Jul 2017 – Nov 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Hired Directors- PM, Sr Directors -PM, Technical Product Managers, UI/UX, Data Scientists, Machine Learning, iOS, Android developers
• Responsible for leading the Product evergreen initiative focused on hiring 50+ open product roles, achieving an increase of 150 % number of hires.
• Led the development of an enterprise-wide competency framework (playbook) reflecting the development needs that support strategic business goals and company values
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process to ensure we meet their hiring needs and goals
• Lead relationship & manage flow of communication with senior leaders within functional groups to champion hyper-efficient, extraordinary candidate and hiring manager experience
• Ensure a great candidate experience by keeping candidates continually informed with quality communications throughout the hiring process.
• Drive offer process - including extending offers, negotiations, closing candidates, and generating offer letters
• Partnered with TA, HRBP, Compensation, Marketing & Business Leaders to develop talent strategies for critical roles
• Supporting stakeholders, Business, and its leaders on recruitment process steps (feedbacks, offers etc) and hiring policies
• Drive technology, process, and teamwork efforts to enhance recruitment process
• Partnered with stakeholders to develop solutions that improved the internal process
• Solid understanding of offers from various locations and making sure that remote workers are in line with compensation
• Conduct job analysis, draft legally defensible job descriptions
• Working continuously to make sure to encourage internal mobility & retain it across the product and design teams
• Identified gaps in interview funnel and recommended proactive improvements improving average time-to-hire by 18%
• Iterated on messaging to qualified candidates for given roles to improve the response rate from 8% to 14%

Jul 2013 – Jul 2017 · 4 yrs · Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Hired many Directors, Sr Engineering Managers, Java Developers and Javascript Engineers. Supported hiring for Walmart Global eCommerce including Platform, Walmart Labs, Sam's Club, VUDU, Customer Promise, Retail Core Engine, Search, Supply Chain.
• Attracting, sourcing and screening applicants using a variety of techniques, including networking, social outreach and direct sourcing. Built and maintained robust pipelines with a strong emphasis on candidate experience-everyone I connect with should want to work at Walmart!
• Utilized talent capability insights to create customized learning programs for critical technical skills
• Ensure consistent communication regarding recruiting efforts by providing status updates to all stakeholders through meetings, email updates, and reports
• Partner with senior leadership to actively identify and quantify, through workforce planning and Hiring Managers to identify, build, and execute effective recruiting strategies to engage the best and the brightest talent.
• In house/internal mobility experience across a variety of talent segments with strong track record of meeting and exceeding hiring targets while staying focused on exceptional candidate experience and client management.
• Actively be involved in key initiatives such as Women In Technology for Walmart, Diversity Hiring (Including LGBTQ and Veterans communities) & inclusion, New recruiting/sourcing tools testing, and multiple Sourcing Party's & University hiring
• Actively participated in Workday implementation guiding hiring managers and candidates on how to open reqs, offer process etc.

Jan 2011 – May 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Palo Alto, CA

• Hired exceptional technical/engineering professionals for contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire roles for technical organizations across the Bay Area. Provided full life cycle recruitment in a fast-paced, production driven environment.
• Manage candidate process . Determined skill level, manage offer process, including offer negotiation, offer letter generation, offer presentation and close.
• Delivered consistently positive candidate experience.
• Continuously followed-up and provided strategic insight to hiring managers in an effort to confirm staffing plans and ensure that candidates and hiring managers needs are met.
• Worked closely with technical vendors to hire for contract roles. Negotiated contracts, rates and handled visa situations accordingly.
• Hired, trained and mentored recruiters and sourcers.
• Sourced active and passive technical candidates via job boards, third party vendors, networking, referrals. LinkedIn etc
• Passive and Active hiring (Cold called, interviewed, negotiated and offer to hire candidates for assigned job requisitions)
• Assisted candidates through on-boarding process including background checks, start dates negotiations etc.
• Positions recruited for included UI Developers, Front End, Java Developers, Data Scientists, Technical Managers, Product Managers, DevOps Engineers, DBAs, Network Engineers, Data Warehouse Engineers, Business Analysts, and Financial Analysts.

Nov 2009 – Nov 2010 · 1 yr

• As an executive level individual contributor, I have primary ownership of regional executive recruiting, am responsible for all recruitment needs, recruitment functions and talent sourcing mainly in APAC region for all levels. My position specializes in the recruitment of IT professionals to corporate clients by means of Executive Search, networking, advertising, database searches and liaison to search partners etc. I team with Senior Executive stakeholders to successfully build the regional executive recruiting program as a subject matter expert in APAC region.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs

• Sourcing and recruiting contract and full time IT (and Engineering) professionals.
• Program managing and volume hiring for major clients. Perform salary/contract negotiations for candidate and hiring manager and check candidate references
• Relationship management with the set of assigned clients such as Google, Neofarma, Siebel, Cisco, Finisar, Yes Mail, @road, Applied Biosystems, On Command, Veritas, Yahoo, Mercury Interactive, Macromedia, Tellme, Symbol, SUN, Sony Playstation, and Visa etc.
• Mentoring recruiters and coordinators.

Jan 2004 – Jul 2004 · 6 mos

• Recruited in all spheres of technology domains like Dot Net, Java/J2EE, Mainframe, System Administration, QA/Testing, Oracle Apps, ERP Applications, Microsoft Technologies, QA, DBA, Networking/EMS, Internet Technologies, Mainframes, Data warehousing, etc.

Aug 1999 – Sep 2002 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Manage requirements gathering, sourcing, pre-screening, interview process, offer, on boarding. Handle consultant’s HR issues.
• Head hunting for various IT positions.