Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

May 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 10 mos

• Leading the Early in Career hiring delivery for Microsoft for Asia with a significant YOY increase in demand. Successfully landed large volumes of interns and full-time hires across Geographies through innovative reach outs, engagements and top of mind recalls for effective conversions and candidate value propositions.
• Accountable for strategy, innovation and execution of EIC while working on building a high performing team and setting up hiring plans at scale (in India) and niche start-markets in APAC/ANZ while cultivating partnerships across HR Leaders, Area Vice Presidents and GMs to collectively inspire students across the planet
• Strengthened and refreshed the Intern Program and appended it with the launch of programs for early interns, apprenticeships, return ships from both traditional and non-traditional sources to not only significantly contribute to the full time EIC hiring but also enhance our brand presence and recall immensely
• Significantly worked on engagement with the student and academic community with the inception of a unique engagement program thus bringing together multiple touch points of engagements with the talent pool and intentionally influencing them towards effectively desired outcomes
• Launched the Accessibility Summit, site lead for Accessibility and recognized for creating inclusive hiring environment across the geography to have a significant impact on hiring numbers

May 2011 – May 2017 · 6 yrs

• Define and drive the Talent Acquisition strategy for all hiring activity across the area of responsibility, including executive hiring
• Drive operational excellence within the team
• Drive strong executive recruitment efforts through solid account management, executive recruitment process adoption and, manage key search partner relationships
• Focus on quality of hire: Drive use of interview competencies and talent mapping exercises to hire best talent for all positions, including executive hiring across the area of responsibility
• Strategic understanding, planning, and coaching for the hiring manager on scoping the hiring demand
• Drive college hiring execution plan, including university relationship, local market positioning, and collaboration for One approach
• Manage all team members, including commitment setting and performance management of the extended team members
• Prepare reports for Quarterly Business Reviews for deep dive on Staffing performance
• Ensure monitoring of Staffing vendors' performance against KPIs on a monthly basis
• Develop and implement own sourcing strategies and hiring plans for specific positions
• Build strong business knowledge and integrate into sourcing talent attraction strategies
• Create and present offer recommendations to Hiring Managers, extend offers, and manage offer negotiations to all internal and external candidates
• Consistently achieve team KPIs, including productivity, quality-of-hire, and cost-per-hire metrics
• Partner effectively with Human Resources (HR) partners to manage client relationships and to prioritize hiring needs and reqs
• Understand local legal situation with regard to contracts, visa/work permits, discrimination laws
• Collaborate effectively with internal partners, such as Compensation and Benefits, College Recruiting, Central Sourcing, Diversity, Staffing Marketing, and other organizations and peers as appropriate to ensure a high quality experience for hiring managers and candidates