Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · India

• Talent Sourcing - Lateral & Leadership - Technology/Engineering, Data & Analytics, AI, IT Infra, Product & Design, Corporate Functions - (HR, Finance & Accounting, Administration), Supply Chain Management. Marketing.
• Building market maps and competitive talent intelligence
• Recruitment Process Revamping
• Competency Mapping
• Talent Acquisition Analytics
• Building Dashboard - Data Visualization Through Ms Excel & Microsoft Power BI
• Exploring AI Recruiting tools - Build Resume Screening framework

Sep 2022 – Mar 2023 · 6 mos

• Owned the end-to-end Talent Acquisition charter-Engineering, Product, Design, Data & Analytics & Corporate Functions (HR, Finance). Led TA Strategy, Programs, Delivery, Stakeholder & People Management, and Ops to scale teams, strengthen process maturity & enable business growth.
• Partnered with CXOs to drive annual workforce planning; aligned hiring with business goals, HC forecasts & product roadmaps.
• Built & led a high-performing TA team; rolled out recruiter enablement, sourcing excellence, stakeholder management & productivity programs.
• Designed & implemented scalable TA programs: Candidate Experience, Structured Interviewing, Sourcing Mix, Employer Branding, JD Frameworks (MSN), Employee Referrals, Pre-onboarding Engagement, Offer-to-Join, DEI Hiring, Hackathons & Campus Hiring.
• Owned TA Tech stack: Skillate ATS (100% adoption), Instahyre, LinkedIn, HackerEarth, SHL, Slack; led automation & digitization across the TA lifecycle.
• Drove real-time hiring dashboards; delivered insights across speed, cost, quality, diversity, conversion & productivity metrics to enable data-led hiring decisions.
• Led leadership hiring: SVP, VP, AVP, Director, Associate Director, Head
• Partnered with HR, Finance & L&D to strengthen onboarding, EVP & cross-functional integration.
• Redesigned onboarding for senior hires; improved engagement, enablement & cultural integration.
• Embedded company values into hiring, performance & talent processes.
• Led Compensation Benchmarking, standardized pay bands, redesigned CTC structure, introduced ESOPs, retention bonuses & flexi benefits.
• Built a Competency-Based Career Progression Framework for IC & Leadership tracks.
• ⚡Impact:
• 7X Headcount Growth | 62% Cost Saving/Hire | 18% DEI in Tech Hires

Mar 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Building Tech/Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science & Analytics teams

Jun 2019 – Apr 2020 · 10 mos · Bangalore

• Meesho is India’s fastest growing internet commerce company. Enabled 100 million small businesses in India, including individual entrepreneurs, to succeed online.
• Led end-to-end hiring for Engineering, Product & Design functions at Meesho during a critical hyper-growth phase. Scaled Engineering headcount from X to 3.8X in just 10 months, achieving a 75% offer-to-join ratio by aligning hiring strategy with business priorities.
• Acted as a strategic hiring partner to the CTO and senior leadership—driving hiring reviews, sharing talent insights & improving decision velocity. Built core tech teams from scratch (Backend, Frontend, DevOps, QA Automation, Data Engineering, Data Science), reducing time-to-fill by 32% and accelerating delivery cycles.
• Transformed the sourcing engine: boosted direct sourcing from 23% to 70%, reduced vendor dependency from 62% to 11%. Leveraged new platforms, Enhanced outbound channels via talent mapping, cold calls & advanced Boolean search across LinkedIn, Naukri, Google, and ATS.
• Launched Meesho’s first Engineering campus program-hired from NIT Bhopal, IIIT Allahabad-using HackerRank assessments.
• Improved hiring operations with Greenhouse ATS, driving automation, process standardization & data-led decision-making. Introduced interviewer calibration programs, boosting quality of hire.
• Reduced offer dropouts from 50% to 25% by crafting structured post-offer engagement journeys. Enhanced Candidate NPS to 82 & increased Hiring Manager satisfaction by 30% via structured interviews, quicker TAT & consistent communication.
• Drove employer branding through targeted recruitment marketing—organized a Tech Meetup on Elasticsearch (150+ participants), amplified EVP messaging across LinkedIn, Medium, and JDs—resulting in a 35% increase in top-of-funnel engagement.
• Closed Critical & leadership roles: VP, Director, EM, Sr EM, Head, Architect, Tech Leads, Lead UX, SPM, AD- Product, SDE III/IV, QA Manager, Sr QA Manager, Lead UX & Designer

