Rony Joe Mathew

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 11 years of recruiting experience.
  • Successfully established Coupang's Bangalore hub.
  • Achieved 75% of Q1 hiring goal in three months.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Recruiting Specialist in the E-commerce sector with a focus on technical talent acquisition.

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Skills

Core Skills

RecruitingTeam ManagementTechnical RecruitingTalent EngagementTalent Data ManagementTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBrand StrategyCandidate AssessmentCandidate ExperienceCoachingCommunicationConflict ResolutionCreative StrategyCustomer-Focused ServiceEmployee EngagementEvent PlanningFull-life Cycle RecruitingGlobal Talent AcquisitionGoogle SuiteHuman Resource Management Systems

About

A Recruiting Manager at Coupang with over 11+ years of experience. I have developed a deep understanding of the intricacies of recruiting top-tier talent and a proven track record of delivering exceptional results. My expertise includes: - Managing a team of 6 to hire the best talent for the organizaiton - Developing and executing effective recruitment strategies to attract top talent. - Conducting comprehensive interviews and assessments to identify the best-fit candidates. - Collaborating closely with hiring managers to ensure a seamless recruitment process. - Leveraging data-driven insights to optimize recruitment efforts and reduce time-to-hire

Experience

Coupang

2 roles

Manager, Recruiting

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Team ManagementVendor ManagementStakeholder ManagementProgram ManagementRecruiting

Senior Technical Recruiter

Dec 2023Jun 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ▪ Spearheaded the establishment of Coupang India's Bangalore hub as Employee #3, responsible for initiating and leading hiring efforts, resulting in the successful formation of multiple teams from scratch.
  • ▪ Demonstrated versatility by recruiting talent across diverse teams, including software engineers, product managers, security engineers, data analysts, system engineers, infrastructure engineers, and PMO - IT planning, showcasing adaptability and understanding of various skill sets and across various levels, from Junior all the way to Senior Leadership positions.
  • ▪ Exhibited proficiency in talent acquisition by successfully recruiting candidates spanning from junior-level to director-level positions across all aforementioned roles, highlighting a comprehensive understanding of organizational needs and requirements.
  • ▪ Achieved significant milestones by swiftly hiring 25 candidates within the first three months, surpassing 75% of the Q1 hiring goal, showcasing strong efficiency and goal-oriented approach.
  • ▪ Led and managed a team of RPO recruitment members, conducted weekly stand-up meetings to monitor sourcing progress, candidate pipeline, and conversion ratios, ensuring operational execution, excellence, team cohesion and accountability.
  • ▪ ‬Fostered effective communication and collaboration by conducting weekly updates‬ with senior stakeholders, proactively addressing hiring‬‭ bottlenecks, providing innovative solutions to enhance the hiring process,‬ ensuring alignment with organizational objectives across businesses.
  • ▪‬‭ Implemented strategic initiatives such as hiring events and brainstorming‬ sessions with the team to optimize recruitment processes and achieve hiring‬ targets, demonstrating proactive leadership and problem-solving abilities.‬
  • ▪ Program managing the Contractor hiring for different businesses, beginning with‬‭ vendor empanelment all the way to ensuring selected contractors are on-boarded‬ on time and the PO is fulfilled by the business.‬
Brand StrategyTechnical RecruitingOperational ExecutionStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementCreative Strategy+5

Google

2 roles

Talent Engagement Specialist (Short Term Assignment)

Dec 2022Feb 2023 · 2 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • ▪ Worked along with the team to create and execute the “Pathway to Google” event, resulting in 61
  • attendees of which 75% were of representation.
  • ▪ Attended a 2 day team sprint to plan the 2023 roadmap for the Talent Engagement team,
  • providing insights from recruitment perspective to drive collaboration for successful programs.
  • ▪ Created a plan for a video and photo shoot to showcase Google India; worked along with
  • external vendors on the execution of the shoot.
Brand StrategyCustomer-Focused ServiceProblem SolvingCandidate ExperiencePresentationsSocial Media+2

Technical Recruiter

Jan 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • ▪ Identified, recruited and assessed 500+ technical job applicants against specific criteria, resulting
  • in placement of 28 Software Engineering professionals
  • ▪ Negotiated contracts with candidates and successfully on-boarded and placed resources within
  • different teams.
  • ▪ Participated in sourcing jams and generated 360+ leads from Q2’22 onwards with diversity as the
  • primary focus
  • ▪ Worked with the stakeholders i.e. the Hiring Managers to gather requirements to hire, understand
  • the job role, provided stats on current market insights and updated weekly on the hiring status.
  • ▪ Coached and trained new vendor team in hiring junior level engineers, keeping Google TA hiring standards and fostering continuous improvement.
  • ▪ Part of the Domain Hiring project team conducting research and preparing Software Engineering domain specific talent pool data
  • ▪ Focal for Core Data hiring deliverables and collaborated with the extended team to bring closures
  • for all roles aligned for various HMs across multiple teams.
  • ▪ Worked on the 1st Recruitment team offsite, which involved planning and execution. Worked to
  • bring the team together for a day of fun and getting to know each other.
Brand StrategyOperational ExecutionStakeholder ManagementCustomer-Focused ServiceCreative StrategyProblem Solving+9

Twilio inc.

