Apr 2014 – May 2021 · 7 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• Founded the recruitment consulting organization to provide PAN India strategic hiring support to IT Organizations with specialization in mid-level and leadership hiring across technologies & domains
• Setting up and driving business right from conceptualizing and developing business strategy, client acquisition, operations and execution
• Manage key account relationships and work with client stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction and quality of service
• Coach and manage a dynamic & productive sourcing team
• Understand & analyze the market, develop market intelligence plan to map high potential talents for clients across job roles - Architect, Senior Architects, Delivery leaders, General Managers, Directors, Senior Directors etc.
• Experience in hiring across industry/domains - Digital (Social, Media, Analytics, Cloud), Next gen technologies, Infrastructure, Telecom,Manufacturing, Automotive, Life Sciences, BFSI, Engineering, Energy & Utilities, Transportation, Testing, Sales, HR, Workforce management etc.
• Revenue management, budgeting, team building and talent retention

Aug 2010 – Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

• Led the strategic and leadership hiring for Global Media & Telecom vertical and one of largest service line - Business Application Services (Business Content & collaboration, SAP, Oracle, Testing, Enterprise Business Integration, Architecture)
• Hired over 200+ resources across various roles such as business heads, practice heads, principal architects, presales and functional roles such as TA, L&D, WMG etc.
• Responsible for the planning, forecasting and execution of recruitment strategy, vendor management, compliances, candidate experience and onboarding for all senior hires
• Setting expectation with the senior management stakeholders on hiring fulfillment, market information and intelligence on skill, cost and timeline.
• Market mapping of competition to identify proactive prospects
• Provided strategic directions to the sourcing team to ensure healthy talent pipeline and increase the inhouse sourcing capabilities by tapping passive talents, usage of job portals, social media hiring etc. and thereby reducing cost

Dec 2009 – Jun 2010 · 6 mos

• Program Management of all PAN India workforce management solution implementations for various clients
• Managed client interactions & expectations on project deliverables,timelines
• Team management to ensure on time and within budget delivery
• Managed RFP response and client presentations
• Manpower planning and hiring as per yearly forecasts and project needs
• Manage attrition, performance management

Apr 2004 – Sep 2004 · 5 mos

Jan 2004 – Dec 2009 · 5 yrs 11 mos

• Led the Talent Acquisition team for the 4200+ employee strong Consulting and Enterprise Solutions (CES) business unit
• Instrumental in scaling the team from 1500 employee base to 4200+ employee base. Hired over 2500+ lateral resources
• Ensured a Zero Business Opportunity Loss for the unit and met the annual targets
• Achieved reduced discrepancies related to Background check
• Helped in reducing the “Business Wait” ratio and ensured a 70% loading factor
• Responsible for conceptualizing, designing and building an inhouse Application Tracking System using Lotus notes
• Created dashboard to report key recruiting metrics to stakeholders
• Participated in Campus Interviews for the business unit
• Vendor contract negotiations and management
• Implemented TA process improvements across assessments, interview preparation, onboarding, candidate experience
• Program management of Kronos projects and participate in presales