Jul 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Remote

Jul 2023 – Dec 2023 · 5 mos · Cambridge, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

Jan 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

• Partner with the stakeholders to ensure an efficient and effective hiring process is maintained and business needs are understood clearly.
• Responsible for driving strategic planning and implementation of hiring goals for our Technology groups to identify, engage and hire quality diverse talent globally.
• Managed India sourcing teams to develop TA/sourcing strategies and implementing them.
• Worked closely with executives, senior leadership and HRBP.
• Talent Pipelining and Succession Planning
• Participated in enterprise-wide recruitment and talent management initiatives, including internal mobility, new hire onboarding

Feb 2021 – Jan 2022 · 11 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Remote

• Recruitment Lead: Leading 3 members team, and Leading the successful fulfilment of open vacancies with relevant hiring managers and to be the first point of contact for their hiring needs. Working on 35-40 requisitions at a time. Providing direction to the Recruitment Sourcing Specialists, Talent Assessors and Recruitment Coordinators located in our offshore recruitment delivery centers.
• Talent Advisor: Communicating recruitment trends, market intelligence, and acting as a Talent Advisor to hiring managers for all technology roles. Utilizing specialist market knowledge to assist with the development and on-going management of pre-qualified Talent Pools.
• Mentoring: Providing recruitment guidance and advice to the Recruiters and Recruitment Coordinators. Coaching candidates on how to prepare for selection stages. Providing professional advice and open and honest feedback to candidates in a timely manner and in accordance with recruitment best practices.
• Risk & Compliance: Identifying and escalating risk or compliance issues. Managing requisitions through accurate documentation of all recruitment related data and information as per current recruitment legislation client process.
• Forecasting: Monitoring and analyzing recruitment activity of designated business areas for accurate volume forecasting.
• Achievement: Received some great feedback from Head HR, Business leaders and Head of Equities IT for building strong partnership with business leaders and hiring Managers.
• Key search assignments:
• Head of Digital-IT, Cyber security, Big Data, Technology Lead, Lead Data Mesh Engineer, Technology Service Owner, Senior Dev Ops, Java/J2EE Developer, Production Support Lead, Enterprise Architect, Capital Markets BA.

Apr 2020 – Dec 2020 · 8 mos · Remote

• Independently managing end to end Technology Product Engineering Recruitment for business functions like,
• Mobile Financial Services (Airtel Money), Architecture, Infrastructure, IT operations for Africa Development Center.
• Collaborating and educating IT Engineering Heads/Managers to identify each position’s requirements in detail till its closure and providing positive candidate experience for applicants throughout the recruitment process.
• Managing vendors, sourcing & interacting with professionals on niche platforms, like Github, StackOverflow ETC.
• Expertise in managing the full-life cycle of Product recruiting for all positions (Creating job descriptions, screening, pre-qualify, interview, assess, extend/negotiate offers).
• Developing hiring strategies, branding exercise, various TA related projects and metrics for the various Products- Business Functions.
• Recruiting for skills- Cloud- AWS platforms UI/UX, Angular, Backend, Android, DevOps, Salesforce, Product Engineers/Managers, and Architects.

Jun 2019 – Nov 2019 · 5 mos · Canada · On-site

• Successfully hired 70+ professionals specialized as Quality Engineers, Electrical Design Engineers, System Engineers, Project Managers, and Engineering managers with an acceptance rate of 93.4% and an average fill time of 57 days.
• Hired union employees under SPEEA, IFPTE Local 2001. The Society of Professional Engineering
• Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001
• Successfully hired senior and management level professionals specializing in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Program Management, Customer Insight, Marketing, and Sales.
• Creatively sourced high caliber candidates by using social media networks, internal database, Job boards, and employee referrals and developed a diverse talent pool for critical engineering roles.
• Achievements:
• Managed 50-60 Requisitions- Boeing 777, 737 Max program.

Jan 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

• LiquidHub, a Capgemini Company
• Worked as Sr. Manager-Talent Acquisition for India, Poland, Singapore, US (Offshore support) and Europe, LiquidHub Analytics, Capgemini Group. Collaboratively engaging with HRBP, Comp and Ben, L&D, operations for Talent Management activities. Managed a team of 5 IT recruiters.
• Work closely with the Service Line Heads, BU Heads, and Business Partner in identifying competitive marketplace trends that impact workforce planning, developing proactive recruiting strategies and creating and maintaining a candidate pipeline—particularly in the case of recurring, high volume position openings.
• Hands-on recruitment and Independently handling Senior/Strategic Positions like – Directors, Delivery Managers for IT and Non-IT Roles.

Aug 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · On-site

• Talent Acquisition lead at Avizva, India, Dubai
• Bulk/Niche/Leadership Hiring, Startup Environment, Achieving Operational efficiencies in emerging markets, University Relations, Employer Branding, Social Media. Managed a team of 3 recruiters and sourcing strategist
• Few of my key focus/delivery areas includes providing thought leadership in talent acquisition, Team leading, expert in hands-on recruitment (Director/Sr. Architects/Architects, Sr. Associate/Associates), Planning, managing people, stakeholder management, employee branding, engagement with business leaders, campus hiring, finding innovative solutions to fulfill hiring needs.

Jun 2006 – Aug 2016 · 10 yrs 2 mos

• Hands-on delivery of niche and critical recruitment for most of the software, digital, E-commerce and CMS packages and recruited almost all spheres.
• Screening and sourcing the best talent from diverse sources (Social Media Vendors, Portals, ER, and Networking. Working closely with VPs/Directors/Sr. Managers for leadership hiring to understand their needs & develop numerous strategies on sourcing/referral drives/rewards, salary expectations, aging etc.
• Requisition managing in Taleo (ATS), intake session, standard job description, interview process, approving offers, sharing best practices etc.,
• Successfully handled main accounts like, Loblaw, Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Target BB&B and also monitoring candidate’s submissions in Taleo.
• Responsible in providing potential and high caliber candidates for various clients including major banks, retail and other private and public sector related projects
• Maintaining a constant flow of candidates through the pipeline for high turnover positions or constant re-occurring opportunities.
• Achievements public sector
• Awarded for building Endeca/WCS offshore team for Marks & Spencer, UK.
• Awarded for hiring AEM, WCS, Endeca, Dev Ops Architect and Sr. Architects across locations.
• Awarded Best Recruiter of Q1, Q2 2007, Q1 2008, Q4 2010, 2012, Q2-2014, Q4, 2015.
• Cost effective and Just-in-time Fulfillment of demand.
• AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter 12.0 Global Score: 40/40, September 2015

Aug 2005 – Jun 2006 · 10 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

• Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Aug 2005 – July, 2006
• Officer-IT Recruitments, Agency
• Handling requirements for all levels like, Director of Engineering, Program Manager, and Project Managers,
• Project Lead, Business Analyst, Architect, ERP, etc.