Jul 2022 – Mar 2023 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Strategized and Amplified business growth across geographies and industry verticals by leading recruitment planning, external hiring, global sourcing and focused, large-scale resource ramp-ups
• Led multi-location hiring teams powered by automated processes and robust policies
• Built the hiring strategy for the Business Units (Engineering, Customer Success, Customer support, Product Management)
• Coached managers and hiring team by sharing market insights and helped in their decision making and hiring
• Managed a team of Lead and Senior Recruiters
• Built a structured approach for the interviews and offer negotiations
• Improved Time to Fill, offer acceptance to 75 + % and a 90 % Stakeholders NPS

Jan 2020 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore · On-site

• Head of the TA Team in India and built the talent attracting strategy from scratch
• Transformed the recruitment function by revamping the processes for selection, offers, vendor empanelment, etc., and focusing on operational efficiency
• Built market intelligence, competitor mapping which helped in building sourcing strategies
• Partnered with Engineering Leaders, Hiring Managers and HR Leaders to bring in collaborative hiring mindset
• Responsible for Engineering, Support, IT and Product Management Hiring for India & Philippines
• Responsible for Product management Hiring and Leadership Hiring ( Hands on Hiring )
• Experienced in collaborating with marketing team for employer brand building

Mar 2015 – Nov 2019 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

• Directed the recruiting function for in India and Sri Lanka
• Functioned as APAC Lead to work on Global recruitment Projects (automated the recruitment systems, Employee Referral Program, TA related policies and guidelines, etc.)
• Built new tech teams from Scratch ( Big data, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer vision etc)
• Brought down cost per Hire by 40 % by concentrating on direct hiring channels
• Partnered closely with HRBPs and Comp and Benefits Team to provide market insights while building new skills in the country and plan the strategies of Hiring along with the Hiring Managers and Budget owners
• Streamlined Hiring activities in Sri Lanka Market

Sep 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

• Supervised the entire recruitment life cycle of wireless division ( R & D Division )
• Built the sourcing strategies and created a solid pipeline of qualified candidates
• Executed weekly meetings, reporting/MIS with the business leader across locations

Sep 2009 – Sep 2013 · 4 yrs · Bangalore · On-site

• Reshaped the entire recruiting life cycle, defined interview process and negotiating strategies along with business leaders, facilitated on-boarding, inputs to L&D Team on training required to offered candidates post joining, etc.
• Partnered closely with HR Business Partners, Finance and Compensation to ensure headcount, budgets and hiring activity was current all the time
• Worked with Hiring Managers to support their annual hiring headcount and plan the strategy for hiring
• Monitored Internal and External Audit (Recruitment) and steered Campus Engagement Activities
• Drove exit interviews and supported the management in planning retention strategies and hiring plan based on exit interview feedback

Jun 2008 – May 2009 · 11 mos · Bangalore

• Handling End to End Recruitment

Jul 2005 – May 2008 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Gathering requirements from the client
• Sourcing profiles from various modes like Job portals, existing database and references and Head Hunting
• Scheduling the candidates ,follow up on the candidates and the client.
• Follow-up on offers made to ensure acceptance and joining.
• Domains worked : Networking, Telecom, Embedded, Financial Application domain etc..,
• Experience in handling walk-Ins at Client Location