Vinay Gujrati

About Vinay Gujrati

I don\'t usually stalk Profiles, but when I do I probably have a career opportunity for you.” “Want to connect?”Key Responsibility Areas:Help discover and nurture the Healthcare, Banking, Financial, Hi Tech, Diversified, Retail and IT industry’s newest talent. Constantly exploring and implementing sourcing methodologies as appropriate. Work within predefined recruitment processes, ensuring best practice at all times. Work to achieve and aim to exceed agreed personal and team targets, objectives and Service Level Agreements.• Enthusiastic and result-oriented HR professional with 9+ years of proven End to End IT recruiting experience hiring professionals from the hi-tech IT, Product and Service Industry industry. Adept in the entire recruitment life cycle which included but not limited to diverse sourcing strategies, interview coordination, offer negotiation, post offer engagement and stakeholder management.• Led high volume and lateral recruitment projects catering to geographies viz. US and APAC. Expertise in social media talent mapping, market intelligence, research projects and participating in networking events to uncover high quality underutilized talent pools. • Responsible for full life cycle of recruitment for both fulltime and contract in very fast pace environment.• Extensive experience in sourcing, identifying, attracting, securing and closing the hard-to-find candidate.• Experienced in submitting candidates to the client hiring managers and the vendor management portals. • Following up with respective account managers to know the feedback on the consultants.• Recruited IT specialists - Software developers (Java, J2EE, Cloud, BigData.Net, C#, MS SQL, Oracle, OEBS, DWH, Cognos, Tibco, Informatica, Teradata), Quality Assurance specialists, Support Engineers, Software Architects, Project/Program Managers.• Partner with stakeholders to discern workforce screen, interview and select best-talents for skilled/technical trades, management positions & support staff openings.• Participated in direct calls and lead in presentations to Clients, MSP, Customers and Vendors. Maintained personal contact with candidates to ensure appropriate level of employee satisfaction is achieved.• Acted as SPOC and build influential candidate relationship during the selection process. Involvement in compensation, negotiation and other communication with the candidates and Vendors.• Performed entire staffing function from candidate generation to offer negotiation for numerous technical requisitions.

Experience

1. Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

   Rapid7

   May 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Led a team supporting technology hiring across Engineering, Cloud, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure roles across India. Partnered with Talent Acquisition Leads and Hiring Managers to shape sourcing strategies aligned with criticalhiring needs and DEI objectives. Built and maintained a robust pipeline of passive talent, resulting in a 40% decrease in time-to-fill for niche tech roles. Conducted market mapping and compensation benchmarking, helping drive data-led hiring decisions and workforce planning. Implemented a proactive engagement strategy, increasing candidate response rates by 30% through personalized messaging and employer branding. Trained team on advanced sourcing techniques and platforms including LinkedIn Recruiter etc. Partner with business leaders and global HR teams to understand hiring needs aligned to GCC buildout or expansion. Develop recruitment strategies tailored for global roles being transitioned or newly created within the GCC.

Education

• Takshshila Institue of Engineering & Technology

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Skills

• Resource Management
• Screening
• Staff Augmentation
• Management
• Outsourcing
• Recruiting
• Internet Recruiting
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Staffing Services
• Sourcing
• Human Resources
• Contract Recruitment
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Screening Resumes
• IT Recruitment