May 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• People Management and Core responsibilities
• Leading a team of managers, recruiters and recruitment coordinators focused on hiring non-tech talent for the linear and digital teams.
• Creating and executing the Talent Strategy for Revenue functions for the TV business and Disney+ Hotstar (digital arm)
• Leveraging data and insights for reporting – operations reviews, diversity reports etc.
• Managing performance and escalations for the team.
• Actively leaning in, to mentor the team on sourcing, screening and candidate management.
• Actively involved in people development and coaching.
• Talent mapping and market landscape insights.
• Executive Hiring
• Working with the India Management to hire for key leadership roles which are Director and above.
• Building passive pipelines for Leadership talent via mapping and networking
• Business Partnering
• Key cross-functional partner for Revenue and Hotstar business teams
• Building customized talent strategies to fulfill the staffing needs of teams ensuring quality and speed.
• Working closely with HRBPs to improve retention and internal mobility.

Sep 2021 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• People Management
• Building and leading the non-tech recruitment team for LinkedIn India.
• Leading a team of recruiters, coordinators and sourcers.
• Creating and executing the Talent Strategy for India (non-tech).
• Leveraging data and insights for reporting – operations reviews, diversity reports etc.
• Managing performance and escalations for the team.
• Actively leaning in, to mentor the team on sourcing, screening and candidate management.
• Actively involved in people development and coaching.
• Talent mapping and market landscape insights.
• Business Partnering
• Key cross-functional partner for Sales, Operations, Support, HR, Finance and Product.
• Conducting headcount planning with business leaders
• Conducting QBRs to assess hiring health and best practices.
• Working closely with Talent Management and HRBPs to improve retention and internal mobility.
• Projects and Initiatives
• Led and executed the Women Connect charter for LinkedIn for 3 years
• Ongoing review and improvement of hiring processes globally.
• Focus on talent management and internal mobility.
• Focus on Diversity and Inclusion via diverse slates, PWD hiring and inclusive recruitment.
• Ongoing partnership with the sales teams to deliver sessions to customers on LinkedIn Talent
• Solutions – sharing best practices on recruitment, being a people leader in TA and using LinkedIn
• products.
• Partnership with the in-house Product team to test new features and share feedback on utility and
• enhancements.
• Project Management
• Employer Branding
• Culture and Giving back
• ERG - Women @ LinkedIn Mumbai Lead – building and driving programs focused on Women employees at LinkedIn India.
• Social Impact sessions for visually challenged candidates on how to build a resume, interview best practices and networking on LinkedIn.
• Social Impact sessions for women returning to the workforce for 2nd careers and students/early career candidates

Oct 2019 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Business Partnering
• Key cross-functional partner for two lines of business
• Actively involved in understanding the talent landscape and devising recruitment strategy
• QBRs for business
• Recruitment
• Process expert on all things talent
• Managing pan-India recruitment for mid-senior levels for all LOBs
• Handling leadership hiring for India
• DIBs champion, focus on diversity and inclusion
• Mentoring new team members
• Part of the workflow and implementation team for Service now
• Training new team members on ATS and other systems
• Culture and Giving back
• InDay lead for Mumbai
• Member of the LinkedIn Ultimate Frisbee team
• Conducted doodling sessions for various audiences
• Led and participated in various social impact sessions at a Mumbai and India level
• Projects
• Delivering strong Customer Experience and leading customer sessions and meetings for India
• Internal mobility and talent retention
• Adding value to recruiter conversations and improving conversion ratios (Project manager)
• Gamification for learning
• HM handbook, a one-stop-shop to know everything about the talent process
• Managing and hosting So You Think You Can Recruit for APAC
• Core team member for Women Who Lead events
• Actively driving and building content for TA Media

Jul 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

• As a Talent Advisor at LinkedIn, my role goes beyond hiring. It is an interesting combination of recruitment, culture championing and projects.
• Recruitment
• Sales hiring across the various Business lines at LinkedIn
• Hiring support for HR/Marketing roles
• Stakeholder management
• Hiring SPOC for LinkedIn Sales Solutions
• Special Projects/Other
• Culture Champion for Mumbai
• Championing talent branding for LinkedIn India recruiters
• Engaging top talent

Sep 2017 – Jul 2018 · 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• My role at Media.net is a concoction of recruitment, team activities, strategy and fun.
• In the quest for continual learning and overall development, my primary responsibilities include:
• Lateral hiring mid and senior level
• Campus hiring across associate and mid-level management
• Interviews and Assessment
• Sourcing and screening
• Engaging talent via multiple channels and mediums
• Employer Branding
• Stakeholder management
• Building strategies for team development
• Mentoring 3 team members in all work related aspects
• Training newly on-boarded team members on internal software and policies

Nov 2014 – Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Lateral hiring at the associate and mid level
• Actively engaging fresh graduates to increase our talent pool
• Stakeholder management
• Interviews and Assessment
• Sourcing and Screening
• Mentoring team members
• Training newly on-boarded team members
• Planning team engagement activities via Fun@Work initiatives

Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Obsessive Compulsive Doodling is a product of my combined love for doodles, puns and T-shirts! It all started with a "how do I showcase my doodles best?" and resulted in a mini start-up that provides the simplest of pleasures, T-shirts!
• Check out the designs here : https://www.facebook.com/ObsessiveCompulsiveDoodling/

Jul 2014 – Nov 2014 · 4 mos · Mumbai, India

• My role here primarily focused on:
• Recruitment for the Pharmaceutical and Real Estate sector
• Headhunting for senior level candidates for various on-going positions
• Mapping companies for talent

Dec 2013 – Feb 2014 · 2 mos · Mumbai, India

• My Project at Aon Hewitt mainly included :
• Evaluation and creation of reports on Competency Mapping.
• Understanding the data generated from assessment centers by speaking to assessors.
• Generating strategies to enhance various aspects of core competencies for individuals.

May 2013 – Jun 2013 · 1 mo · Mumbai, India

• My internship at Oracle consisted of :
• Creation of a psychometric tool on Intrinsic Motivation.
• I was instrumental in designing and implementing the tool.
• Statistical Interpretation of results.
• Strategies to develop an optimal level of intrinsic motivation.