Harpreet Kaur

Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner | AI, ML, Engineering, Product, Cloud & Cybersecurity Hiring | Talent Advisor | Award-Winning Recruiter

Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

About

Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner with a proven track record in building high-impact teams across AI/ML, Engineering, Product, Cloud, Cybersecurity, and Go-to-Market functions. I bring deep expertise in sourcing strategy, stakeholder engagement, and end-to-end talent delivery, with a strong focus on delivering quality talent and exceptional candidate experience. I’ve supported multinational organizations across North America, EMEA, and APAC such as Fortinet, Rackspace, Publicis Sapient, gaining a strong understanding of global talent markets and hiring complexities. I partner closely with hiring leaders to design and execute scalable hiring strategies, lead strategic sourcing initiatives, and support critical and niche hiring needs, including leadership roles. I’m well-versed in leading ATS and HRIS platforms, including ORC, Workday, Avature, Taleo, Lever, Jobvite, GEM, HireEZ, LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox AI, JazzHR, and BambooHR. Hands-on with AI-enabled recruiting tools including Microsoft Copilot and Glean AI, with growing experience in Claude Code. Actively working with teams on AI agent use cases to optimize sourcing and hiring workflows. Always open to connecting with talent, leaders, and fellow recruiters to share insights and explore opportunities.

Experience

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (North America) at Infoblox
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Driving full-cycle recruitment and strategic hiring initiatives to scale high-impact engineering, product, and data teams across the organization. Successfully delivered critical hires across AI/ML, Engineering, Data, Network and Product domains. Leveraged advanced AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot, Glean AI, and Claude Code, to enhance sourcing strategies, improve productivity, and streamline hiring workflows Delivered a strong focus on candidate experience, speed, and quality of hire

  • Freelance Technical and Corporate Recruiter | Independent Consultant at Self-Employed
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    As a freelance recruiter, I collaborate with organizations across advanced manufacturing, machine vision and robotics, specialty materials, global asset management and enterprise data-protection software. I support full-cycle recruitment for both technical and corporate roles, helping diverse teams grow with high-caliber talent. Key roles: • AI, Robotics & Software: Machine Learning/AI Specialists, Vision Software Developers (Robotics), Full-Stack Developers • Engineering & Product: Manufacturing Systems Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Hardware Engineers, Product Designers • Operations & Quality: QC Technologists and other technical operations roles • Analytics & Strategy: Business Analyst, Deployment Strategist, Commercial Accounts Executive, Sales/Client Director and many more.

  • Fortinet ()
    • Staff Talent Acquisition Partner (North America) - R&D Team
      Apr 2022 - Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      As a key member of the Talent Acquisition team, I have successfully filled 300+ positions. Specialize in sourcing, engaging, and hiring exceptional candidates. With a strong foundation in full-cycle recruiting, I have partnered closely with the hiring managers to understand job role, streamline hiring processes, and build high-performing, diverse teams. Key Responsibilities & Accomplishments: • Full-cycle recruitment across cybersecurity, technology, engineering and product teams • Source passive and active talent using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, job boards, referrals, and industry networking. • Manage end-to-end candidate engagement, including sourcing, screening, initial interviews, coordinating technical assessments, and leading salary discussions through to offer stage. • Campus recruitment and job fairs at top Canadian universities, supporting early talent pipelines. • Recruitment Portfolio: Hiring across Software/Hardware Engineering, Cloud, product Engineering and Network and Cyber Security positions • Selected for Fortinet’s Signature Leadership Program and mentored new hires as a Buddy Manager. • Completed Fortinet NSE 1, 2 & 3 certifications, enhancing domain expertise in network and cloud security.

    • Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - R&D Team
      Mar 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

      As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, I focused on developing and executing innovative recruitment strategies to attract high-caliber talent. Collaborating closely with business leaders, I ensured recruitment efforts were fully aligned with evolving talent needs. By implementing creative sourcing techniques and targeted strategies, I significantly improved candidate quality and reduced time-to-fill across key roles. Leads technical and engineering recruitment across Canada, with a strong track record of filling high-volume and niche product-based roles.

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Rackspace Technology
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Rackspace Technology, Inc. is an American cloud computing company based in Windcrest, Texas, an inner suburb of San Antonio, Texas. It's a managed cloud computing company that aims to make it easy to manage private and public cloud deployments. The company is the largest managed cloud provider, offering expertise across cloud platforms such as, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft cloud/ Azure and OpenStack. Key & Responsibilities & Accomplishments: • Full cycle recruitment (sourcing, screening, candidate assessments, interviews, salary negotiations and offer) for full-time positions • Stakeholder management - APAC / EMEA / North America region • Excellent proficiency in x-ray search, advanced search, Boolean search • Effectively managing a corporate portfolio and closing positions within TAT • Well versed with Workday and Lever Achievement: LinkedIn Wall of Fame for consecutively 3 months (August – October 2020).

  • Talent Acquisition Specialist at Publicis Sapient
    Nov 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Publicis Sapient is an American digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. Key Responsibilities: • End to End recruitment life cycle • Ensured healthy source mix by hiring candidates through portals, social media, employee referral, IJP, agency • Vendor Management • Stakeholder Management - US/UK/India • Managed nearly 30-40 positions per month • Ensuring effective implementation of Hiring plan for Business units for Delhi/NCR and Bangalore locations • Stellar at maintaining weekly reports/trackers to ensure that the relevant data is captured. • ATS Tools - Taleo and Avature Awarded with Sapient – Rookie, Award for overachieving targets for the quarters