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title: "Kaustuv K. Singh - AVP - Talent Acquisition in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Kaustuv K. Singh, Building teams for a bank - the FinTech way! | Leadership Hiring, Campus & TA Programs & Strategy based in Bengaluru."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/kaustuv-k/share-image"
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# Kaustuv K\. Singh on Tal

## Headline

Building teams for a bank \- the FinTech way\! \| Leadership Hiring, Campus & TA Programs & Strategy

## About

Currently, leading non\-tech hiring for slice\. Joined a lean team in 2021 and have since scaled Analytics, Finance, Strategy, Marketing, and Operations teams from zero to one and now to 'n'\. Besides being a lateral hiring wizard, I also drive Campus Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Programs at slice\. Before joining slice, I flexed my leadership hiring muscles in Sales and Marketing at a consulting firm specializing in the US market\. At Techaxis, I helped both Tier 1 IT Services companies and Bay Area startups hire top\-notch leaders\. When I'm not working, I'm a self\-proclaimed hodophile\. I'm torn between my love for my motorbike and a peaceful ten\-hour sleep\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

AVP \- Talent Acquisition at slice, Apr 2026 \- Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Playing with AI

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at slice, May 2025 \- Mar 2026 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, • Led Non\-Tech hiring: Analytics, Product, Design, Marketing, Finance, Legal & CS, Ops, Sales\. • Hired 2100\+ employees \(150 in Lateral roles, 750 in sales & 1100 in Ops\) in FY 2025\-26, with a lean team of 10 recruiters and zero vendor support\. • Hired and groomed recruiters strong enough to take over my role\. My biggest achievement and potential threat\. • Notable Hires: Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Compliance Advisory\.

Manager, Talent Acquisition at slice, Sep 2024 \- Apr 2025 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Built teams for a new\-age bank from scratch\! • Led non\-tech hiring across the board\. Worked with a lazy \(read: smart\) team to onboard 700\+ folks in under 6 months\. Learned how to hire bankers who were less banky, more startuppy\. • Partnered with leadership to build entire teams from scratch\. Set up an in\-house VKYC engine with 200\+ agents in under 3 months, enabling 10K\+ customer onboardings daily\. Also scaled up our customer experience teams by 100\+\. • Helped launch the secured assets business \(sales \+ credit \+ ops\), scaling from ₹40L to ₹12Cr in monthly disbursals in 6 months\. • Begged \(and mildly harassed\) some incredibly sharp minds, Head of Treasury, Head of Credit, Internal Ombudsman, and more to take a leap of faith and join the madness of building something from zero\.

Recruiting Consultant at Techaxis, Inc, Jan 2021 \- Oct 2021 · 10 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Leveled up internally to become the youngest recruiter leading a team for North America SaaS hiring, managed a team of 3 recruiters\. • Took on leadership roles \(Directors and above\), with a focus on hiring leaders in Marketing and Sales\. • Collaborated with clients to understand their hiring needs, transforming requirements into hiring personas and guiding my team to hunt down the perfect candidates\. Passed on the lessons I’d learned in my first year to help my team grow\. Notable Hires: ☆ Global Head of Communications for Tata Consultancy Services\. \(TCS\) ☆ Director, Market Development and Government Affairs for Tata Consultancy Services\. \(TCS\) Achievements: ▪︎ Highest Closure \(Silver\) & Managers Appreciation Award \- Q1 2021 ▪︎ Highest Closure \(Bronze\) & Best Performance \(Bronze\) \- Q2 2021 ▪︎ 114% & 170% of Quota for Q1 & Q2 \(FY 2021\-2022\)

Associate Recruiter at Techaxis, Inc, Dec 2019 \- Jan 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Got into recruitment by chance\! Landed in a boutique recruiting firm, to hire leaders for top IT Consultancies & Startups\. • Learnt the basics of the full recruitment cycle: from job posting to sourcing, from screening to negotiating salaries\. • Learnt to juggle multiple requirements from clients across multiple industries and meet their hiring demands\. While doing so, learnt the significance of TAT\. • Worked for roles in Legal, Marketing, Sales & HR\. Notable Hires: ☆ Legal Counsel \- Employment for Tata Consultancy Services\. \(TCS\) ☆ Customer Success Manager for Simpplr \(x2\) ☆ HR Operations & Payroll Manager for Servion ☆ HRBP Manager for Tata Communications

## Education

Bachelor of Science \- BS, Serampore College

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