Cristina Montoya

Senior Recruiter - Client Partner - Talent Acquisition Specialist- Connecting Talent with Top Opportunities! πŸš€

Colombia

About

I am passionate about connecting top talent with opportunities and building strong relationships with clients, helping them grow along the way. My goal is to provide a personalized and professional experience throughout the entire process, ensuring that each candidate and client feels valued and supported. 🌎.

Experience

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Jalasoft
    Jun 2026 - Present Β· 2 mos

    - Lead end-to-end recruitment processes, primarily for IT roles and, when needed, for other areas as well. - Source and attract candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter and our employee referral program. - Manage and track applicants through our ATS, ensuring accurate follow-up and a positive candidate experience. - Conduct interviews and align with Hiring Managers to define role requirements and ideal candidate profiles. - Create and maintain procedure manuals for the Talent Acquisition area. - Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and propose actionable solutions. - Design and execute communication strategies to ensure transparency with candidates and Hiring Managers throughout the process. - Monitor and follow up on all active processes and candidate pipelines within the ATS. - Develop and implement recruitment strategies focused on efficiency, time-to-hire, and quality of hire. - Lead onboarding processes for new hires, providing key information about the company's ways of working, tools, values, and overall culture.

  • Talent Acquisition Specialist | Senior Recruiter at SaaS Talent
    Feb 2022 - Jun 2026 Β· 4 yrs 5 mos

    β€’ Understand role requirements, ideal candidate profiles, job descriptions, and design recruitment workflows and strategies to deliver qualified candidates aligned with business culture and goals. β€’ Managed end-to-end recruitment processes for clients based in the US, UK, and Europe. Sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiations, onboarding, and retention. β€’ Source talent using LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, job boards, referrals, Boolean search techniques or marketing strategies, building high-quality talent pipelines. β€’ Recruited for both technical and non-technical roles, including IT talent, (Frontend/Backend Developers, Full Stack Engineers, QA Analysts, Architects, ML Engineer, NLP Engineer, Computer Vision Engineer, AI Engineer, DevOps professionals, etc) Finance & Accounting professionals, GTM (Sales & Marketing) positions, engineers, data specialists, aerospace professionals, technical installers, and 1099 contractors, balancing volume with quality to deliver top candidates. β€’ Led recruitment projects and process improvements, leveraging data and ATS tools (BambooHR, Ceipal, Manatal, Recruiterflow, Greenhouse, Workday) to enhance efficiency and reporting accuracy. β€’ Implemented data tracking systems to understand the market, candidate responses, time-to-hire, quality-of-hire, and source effectiveness to optimize strategies using data, and increased recruiter productivity. β€’ Researched and evaluated employee benefits and strategic partnerships to support organizational growth while enhancing employee satisfaction and retention. β€’ Assisted with E-Verify, Form I-9 compliance, and background checks to verify candidates' legal eligibility for employment. β€’ Served as a People & Culture leader, designing team building experiences. β€’ Built and scaled LATAM–APAC internal teams, including Sourcers, Recruiters, People & Culture Partners, SDRs, BDRs, Marketing Strategy Partners, HR Finance Partner, Payroll & Benefits, ensuring labor law compliance and process efficiency.

  • IT Recruiter | Talent Acquisition Specialist at EPAM Systems
    Apr 2019 - Dec 2021 Β· 2 yrs 9 mos

    β€’ Proactively researched and engaged with prospective job candidates, working closely with The Human Resources Manager to fulfilling staffing needs. β€’ Managed recruitment for technical roles (Java, C#, .NET, Python, Mobile, DevOps, SAP, Data Engineers, Salesforce, Mainframe, Cloud, QA/Testing, PMs, BAs, Scrum Masters, etc.) as well as non-technical roles, including Marketing Specialists, Financial Roles, SDR/BDR, Executives, Assistants, and C-level positions, across diverse industries such as Fintech, Healthcare, Marketing, Administration, and Accounting. β€’ Built candidate pipelines and managed databases, providing insights to managers on market perceptions of job offers. β€’ Managed multiple recruitment projects simultaneously, analyzing metrics to improve processes and achieve recruitment objectives. β€’ Spearheaded innovative strategies to engage passive job seekers, leveraging platforms such as Google, job board aggregators, online search tools, social media, networking events, employee referral programs, university recruitment drives, and job fairs to effectively expand candidate pipelines β€’ Conducted comprehensive market evaluations, performed thorough background checks, and managed the onboarding process for new hires. β€’ Played a key role in refining recruitment methodologies by contributing to the development of best practices, optimizing recruitment channels, managing Applicant β€’ Managed and optimized end-to-end candidate pipelines using ATS platforms (BambooHR, Ceipal, Manatal, Recruiterflow, Greenhouse, Workday) and CRM/sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, GoHighLevel, Seamless, and HubSpot.