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Poonam J  Singh

Poonam J Singh

Human Resources
Mumbai

Summary

Have a demonstrated history of elevating organizations lifetime value of status and enterprise by sourcing and gleaning the best talent in the market. Founded Dcoders – a tech recruitment consultancy wherein our focus was to join hands with start-ups. Have hired for SaaS, Cyber Security, OTT, AgriTech, FinTech, EdTech, Media, Market Research & Analytics, Healthcare, Sky Shopping & Travel. A human resource professional willing to transition into a role that aspires to bring strategy, business acumen & relationship management.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certificates

Work History

Lead Talent Partner

Knowmax.ai
12.2023 - Current
  • Scaled hiring across GTM and tech functions, including SEA region outreach for AE Sales roles, onboarding 40+ employees, while maintaining an 80% offer-to-join ratio and strong TAT.
  • Designed and drove the RAG framework for monthly talent reviews, identifying at-risk employees early, and reducing attrition — current attrition stabilized at approximately 25%.
  • Partnered with leadership to cascade department KPIs into employee-level goals, enabling performance alignment and accountability.
  • Implemented a quarterly performance management cycle with structured reviews and follow-up skill-gap trainings, building an internal pipeline for upcoming IJPs.
  • Initiated two targeted training programs and redesigned KPIs for the CSM team, driving role upgradation, and enhanced service delivery.
  • Conducted onboarding surveys with new hires to identify process gaps, while leading exit reviews to generate actionable retention insights in a 50+ employee startup setup.
  • Championed gender parity hiring initiatives, successfully onboarding women returning from maternity sabbaticals, achieving a 100% success rate during the pilot phase.
  • Creation of variable policies for the critical roles and successfully implementing with the help of market intelligence

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

QuickSell – B2B SaaS product
06.2021 - 12.2023
  • Successfully led campus hiring drives across premier and non-premier institutions, achieving a 99% success rate for all tech roles, meeting the yearly hiring target.
  • Automating hiring process, thereby increasing hiring productivity

Lead TA & HRBP

Swych Inc. FinTech product
03.2019 - 01.2020
  • Hired for all roles across pan-India, with focused international hiring for the U.S. and UAE markets.

Founder

Dcoders – Tech hiring consultancy
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • I built a profitable recruitment firm with 80% recurring business.
  • Hired for Media, FinTech, CyberSec, EdTech, and AI – closed roles up to ₹75 LPA.
  • Achieved breakeven in eight months and scaled with two employees before acquisition.

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

Alt Balaji – OTT Product
03.2017 - 01.2018
  • Drove hiring across the Engineering, Product, and Content teams.
  • Streamlined the recruitment pipeline and created interview SOPs to standardize the process.

HR & Training Manager

TeleSky Shopping Pvt Ltd – Sky Shopping
08.2013 - 02.2015
  • Managed bulk hiring, training, and development, and the complete employee lifecycle.
  • Reduced attrition through targeted coaching and refresher programs.

Training Manager

Sanda Wellness Pvt Ltd
12.2011 - 07.2013
  • Conducted new-hire sales training to accelerate ramp-up time and improve sales conversion rates.


Assistant Manager HR

SynchroServe – Bulk hiring consultancy
05.2010 - 11.2011
  • Bulk recruitment for BPOs

Senior Executive HR

TravelGuru Pvt Ltd – Travel & Hotel Product
07.2007 - 04.2010

Was promoted and acknowledged as Top 10 talent in entire Organisation

Executive HR

Ugam Solutions Pvt Ltd – Market Research & Analytics
08.2006 - 07.2007

Strategic hiring across depts

Education

BCom -

Skills

Prospective talent assessment

Certification

Skill Certifications from Udemy on LinkedIn

Accomplishments

  • Achievements – Scaled operations by 4X while ensuring vendor cost was less than 10% of our total cost
  • Achievements:- Break even in 8 months, Strong business referrals. Recurring business from 80% of our active clients. Highest ticket size closed 75lpa. Dcoders was later absorbed by another start-up along with 2 employees
  • Achievements:- Recognised as top 10 employee for 2 years consecutively
  • Met my weekly joining target
  • Was given more responsibility to hire for Mid-level management roles.
  • Achievements – Helped sales team to meet their quarterly target for Goa region which wasn’t doing well. Not only we meet our target, I did earn myself an amazing incentive.
  • Later on I was given additional responsibility to manage customer success team of 8 to drive retention business, I continued in this role for 3 months

Interests

Journey Uncommon - a site/app Exploring the creation of a gamified micro-learning platform that blends time-pass activities with skill-building Early concept focuses on quizzes, guesstimates, and logic puzzles to make everyday screen time productive and engaging

Timeline

Lead Talent Partner

Knowmax.ai
12.2023 - Current

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

QuickSell – B2B SaaS product
06.2021 - 12.2023

Lead TA & HRBP

Swych Inc. FinTech product
03.2019 - 01.2020

Founder

Dcoders – Tech hiring consultancy
01.2018 - 03.2019

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

Alt Balaji – OTT Product
03.2017 - 01.2018

HR & Training Manager

TeleSky Shopping Pvt Ltd – Sky Shopping
08.2013 - 02.2015

Training Manager

Sanda Wellness Pvt Ltd
12.2011 - 07.2013

Assistant Manager HR

SynchroServe – Bulk hiring consultancy
05.2010 - 11.2011

Senior Executive HR

TravelGuru Pvt Ltd – Travel & Hotel Product
07.2007 - 04.2010

Executive HR

Ugam Solutions Pvt Ltd – Market Research & Analytics
08.2006 - 07.2007

BCom -

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