Shyam K.

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 16 years of experience in Talent Acquisition.
  • Expert in building high-performing recruitment teams.
  • Proven track record in implementing effective hiring strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the SaaS industry with a focus on strategic hiring.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent Acquisition

Other Skills

Agency AgreementsBenefits NegotiationContract NegotiationContract RecruitmentHiringHuman ResourcesIT RecruitmentIndustrial SectorInterviewingInterviewsJob Description DevelopmentManagementNegotiationOrganisational SkillsOutsourcing

About

● B.E (Electronics & Communication) from N.M.A.M.I.T, Mangalore. ● 16 Years of experience in Talent Acquisition.

Experience

Cloudflare

Talent Acquisition Global Capability Centre, People & Culture

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Help Us Build a Better Internet. At Cloudflare, we want you to have the career of your dreams. We invest in and support curious, mission-minded people who are committed to solving the Internet’s toughest challenges.
  • We are growing and hiring. Visit https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/careers/jobs/
  • Life at Cloudflare Diversity, equity & inclusion are essential to our success. Visit https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/careers/life-at-cloudflare/

Lowe's india

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Jun 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Talent SourcingTalent Acquisition

Meesho

Associate Director Talent Acquisition

Apr 2021Nov 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ● Built and managed a high performing, diverse and skilled TA team of POD Managers, TA Leads and recruiters/sourcer. Assisting the team - problem solving, hiring plans & recruitment efforts
  • ● TA Team - Monitor and measure the development areas, operational, capacity planning, escalation management & performance review
  • ● Worked closely with the Leadership, technology stakeholders, COE & business partners in identifying the organizational needs.
  • ➟Implement an efficient talent acquisition strategy & hiring plan
  • ➟Collaborate internally with the team and ensure the hiring project falls in line with organizational objectives with a defined set of TA measurement metrics.
  • ➟Align organizational OKRs -> Key results (Talent density, candidate experience, initiatives & playbook)
  • ● Data & Insights:
  • ➟Leverage the historic data for time to full, funnel optimization, panel bandwidth utilizations etc
  • ➟Interview panels, competency/round calibration, company mapping, compensation insights
TechnologyTalent AcquisitionTeam ManagementHiringRecruiting

Myntra jabong

2 roles

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Apr 2019Apr 2021 · 2 yrs

  • ● Collaborate with hiring managers & stakeholders from different functions on hiring plan & strategy. Build proactive pipeline & engage stakeholders with market insights and trends
  • ● Leading a team, defining recruitment goals & assisting the team in - problem solving, hiring plans & recruitment efforts. Monitor and measure the development areas, operational, capacity planning, escalation management & performance review
  • ● Key role in implementation & defining workflow of Greenhouse as an ATS & Mettl as an assessment tool
  • ● New initiative
  • ➟#Myntrapowerbank - A brown bag session across TA.The average footprints (~24k viewers from
  • the preferred ecosystems)
  • ➟Initiated and promoted referral program org wide by setting up a kiosk & caricature
  • ➟Conducted webinar sessions on career building in Analytics & Data Science through Great
  • Learnings to an audience of 80 to 100
  • ➟Designed a workflow & process around proactive pipeline building across tech hiring
  • ➟Communication - Composed virtual interview tips for applicants & panels, Referral dashboard,
  • Monthly hiring updates to leaders, Tips to use Mettl assessment platform

Manager Talent Acquisition

May 2017Apr 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • ● Collaboration between TA & hiring managers from different BUs - hiring calls,roadmap, resource allocations
  • ● Strategic process & approach to hire Data Science and Analytics folks

Gojek ltd

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Nov 2016May 2017 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • ● Introduction of TA best practices - Defining TA TAT & hiring process. Leverage the existing tools and
  • explore new AI based platforms, bring stakeholders on board to be brand ambassadors in hiring
  • ● Implementing high performance referral programs & diversity program
  • ● Unconventional ways of hiring strategies - Source potential candidates on tech platforms, like Github

Olacabs.com

Assistant Manager Talent Acquisition

Oct 2014Oct 2016 · 2 yrs · Bangalore

  • ● Connect with alumni for rehires
  • ● Leverage employee referrals & attract talents from pool of passive candidates
  • ● Training sessions for new interviewers on the interview techniques as per Ola guidelines drafted
  • ● Collaborated with top management on hiring needs and strategies

Amazon

Recruiter

Feb 2014Aug 2014 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • ● Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media etc
  • ● Screen candidates resumes and job applications
  • ● Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and internal selection tools
  • ● Assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, soft skills and experience
  • ● Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process

The walt disney company

Recruiter

Aug 2012Jan 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore

  • ● Write and post technical job descriptions
  • ● Perform pre-screening calls to analyze applicants abilities on technology stack & R&R
  • ● Coordinate with technical team leaders to forecast department goals and hiring needs
  • ● Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates
  • ● Participate in tech conferences and meetups to network with IT professionals
  • ● Compose job offer letters Onboard new hires

Torry harris business solutions

HR Executive - Talent Acquisition

Sep 2008Aug 2012 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • ● Worked for clients from UK, Europe, USA, Australia & India
  • ● Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing needs
  • ● Screening resumes,Performing in-person and phone interviews with candidates Performing reference and background checks
  • ● Coordinating interviews with the hiring managers Following up on the interview process status
  • ● Maintaining relationships with both internal and external clients to ensure staffing goals are achieved

Education

N.M.A.M Institute Of Technology, NITTE

B.E — Electronics & Communication

Jan 2002Jan 2007

Sharada Residential School Manipal, Udupi

P U C — Biology

Jan 2000Jan 2002

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