Aug 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Heading Talent Acquisition for both the brands - MediBuddy and MediAssist. Charted out an action plan (AOP) for hiring ~2000 resources YOY, with diversified back grounds.
• Manage a team of 14 recruiters, ensure all the hiring demands are met within the prescribed TAT & budgets across functions like Tech, Product, KAM, Business Development, Medicos, Para-Medics, Operations, Call Centre etc.
• Maintained excellent source mix ratio, Offer Acceptance Ratio, Cost per hire, Avg time to hire
• Additional responsibilities include - initiating Digital Onboarding process and Background Verification (from scratch).
• Significant Contributions:
• Build in house Tech Hiring capabilities which otherwise is non-existent. Brought down vendor dependency from 100% to less than 10% for Tech & Product Hiring
• Digital Branding Initiatives - Created strong digital presence on platforms like Glassdoor (4+ Rating) and LinkedIn (increased our followers from 2500 to ~10000+)
• Saved vendor cost of INR 40 Million by effectively utilizing Employee Referral and direct sourcing.
• Built real time dashboards (google sheets) to ensure information is accessible to Management (CXOs) all the time (as we don’t use ATS)
• Ensured that we are 100% complaint for External & Internal Audit (DRHP Filing Requirement)
• Introduced 100% Digital Onboarding process to ensure there is a frictionless experience for candidates and business continuity.
• Successfully taken over BGV process and ensured that all employee records are verified as per process.

Aug 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Apr 2019 – Jul 2019 · 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading mobile technology company. We use data and technology to improve everything from transportation to payments and logistics across a region of more than 620 million people. Working with governments, driver partners, passengers, and NGOs, we aim to unlock the potential of the region by solving real people problems.
• Taking care of India Development Centre Hiring across verticals like Tech, Infra, Product & Project Management (maps)
• Conducted Hackathons to ensure brand visibility across Engineering Talent Space

Apr 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

• Taking care of BankBazaar's international hiring for Singapore and Malaysia.
• Successfully on boarded:
• CEO - BankBazaar International
• Country Manager – Singapore
• Head of Sales – Malaysia
• Head of Customer Service & Business Operations - Singapore
• Head of Brand Marketing – Malaysia
• Head of Content – Singapore & Malaysia

Apr 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

• ∙ Mentor a team of 6 recruiters; 3 full-time and 3 contract resources, guide them in delivering hiring demands, nurture the importance of data-driven hiring.
• ∙ Develop and lead execution of recruiting strategies for Technology (Dev, QA and Infra), Product Management, Analytics, Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing, Finance, and Legal & Compliance.
• ∙ Spearhead and leverage social media expertise for no-fee hiring solutions.
• ∙ Create and implement an internal referral program to reduce sourcing costs.
• ∙ Responsible for Customer satisfaction, Service delivery, Reporting, Audit, Branding & TA Projects.
• Significant Contributions:
• ∙ India - Successfully on boarded - General Counsel & Head of Compliance | Head of Campaign Management | Principal Data Scientist | AVP – Brand Marketing | AVP – Digital Marketing | Head of Talent Acquisition
• ∙ Software Engineering: Beefed up hiring across the levels comprising – Full Stack Developers, Leads, Architects, Software Development Managers.
• ∙ Quality Assurance Engineering: Hired 30 + resources across the function but not limited to Engineers, Senior Engineers, Leads and Manager across SDET, Manual and, Automation Testing.
• ∙ Infra: Scaled up the team from a mere 7 member to 40+ which includes InfoSec, DevOps, SDE, Active Directory Admin, Solution Architect, DBA, Application Developer, Production Support, Network Engineer, IT Admin.
• ∙ Product Management: Instrumental in scaling up from mere 5 member to 40+ member team consisting Product Managers, Designers (UX, Graphic)
• ∙ Marketing: Increased the Marketing Team from ~10 member to ~150 member team which includes Digital Marketing, Social Media, PR, Brand Managers, Affiliate Marketing, Alliances Marketing, Content Writers, Editors etc.
• ∙ Diversity Hiring: Conducted Women only recruitment drive, participated in events like hacker in her, hackerearth to increase diversity of women in Technology team.
• ∙ Source Mix: Restricting dependency of Consultants to less than 25%

Jan 2015 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

Oct 2014 – Jan 2015 · 3 mos

• redBus is the largest online bus ticketing company in India. It has the largest network of bus operators in their list (1000+ and growing) and very satisfied customers. It provides over 10000+ (and growing) routes across the Indian map.
• redBus has moved beyond providing value over the internet by reaching out to customers using all media that provide them convenience - be it the phone, home delivery, physical outlets or even SMS.
• redBus is owned by ibiboGroup whose principals are Naspers, South Africa.
• The key portfolio organizations of the group are Goibibo.com (Online Travel); Tradus.com (Online Marketplace); PayU.in (Online Payments), Gaadi.com (Auto Classifieds) & redBus (Online Bus ticketing).
• Taken care of recruitment for Senior / Leadership Hiring in Technology, Products, Finance and Brand Marketing Teams.

Dec 2012 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos

• This time focused more on recruiting:
• Engineers for the redBus Engineering and Platform team, which includes: Java, .Net, UI Developers, QA, L3 support etc
• Product Managers for Mobile, Analytics, Online, White Labels, User Experience, Digital Marketing.. etc.

Nov 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Played a key role in building a new team called SeatSeller, which includes recruiting the Engineering (Java, QA and Ui developers), Product Management, Sales, Business Development, Call Center & Operations Teams.

Aug 2008 – Nov 2011 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

• worked with various clients, understood their requirements, ensured that the required manpower is recruited in the given TAT