Senior Technical Talent Researcher, R&D

Oct 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • ▪ Scouted (DEI focused) and hired candidates for several roles, at all levels, through market talent research and sourcing.
  • ▪ Worked on building teams from scratch with core engineering roles such as Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Engineering Managers among many others
  • ▪ Provided regular updates to different stakeholders such as Hiring Managers and Business Leaders on the Hiring plan; identified and provided solutions to challenges faced during hiring.
  • ▪ Integrated diversity & inclusion best practices throughout the recruitment process and have achieved almost over 80% DEI Hiring goal from quarter to quarter.
  • ▪ Identified, engaged and attracted talent across multiple geographical locations in APAC AND EMEA
  • ▪ Utilised a variety of sourcing channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, Eightfold, Stack Overflow, among others) to hire passive talent.
  • ▪ Conducted Hiring Events and Batch Days to close high priority and large volume roles across Business Units.
  • ▪ Created recruitment strategies from data generated on quality market insight, talent pool and competitor analysis.
  • ▪ Worked on various projects aligned towards Candidate Experience, Recruiting Event and also identified challenges in the recruitment process and provided solutions for the same.
  • ▪ Managed the talent pool and candidate information on Greenhouse Recruiting (ATS).
Brand StrategyStakeholder ManagementCustomer-Focused ServiceCreative StrategyProblem SolvingCandidate Experience+6

Hudson's bay company

Talent Researcher

Jan 2019Jul 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • ▪ Sourced and screened candidates for various Technical and Non-Technical roles; Executive and Lateral hiring in United States and Canada
  • ▪ Created Boolean Search strings to source from various social media tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Job boards and applicant tracking system
  • ▪ Posted job openings on LinkedIn; reviewed and shortlisted job applicants
  • ▪ Contacted shortlisted candidates to gauge interest and skills required for the role; knowledge of full life cycle recruitment process
  • ▪ Communicated relevant candidate-specific information to interviewers
  • ▪ Utilized ATS system (Taleo) to maintain accurate data and to track applicant status
  • ▪ Developed and implemented diverse recruitment strategies to improve efficiency and streamline processes in partnership with Recruiters and Hiring Managers (HM); reduced the TAT to interview from 3 days to 1 day
  • ▪ Conducted market research, talent landscaping using LinkedIn Insights; maintained market intelligence on the hiring landscape
  • ▪ Managed pipelines (active and passive) of talent pool for various roles sourced from LinkedIn utilizing data from market research
  • ▪ Delivered timely management reports and recruitment challenges with solutions to hire high caliber candidates for the organization
Customer-Focused ServiceCreative StrategyProblem SolvingCandidate ExperienceHuman Resources (HR)Presentations+4

Google

2 roles

Subject Matter Expert – Talent Data Management (Deployed by Cognizant)

Jun 2018Jan 2019 · 7 mos

  • ▪ Maintained the team’s efficiency above 95% and boosted the error free rate from 80% to 98% by implementing job related trainings
  • ▪ Conducted initial screening and interviews of candidates for various internal job openings
  • ▪ On-boarded and directed trainings for new hires within 2 weeks of joining the organization; drove performance management every quarter
  • ▪ Maintained close working relationship with the client, understanding the requirements and reporting details as required
  • ▪ Organized employee engagement programs such as team lunch, in-door activities to boost morale every month and drove performance management every quarter
  • ▪ Offered specific training programs to help the team maintain or improve job skills
Operational ExecutionStakeholder ManagementCustomer-Focused ServiceVendor ManagementCreative StrategyProblem Solving+6

Channels Specialist - Talent Acquisition (Deployed by Cognizant)

Aug 2015Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • ▪ Sourced and screened candidates for various technical roles using LinkedIn Recruiter
  • ▪ Conducted initial screening and interviews of candidates for various internal job openings; knowledge of end to end recruitment processes
  • ▪ Managed auditing of leads sourced by the team (18 team members) to provide high caliber candidates to the client
  • ▪ Engaged with client hiring manager/recruiter to understand hiring needs and requirements, communicated the job task to the team, conducted sourcing jams and closed projects within the allocated time frame
  • ▪ Created project reports on a weekly and quarterly basis with strategies to improve sourcing methodologies
  • ▪ Sourced and screened resumes for technical roles such as Software Engineers (SWE), Site Reliability Engineers (SRE), Software Engineers in Test (SETI), among many others
  • ▪ Collaborated with recruiters in the U.S. by generating a pipeline of best engineering talents globally using various sourcing channels such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Internal Database
  • ▪ Contributed in bringing change to the normal process of identifying candidates; part of the pilot 2 member team
  • ▪ Delivered quality data and project related information to the Project Manager and Team Leads
Operational ExecutionStakeholder ManagementCustomer-Focused ServiceVendor ManagementCreative StrategyProblem Solving+6

Johnson & wales university

Residence Hall Director

Sep 2014Feb 2015 · 5 mos · Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

  • ▪ Supervised and trained 12 student staff members
  • ▪ Developed, evaluated and assessed student engagement programs and activities at the end of each term/year
  • ▪ Managed and allocated budget for two residence halls; handled POs to procure services/consumables.
  • ▪ Communicated with internal and external audiences on daily operation and facilities management
  • ▪ Emergency On-call responder for University emergencies and residential students of nearly 10,000 students on multiple campuses
  • ▪ Interviewed various candidates for full-time and part-time roles for the Residential Life Department
  • ▪ Executed the daily task of completing all paperwork efficiently and promptly submitted to the Residence Life Office
Operational ExecutionCustomer-Focused ServiceVendor ManagementCreative StrategyProblem SolvingCandidate Experience+4

Education

Johnson & Wales University

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — Business Administration and Management

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

B.tech — Biotechnology

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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