Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · 6 mos · Delhi · Hybrid

• Managing Tech and product hiring for India and Nigeria locations.
• Led restructuring, implemented KRA/KPIs, and introduced new band/grade and reporting structure.

Sep 2022 – Aug 2023 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• About Nected
• Nected is Low-code, No-code Modern Universal Orchestration Platform connecting all Internal & External Apps, to Build Any Rule-Driven Workflow For Customers & Internal Teams. We, at Nected, are on a mission to democratize technology for startups of all sizes, by providing an easy & fastest way of developing things and then being able to experiment & iterate even faster to draw maximum impact in the least time and effort.
• Join us in building the future of development wherein teams can launch fast, experiment more and iterate faster.
• Overall accountability for TA and HR functions such as recruitment, HRMS, payroll, and operations.
• Building Nected from the ground up (0 to 10, 10 to 100, and so on)
• independently overseeing the hiring for each department while starting from scratch. hired people in technology and products first.
• incorporating best HR practices into the system
• Employee Benefits and Strategic Human Resources Leadership
• Driving sourcing capability across levels to proactively build diverse candidate pools while leveraging all available talent channels.
• Collaboration with key stakeholders to identify future talent requirements and to develop and implement enabling sourcing strategies
• a thorough understanding of the channels through which we can find the best, diverse talent who meet our technical and cultural requirements gained through extensive market research.
• implementing various HR frameworks to align the HR department with the overall goal of the organization.

Sep 2020 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Overall, Leader of the TA vertical for Knowlarity at the PAN India Level.
• scaled overall headcount from 200 to 500 in a year with 0 external hiring cost
• Built the Tech, Product, sales, CS, Support, and Marketing team almost from Scratch
• Stakeholder management, Manpower planning, and forecasting.
• Contribute to the development and execution of Talent Acquisition functions within the company.
• Salary Banding and designation.
• Designing and implementing innovative but effective recruitment strategies to cater to the institution's diverse and niche talent needs by using required online and offline channels.
• Determining current staffing needs and producing forecasts.
• Developing talent acquisition strategies and hiring plans.
• Refining selection criteria and designing appropriate methods and processes for candidate evaluation and fitment
• Creating and analyzing recruiting and sourcing metrics.
• Team Handling. Worked on different ATS.
• Vendor Management, Campus, and contractual hiring

Feb 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Managing the Talent Acquisition team and delivery for Tech, Product and Analytics and involved in E2E recruitment process.
• Working with internal teams and hiring managers (Stake holder) to assist with recruitment efforts.
• Identify and source appropriate talent (mostly from IIT/NIT) for current open roles within the organization
• Involved with Leadership Hiring (Hands on with Sourcing) and senior level Technology positions for the company.
• Use social media, job boards, Internet sourcing, and other technical means to source candidates for open jobs.
• Develop recruitment strategy. Which include job posting optimization, recruiting marketing channel development, job board procurement, digital social medi , marketing, comprehensive recruitment campaign planning, talent planning, etc…
• Identify future talent needs and proactively recruiting and sourcing; develop talent pool or social engagements.
• Manage the recruitment process and life-cycle, including initial assessments, interviews, and offers.
• Counsel the candidate on corporate benefits, salary, and corporate environment.
• Team Handling and Vendor Management.

Feb 2018 – Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

• STRENGTHS:
• Tech and Business hiring | Networking | Leadership Hiring | Planning & Execution | Stakeholder Management | Negotiations | Team Leadership | Campus Hiring | Candidate Experience |
• Overall Leader of the TA vertical for TravelTriangle:
• Scale Up Quantity and Quality of Recruitments
• Leading the efficiency of Mass Hiring on Ground and Line Leadership for Business Functions
• Leading the Product, Tech and Analytics hiring.
• Initiated the Agent Partner’s Support Programme
• Initiated the Internship Programme
• Managing world class candidate experience
• Spearheaded 2 annual Campus Programmes from Tier ½ Colleges
• Responsible for Analytics and Data Presentation
• Leading the Employer Branding, Inclusion and Diversity verticals
• Leading, Coaching and Mentoring a 12 – Member team
• Working closely with Founder, CEO, CTO, COO and all the Business Heads of the organization
• Manpower Planning, Funnel Management
• Compensation benchmarking Projects (Internal / External)
• Achievements:
• Grew the Tech, Product and Analytics team from 0 to 130
• Reduced External Hiring Costs by 70%
• On boarded 1000+ business resources in a year (80% is direct hiring and 20% is vendor hiring)
• Hired VP of Engineering, Head of Businesses (International, Domestic, Timeless Trips and Triconnect)
• Won 4 ON The SPOT awards and one Companywide Recognized Avenger award awarded by the CEO
• Successfully conducted TravelTriangle’s first ever Hackathon with 300+ participants

