Annapurna Patra

Associate Partner

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in CXO and leadership hiring across diverse sectors.
Strong focus on stakeholder engagement and diversity recruitment.
Proven track record in managing critical leadership requirements.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned recruitment expert specializing in leadership hiring across multiple industries including Fintech and SaaS.

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Skills

Core Skills

Diversity RecruitmentExecutive SearchLeadership HiringLeadership

Other Skills

Account ManagementApplicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentBusiness NetworkingCRMCompensation NegotiationConsultingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Employee RelationsEmployee TrainingHR PoliciesHRISHiringHuman Resources

About

Forte in the areas of recruitment, executive search, Headhunting, Industry Mapping, Networking, and Focus on hiring for Senior Leadership positions across different functions in varied industries including early-stage start-ups, Fintech, SAAS, IT, ITES, Internet, Technology, and Manufacturing. Resource Management, leading teams, qualifying candidates, performing professional assessments, analysing client needs, and building long-term relationships based on honesty and integrity. Work closely with Founders and their investors for all their critical leadership requirements. Hiring Mix : CXO's, VPs, EVPs, Director, Senior Directors, and HOD level for Operations (HR, Talent acquisitions, Employee Relations, HR Business partnering, Performance and Rewards, Finance, Accounts, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Regulatory, SCM, Strategic Sourcing, Engineering, Product, Sales, Pre-sales ,Marketing, Business Development functions spanning various business & industrial sectors in IT, ITES, Technology, Start-ups, Manufacturing, e-Commerce, and the Internet. Specialties: CXO & Leadership Hiring Stakeholder engagement Diversity Hiring Emotional Intelligence Negotiation Skills Strategic Thinking

Experience

Wenger & watson

5 roles

Associate Director-Executive Search @Watson Green

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos

Sr. Manager-Executive Search @ Watson Green

Aug 2024 – Jul 2025 · 11 mos

Watson Green, our Executive Search Practice specializing in Non-Tech Leadership Hiring across diverse sectors. As part of Wenger & Watson Inc., a trusted partner to Fortune 500 companies for over 22 years, we are dedicated to securing transformational leadership talent for our clients.
Responsibilities :
Work closely with Founders and their investors for all their critical leadership requirements.
Focus on hiring for Senior Leadership positions across different functions in varied
industries including early-stage start-ups, IT, ITES, Technology, and Manufacturing.

Sr. Manager-Executive Search @ Watson Search Partner

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

Executive Search for MNCs, VC funded, rapidly growing startups within Consumer Internet & Consumer Mobile, including E-commerce, Gaming, Fintech , OTT, healthcare ,Digital Media, B2B SAAS etc. and Power & renewables sectors Successfully worked with innovative startups.
Work closely with Founders and their investors for all their critical leadership requirements.
Hard-core focus on non-technology hiring and retained searches for Indian Business Houses and Startups at the Board, CEO, and CXO levels.
Deep dive P&L focuses on new-age firms, startups, and organizations looking to build online/digital presence and transformation.
Deep engagement with Series A to Series C funded organizations, VCs and helping them build their leadership teams, organization structures and overall HR policies, C&B approach, Culture and Engagement etc.
Industry and functional mapping for available talent pool basis search mandated. Candidate identification, interview, assessment, evaluation, and presentation to clients. Negotiate contracts
and assist in the final onboarding of prospective candidates. This also involves significant efforts on client employer branding and creating brand value in the talent market to draw the best available skill resources.

Asst Manager-Executive Search @ Watson Search Partner

Apr 2022 – Mar 2023 · 11 mos

Diversity RecruitmentCompensation NegotiationExecutive SearchLeadershipAccount ManagementCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)

Lead Consultant-Leadership Hiring @ Watson Search Partner

May 2021 – Mar 2022 · 10 mos

Diversity RecruitmentCompensation NegotiationLeadership hiring

Globalhunt

Business Unit Manager-NonIT

Aug 2008 – Jan 2021 · 12 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Responsible for handling the entire cycle of recruitment such as getting critical roles from POC’s and distributing it to the team and then screening the submissions made by team and finally submitting it to the client for Major players in Pharma, Healthcare, Medical Devices & Biotech Industries./ Sciences /Clinical/Pharmaceutical domain industry with heavy focus on Sales, Marketing, commercial, technical, R&D, Production, Biopharmaceuticals, Biostatistics, Quality Control , Data Manager, positions.
Additionally, is responsible for full delivery support for Leadership level searches in Global Industrial Practices like FMCG, FMCD, automobile, BFSI ..
Responsible for client and account management.
Headhunt candidates using non-traditional sources for niche positions from across the globe.
Research on key industry movements and mapping the target industry segment for our clients.
Keep abreast with the industry events and new developments

Diversity RecruitmentCompensation NegotiationLeadership