Apr 2019 – Aug 2019 · 4 mos · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Instrumental in setting & managing the operation of Staff Augmentation (Contract & Contract-to-hire) and Full Time Recruitment vertical ensuring compliance with overall strategic plans.
• Implement and evaluate recruitment strategies, policies and initiatives to sustain the continuous improvement.
• Client Engagement - Act as liaison between Government (including Federal) and Corporate Clients to maximise the effectiveness of the relationship helping grow ongoing and repeat business.
• Work with the stakeholders to provide advice and use innovative recruitment and selection methodologies to attract, engage and select best talent.
• Design the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source. Monitor and constantly reduces the costs of the recruitment process.
• Setting the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions in the organization.
• Responsible for E2E requirement fulfillment & delivery for all Clients. Independently sourcing, screening and conducting job interviews for all open mandates. Act as a single point of contact for all Hiring Managers across clients.
• Responsible for generating revenues, maintaining competitive billing and profits for the organisation.
• Developed new client base while continuing to cultivate relationships with existing clients based out of UAE

Dec 2018 – Mar 2019 · 3 mos · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Al Hilal Bank (now ADCB Bank), is a progressive Islamic bank headquartered in Abu Dhabi. With an authorized capital of AED 4 Billion, it was founded by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, an investment arm of the Abu Dhabi Government.
• ADCB, UNB and Al Hilal Bank have merged as on April, 2019 to create the ADCB Group. The enlarged ADCB Group, serving over one million customers, is a powerful new force in the UAE Banking sector. With AED 423 Billion in assets , it is the third-largest financial institution and one of the largest retail lenders in the UAE, accounting for a 21 percent market share of retail loans as at 31 December 2018
• Prime responsibility was to conceptualise, prepare & deliver on below Key Strategic Projects:-
• Manpower Planning
• Recruitment, On-boarding SOPs & Program
• TA Road Map & Strategy
• Key Performance Indicators for TA
• TA Transformation Journey
• Enhancing Customer Experience
• TA as a Value Add, Agile Methodology & Maturity Model
• Recruitment Flyer as Branding collateral
• Year-on-Year TA Analytics
• Others...

Nov 2018 – Dec 2018 · 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Arab Media Group (AMG) is a Dubai, UAE based entertainment company and a strategic business vertical of Dubai Holding. AMG covers radio broadcasting, event management, and family entertainment. It manages Global Village, Arabian Radio Network and Done Events.
• Established in 2005, AMG has been serving a diverse regional audience through its multiple media and entertainment platforms that span across radio broadcasting, event management, and family entertainment. It currently comprises of Arabian Radio Network (ARN), Done Events and Global Village.
• GLOBAL VILLAGE :: Regions leading family and cultural entertainment destination, who is committed to provide the best in entertainment and excellence in guest experience. (http://globalvillage.ae/en/)
• ARN :: Arabian Radio Network, operates nine of the region’s leading radio stations across multi platforms attracting millions of listeners daily, making it the largest radio network in the UAE. ( http://arn.ae/ )
• DONE EVENTS:: Done Events, a multi-faceted and award winning events and live entertainment company, producing annual marquee government and corporate events as well as some of the biggest concerts regionally. (http://doneevents.com/ )
• I was working in capacity of a Human Capital Consultant supporting their Niche/Leadership hiring across the 4 Business Verticals.

Aug 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• DAMAC is a global private business conglomerate. DAMAC Properties (Revenue US$ 2 Bn) has been at the forefront of the Middle East’s luxury real estate market since 2002, delivering luxury residential, commercial and leisure properties across the region, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon. Iran, Oman and the UK.
• Making its mark at the highest end of stylish living, DAMAC Properties has cemented its place as the No #2 luxury developer in the region, having delivered over 21,700 homes, with a development portfolio of more than 44,000 units at various stages of progress. This includes 13,000 hotel rooms, serviced hotel apartments and hotel villas that will be managed by its wholly - owned DAMAC Hotels & Resorts.
• Responsibilities:-
• Lead, develop, and manage an ambitious high-performing team. Coach team, actively supporting their professional growth, taking on the role of their mentor.
• Drive full-cycle recruiting processes, lead the development and execution of comprehensive recruiting strategies that will ensure that the organisation attracts & hires top talent for hard-to-find roles.
• Devise and carry out a targeted research strategy by and market place.
• Executive appointments at CEO/GM/SVP/VP/Director levels across technology, business & corporate functions across regions. Assessing candidates to ensure role match, cultural fit and compatibility. Conducting confidential interviews and checking references. Offer guidance and facilitate the negotiation process through to its completion.
• Drive a culture of constant improvement, identifying, and implementing projects in order to increase business-wide recruiting effectiveness and efficiency.
• Leverages key dashboard tracking analytics and impact metrics in order to grow a data-driven & technically skilled recruiting team.
• Part of Expert Counsel advising on replacing existing ATS, attended Product Demos & gave expert opinion.

