Jan 2022 – Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

• Responsible for driving overall talent & people excellence strategy for Unacademy Online & Offline Businesses.
• Additional responsibilities include supporting the HR Business Partnering Charter for Corporate Functions, Product & Tech, NextLevel & Language Learning teams, responsible for AOPs on people and cost front.
• Responsible for building people strategies for 0-1 BUs (NextLevel, Language Learning, Global Test Prep etc)
• Led Org wide study & re-design of org structures to correct span ratios
• Partner with senior leadership to identify staffing needs and implement recruitment plans that ensure a strong pipeline of qualified candidates
• Grew talent strength by 5X within a year through enhanced use of recruitment automation, a
• process of daily reviews, and extreme commitment to hiring processes and plans
• Built talent acquisition team of 40+, to hire talent across technology, data science, design, product, Academic, Content, Business and sales teams.
• Develop and implement effective recruiting methods, including sourcing, referral programs, job boards, and social media, to attract top talent
• Scaled organisation from 500 to 6000 by mix of FTEs, consultants, RPOs, etc. and built candidate funnel through online (job portals, social media) channels
• Oversee the onboarding process to ensure a positive candidate experience and high retention rates
• Develop and manage budgets, metrics, and analytics to measure and improve the effectiveness of talent acquisition strategies
• Hands-on leadership hiring expertise (Director, AVP, VP & CXO levels)

Jul 2021 – Dec 2021 · 5 mos

Jun 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr

Jul 2019 – May 2020 · 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Aug 2018 – Jul 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Dec 2016 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Simplilearn is the world’s largest professional certifications company and an Onalytica
• Top 20 influential brand. With a library of 400+ courses, we've helped 1,000,000+ professionals advance
• their careers, delivering $5 billion in pay raises. Simplilearn has over 700 employees worldwide and
• our customers include Fortune 1000 companies, top universities, leading agencies and hundreds of
• thousands of working professionals.
• Responsibilities:
• 1. Interaction with BU heads to understand the hiring requirements and Stakeholder management
• 2. Documenting the internal processes for hiring, understanding skill across levels and working on
• regular and niche hiring
• 3. Deciding channels of sourcing
• 4. Manage & leverage the Central Sourcing Team.
• 5. Extensively working on recruitment needs from Mid-level to Senior Management and Leadership
• hiring.
• 5. Ensuring business units’ adherence to internal HR policies and procedures
• 6. Generate and maintain resume pool through internal employee referrals
• 7. Educate managers and senior manager team on recruitment processes and offerings
• 8. Advise managers and associates on employee relations, communication strategies and policies
• designed to maximize involvement and commitment while minimizing conflict in the respective
• business units
• 9. Work in partnership with HR manager to ensure consistent and proactive HR support
• 10. Review applicants to evaluate if they meet the position requirements
• 11. On Boarding and safe landing for a highly diversified talent pool

Feb 2016 – Nov 2016 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• 1.Work with internal teams and hiring managers to assist with recruitment efforts.
• 2.Develop recruitment strategy. This may include job posting optimization, recruiting marketing channel development, job board procurement, digital and non-digital employment marketing, comprehensive recruitment campaign planning, talent planning, etc…
• 3.Identify and source appropriate talent for current open roles
• 4.Identify future talent needs and proactively recruiting and sourcing; develop talent pool or social engagements.
• 5.Manage the recruitment process and life-cycle, including initial assessments, interviews, and offers.
• 6.Counsel the candidate on corporate benefits, salary, and corporate environment.
• 7.Use social media, job boards, Internet sourcing, and other technical means to source candidates for open jobs.
• 8.Participate in employment events, such as career fairs
• 9.Use sophisticated applicant tracking systems and other recruiting software and CRM system to track applicants through the selection phase through to on-boarding.

May 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• Handling the entire gamut of recruitment starting from the requisition of a position till successful On Boarding of the candidate
• Working as a SPOC for 3 Revenue Generating Business Units of the Organization.
• Involved into direct interaction with the stakeholders in understanding the request as well as facilitating the entire recruitment process.
• Hands On experience into Sourcing, Screening, Cold calling, Interviewing, Offer Generating, Offer Discussion and Negotiation and successful On Boarding.
• Involved into leading and mentoring team members in their requirement, offer discussion and documentation of candidate detail.
• Incorporated various sources and methods for successful hiring like – Walk –Ins, Campus Drive, Green Channel, Rehire etc.
• Responsible for handling senior level position for the organization.
• Report Generation for tracking the progress of day to day work and status on various requirements.
• In depth knowledge of the Pharma / Life science / Healthcare line of business and their various requirements.
• Handled various requirements for 2 BUs – Menon Biosensors and Menon Renewable Energy (Pharma, Engineering, HR, Marketing and Sales, Finance and Legal, IT)
• Vendor Management for closing on the Contract to On- roll positions.
• Handled Employee Engagement Activities like one on one discussions with the new hires regularly post joining, employee grievances, Rewards and recognition activities, Internal Job Transfer etc.
• Actively involved into Campus Recruitment Activities both within USA and Outside USA.
• Actively involved in Sales, Marketing and Business Development activities both within USA and Outside USA.

Jan 2011 – Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Cardiff, United Kingdom