Vishal Goyal

Vishal Goyal- linkedin.com/in/vishalgoyal711 (- Gurugram, India PROFILE Global Talent Acquisition & Executive Search professional with a decade of experience driving leadership hiring and talent acquisition strategies across IT services & consulting, software products, e-commerce, fintech, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. Expert in leading internal talent teams and agency recruiting while executing end-to-end recruitment strategy, including employer promotion in the marketplace, global talent research, talent mapping, competency-based assessment, culture-fit assessment, compensation benchmarking, complex offer negotiations, and delivering exceptional candidate experiences. Extensive experience in hiring across multiple functional areas, including IT engineering (Software, Infrastructure, Data Science, Information Security), Business Development, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, Supply Chain, Project management, and several others, using talent search portals like LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, GitHub, IIMJOBS, Hirist.tech, Monster, Dice, and internal ATS. Strength lies in having strong business acumen, a deep cultural understanding of different markets, effective recruitment processes, and a demonstrated ability to influence hiring decisions by providing solid market insights. EXPERIENCE Manager Talent Acquisition Jul 2024 - May 2025 FinThrive India Pvt. Ltd. | Gurgaon, India A leading SaaS-based organization specializing in revenue cycle management that serves the US healthcare sector with 4000+ FTEs. Led end-to-end leadership and strategic hiring across IT Engineering, Data Engineering, Customer Success, and Business Operations; successfully managed 400+ requisitions annually within defined TATs and directly contributed to scalable workforce growth. Led DEI initiatives and achieved 12% internal talent mobility through IJPs. Revamped the Employee Referral Program with a 20% annual referral hire goal, reducing external agency dependency and strengthening the talent pipeline. Conducting weekly reviews with business leaders and hiring managers, presenting reports on hiring status and strategy implementation for current demand vs. supply, and preparing monthly and quarterly dashboards for the global leadership team. Led the Talent Acquisition module implementation of DayForce HCM, aligning global hiring strategy with business expansion goals. Reporting to the Director of Talent Acquisition (US) and Country Head (SVP) with a team of 2 senior executives and 4 recruiters. Reason for Leaving: Career break to support my spouse during a complicated pregnancy and care for our newborn twin daughters. Lead Talent Acquisition Nov 2023 - Jun 2024 Iris Software Inc. | Gurgaon, India A global IT engineering company offering technology solutions to several Fortune 500 companies for over three decades, with 5000+ FTEs. Led executive and leadership search mandates across pre-sales, business development, account management, solution architecture, marketing, and delivery in North America, attracting a top-tier talent pool to meet both immediate and long-term business needs. Partnered with hiring managers and business leaders to design targeted attraction strategies, conduct talent mapping and competitor benchmarking, and identify prospective leadership talent through multi-channel sourcing and employee referrals. Delivered market segmentation insights, demographic reports, and recruiting intelligence to senior stakeholders, acting as a strategic talent advisor and setting clear expectations on recruitment timelines, talent availability, and market challenges. Championed a seamless candidate journey from application to onboarding, driving competency-based evaluations, interview orchestration, reference validation, and complex salary negotiations while reinforcing a strong employer brand. Reason for Leaving: The shift from remote working (EST) to onsite in Noida proved unsustainable due to the commute's impact on productivity. Senior Consultant/ Client Manager Feb 2022 - Oct 2023 ABC Consultants | Gurgaon, India India's leading executive search and talent advisory firm, proudly shaping the future of multinationals and Indian businesses for over 50 years. Worked with the client's HR and business leaders as a trusted partner to understand specific needs to attract and engage with top talent, and provide competency-based screening against success criteria across technology, operations, and business roles. Conducted detailed competency interviews and psychometric assessments to ensure a thorough understanding of the candidate's skills, experience, capabilities, and