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Preethika Venugopal

Head of Talent

Hyderabad, Telangana, India18 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 15 years of experience in talent acquisition.
  • Led diverse hiring initiatives at D. E. Shaw India.
  • Expert in recruitment strategy and organizational development.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in Human Resources and Organizational Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment StrategyCampus RecruitmentDiversity Hiring

Other Skills

Technical RecruitingUniversity RelationsProject ManagementTeam ManagementStakeholder EngagementLeadershipStrategyAnalytical SkillsHiring TrendsCoachingSourcingManagementHuman ResourcesRecruitingTalent Management

About

A seasoned leader with over 15 years of experience specializing in recruiting, human resources and organizational development. At D. E. Shaw India, I led teams to oversee lateral hiring and university recruitment, ensuring the acquisition of top-tier talent. My work has supported strategic hiring initiatives, focusing on diversity, inclusion, and fostering relationships with key stakeholders within the organization. I also played an integral role in conceptualizing and implementing the International Human Capital Operations and Projects team (IHOP), ensuring seamless operations across global offices. My expertise lies in team management, recruitment strategy, and creating hiring roadmaps to meet organizational goals. I am driven by a commitment to building diverse and high-performing teams that align with business objectives.

Experience

Career break

Full-time parenting

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

D. e. shaw india private limited

5 roles

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jan 2018Mar 2023 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • In my role, I spearheaded the recruitment efforts for all Technical Teams across India managing 20 professionals. I also led the International Human Capital Operations and Projects team, which was pivotal in enhancing global recruitment strategies. My focus was on optimizing talent acquisition processes and ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals.
Technical RecruitingUniversity RelationsProject ManagementTeam ManagementStakeholder EngagementLeadership+3

Manager

Jul 2014Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Head, Technical Campus Recruitment:
  • Led a 5 member team to design and execute the Technical Campus Recruitment strategy to hire top talent from the best engineering schools in the country.
  • Technical Lateral Hiring – India:
  • Responsible for coming up with the Hiring Forecast and creating the Roadmap to meet the hiring targets.
  • Responsible for end-to-end recruitment, from identifying the candidates, processing their profiles to
  • preparing their hiring packages for the Hyderabad office.
  • Responsible for ensuring we are a diverse and inclusive employer.
  • Collaborated with key business leaders and Human Capital partners to understand and help determine short and long term talent acquisition needs to meet business objectives.
  • Maintained data and performance metrics which is used to communicate to business on a regular basis.
  • Established non-traditional ways of hiring to attract passive candidates.
  • Head the teams that facilitate hiring the best talent from the top schools in the US through campus efforts.
  • I successfully led initiatives to attract top talent through innovative recruitment strategies.
  • Directed a team to enhance campus recruitment efforts at leading engineering schools in India and the US.
  • Maintained performance metrics to communicate hiring progress and align with business goals.
  • Established non-traditional hiring methods to engage passive candidates effectively.
StrategyAnalytical SkillsHiring TrendsCoachingSourcingCampus Recruitment+1

Senior Specialist

Promoted

Jul 2011Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Handled recruitment portfolios for various business units (Non-Technical and Technical) across the
  • organization, while staying on top of hiring trends and innovating to attract top talent.
  • Campus Hiring India:
  • Develop and maintain long term relationships with key contacts to enhance presence at target schools.
  • Conduct detailed analysis on campus recruitment (Offer Analysis & Process Evaluation).
  • Conduct detailed compensation benchmarking of competitor firms to facilitate compensation strategy for the upcoming season.
  • Strengthen university-firm relations by conceptualizing and executing engagement activities through
  • sponsorships, trainings, branding and other such events.
  • Business Partner Experience:
  • During my role as a Business partner, I worked with Unit leaders to understand the business environment and to determine, develop and execute innovative solutions to address work priorities. My primary focus areas were Employee Benefits, Welfare, Employee Engagement, HC Metrics & Reporting and Training.
  • Head, Human Capital Operations New York:
  • Managed the Human Capital functions like Background Checks, Database Management, New Hire On-Boarding and other Benefits related processes.
  • Was part of the Core team for identifying, planning, executing a new Applicant Tracking System (ATS - ICIMS).

Specialist

Promoted

Jul 2009Jun 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Involved in end-to-end lateral recruitment for various business units [Technical & Non-Technical].
  • Facilitated hiring for Technical positions for the New York office.
  • Worked with the New York recruitment team on building a new system of screening Technical applicants quantitatively.
  • Contributed to the smooth transitioning of several miscellaneous tasks from New York to Hyderabad and developed efficient work flows for these processes.

Associate

Jun 2007Jun 2009 · 2 yrs

Education

St. Francis College For Women

Bachelors of Commerce — Professionals (Specialisation in Marketing)

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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