Sep 2022 – Sep 2025 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• I led multiple product teams, including architecture and networking, UX, safety and mobility, ADAS, and vehicle dynamics. My role involved providing strong leadership, identifying specialized expertise, and implementing efficient staffing strategies to find the best candidates and create a diverse talent pool.
• Our focus is on seamless connectivity and high-performance electronics in vehicles. We provide the core elements of an innovative server- and software-based vehicle architecture, known as the "electronic backbone." This includes scalable computing power, fast and secure communication inside and outside the vehicle, and efficient data management.

Aug 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• In charge of recruiting delivery activities for multiple business divisions.
• Proactive demand forecasting allows for a 360-degree approach to recruiting strategy.
• Creating a predictive fulfillment plan and coaching teams through its execution.
• Creating a unified strategy through forming strategic vendor alliances and partnering with global business leaders.
• Providing analytical dashboards for performance and progress insights.
• Leading the TAG Analytics team in the development of a cutting-edge Applicant Tracking System based on Artificial Intelligence.
• Reviewing and redefining new recruiting tactics to minimize hiring time and cost, with a greater emphasis on technology-led procedures.

Nov 2017 – Aug 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Led the Talent Acquisition and advisory portfolio for Engineering and Product BU’s for INDIA to help identify niche talent to transform KPIT ‘s core engineering and product and Platform portfolio.
• Organized Talent Acquisition and advisory portfolio partnering with Engineering and Product Leaders to scale KPIT’s cloud offering, PaaS and SaaS portfolio against the likes of AWS and GCP to tackle the internet scale
• NEW AGE SYSTEMS & TOOLS: Evaluated different assessment tools like Hacker Earth, Rank, Mettl, and PLAYGROUND (Was part of the core team to set-up PLAYGROUND), etc. and co-created right assessment strategy to screen candidates.
• CAMPUS & INTERN HIRING: Strategized, implemented and executed campus hiring strategy to hire top talent from top 20 engineering colleges in India, including IITs, IIMs, XLRI, BITS and NITs. Hosted virtual hackathon across top engineering colleges to get mindshare of the students
• STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Implemented queue-based priority hiring to channelize the efforts to fill the highest priority projects. Meet all the Directors regularly to review the funnel and make mutual decisions to increase top and bottom line of the funnel.
• Actively involved in IOT hiring’s, Software Development Engineers, Technical Program Managers, Software Development Managers, Quality Assurance Manager’s and Engineer., Software Development Engineer in Test, Product Manager, Data Engineer, Data Scientist and Support Engineers

Aug 2014 – Oct 2017 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

• Responsible for the end-to-end recruiting processes in (one or more) business groups, as well as establishing strong connections with the company and gaining a thorough grasp of business requirements.
• Manage the whole recruiting life cycle in order to obtain the finest talent from various sources of manpower requirements via internal databases, job portals, job postings, job advertising, social networking, and employee referrals.
• Rethinking and redefining the recruitment approach in order to increase the standard for Engineering hiring at all levels.
• Identification, training, and calibration of a technical panel to make sound hiring decisions.
• Developed an outbound and inbound hiring strategy.
• Developed programs to enhance the applicant and hiring manager experience.
• Created a pre- and post-offer engagement procedure.
• Worked extensively on Open Source (Google-through SEO Methodology), Social Hiring (Facebook, X-ray search: LinkedIn, SlideShare, GitHub, StackOverflow, Belong. co,), with limited access to Job Boards (Naukri, Monster).

Jun 2010 – Jul 2014 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• As a senior technical recruiter, I was responsible for all elements of recruiting, hiring, and client interactions.
• Shortlisting resumes based on communication abilities, technical skills, experience based on client requirements, and relocation preferences. Understanding technological specifications and locating qualified people for their manpower posts
• Interaction with client resource managers on a regular basis for new needs, interview coordination, and feedback.
• Resource creation via database search, headhunting, references, job sites such as Naukri Monster, Hot Jobs, and others, as well as social networking sites like as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook for locating active and passive prospects.
• Negotiate employment offers with candidates and convey all components of the offer, such as compensation, benefits, bonuses, and relocation, among other things.
• Coordinate technical interviews for short-listed profiles with account managers.
• Coordination with customers to schedule interviews for short-listed candidates and follow up till they join the client.