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Atul Kariwala

Senior Talent Acquisition Leader | Driving Hypergrowth Hiring | Global Hiring Specialist

Kolkata

5+ years of work experience

Freelance
Mar 20251 yr 3 mosPresent

Hybrid

Partnering with founders, CXOs, and business heads to design and execute scalable hiring strategies. Leading end-to-end recruitment across Leadership, Engineering, Product, Sales & Operations roles. Advising on hiring structure, compensation benchmarking & market intelligence. Designing recruitment workflows to reduce time-to-hire and improve candidate quality. Managing India & US hiring mandates. Key Achievements: Successfully supported high-growth organizations during aggressive expansion phases. Built hiring processes from scratch for early-stage startups. Closed critical leadership and hard-to-fill technical roles.
Freelance Talent Acquisition Consultant
Mar 20251 yr 3 mosPresent

Partner with leadership teams to design scalable hiring frameworks and workforce expansion strategies. Advise on talent intelligence, sourcing architecture, and pipeline sustainability models. Implement recruitment process improvements to reduce time-to-fill and enhance candidate experience. Mentor recruiters on advanced sourcing methodologies and stakeholder engagement best practices.
AML RightSource
Jun 20222 yrs 9 mosFeb 2025

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Supported rapid organizational scale-up contributing hires across compliance and technology functions. • Partnered with senior leadership on hiring forecasts and workforce expansion planning • Improved team productivity by 35% through sourcing strategy enhancement and mentorship • Built scalable talent pipelines to reduce time-to-fill and strengthen hiring quality • Strengthened employer branding and candidate engagement initiatives
iPlace
Apr 20223 mosJun 2022

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Partnered with U.S. clients to fulfil niche and volume hiring needs across tech and non-tech domains. Conducted competency-based interviews to assess technical and cultural fit.
DISYS
Oct 20217 mosApr 2022

Specialized in sourcing for roles like Business Analysts, QA Analysts, SDETs, Project/Program Managers. Developed targeted search strategies using Boolean logic and social recruiting.

Education

Calcutta University, Kolkata

Bachelor of Commerce, Business/Commerce, General

Calcutta University, Kolkata

20023 yrs2005

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Headline

Senior Talent Acquisition Leader | Driving Hypergrowth Hiring | Global Hiring Specialist

About

I help organizations scale with the right talent. With 13+ years in Talent Acquisition across U.S. and Indian markets, I have led high-volume and niche hiring initiatives across Technology, Engineering, Compliance/AML, Healthcare, and Finance sectors. At AML RightSource, I contributed to one of the most aggressive growth phases in the organization. I partnered closely with senior leadership on workforce planning, hiring forecasts, and recruitment strategy execution aligned to business expansion goals. My expertise includes: • Full-cycle recruitment leadership • Workforce planning & hiring strategy • Global hiring (U.S. & India markets) • Talent pipelining & passive sourcing (Boolean/X-Ray) • Recruitment process optimization • Stakeholder & leadership partnership • Recruiter mentorship & productivity improvement I am particularly passionate about building scalable hiring engines, improving recruiter effectiveness, and creating strong candidate experiences in high-growth environments. Open to senior Talent Acquisition leadership roles, Principal Talent Partner opportunities, and strategic hiring mandates within high-growth, GCC, fintech, and enterprise organizations.

Location

Kolkata

Work experience

Independent Recruitment Consultant at Freelance, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Hybrid, Partnering with founders, CXOs, and business heads to design and execute scalable hiring strategies. Leading end-to-end recruitment across Leadership, Engineering, Product, Sales & Operations roles. Advising on hiring structure, compensation benchmarking & market intelligence. Designing recruitment workflows to reduce time-to-hire and improve candidate quality. Managing India & US hiring mandates. Key Achievements: Successfully supported high-growth organizations during aggressive expansion phases. Built hiring processes from scratch for early-stage startups. Closed critical leadership and hard-to-fill technical roles.

Recruitment Specialist at Freelance Talent Acquisition Consultant, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Partner with leadership teams to design scalable hiring frameworks and workforce expansion strategies. Advise on talent intelligence, sourcing architecture, and pipeline sustainability models. Implement recruitment process improvements to reduce time-to-fill and enhance candidate experience. Mentor recruiters on advanced sourcing methodologies and stakeholder engagement best practices.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at AML RightSource, Jun 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, • Supported rapid organizational scale-up contributing hires across compliance and technology functions. • Partnered with senior leadership on hiring forecasts and workforce expansion planning • Improved team productivity by 35% through sourcing strategy enhancement and mentorship • Built scalable talent pipelines to reduce time-to-fill and strengthen hiring quality • Strengthened employer branding and candidate engagement initiatives

Principal Recruiter at iPlace, Apr 2022 - Jun 2022 · 3 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Partnered with U.S. clients to fulfil niche and volume hiring needs across tech and non-tech domains. Conducted competency-based interviews to assess technical and cultural fit.

Senior Technical Recruiter at DISYS, Oct 2021 - Apr 2022 · 7 mos, Specialized in sourcing for roles like Business Analysts, QA Analysts, SDETs, Project/Program Managers. Developed targeted search strategies using Boolean logic and social recruiting.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce, Business/Commerce, General, Calcutta University, Kolkata