Mar 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Reliance Communication (RCom) - Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), Navi Mumbai

• GCX provides network services for enterprises, new media providers and telecoms carriers. GCX provides connectivity throughout the Emerging Markets Corridor into Asia via the vast GCX global network (the world’s largest private submarine cable network), with extensions available into more than 200 countries.
• Responsibilities:-
• Created and implemented Global TA strategy ensuring organisation recruits the best talent to power organisation’s’ growth worldwide. Responsible to drive transformation by creating a culture of excellence.
• Review existing TA related systems, processes, policies and platforms, understand how they are utilised today, assess areas for improvement, drive improvement initiatives, in addition to determining what insights can be derived for proactive decision-making purposes. Identify opportunities for improvement, make resulting recommendations and drive initiatives including tool upgrades and new tool roll-outs. Instrumental in coming up with new/revised HR polices.
• Advocate firm’s strategy, understand trends in business, and understand pain points to resolve them.
• Responsible for developing budgets for TA function and for delivering on all TA metrics (Cost, Quality and Timeline) for all geographic locations and functional groups.
• Partner with CHRO and other HR/Business Leadership Team members to provide inputs for overall alignment in HR strategies and assist in decision-making about organisation’s’ geographic targets.
• Conceived, conceptualized, created and executed a road map for building Campus Equity and institutionalized the University Relations program - including new graduates and internship programs. Instrumental in developing 3 programs and delivering them successfully.
• Set-up IOT (Internet of Things) business, including hiring the CEO (German) & his leadership team.
• Owned Executive Hiring globally closing senior mandates.

Aug 2010 – Mar 2016 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Fortune#12 Company for 2025; LinkedIn Top Companies 2025: The 25 Best Workplaces in India
• JPMC is an American multinational IB and financial services co. HQ in NYC. As of December 31, 2021, JPMC is the largest bank in the US, the world's largest bank by market cap, and 5th largest bank in the world in terms of total assets, with total assets of US$3.744 trillion.
• Responsibilities:-
• Recruitment Head managing E2E technology recruitment for 3 LOBs for Pan India.
• Previously handled roles of Recruitment Head for other LOBs viz. Asset Management and CCB.
• Collaborated closely with senior business leaders (CIO, MDs, EDs and VPs) for estimating yearly, quarterly and monthly manpower requirements and thereafter strategizing effective staffing plans.
• Relationship & escalation management with the LOB Heads/HMs.
• Ensured delivering best quality results on all key hiring metrics/SLAs and in line with SOPs/Audits.
• Contributed to organisational growth by hiring the right talent at the right cost through the right channels with optimum use of employee referrals, IJPs, recruitment drives/campaigns and vendors.
• Performed an Individual Contributor role in Executive Hiring/Senior Appointment space – VP and ED level.
• Project lead for multiple Greenfield projects like Virtual Career Fair, Access Ability (hiring people with determination), Proactive pipeline build, Career Fair etc.
• Inclusion & Diversity (Diversity Champion across hubs for Technology).
• Additional responsibilities of Mumbai Tech Hub Recruitment Lead, wherein, I supervised all other Recruitment leads in Mumbai and ensured they meet their deliverables from Hub standpoint.
• Managed RPO (Korn Ferry Future Step) – accountable to supervise & monitor the RPO’s performance.
• Campus hiring – IITs, NITs, BITS & other Tier 1 colleges.
• Market Intelligence & Industry Mapping - Organogram
• People management activities for all directs like career progression, succession planning, training, appraisals etc.

Sep 2005 – Jul 2010 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Fortune#39 Co. for '25; Genpact: 140K+ Employees, 800+ Clients; Services in 35+ countries, Revenues US$4.77 Bn.
• Responsible for E2E requirement fulfilment & delivery for all BUs/SLs for Software CoE globally with key locations i.e. US, Brazil, Mexico, UK, Canada, Romania, Italy, China, Norway, Austria, KSA, Netherlands and PAN India across MTs to SVPs.
• Preparing & executing quarterly & monthly recruitment plan in line with Business OP plan.
• Managing HMs & team involving assigning targets, allocation of work, monitoring performance, conflict management etc. and bridging demand-supply gap.
• Stakeholder management, escalation handling and BAU management for all GE/NON-GE businesses.
• Handling high volume, high end critical, internal /outsourced /project /attrition /professional service based, direct /contract /CTH, ad-hoc & JIT requirements.
• Campus Hiring – On & Off campus recruitment.
• Handling Audits – SOX, quality and internal audits.
• Handled 2 RPOs.
• Played a key role in E2E Vendor Management process including vendor identification, development, management and monitoring them on SLAs. Implemented various process improvements for partner empanel/evaluation/feedback etc.
• Developed and implemented “Cost Plus” model.
• # RESOURCING
• Complete Resourcing ownership for Oracle SCM, Financials and SAP service lines (1050+ Employees).
• Planning, strategising, optimisation & monitoring SL bench - focus on redeployment of resources & reduction of bench. Load balancing bench strength keeping in mind projects pipeline.
• Complete ownership of onsite/offshore requirements fulfillment. Worked closely with hiring team to reduce demand supply gap. Conduct FTE/Vendor walk-ins on a regular basis.
• Process L1/B1/Other visas for resources as per the client requirements and maintaining a healthy proactive Visa/Travel ready pool.
• Partnering with HR BPs during appraisal cycles - Talent retention, career and attrition management along with program managers and SLLs.