May 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore

• Clip is a short video social network for non-English Indian internet users (Tamil / Telugu/ Malayalam/Hindi/Gujarati/Marathi/Bengali/Punjabi/Kannada). https://inc42.com/buzz/video-sharing-clip-matrix-partners/
• Head – HR Charter | Built HR Function from Ground Up | Strategic HR Business Partner, TA & Talent Ops
• Built and scaled the entire HR function (Hire to Retire) from scratch; partnered with Founders (CEO & CTO) to align HR strategy with business growth.
• Designed agile org structure, workforce planning, and change initiatives, contributing to user growth and org scale-up.
• Scaled Overall FTE headcount growth from X to 3X & added 60+ Freelancer, Interns & Contractors.
• Designed & Implemented structured hiring, competency frameworks, and TA strategy; reduced time-to-hire by 60% and improved offer acceptance by 45%.
• Led the End-to-end recruitment process across Engineering (Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Android, QA, Data Scientist), Program Management, Product & Design, Analytics, Digital Marketing, Growth, Content & Community, HR, Finance.
• Reduced early attrition to 0% and boosted new hire productivity via a 30-60-90 onboarding plan.
• Launched Paybooks HRMS & payroll system – achieved 100% payroll accuracy and enhanced HR Ops efficiency.
• Introduced Agile Performance Management, continuous feedback, and redesigned compensation with Flexi Benefits, resulting in 94% retention.
• Designed core HR policies & processes (Leave, Employee Referral, Recruitment, IT Asset, Expense), driving compliance and clarity.
• Rolled out engagement programs (Team offsites, 1-on-1s, skip levels, town halls), improving satisfaction & retention.
• Built HR dashboards to track KPIs and drive data-informed decision-making.
• Led vendor management for recruitment, admin, and IT – reduced operational costs significantly.

May 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Led End-to-End Engineering hiring (lateral to leadership) for Info Edge Business Units (Naukri.com & Naukrigulf.com). Focused on building scalable, high-performing teams through a blend of strategy and execution.
• Designed & implemented structured interview frameworks & enabled hiring managers, improving hiring quality and Productivity
• Scaled direct sourcing and enhanced employer branding
• workforce planning with business leads, aligning talent pipelines to product growth
• Led team & recruiting full lifecycle with high offer-to-join ratios through candidate-first engagement

Jan 2013 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Led Strategic Talent Sourcing for global & Indian clients - domains: - Investment Banking Tech, Financial Captives, Fintech/Payments, SaaS, Enterprise, R&D, Internet/Ecommerce, Health Insurance, Telecom, IT Services, Startups, GCC
• Owned & Executed Sourcing efforts lateral & leadership roles, team ramp ups, driving faster and high-quality closures
• Delivered talent insights and market maps, influencing client hiring plans
• Advised on hiring structures, skill frameworks & location strategy for scale
• Consistently delivered high KPI: CV-shortlist conversions & offer to join
• Talent Sourced Spanning across
• Backend, Frontend, Mobile, DevOps/SRE/ Build & Release, Data & Analytics (Database, Data Engineering, Data Scientist, Business Intelligence, ETL, Data warehousing, Data Modelling, Quant), QA (Manual & Automation Testing) , AL/ML/NLP, Product, Design (UI/UX/Graphic/Research), IT Infra (Admin- OS, Server, Database, Network & Cyber Security etc), Cloud, ERP, HR, Finance & Accounting, SCM & Operations.
• Emerging technologies/Systems (Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning, DevOps Automation (Docker & Kubernetes), Big Data, Cloud Computing, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain, Microservices,
• Distributed system)
• Programming/Scripting languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, Kotlin, Ruby, PHP, C++, C#, Scala, Perl, Shell, Cobol, SAP ABAP

Feb 2010 – Nov 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Brentford Services is an integrated HR solutions company. A Sister concern of Dynamic Staffing Services and edynamic Softech Solutions.
• Tech Hiring | Talent Sourcing | Contract & Permanent Staffing | Delivery | Client Management
• Executed end-to-end recruitment lifecycle (Requirement Gathering, Sourcing, Screening, Selection, Offer Negotiation, Hiring & On-boarding) for tech roles (lateral hiring) Achieved 82% offer-to-join ratio.
• Implemented & Leveraged Targeted Outbound Recruiting techniques – Boolean Search, Personalized Outreach, Multi-Channel Engagement (SMS, Email Campaigns, Cold Calls), Tapping ATS databases.
• Led contract staffing operations—from documentation and background checks to onboarding, payroll, and exit—ensuring 100% compliance.
• Created talent intelligence reports and market maps for niche tech skills, helping clients make faster, more informed hiring decisions.
• Built and maintained dashboards and hiring reports using Cbiz Software, which enhanced visibility for stakeholders and boosted recruiter productivity.
• Implemented multiple touch points to enhance Candidate and employee experience, leading to a 50% improvement in contractor retention and stronger long-term client relationships.
• Value/Impact Created:
• Increased the average Revenue Margin % Per contractor from 10% to 29% in contract staffing and Instrumental in adding 110 contractors on Payroll.

Feb 2010 – Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Clients: IT Services, Product:- SaaS, Enterprise Software, Internet- Search
• Hired across roles Application Development (Cobol, Java, .Net), Database (Sql, Oracle Plsql, Sybase), Testing, Business Intelligence (SSIS, SSRS, .SSAS) and IT Infrastructure (OS – Linux, Unix, Windows, AIX & Database Admin, HPSM, Network Engineers & Network Security (Cisco, Juniper), ERP (Technical & Functional) - PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP