Sinan Sajjad

• Own end-to-end technical hiring delivery for UAE banking and fintech clients (FAB, ENBD, Ajman Bank, Finance House), managing high-volume and niche mandates across FTE, contract, and project-based roles.

• Execute hiring within strict rate-card frameworks, ensuring alignment with budget, role categories, and margin expectations without compromising delivery speed.

• Partner directly with hiring managers and senior stakeholders to validate demand, define skill requirements, and ensure rate-card feasibility before market activation.

• Drive sourcing and closures across application development, cloud, DevOps, data, and infrastructure using LinkedIn Recruiter, Workable, Naukri, and advanced Boolean strategies.

• Act as the single point of accountability for client communication, governing rate-card adherence, offer approvals, and hiring decisions.

• Lead complex salary negotiations and offer structuring, balancing candidate expectations with business margins and ensuring strong offer-to-join conversion.

• Build and scale talent pipelines for both onsite UAE and offshore delivery models, optimising cost, availability, and continuity of supply.

• Deliver data-driven hiring insights through weekly and monthly dashboards covering pipeline health, closures, TAT, rate-card utilisation, and delivery risks.

• Conduct recruitment audits and enforce compliance with UAE labour laws, client governance frameworks, and internal quality standards.

• Hire diverse, multi-national talent across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia, supporting distributed delivery models.

• Screened and shortlisted candidates across IT and non-IT roles using LinkedIn, Naukri, and ATS platforms, supporting high-volume hiring pipelines.

• Conducted market mapping and built structured talent pipelines to improve sourcing efficiency and reduce dependency on reactive hiring.

• Led video screening and validation processes using HireVue and HirePro, ensuring candidate authenticity through detailed analysis of Abacus proctoring reports.

• Designed and implemented advanced Excel trackers to monitor candidate allocation, screening accuracy, and validation workflows.

• Conducted recruitment audits and presented daily performance insights to leadership, identifying bottlenecks and improving hiring quality.

• Acted as Level 2 escalation point for interview coordination issues and audit-related risks, ensuring timely resolution and operational continuity.

• Built performance dashboards to track monthly hiring metrics, audit compliance, and process efficiency, improving visibility across stakeholders.

• Delivered CV sourcing and initial screening for high-demand roles, ensuring strong alignment with job requirements and improving shortlist quality.

• Managed candidate databases and sourcing pipelines, streamlining workflows and reducing turnaround time for recruiter submissions.

• Coordinated end-to-end interview scheduling via HireVue and HirePro, ensuring smooth communication between candidates and hiring teams.

• Built real-time Excel trackers to monitor recruitment progress, candidate status, and pipeline movement.

• Guided candidates through interview processes and verified identity documentation to ensure compliance and screening accuracy.

• Acted as a coordination point between candidates and interviewers, minimising scheduling conflicts and improving interview experience.