Apr 2016 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Involved in the end to end recruitment process for the Product engineering.
• Developing recruitment strategy based on Business hiring plans for smooth execution of day to day recruitment related activities to ensure adherence and delivery against all Recruitment SLAs especially Cost and Hiring TAT & accountable for the overall success of the Recruitment team.
• Work closely with Delivery Leader, Sourcing Specialist & Channel Managers to draw out effective sourcing strategy for optimal channel utilization, yield and on time delivery.
• Maintain a pro-active approach in seeking feedback from candidates and stakeholders to improve the effectiveness & efficiency of the process. Build strong relationships with Business partners through tactical & strategic engagements.
• Market intelligence for leadership & senior hiring, niche and critical skills
• Execute strategic sourcing techniques such as Social Media and Resource/skill mapping through networking
• Meeting recruitment SLAs
• Strong Stake holder and Vendor Management
• Confident and decisive under stressful conditions.
• Coaching and mentoring team members.
• Preparation of Hiring report and PPT to present in the weekly hiring discussion with the business.

Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 · 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• In Snapdeal I am part of the HR Technology recruitment team, and take care of the entire cloud, Java, Big data, Database, IT, Data Centre, Apps, API and Mobile hiring.
• Build Infra team, DevOps team, Cloud Team, Infosec team, DC Team, IT team, Database team, and engineering services team from scratch.
• Hired 150 Technology folks all over the vertical. (From SE-1 to AVP Level).
• Involve in: E2E Recruitment, Documentation, Offer, Drive planning, HR Activity.
• Stakeholder: Engineering operations, Engineering services, Data Platform, OMS, Support, Payment, search, Apps.
• Sources: Social Media, GitHub, Tech Gig, hackathon, Linked In, Naukri, free job Posting site, Reference, vendor, and Campus.
• Involved in the end-to-end recruitment process for Product engineering.
• Strategist and plan the hiring drives.
• Planning and executing bulk hiring events and Campus Hiring.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Maintaining Internal ATS (Taleo, Unify)

May 2013 – Apr 2014 · 11 mos · Noida Area, India

• Handling in-house IT recruitment needs across positions and Business Groups. Key focus areas include: Recruitment, Taking HR Interview, Conducting and Managing Weekend Drives, Candidate Positioning.
• Starting from Requirement Requisition till Final Placement inclusive of screening, sourcing, conducting technical test, coordinating with the panel members & offer closures.
• Handling first round of HR F2F/Telecom interviews to ensure the proper per-screening of candidate's personal and professional information before forwarding it to the Tech Panel. Vendor Management.
• Recruiting candidates through Professional Networks, Mass Mailings, References, Job Portals (Naukri, Monster, Times jobs), LinkedIn. Vendor Management. Technical Panel coordination.
• Ensuring the proper Follow ups with candidates from Screening to on-board.
• Taking care of joining formalities of the Employees within the Organization.
• Performing regular background/reference checks by collecting relevant documents from the candidates i.e. getting their Candidate Information forms, background verification form and relevant salary Slips to initiate the offer process.
• Regular Maintenance of offer database and ensuring that the candidates will join on time by regular follow ups.
• Primary Skills Recruitment done :
• Java, Dot Net, Analytics, HTML, PHP, Sharepoint, QA (Testing), NOC, L1, L2 Support,
• Analytics ( SAS, R), ERP (SAS, Oracle)
• Mobile Technologies (Java/J2Me, C, C++with Android, iOS),
• Big data, Web and Windows Platform and Infra.
• Damco Solutions is a CMM Level 4 leading provider in the information technology industry since our foundation in 1996. We are a global software services organization that delivers innovative business & technology solutions to leading companies worldwide.

May 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Noida

• Full Cycle Recruitment Process. Recruitment & Selection for the right candidate at the right place & at the right time.
• Key Account Management.
• IT & non- IT hiring pan India for vanilla and niche skill sets across all levels.
• Handling Domestic and Overseas Recruitment in ERP (SAP, Oracle) Non IT, IT, Consulting, Financial Services, Telecommunications, FMCG, FMCD & Pharma Sector.
• Also Involved in Resume Selling, Company Promotion activity, B2B Selling Process, Database selling, Business development, Client Interaction, Client Meeting and presentation.
• Sourcing Candidates from database, from job portal and by Head hunting.
• Conducting Telephonic Interview and Aptitude test on behalf of the client company.
• Approaching new client for Recruitment Process Outsourcing.
• Manpower planning at various levels.
• Managing client - candidate interface for interviews, personal discussions, negotiations, reference checks etc
• Maintaining the vacancy status and initiating the recruitment moves to fulfill the same.
• Prepare job description as per the requirement.
• Screening & Short-listing the profiles according to the requirements as per given by client.
• Continues follow-up with the clients & close the positions.
• Responsible for managing full requirement analysis, client needs, screening, interview-coordination, and salary/benefits negotiation.
• Capturing resource requirement from requester clients and taking requirements from clients either through phone or through meetings.
• Referral generation, Job postings, direct sourcing/cold calling, applicant tracking and networking to develop a qualified pool of candidates.
• Database maintenance / MIS.