suitability for senior leadership roles. Proactively gathered market intelligence on the key talent available to maintain an effective talent pipeline and expertise in talent mapping across clients' competitor landscaping and analysis of executive talent movement. Reported to the Head of Technology Services and Captives and managed clients, including Walmart Global Tech (X6/X7/X8 roles), DXC Technology, Coforge, CtrlS Datacenters/Cloud4C Services, Verint Systems, and several others. Reason for Leaving: Growth opportunity focused on leadership hiring in the North America region to gain global exposure. snaphunt.com powered by Recruitment Manager Jan 2019 - Jan 2022 StepUp HR | Ludhiana, India Established in 2007, StepUp HR is an integrated HR solutions provider offering executive search, mid-senior recruitment, and board advisory services. Owned the recruitment lifecycle from understanding requirements through client briefings, developing sourcing strategies, identifying talent through research methodologies (Boolean search/ X-ray search), and candidate engagement throughout the recruitment process. Built and nurtured long-term client relationships with key decision-makers at CXO and CXO-1 leaders, while developing the mentality to gauge candidates' chemistry for role fitment and their motivation to change rather than sell a role. During COVID-19, led the extensive talent mapping exercise of 2000+ profiles for leadership roles in Amazon Tech and the project hiring of medical officers, including consultants for Reliance Industries across various corporate and manufacturing locations. Hired and mentored a team of recruiters, fostering a high-performance culture, and led goal-setting, feedback sessions, appraisals, and training programs, resulting in a higher rate of successful placements. Reported to the Chief Operating Officer, managing clients such as Amazon Tech (L5/L6/L7 roles), JIO Platforms, Reliance AJIO, Fujitsu, LTIMindtree, UST Global, and Hitachi Payments, with a team of 6 recruiters. Manager Talent Acquisition Sep 2014 - Dec 2018 Trident Limited | Ludhiana, India A USD 3 billion Indian business conglomerate has been a world-class home textile, yarn, and paper manufacturer for over three decades. Carried out the annual cycle of manpower planning for existing teams and capacity expansion with respective stakeholders, considering various metrics of group attrition, which also captured the resource, talent, and cost movement. Managed 360° recruitment activities for mid-senior level positions on a global scale; developed proactive sourcing strategies and competitor mapping analysis to build talent pools in line with the annual recruiting plan, successfully closed over 80+ lateral roles annually. Managed campus recruitment drive in 2016, including various campus events aimed at branding and successfully hired 250 FTEs from Tier1 Engineering colleges (IITD, NITs, PEC, others), Design schools (NID, NIFTs), and Business schools (ISB, IIMs, XLRI, others). Managed Trident's flagship recruitment drive TAKSHASHILA in 2017; organized assessment development centers in collaboration with the EY People advisory team, and successfully hired 300 graduates for various business units and functions. Functionally managed SAP SuccessFactors HCM (Recruiting module) implementation and participated in various SHL trainings on competency-based assessments. Reported to the Head of Talent Management, overseeing a geographically distributed team of 4 TA executives. EDUCATION Executive Development program in Talent Management 2018 Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | India Through a virtual interactive learning platform under the guidance of Dr. M Srimannarayana, Dr. L Gurunathan, and Dr. Gloryson Chalil. Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication 2013 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Sangrur | Punjab | India Regular three-year course completed with 6.99 CGPA Technical Diploma, Electronics and Communication 2010 Thapar Polytechnic College, Patiala | Punjab | India Regular three-year course completed with 66.92% marks SKILLS IT Recruitment LANGUAGES Leadership Hiring Lateral Recruitment Agency Recruiter English Fluent Employer Branding OTHER SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS Completed Naukri Maestro Recruiter certification; LinkedIn Recruiter: AI-Powered Talent Acquisition; Generative AI, Recruiting, and Talent Acquisition; and Building AI Agents with Vertex AI via LinkedIn Learning. Actively volunteering for Robin Hood Army in the distribution of surplus food from restaurants and communities to serve the less fortunate. snaphunt.com powered by