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Senior TA Leader & HR Business Partner

9+ years transforming how organisations find, attract, and retain world-class talent across AI, Cloud, Data, and Digital Transformation — scaling teams across India, the US, and the UK.

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Manish Pandey
9+
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🏆 5× President's Club
India · US · UK · Available Globally
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9+
Years Experience
500+
Hires Delivered
3
Global Markets
5×
President's Club
25%
TTH Reduction
Who I Am

Talent strategy meets
human insight

I'm Manish — a Talent Acquisition leader and HR Business Partner based across India, the US & UK, with nearly a decade of experience scaling engineering, product, AI, and fintech teams for some of the world's most ambitious organisations.

My career began in full-cycle recruiting at Collabera, where I learned to thrive under pressure and close roles others couldn't. Over the years I've evolved into a strategic partner who sits alongside engineering VPs, product heads, and founders — helping them build cultures, not just headcounts.

What drives me is the belief that the right hire can change everything. I lead with data, source with intent, and close with conviction — and I've built a track record to prove it.

Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Agentic AI Workflow Builder Architecting on AWS
Full-Cycle RecruitingAI-Enabled Sourcing HR Business PartneringWorkforce Planning Engineering HiringFinTech & BFSI Talent IntelligenceBoolean/X-Ray Search Employer BrandingDEI Recruiting Stakeholder AdvisoryTeam Leadership Performance ManagementCompensation Strategy Offer NegotiationMarket Intelligence
Jul 2023 – Present
Team Lead — TA & HRBP
Ascendion · India · US · UK
Oct 2022 – Jul 2023
Team Expert — Talent Acquisition
Ascendion · India · US · UK
Jan 2020 – Oct 2022
Talent Expert
Collabera · India · US
Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
Senior Talent Specialist
Collabera · India · US
Feb 2017 – Dec 2018
Talent Specialist
Collabera · India · US
Career

Where I've made impact

Team Lead — Talent Acquisition & HRBP
Ascendion · Product Engineering & Technology Services
Jul 2023 – Present+
  • Lead 8+ recruiters delivering AI, cloud, and digital engineering hires for global BFSI and fintech clients across India, US, and UK.
  • Reduced time-to-hire by 25% through structured intake frameworks, calibrated scorecards, and proactive pipeline development.
  • Act as trusted HRBP advisor on org effectiveness, performance management, and culture-building for India-based product teams.
  • Championed inclusive hiring practices — increasing diverse candidate slates by 30% across business units.
  • Pioneered Agentic AI recruiting workflows, improving sourcing efficiency by 20% within first quarter of adoption.
Team Expert — Talent Acquisition
Ascendion · India · US · UK
Oct 2022 – Jul 2023+
  • Owned full-cycle hiring for AI, cloud, and software engineering roles — 100+ roles with 95%+ offer acceptance rate.
  • Delivered 15+ specialist hires: Prompt Engineers, LLM Ops Specialists, Platform Architects.
  • Improved sourcing efficiency by 35% via AI automation and advanced Boolean/X-Ray strategies.
  • Mentored 4 junior recruiters; 2 promoted within 18 months through structured capability building.
Talent Expert — Talent Acquisition
Collabera · Global Staffing & Talent Solutions
Jan 2020 – Oct 2022+
  • Led full-cycle recruitment for Fortune 500 clients in cloud, AI/ML, DevOps, and platform engineering roles.
  • Built passive talent pipelines enabling rapid mobilisation — consistently outperforming market benchmarks on speed.
  • Introduced candidate-experience feedback loops improving offer acceptance rates by ~15% over two years.
  • President's Club 2021 & 2022 · Blazing Performance Award 2020.
Senior & Junior Talent Specialist
Collabera · India · US
Feb 2017 – Dec 2019+
  • Built expertise in technical hiring across SAP, Oracle, Java, and Microsoft ecosystems for enterprise clients.
  • Led sourcing campaigns for cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering specialist roles.
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President's Club
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Million Dollar Club
2023
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Blazing Performance
2020
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Subject Topper
Cloud Computing – NMIMS 2023
Recruitment Command Center

Impact by the numbers

Nearly a decade of measurable outcomes — in hires, satisfaction, speed, and scale.

500+
Placements Delivered
9+
Years Experience
95%
Offer Acceptance Rate
1000+
Technical Interviews Facilitated
3
Global Markets Served
25%
Time-to-Hire Reduction
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Beyond the Resume

The human behind the hire

Outside the world of talent acquisition, I'm someone who genuinely loves people — their stories, their ambitions, and what makes them tick. That curiosity isn't just professional; it's core to who I am.

I grew up with a deep appreciation for learning — a sociology background that taught me to understand systems, communities, and human behaviour from first principles. That lens shapes everything I do in talent work.

I'm passionate about the AI revolution reshaping how we work, and I spend significant personal time experimenting with AI tools, building workflows, and reading about the future of work. I believe the next generation of talent leaders must be technologically fluent.

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Whether you're looking to collaborate, discuss talent strategy, explore an opportunity, or simply connect — I respond to every message personally.

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