Feb 2004 – Aug 2005 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Responsibilities:-
• Instrumental in setting up India operations along with India Country Head. Ramped up team from scratch to 150+ in an years' time and grew revenue generated from India substantially.
• Stakeholder management with onsite sales managers/clients and ensuring quality & timely response per SLAs and maintaining competitive billing.
• Drive delivery through a team managing US-to-US recruitment from India and H1B/L1 visa processing.

Aug 2002 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr 5 mos · Vaco Binary Semantics, Gurgaon / ALGOL Systems Inc., New Jersey, US (now Vaco Binary Semantic)

• Since 2002, Vaco has grown from one office in Nashville, TN, to 35 offices across USA and Canada. Vaco has also grown it’s operations into other countries like UK, Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil etc. Since 2007, they’ve been ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Vaco has been ranked #4 on the Forbes consulting firms list in 2018.
• In March 2017, Project and Managed Services division of Binary Semantics Limited merged into Vaco Binary Semantics LLP, a subsidiary of Vaco in India.
• Vaco Binary Semantics as part of Vaco Global continues to support Global Enterprise Customers in the areas of Strategy and Domain Consulting, Risk and Compliance, Subject Matter Expertise, Design, Architecture, Custom Application Development and management, Quality Assurance and DevOps, Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data and Insight Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Content Sourcing, Data and Content Curation, Validation and Verification, Tech Operations. Leveraging our strong technology expertise and deep industry knowledge, Vaco Binary Semantics is focused on providing competitive advantage to it's customers through continuous adaptation and improvements over a period and help bring about transformational shifts in tangible results.
• Responsibilities:-
• Developed new client base while continuing to cultivate relationships with existing clients based out of US.
• Instrumental in setting up US-to-US staffing competency from scratch in India (Night Shift Operations). Was responsible for end-to-end business development, client servicing and recruitment delivery.
• Worked very closely with senior management including President, Directors, VPs, Accounts & HR department to address accounts receivable, client invoicing and hiring issues.
• Revenues generated in excess of US$ 800K over 6 months and effectively delivered on 90%+ mandates.

Oct 2000 – Jul 2002 · 1 yr 9 mos · HCL Perot Systems (Now DELL Perot Systems/NTT Data), Noida, India

• Fortune#34 Company for 2024; LinkedIn Top Companies 2024: The 25 Best Workplaces in India
• Dell is an American multinational computer technology company based in US, that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. The company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world, employing more than 103,300 people worldwide. Dell was listed at number 51 in the Fortune 500 list, until 2014.
• A Fortune 1000 corporation with offices in more than 25 countries, Perot Systems employed more than 23,000 people and had an annual revenue of $2.8 billion prior to its acquisition for $3.9 billion in 2009 by Dell, Inc. as Dell Services.
• Responsibilities:-
• Set-up Telecom Competency for HPS – hired about 100+ people in a span of 3 months including Telecom Competency BU Head.
• Overseas recruitment for US, UK, SG, Malaysia, HK, Switzerland, Germany and Pan-India.
• Catered to all US-to-US contract, CTH & permanent requirements from multiple clients; “CC Model”.

Nov 1999 – Sep 2000 · 10 mos · Noida Area, India

• FCS Software Solution Ltd is public company listed on BSE and NSE (India) as 'FCSSOFT'. FCS Software Solutions Limited is an IT Company providing IT and IT enabled services. The company has strong delivery capabilities in Application development and maintenance, eLearning and Digital Content Management, Software testing, Infrastructure management services, Product Development, and primarily has done work to develop data centers, e-commerce portals, packaged application support, FPGA based accelerated computing environments, IT Separation projects, and now artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• They have a huge offshore center in India that caters to a global clientele. Their development center prides in a state-of-the art facilities and a competent workforce consisting of programmers, IDs, visualizers, e-learning experts, writers and editors who have worked extensively in the areas of e-learning, product training, sales training, support services, performance and collaboration for several Fortune 500 companies.
• Responsibilities:-
• Responsible for end-to-end India-to-US Recruitment including H1B/L1 visa processing