Sep 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Managed the complete recruitment lifecycle for early career talent across India driving demand planning, strategy, campus engagement and execution for interns, new college grads and apprentice hiring
• Served as the Recruiting Business Partner for IT, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales & Marketing, Finance business functions managing a demand volume of 500+ per year across Spring, Summer and Fall cohorts
• Acted as the Campus Manager for 40+ universities of all tiers and collaborated with IITs, NITs, BITS, IIMs to ensure continuous engagement, strategic partnership, successful slot negotiation and hiring
• Program managed the onboarding of 1200+ new hires each year by partnering with the IT, Payroll, L&D teams
• Designed and launched the Apprenticeship Program compliant with the Govt. of India guidelines
• Planned and executed the Cisco Sales Associates Program to hire MBA grads into high-impact Sales roles
• Spearheaded diversity initiatives such as 'Women in Technology' to support inclusive hiring outcomes
• Orchestrated and delivered a virtual Pre-Placement Talk reaching 77000+ students from 150+ colleges
• Managed the assessment strategy development and roll-out of interviewer training for campus hiring
• Led the implementation of Assessment Centers in Australia and China as a track lead for org transformation
• Implemented the Campus Ambassador and Early Career Buddy Program with Emerging Talent at Cisco group
• Contributed to the planning and execution of the flagship initiatives - Cisco Ideathon and Discover Cisco
• Led and coached various team members including recruiters, coordinators & specialists
• Introduced agile practices in the team and acted as a scrum master resulting in increased productivity
• Prepared and submitted the early talent management report for 'World's Great Places to Work-2021'
• Improved data management & reporting practices to generate actionable recruiting insights and dashboards

Oct 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Accountable for end to end recruitment lifecycle, reporting to Head of UR for Asia, Japan & China
• Responsible for Strategy Planning and execution to meet the business demand for early career talent
• Business Partner for IT, Supply Chain, Global Procurement Service, Sales and Marketing
• Campus Manager for various universities (all tiers) including IITs, NITs, BITS, IIMs & other colleges
• Designed the Apprenticeship Program from scratch and executed as per Govt. of India guidelines
• Planned and conducted recruitments for Spring, Summer and Fall Interns, Apprentices, New Grads
• Designed and implemented various inclusion and diversity initiatives such as 'Women in Technology'
• Successfully onboarded more than 1200 new hires each year with overall program management
• Implemented agile practices into day to day processes with increased productivity for the team
• Planned & Executed the Cisco Sales Associates Program, a unique hiring program for MBA grads
• Planned and executed virtual Pre Placement Talk for 77000+ students from 150+ colleges
• Partnered with IT, Payroll, Learning & Development, Global Staffing for recruitments & onboarding
• Project-managed development of Assessment Strategy and Question Bank for New Hires
• Offered High Touch support as a Talent Connector for candidates affected by restructuring
• Prepared and submitted talent management report for the 'World's Great Places to Work-2021'
• Implemented Interviewer Training to ensure consistent and best hiring practices
• Implemented Assessment Centers in Asia, Australia & China as a Track Lead for Transformation
• Implemented the Campus Ambassador & Early Career Buddy Program as a partner to ECN
• Handled data management, analysis & reporting along with insights and immediate action plans
• Led/Assisted projects for new practices such as Video-based JDs, Chatbots, Ideathon

Nov 2018 – Oct 2019 · 11 mos

• Successfully delivered 2 features with management of the guild and processes
• Coached 8 Scrum Teams and Scrum Masters to ensure that the best agile practices
• Facilitated decommissioning of an existing tool & smooth transition into a specific Conflict Analyzer
• Delivered Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) trainings to employees at Cisco as a stretch assignment

Jan 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Worked for the Enterprise Release Management Organization in Cisco IT
• As the Transition Lead for Cisco Commerce, program managed 3 company-wide releases by aligning cross-functional stakeholders; managing the delivery timelines, scope and dependencies
• Facilitated compliance, release governance and change management by managing readiness activities including release calendar management, release documentation and communication strategy
• Managed the decommissioning & transition of the Conflict Analysis tool and process
• Developed a ChatBot for digitization and automation of Enterprise Release Processes

Mar 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

Jun 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• Interned under Siemens Student Program gaining corporate exposure during undergraduation
• Developed a portal, eQuiz using C# to capture the pulse of the employees on a weekly basis Created a
• Windows Application for Database Migration (SQL) and successfully launched it
• Developed a Test Automation Protocol Analyser Tool using VBA

Sep 2015 – Sep 2015 · 0 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Interned in the People Functions Team
• Designed the marketing strategy for for the product, XamCheck
• Was a part of a live project which culminated as a National Level Education Hackathon

Jun 2015 – Jul 2015 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Interned in the Customer Experience team
• Responsible for ensuring right and timely responses to customers
• Accountable for content writing on social platforms including Quora

Apr 2013 – May 2013 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Interned at Number Nagar, a Math Activity Center by BrainStars
• Was responsible for client engagement and content development