Ankur Agrawal

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led engineering hiring for Adobe's Creative Cloud products.
Implemented AI/GenAI hiring initiatives at Adobe India.
Built and nurtured talent acquisition teams across multiple sectors.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Talent Acquisition Leader with extensive experience in engineering and diversity hiring.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTeam Leadership

Other Skills

Benefits NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentCRMConsultingContract RecruitmentCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data AnalysisDiversity and InclusionEmployee EngagementEmployer brandingEnterprise SoftwareExecutive SearchHR ConsultingHuman ResourcesIT Recruitment

About

- Leading Engineering hiring for Creative Cloud Products & Platforms Teams for India - Leading Strategy and Execution for GenAI hiring pillar for Adobe India, including for Researchers and Applied Scientists

Experience

20 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

6 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Adobe

3 roles

Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Leading Engineering hiring for
Creative Product Group ( Includes Products like Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign & Creative
Cloud AI Research Labs)
Express Product Group, includes Adobe Express
Digital Media Platform ( Includes Firefly - GenAI Platform, Cloud Platform and Business Platform)
Adobe Research
Other Horizontal teams Like Digital Audio Video, Search, Sensei, Cloud Security, Localization and
Developer Platforms among others
Adobe India Readiness Initiative for AI/GenAI Hiring
DE&I charter for Adobe India
Engineering Talent Communities charter for Adobe India, including Machine Learning skill sets

Talent acquisitionTeam LeadershipStakeholder ManagementData AnalysisStrategyExecutive Search+26

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Feb 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

- Leading Engineering hiring for Creative Cloud Products & Digital Media Platforms Teams for India

Talent acquisitionTeam LeadershipStakeholder Management

Senior Talent Partner - Tech Talent Acquisition - Cloud Platform

Apr 2019 – Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Hiring Techies for Cloud Platform Team
Stakeholder Engagement, staying proactive
Complete Ownership of recruiting for 2 Business Units, with an Engineering Strenght of around 1500.
Mentoring a team of 4 people. Answerable for performance
Research/Analytics driven sourcing methodologies
Connecting and building relationships with top talent
Create Data based sourcing plans, Drive, Execute, Analyze, Re-Engineer, Repeat
Ensuring a healthy mix of Direct hires ( Personal Connects/Social Media) /Employee References /Internal Movements / Agencies
Leadership hiring
Key focus on Diversity and Inclusion
Storytelling methodologies
Cloud Technology Team:
Join us on the cutting edge of SaaS delivery, where you’ll help bring together big data, analytics, cloud management, and digital content in a unified cloud platform that’s unlike anything else in the market. Deliver site reliability on a hybrid team of software engineers and operations specialists. Help ensure security and scalability. Reimagine the Adobe customer experience from content creation to management to optimized delivery. Whatever path you choose, you’ll work in a collaborative environment where the code is open, sharing is encouraged, and innovation happens 24/7.

Stakeholder EngagementResearch/Analytics driven sourcing methodologiesLeadership hiringDiversity and InclusionTalent acquisition

Peoplelogic business solutions pvt ltd

Co-founder / Leader- Talent Acquisition

Jan 2008 – Mar 2019 · 11 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

Managed dedicated Talent Acquisition Teams for IT Products ( Enterprise, eCommerce/Digital, Start-ups), IT Services (Large /Mid) and Non IT ( FMCG, Start-ups, eCommerce) supporting clients PAN India and for Global hiring
Hands-on recruiter (IC) for Tech/Non Tech roles across levels
Executive Search / Leadership hiring (IC) for Tech and Non Tech roles
Built ground up, nurtured and grew Talent Acquisition teams, Firm believer of 'Freedom with Accountability'
Built and led teams for Tech and Non Tech Recruitment across multiple locations
Extensively worked with Founders / C Level Executives / Stakeholders
Process Re-engineering and employer branding
"Storytelling" methods to recruiting/sales/team building

Talent acquisitionExecutive SearchProcess Re-engineeringEmployer branding

Elitmus evaluation pvt ltd

2 roles

Product Management/Consultant

Jun 2007 – Dec 2007 · 6 mos

Part of Product Management group of eLitmus which derive the company's future plans to make it best seller on the web.Market Research, ability to read people and "Out of the Box thinking" are the key attributes of this position.

Market ResearchOut of the Box thinking

Consultant

Dec 2005 – Jun 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

Part of Browse Consulting Search Team ( A sister concern of eLitmus)
Strategic Consulting, including business plan, Technical recruitment, wide hands on experience recruiting for varied technologies/domains. Across Levels. Sound Technology understanding. Executive Search.

Strategic ConsultingTechnical recruitment