Jul 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led and scaled the India Tech Recruitment function, overseeing full-cycle
• recruitment for Technical hiring and senior engineering leadership positions.
• Built and mentored a high-performing team of recruiters, fostering a culture of
• continuous learning, ownership, and collaboration.
• Partnered with APAC business and technology leaders to align talent strategies
• with regional growth objectives, while collaborating with the Bangalore Site Lead
• to localize and implement a customized India hiring plan.
• Hands -on experience hiring for senior leadership roles in Grab Bangalore, while
• also gaining cross-border recruitment exposure by supporting strategic hiring
• initiatives for Malaysia, building insights into local market dynamics and talent
• trends.
• Implemented a data-driven recruitment approach, using metrics and
• dashboards to inform decision- making and continuously improve hiring
• outcomes.
• Collaborated with employer branding team to elevate Grab's EVP and attract
• top-tier talent.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams across Southeast Asia to drive global
• talent initiatives, ensuring regional alignment and consistent execution.

Jan 2019 – Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Lead a distributed team of senior recruiters, ensuring the delivery of annual hiring
• targets.
• Partner with technologists to attract top talent and build a diverse workforce.
• Identify and execute new recruiting strategies through critical recruitment
• analytics and market intelligence
• Drive process efficiency and operational excellence while prioritizing candidate
• experience.
• Share market intelligence data for niche roles and compensation benchmarking.
• Plan and set goals for the team, support their growth and development.
• Drive in-house initiatives such as referral programs, candidate engagement, and
• onboarding sessions.

Dec 2016 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Recruitment Specialist
• Hired candidates for senior positions and worked closely with stakeholders to meet
• hiring goals.
• Developed recruiting strategies and built networks to identify qualified candidates.
• Responsible for end-to-end recruitment of the design team and niche hiring.

Jan 2008 – Nov 2016 · 8 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

• Working closely with the Sr. Management team (Senior Managers, Directors) to understand their business, translate their staffing needs and provide them with the best talent.
• Pre-screening and coordinating with the interview panels, Salary Negotiations and Onboarding the candidates.
• Involved in the End to End recruitment cycle of candidates which includes Candidate Sourcing (through various mechanisms – Direct, Referrals, Research, Social Media, Linkedin, Networking, In-house sourcing team) to closure.
• Run weekly calls with Business Leaders / Stakeholders detailing summary of the overall hiring plan, hiring status, pipeline, market research etc.
• Instrumental in closing Senior positions for Sapient Nitro.
• Consistently meeting internal customers’ manpower requirements .
• Handling general employee relation queries on leave, Retrial benefit plans LTA, and various HR policies.
• Effectively tracking the candidate details in our internal database to achieve operational excellence
• Successfully conducted events in different locations by leading the sourcing/ scheduling team along with the hiring panel.
• Managing/Leading various in-house initiatives like Referral Programs, Connect Sessions, Reward & Recognition for the interview panels.

May 2007 – Dec 2008 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore