Sep 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr

• Led HR strategy for Global OLX Autos Product, Data, Technology, CS & BIT Organisation and Special Projects for India office.

Nov 2018 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Part of a central global Product Tech & Data Organization, Led HR strategy for the India Dev Centre, working closely with stakeholders from India, Latam, Portugal & Germany.

Oct 2016 – Sep 2021 · 4 yrs 11 mos

• TA Head for OLX India and HR generalist managing employee experience, performance review process, talent management, internal communication, employer branding initiatives.

Sep 2015 – Sep 2021 · 6 yrs

• Led End to End Talent Acquisition for OLX India set up teams from scratch : Technology, Product, Analytics, Cars Vertical, Jobs Vertical, Real Estate Vertical, Ad Sales.

Dec 2014 – Sep 2015 · 9 mos · Delhi

• Set up the entire Technology , Product & Design functions from scratch.
• Ramped up the team from ~ 35 to ~ 120+ during my tenure.

Jun 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · India

• Was responsible for setting up the entire Engineering Function !
• Key Achievements :
• Ramped up the Engineering team from ~40 to ~700 employees in 2 years & Product Team ~40 to ~80 member team within 4 months.
• Created a fun and open culture within the team where every employee's work was the great escape as we loved what we did !
• Created a world class Engineering team with minimal hiring through consultants , thus reducing the overall cost of hiring.
• Key Initiatives :
• Conducted various Appathons for the Mobile Hiring in partnership with Microsoft for windows phone as well as internal Appathons for Android and IOS App developers for creating a buzz about the organization in the Market which ultimately helped in hiring the right candidates.
• Designed Technical/ Behavioral competencies to develop competency maps to improve the overall recruitment & selection processes ,for the various functions within Engineering to understand the need for T&D and defined career ladder for each role.
• Design of on-boarding plan for the Engineering team – Mapping employee experience right from Offer Acceptance stage till completion of first 3 months in the organization.

Sep 2011 – Jun 2012 · 9 mos · Delhi/NCR

• Recruitment:
• 1. End to End recruitment From entry to senior level non IT/IT and Product Hiring -
• managing recruitment function of the respective department, driving the entire process, and closing the open positions within desired timelines, following the complete hiring process right from screening, short listing, scheduling, coordination during the interview, offer letter roll out, keeping the candidates warm untill he joins and ensuring timely joining of the candidates.
• 2. Keeping the hiring cost minimum, try and close maximum
• Positions through Head Hunt, Effective utilization of all sources of recruitment.
• 3. Job Portal Research and performance management tasks,
• liaising with operations team to understand requirements and close positions.
• 4. Worked with vendors on closing positions in volume hiring.
• Involved in vendor meeting, recruitment drives , discussions ,feedback etc to ensure faster closure on positions.
• Induction, Orientation :
• 1. Taking care of Induction & Orientation of joined employees to make them familiar with nature of work, profile, Services, Company culture, Company hierarchy, all functional activities, ethics and values, etc.
• 2. Complete handover formalities to the various departments after training and time to time get feedback with related department heads for their job engagement.