May 2023 – Sep 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Spearheaded the establishment of the Technical Talent Hub in India as a Lead Technical Recruiter, aligning with APAC Tech Talent expansion strategies.
• Conducted comprehensive research analysis to identify optimal locations for Coursera's Tech Talent Office in India, considering emerging markets such as Pune, Gurgaon, and Hyderabad.
• Analyzed historical hiring data from other APAC regions to discern trends and identify the most fruitful talent pools for recruitment.
• Collaborated with Compensation & Benefits teams, providing market data on compensation trends and tech industry benchmarks to establish a robust compensation philosophy for Coursera India's Tech sector.
• Refined the interview process and feedback mechanisms to ensure alignment with the technical requirements and company culture.
• Monitored and analyzed global and APAC tech event trends to guide Coursera's growth and presence in the Indian market
• Investigated patterns in job offer acceptances and rejections to enhance recruitment strategies.
• Developed internal communication strategies to effectively promote the launch of Coursera's India Dev center to prospective candidates.
• Led the hiring initiatives for a diverse range of technical roles, including Data Engineers, Security Engineers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Backend Engineers, and Frontend Engineers.

Jun 2022 – Nov 2022 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Hired as one of the initial Lead Recruiter in Stripe India handling various roles in Tech for Stipe like Backend/API, Staff, and Sr Staff Engineers .
• Managed the full recruitment lifecycle for Stripe's engineering product division in India, ensuring seamless operations.
• Oversaw stakeholder management, maintaining strong relationships and aligning recruitment strategies with business needs.
• Directed pipeline management to ensure a consistent flow of qualified candidates, optimizing the recruitment process.
• Conducted final candidate evaluations, synthesizing feedback from multiple interviewers for informed hiring decisions.
• Participated in candidate review committees, contributing to collaborative deliberation on potential hires.
• Prepared and presented offer submissions, securing top talent through competitive proposals.
• Quickly assimilated knowledge of Stripe's product offerings, enabling effective communication with candidates.
• Developed an in-depth understanding of the organizational structure within Stripe, facilitating targeted recruitment efforts.

Jan 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Responsible for the recruitment of Software Engineers at various levels (L3 to L6) for the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) division, ensuring alignment with technical and cultural fit.
• Fostered strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Hiring Managers, Compensation Analysts, Hiring Committee members, the Offer team, candidates, and Recruiting Coordinators, to streamline the hiring process.
• Acted as an onboarding mentor for new Google employees, guiding junior recruiters and peers to facilitate their integration into the company culture and processes.
• Championed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives by engaging with current Googlers to enhance the DEI passive talent pipeline through targeted outreach.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, such as Programs and Referrals, to strengthen candidate sourcing strategies and enrich the talent pool.
• Partnered with Engineering Hiring Managers to optimize candidate engagement, increasing response rates through personalized communication via email and LinkedIn.

Sep 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• SRE Sourcer Nov 2020- Dec 2021
• On-boarding within the SRE team to build a pipeline for Q1 2021.
• Focussing on building Senior hiring (L5+) strategy for SRE Pod in Dublin & London.
• SWE Sourcer March 2019 - Oct 2019
• Was responsible for Zurich & Warsaw SWE Pod Hiring with a focus on DEI.
• Building DEI strategy for Warsaw Pod as its a growing hub SWE.
• Collaborated with Industry Programs, Staffing team, SWE’s, SRE’s to draw up a group knowledge sharing model for ‘Systems design Problem Solving session’ in WoSR ‘19 an external event & which attracted 83 women sign-up.
• Delivered G2G & DEI Training to 29 Nooglers & received a 4.9 Facilitator Rating.
• Conducting Cold calls to unresponsive SWE to get them into process along with tagging top tier industry SWE’s to members in the SWE team for active reach outs.
• Shadowed D2D (Door 2 Door) calls to utilize the same in tangent sourcing with an active Noogler network.

Jul 2017 – Jun 2018 · 11 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• DEI PoC for all Cloud related roles (CE, FSR, PSO, SCE) & all locations in EMEA
• Continuously liaising with Hiring Managers & Staffing team members to chalk out the DEI model for each location & role in EMEA.
• Running Sourcing sessions focussed on DEI in Channels & Staffing
• Project Managing URG Cloud Initiatives
• Built Market Research of Cloud Travel concerns + WFH concerns of DEI talent pool to show to business to offer flexibility.
• Launched Project 1:1 with Noogler CE’s to drive more referrals & involve them in DEI hiring.
• Part of Champion Call Program launch team & was responsible for driving the same in Cloud EMEA
• Suggested business to introduce Part time opportunity for Women with career break based on Market research done.
• LTE for URG + Leadership talent in Cloud.
• Cloud Events PoC.

Jun 2014 – Mar 2015 · 9 mos

• As a part of the Leadership Research team my work revolves around researching of different regions and analyzing market trends to understand Talent requirement & talent trends so that informed hiring decisions can be made which will save both time & effort.

Jun 2012 – Jun 2014 · 2 yrs

• Diversity Researcher for African Americans, Hispanics,Veterans, LGBT and Women across various roles like SWE, SETI, SRE, UI/UX focussed on NA Hiring.
• Project Manager: liaising between the team and internal clients (across various Google Offices) and Team/Site Leads to support Under-represented hiring efforts of Google.
• India Tech Staffing Sourcing : Pipelining candidates across various roles SWE,SETI,SRE, UI/UX with a focus on DEI.
• Diversity Training Facilitator for new joiners in Channels team.
• My work involves Lead Generation/ Research/ Mapping of Diverse Pool of talent across various Industries/Sectors for various roles within Google.
• India Tech Staffing Sourcing : Partnered along with India Tech Staffing in supporting various sourcing projects involving generating pipeline of candidates for various roles within the Technical Domain.
• Sourcing candidates (active and passive) from internal Google tools and external tools like LinkedIn to generate a strong pipeline of leads.
• Conducting a telephonic pre-screen of candidates to understand candidate interest and assess them as per the set criteria.
• Timely follow up with the candidates and liaising between the candidate and Recruiter till they have been scheduled for the interview.
• Handled Recruiting Coordinator role for a period of two months for various locations like Australia and Singapore along with core job.

Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 · 2 mos · Bangalore

• Was working as an Intern in Mahindra Satyam for India Tech Staffing team where I underwent the entire Recruitment Process.