Kingsley Paul Samson — Associate Partner

A HR professional in the IT industry with focus on Talent Acquisition (Hiring) and Talent Supply (RM). I am currently a part of the TSC (Talent Supply Chain) team and work for the Global Workforce - Resource Management department at Virtusa Consulting, a global provider of digital engineering and IT solutions. As part of the Global Workforce Management team, managing the allocation, deployment, and optimization of human resources across multiple business units, service lines (horizontals) and geographies. For close to two and half decades had been a part of the recruitment team in identifying the best of the talents for the organization. My key focus is to enable Virtusa to achieve its business goals by ensuring the right talent is available at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. I leverage my skills in data analysis, stakeholder management, and problem-solving to deliver optimal resource utilization, client satisfaction, and employee engagement. I am passionate about building and nurturing strong relationships with internal and external partners, and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR professional specializing in IT recruitment and resource management.

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Experience: 25 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Resource Management
Talent Management
Strategic Hiring
It Recruitment
Technical Recruiting
Recruiting
Hiring

Career Highlights

Over 25 years of experience in HR and Talent Acquisition.
Expert in strategic hiring and resource management.
Proven track record in optimizing recruitment processes.

Work Experience

Virtusa

Associate Director - Global Workforce Management (3 yrs 8 mos)

Associate Director - Hiring lead - SBU: HLS, BFS & APAC (Onsite/Offshore) & Sri Lanka (3 yrs 5 mos)

Senior Manager - TA lead - Digital Practice - SBU: TMI & BFS & Sri Lanka Geo (2 yrs 11 mos)

Senior Manager - Recruitment lead Bangalore Location and PEGA & Infrastructure Practice (2 yrs 2 mos)

Manger - Recruitment lead for Bangalore Loc and Large Telco Account (Euro) (3 mos)

Bank of America

Senior Manager - Recruitment (2 yrs 11 mos)

SQL Star International

Assistant General Manager - Stratergic Resourcing (1 yr 6 mos)

Covansys

Manager - Recruitment (2 yrs 2 mos)

MBT Technologies Pte Ltd, Singapore (now techMahindra)

Manager - Resource Coordination (ASEAN) (5 mos)

SolutionNET Pte Ltd, Singapore (now International SQL Star Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Manager Resourcing (1 yr 3 mos)

Polaris Software Lab Ltd, Chennai, India

Assistant Manager - Human Resources - Recruitment (5 yrs 5 mos)

Education

B.Sc at Madras Christian College

MBA at Madras University

PGDCA at EdNet Software, Madras

MA at Madras University

Higher Secondary School at St. Paul's Higher Secondary School, Chennai

MCC Higher Secondary School at Madras Christian College

Kingsley Paul Samson

Associate Partner

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India25 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 25 years of experience in HR and Talent Acquisition.
Expert in strategic hiring and resource management.
Proven track record in optimizing recruitment processes.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR professional specializing in IT recruitment and resource management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Resource ManagementTalent ManagementStrategic HiringIt RecruitmentTechnical RecruitingRecruitingHiring

Other Skills

Account ManagementBusiness IntelligenceBusiness NetworkingBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness StrategyCRMCloud ComputingCold CallingConsultingCost PlanningERPEmployee Referral ProgramsEmployee RelationsExecutive Search

About

Experience

25 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

12 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Virtusa

5 roles

Associate Director - Global Workforce Management

Promoted

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

Moved from Talent Acquisition to Global Workforce & Resource Management role.
Part of the Service Line (Practice) team and manage the HIVE account (Internal Solutions team).
Engage with the bench pool and help them in identify the right opportunity.
Manage the release pool and if any skill gap is there identify the technical training needed.
Collaborate and work with the training team to get the right set of training needed for the resources.
Connect with the SBU RM and Delivery team on a need basis to understand if any disconnect.
Work along with the SBU RM / TAG, SL Lead / SL TA team. and HR in closing critical roles.

Talent ManagementResource ManagementHuman Resource DevelopmentTraining and Development (HR)

Associate Director - Hiring lead - SBU: HLS, BFS & APAC (Onsite/Offshore) & Sri Lanka

Apr 2019 – Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Hiring lead for HLS (Health Care & Life Sciences) and BFS EME region in India.
APAC India Accounts, Singapore Malaysia and ANZ (offshore and onsite)
Sri Lanka location hiring - managed the Colombo hiring team from India.
Owned end-to-end hiring with a team of #35 hiring professionals across India, Colombo & Singapore - ANZ (onsite & offshore).
Effectively tracked the CPC, CPH, Emp Referral and Other sourcing channels (direct/job boards/social media/employee referral) for cost effective hiring.
Leverage on vendor partners / boutique firms for contract - C2H roles for adhoc staffing – notice board roles.
Maintain effective; Candidate pipeline - Candidate connect - Offer-To-Join ratio - Buffer offers - Onboards.

Talent ManagementVendorStrategic HiringIT RecruitmentTechnical RecruitingInternet Recruiting+1

Senior Manager - TA lead - Digital Practice - SBU: TMI & BFS & Sri Lanka Geo

Apr 2016 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

TA lead for hiring in Digital Practice - UI/UX, Cloud, Mobility, ERP, BPM/PEGA, Business Consulting Practices. Hiring manager for Hi-Tech BU (Travel, Manufacturing and ISV - Independent software vendor). New and Emerging Business in Banking / Financials
Based in SriLanka to set up the hiring team in Colombo. Managed the Island hiring needs across SBU's.

