our core, developing, and emerging businesses. Developed talent pipelines for critical & recurring roles as well as provide market intelligence. o Oversaw external recruitment, internal mobility, and employee referral programs to satisfy Mastercard’s hiring needs for US and Canada regions. o Responsible for managing effective partnerships and measuring success with external recruitment partners.

o Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers, critical stakeholders and partners, operating as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert o Managed a small team to build the recruiting model for the Mastercard’s NAM Data & Services team.

The College Board October 2017 – November 2019

Director, Talent Acquisition – Information Technology AWS o Managed Full life cycle recruiting for Information Technology (AWS), Compliance, Risk, Legal and Security Divisions at the College Board. Supported 800 employees and owned the business line operational support.

o Deep understanding toward Technology in the AWS environment hired 171 new hires since October 2017 (2017 28 hires, 2018 77 hires, 2019 66 hires) which resulted in $ 23 Million towards Payroll and savings of $4.7 million in agency fees @ 20% rate. o Managed/ mentored junior recruiters and coordinators under my leadership o Responsible for developing and implementing the key strategies for talent acquisition in order to meet College Board hiring needs. Merging Talent Acquisition with Business Goals. (Candidate experience, Social Media, Employee Referral, Structured Interviewing, Diversity Initiatives) Kavita Gupta adhzhu@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 678-***-**** U.S Citizen

o Develop best practices for hiring managers and interview teams, create interview guidelines, feedback forms and tools. Created meaningful metrics to measure improvements in experience, success, and impact on the organization

o Manage the selection, evaluation and contract negotiation for external vendors to assist with staffing needs, cutting costs by 41%. (Job Well, Greenhouse, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, Indeed, Skills Survey and Monday.com)

o Led a project team to design and implement a new Behavioral Based Interviewing program, which trained over 800 employees to make better hiring decisions. o Led a project team to develop College Board first New Hire Online Onboarding program, which has led to higher new hire satisfaction scores from 72 % to 88% as of July 2019. o Led a project team to implement a new Teams video Interviewing program o Planning, collaboration and recruitment for Internship Program at the College Board. Hired around 75 interns every year.

o Lead the migration efforts for the new TA Greenhouse applicant tracking Systems Enhancements / Configuration / Implementation- end-to-end system enhancements, upgrades, and quarterly releases for which includes testing, defect coordination, documentation, training, validation and testing.

o Trained over 1800 employees on how to navigate the system on a weekly basis and customized system at a granular level to cater to the individual department needs. o Build relationships by partnering with Divisional and HR leaders to continually improve recruiting strategies, programs and processes in order to promote highly innovative and effective recruiting practices.

o Counsel Division leaders and other employees on recruitment policies and procedures to ensure compliance and understanding of Horizon, OFCCP, and EEOC hiring and compensation guidelines.

o Provide market insights and guidance to internal stakeholders in designing a tailored recruiting approach to achieve demand. Increased the diversity hiring by 20% since 2017. o Hands-on recruitment of senior level Executives, SVP, VP and Directors Independent Consultant – January 2012 – September 2017 HR Talent Acquisition Advisory Services

Ø Amtrak – September 2016 to September 2017

Ø Fifth Third Bank – August 2015 to September 2016 Ø MGM Grand– November 2014 – July 2015

Ø IBM - January 2012 – November 2014

o Design, implement and deliver, in partnership with internal clients, an effective talent strategy to source and attract the highest caliber talent to support company strategy, as well as current and future growth, including management of employer brand o Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers, critical stakeholders and partners, operating as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert o Drove the evolution of processes and the use of technology to foster consistency and enable an operationally sound and efficient end-to-end candidate experience inclusive of sourcing, screening, interviewing, communication and selection. o Implemented Success Factor and Avature ATS end-to-end system enhancements, upgrades, and quarterly releases for which includes testing, defect coordination, Kavita Gupta adhzhu@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 678-***-**** U.S Citizen

documentation, training, validation and testing. Strong knowledge of HR Technology that include hands on design, configuration, implementation, and strategy approaches. o Created tools to report and measure key talent acquisition success metrics, regularly communicated the effectiveness and efficiency of the talent acquisition function to executive leadership and hiring leaders. KPIs and hiring metrics. Royal Bank of Scotland - January 2007 – December 2012 Vice President, HR Talent Lead – Information Technology o Team Leader responsible for recruitment and hiring in Investment Banking Information Technology Division, and Executive Level hiring in Global RBS division. Managed a team of 6 recruiters in the IT Core Services Division that supported 3000 employees. o Formulated Staffing plans, defined sourcing strategies and managed recruiter workload, as well as created an Employee Referral Program from scratch for Royal Bank of Scotland. o Senior advisor to key stakeholders on industry best practices; responsible for client consultation including executive search, internal mobility, workforce planning, university engagement, recruitment marketing, talent mapping, research, and proactive pipelining o Perform the full spectrum of HR functions and immigration services. Managed staff professionally and fosters development of results-oriented teams

EDUCATION:

Christ University, India – GPA 3.6

o Masters, Human Resources – 2003

o Bachelor of Arts, Psychology – 2002

CERITIFICATIONS:

o Multimedia Special Effects and Web Designing, Arena Multimedia 2001 o Advanced Certificate in PC Applications, NIIT 1999 o Recruiter Field Employee Training-PTSA 2005

o Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) -2009

o Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter (ACIR)- 2001 Applicant Tracking Systems Administration and Implementation: o Greenhouse

o Oracle

o People Soft and Success Factor module

o Taleo

o Avature

o Workday

o Paycheck

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