Tanuja Upadhyay Gairola

Head of Talent

San Francisco, California, United States32 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years in global talent acquisition leadership.
  • Expert in building best-in-class talent acquisition teams.
  • Proven track record in diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in global workforce management and strategic recruitment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTalent Management

Other Skills

Acquisition StrategiesAnalyticsApplicant Tracking SystemBenefits NegotiationBrandingBusiness AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceCRMCSR ActivitiesCampus Hiring ProgramCompensation BenchmarkingConsultingContingent Workforce PlanningCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Global Recruitment Policy

About

A Strategic and Innovative Technical Talent Acquisition executive with 20 plus years’ experience in leading global teams across diverse business lines. My focus has been on leading global organizations with talent acquisition strategies, contingent workforce planning and leadership development. Thought leader in developing strategies that lead to enhanced candidate experience, building talent pipeline, developing alternate sourcing avenues, talent and employer branding, analytics, diversity and inclusion by building best-in-class talent acquisition teams that focus on delivering the best talent there is.

Experience

Clearwater analytics

Head of Talent Acquisition

Mar 2019Present · 7 yrs · Boise, Idaho Area · Hybrid

Aricent

Vice President Talent, Americas, Europe and APAC

Aug 2017Sep 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Leading Global Talent Acquisition strategies for Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Resource Management.
  • Restructured and rebuilt the Talent Acquisition team for optimal growth and results.
  • Formulated and implemented recruitment policies and processes for governing global hiring. Reduced cost and time to hire significantly
  • Talent Marketing and Branding across social media and networking initiatives to encourage a diverse and differentiated workforce.
  • Collaborated with HR in bench-marking compensation across North America and Europe.
  • Established an University intern program for the first time in US and Europe with the first batch successfully completing their internship in 2018
  • Immigration and Global mobility: SME in global immigration laws which affect workforce mobility
  • Successfully rolled out the implementation of an Applicant Tracking System (Success Factors) across North America and Europe
  • Contingent Workforce Planning: Streamlined and rationalized Vendor spend and management.
  • Developed analytics and reporting dashboards for the function to continually monitor and improve performance.
  • Managed local CSR activities and launched a “Season of giving” for the first time in North America.
Talent AcquisitionTalent ManagementResource ManagementRecruitment PoliciesTalent MarketingBranding+7

Genpact

Vice President, Talent Acquition North America and UK

Mar 2012Apr 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • High impact Talent Management and Acquisition professional leading a diverse global team overseeing High-Tech, Retail, Healthcare and Mortgage verticals.
  • Closely partnered with leadership in bringing diversity and innovation in hiring strategies.
  • Lead Contingent workforce planning initiatives which included negotiating and establishing service partnerships to significantly reduce cost of hiring.
  • Established a shared services recruitment model , rationalized policies and processes for effective and compliant Talent acquisition across the board.
  • Lead the successful implementation and adoption of an Applicant Tracking System globally.
  • Set direction and strategy for effective Talent Marketing across social media and networking sites.
  • Established a robust campus hiring program across practices and geographies.
Talent ManagementAcquisition StrategiesContingent Workforce PlanningRecruitment ModelTalent MarketingCampus Hiring Program+1

Genpact headstrong capital markets

Director Global Talent Acquisition

Jan 2006Mar 2012 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Sunnyvale

  • Responsible for consolidating a globally dispersed recruitment function into a centralized organization, including re-engineering of the global recruiting vendor business model.
  • My organization was responsible for recruiting and on-boarding across US/CAN, Europe, Emerging Markets, APAC and Japan).
  • One of my Key responsibilities was to develop a globally consistent recruitment policy & process framework including implementing hiring processes, guidelines, tools, metrics and reporting practices.
  • Developed strategies to increase sourcing pipeline, alternate sourcing strategies and referral programs that resulted in a significant decrease in cost per hire and time to hire
  • Lead the development of an in-house Applicant Tracking and Resource Management System
Recruitment Function ConsolidationGlobal Recruitment PolicySourcing StrategiesApplicant Tracking SystemTalent Acquisition

Techspan inc./headstrong

Senior Resource Manager

Oct 1999Jan 2006 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Sunnyvale

  • I joined Techspan at its inception in 1999 and was responsible for building and supporting the Professional Services organization. This included the creation and setting up of a strong Resource Management and Staffing organization to support Headstrong’ s global resources, Partners, and Customers.

Datamatics

Senior Manager Resource Management

Jan 1995Jan 1997 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

Hpcl

Sr Software Engineer

Jun 1989Jun 1995 · 6 yrs

Education

BIT Mesra Student-Industry Relations Cell

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 1986Jan 1988

Lady Irwin College

Bachelor’s Degree — Textile Science and Design

Jan 1983Jan 1986

Kendriya Vidyalaya

high school

Jan 1981Jan 1983

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