Talent ManagementStrategic HiringStaffing Servicesresourcing

Senior Manager - Recruitment lead Bangalore Location and PEGA & Infrastructure Practice

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Location Hiring Head for Bangalore location.
Strategic hiring and major ramp up for BT Account in Bangalore.
PEGA ramp up for large Insurance accounts in Hyderabad & Infrastructure Practice hiring.

Talent ManagementTechnical RecruitingPartner Relationship ManagementStrategic SourcingHiring Practices

Manger - Recruitment lead for Bangalore Loc and Large Telco Account (Euro)

Sep 2013 – Dec 2013 · 3 mos

Staffing Lead - BLR location and British Telecom account, BPM-PEGA & Infrastructure practices.

Talent ManagementBusiness StrategyStrategic PlanningStrategic HiringVendor Management

Bank of america

Senior Manager - Recruitment

Apr 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Managed end-2-end hiring for major business verticals across PAN-India.
GWIM - Global Wealth Management
GMRT - Global Markets
GBT - Global Banking Technology
GIDB/GIO - Infrastructure

Talent ManagementStrategic SourcingVendor ManagementStrategic HiringTechnical Recruiting

Sql star international

Assistant General Manager - Stratergic Resourcing

May 2008 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos · Singapore City, Singapore · On-site

Strategic Resourcing Head for Asia-Pacific region
Managed a team of 5 resources, across Singapore and Malaysia.
Closely partner with sales team in the delivery resource fulfilment for client.
Meeting key client and engaging with the resources deployed at client locations.
End to End Hiring, Employee Engagement till Exit process.
Revenue Operations and P/L responsibility.

Talent ManagementTechnical RecruitingTalent ScoutingExecutive SearchStrategic Hiring

Covansys

Manager - Recruitment

Mar 2006 – May 2008 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Manager - Recruitment (PayPal / eBay IDC) - Mar, 2007 - May, 2008
BOT Model - End-2-End hiring @ Covansys for the PayPal / eBay IDC account in Chennai.
Manager - Staffing Support (Vendor Management / Contract Staffing) - Mar, 2006 - Feb, 2007
Engaged with staffing partners in resource fulfilment of staffing for major accounts in Banking, Manufacturing, Health Services and Testing Services.
SBU and recruitment manager for key projects. Managed a team #15 recruiters across India.
Client engagement and manage the delivery team for resource augmentation.
Vendor evaluation process on half yearly basis. Managed BOT model for clients.
Managing vendor partners across India region for resource fulfillment.
Collaborate and work with the RMG team resource deployment.
Expertise in sourcing and recruiting strategies, stakeholder management, client relationship and vendor management.

Talent ManagementVendorRecruitingRecruitment AdvertisingIT RecruitmentStrategic Hiring

Mbt technologies pte ltd, singapore (now techmahindra)

Manager - Resource Coordination (ASEAN)

Aug 2005 – Jan 2006 · 5 mos · Singapore City, Singapore · On-site

Recruitment & Resource Coordination for ASEAN region
Hiring and Staffing for major telecom client across ASEAN, StarHub, SingTel, M1 (Singapore), Maxis, Celkom & Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia) & Indosat & Telkom (Indonesia).
Was part of the team that set up the PS business in ASEAN.
Handled recruitment in major telecom domain space OSS & BSS. Billing Software: Amdocs-enabler & ensemble, Kenan Arbor, Geneva Billing Applications, Customer Relationship Management (CRM-Clarify) & Singleview.

Talent ManagementVendorAccount ManagementIT RecruitmentTechnical RecruitingConsulting

Solutionnet pte ltd, singapore (now international sql star pte ltd, singapore)

Manager Resourcing

Apr 2004 – Jul 2005 · 1 yr 3 mos · Singapore City, Singapore · On-site

Resourcing, Recruitment & Resource Management for APAC (Singapore & Australia) and US region.
Client Meetings and Documentation of MoM with customers.
Revenue Operations and P/L responsibility.
Staff augmentation for the clients APAC - Singapore, Malaysia and Australia regions.
US staffing - H1B and Professional / managed service projects.
Vendor partner engagement and empanelment.

Talent ManagementVendorStrategic HiringTechnical RecruitingIT Recruitment

Polaris software lab ltd, chennai, india

Assistant Manager - Human Resources - Recruitment

Oct 1998 – Mar 2004 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Assistant Manager - Human Resources / Recruitment.
Officer - Human Resources / Recruitment.
Trainee - Human Resources.
Project Trainee.
End to End Hiring, Employee Engagement till exit process, and exit interview and analysis.
Hiring days on weekdays and weekends on the open roles and pipeline creation.
Payroll HRIS and Attendance tracking. Documentation and file management.
Business Unit HR and team manager involved in onboarding and joining formalities and Induction.
Appraisal and compensation reviews. Addressing SBU associate concerns.
Lateral and campus hiring with orientation and buddy programs.
Vendor partner engagement and empanelment.
Employee engagement and welfare process.