Kajal Kapadia

About Kajal Kapadia

• Strong end-to-end IT recruitment experience, largely within the Investment Banking & Financial Services domain. • Specialized in hiring for IT roles supporting Trading, Risk, Compliance, Payments, Treasury, Data, and Digital platforms across product and services organizations. • Strong capability in market mapping, talent intelligence, advanced sourcing, and technology skill assessment aligned to banking systems. • Proven experience managing business stakeholders, technology leaders, and delivery heads, ensuring alignment with hiring plans. • Expertise in vendor management, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, BGV, onboarding, and recruitment events. • Hands-on leader with experience building, mentoring, and managing recruitment teams to deliver against aggressive timelines. • Data-driven professional skilled in recruitment metrics, MIS reporting, forecasting, and process improvements, resulting in reduced time-to-fill. • Self-motivated, adaptable, and results-oriented with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition

   Micron Technology

   Feb 2026 — Present · Ahmedabad

   Working in Micron's Talent Acquisition team, responsible for supporting Global/GEO hiring initiatives and delivering end-to-end recruitment solutions. It includes talent sourcing, stakeholder management, interview coordination, offer management, recruitment analytics, and candidate experience management while partnering closely with hiring managers to meet business hiring goals.

2. Delivery Lead-Talent Acquisition / IT Recruitment-Investment Banking & Financial Services domain

   Optimum Solutions (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore

   Mar 2013 — Nov 2025 · Ahmedabad

   Responsibilities: • 12+ years of end-to-end IT recruitment experience, largely within the Investment Banking & Financial Services domain. • Specialized in hiring for IT roles supporting Trading, Risk, Compliance, Payments, Treasury, Data, and Digital platforms across product and services organizations. • Strong capability in market mapping, talent intelligence, advanced sourcing, and technology skill assessment aligned to banking systems. • Proven experience managing business stakeholders, technology leaders, and delivery heads, ensuring alignment with hiring plans and SLAs. • Expertise in vendor management, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, BGV, onboarding, and recruitment events. • Hands-on leader with experience building, mentoring, and managing recruitment teams to deliver against aggressive timelines. • Data-driven professional skilled in recruitment metrics, MIS reporting, forecasting, and process improvements, resulting in reduced time-to-fill. • Self-motivated, adaptable, and results-oriented with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

3. Recruitment Consultant

   IMS People

   Oct 2011 — Jan 2013 · Ahmedabad Area, India

   • Managed end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for Gulf region clients across IT and professional roles. • Sourced candidates using job portals, referrals, Boolean search, headhunting, and social networking platforms. • Partnered with hiring managers to understand role requirements, timelines, and delivery expectations. • Screened, evaluated, and shortlisted candidates aligned to technical and functional requirements. • Engaged passive candidates and converted them into active prospects. • Handled salary negotiations in line with market benchmarks and company standards. • Maintained accurate recruitment MIS including offers, joins, drops, and pipeline data on weekly/monthly/quarterly basis.

Education

• SMPIC College

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

  2005 — 2008

• University of Ballarat

  Master of Business Administration (MBA) · Human Resources Management and Services

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)
• HRIS
• Name Gathering
• HR Consulting
• Human Resources
• Networking
• Recruiting
• Contract Recruitment
• Team Management
• Candidate Assessment
• Client Communication
• Professional Search
• Screening
• Communication
• Executive Search
• Recruitment
• Screening Resumes
• Boolean Logic & Operators
• RPO
• Management
• HR Policies
• Full Cycle Recruitment
• Internet Recruiting
• Head Hunting
• Boolean Logic
• Leadership
• Employee Benefits
• Benefits Negotiation
• Sourcing
• IT Recruitment
• Negotiation Skills
• Operators
• Talent Acquisition
• Performance Appraisal
• Professional Search & Selection
• Recruitments
• Headhunting
• Permanent Placement
• Training
• Company Mapping