Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · On-site

• Owned the complete engineering hiring charter as SPOC, leading planning, execution, governance, and reporting for all engineering leadership and senior IC hiring mandates across the organization.
• Built Staff+, Senior Staff, and Principal Engineer hiring capability from scratch, creating role-specific sourcing strategies, evaluation criteria, and closing approaches tailored to long-cycle, high-bar talent.
• Delivered measurable scale and impact, supporting rapid team expansion across platform, data, and product engineering units while maintaining leadership hiring quality and consistency.
• Designed advanced sourcing playbooks for senior engineering roles, leveraging deep market mapping, competitor talent intelligence, referral mining, and passive engagement models—significantly improving pipeline depth for hard-to-fill roles.
• Reduced dependency on reactive hiring, shifting the model to proactive leadership pipelining for future-critical roles and succession-aligned hiring needs.
• Partnered directly with VPs, Directors, and Principal Engineers, driving calibrated hiring decisions through data-backed insights on Indian talent markets, compensation trends, and feasibility.
• Introduced structured hiring metrics and review cadences, tracking funnel conversion, role aging, interview-to-offer ratios, and acceptance rates—enabling predictable delivery for leadership hiring.
• Improved hiring outcomes for niche and critical roles, balancing speed, quality, and bar-raising standards in technically complex mandates.
• Led the hiring program hands-on, personally managing the most complex and sensitive Staff+ requisitions while ensuring delivery rigor across the broader hiring portfolio.

May 2024 – Feb 2025 · 9 mos · On-site

• Built the India hiring program from ground zero (0→1), establishing recruitment strategy, operating model, and delivery framework to support rapid expansion across multiple engineering units.
• Scaled the organization from 34 to 180 employees within 10 months, delivering 145+ hires while maintaining hiring quality, velocity, and stakeholder trust during a hyper-growth phase.
• Partnered closely with US-based stakeholders, providing data-driven market intelligence on Indian talent availability, compensation benchmarks, and hiring feasibility to enable informed and timely decision-making.
• Led hiring across multiple engineering teams, including backend, frontend, platform, QA, and data functions, aligning talent acquisition plans with business and product roadmaps.
• Owned delivery for niche and critical skill hires, driving targeted sourcing and headhunting strategies to close roles with limited talent pools and high business impact.
• Designed and implemented scalable hiring processes, including interview frameworks, feedback SLAs, and offer governance, ensuring consistency as the team scaled rapidly.
• Balanced strategic ownership with hands-on execution, personally managing high-priority and complex requisitions while overseeing end-to-end delivery across the broader hiring pipeline.
• Executed employer branding initiatives for early-career talent, conducting HackerRank hiring events and technical challenges to build brand visibility and attract high-potential junior engineering candidates.
• Built strong cross-border collaboration models, ensuring seamless alignment between US leadership and India hiring teams across time zones and delivery milestones.

Aug 2023 – Apr 2024 · 8 mos · On-site

• Led Project-Outsource from ground zero, designing and executing the complete talent acquisition strategy for Diligent’s engineering organization, covering workforce planning, hiring governance, and delivery cadence.
• Scaled the organization from 100 to 210 employees within 9 months, achieving 110+ hires across engineering, product, and leadership roles while maintaining quality, time-to-hire, and stakeholder confidence.
• Owned end-to-end hiring delivery for Engineering Leadership and niche critical roles, including Engineering Managers, Staff/Principal Engineers, Architects, and specialized platform roles, supporting rapid product and platform scale.
• Drove high-impact hiring for niche and hard-to-fill positions, leveraging targeted market mapping, direct headhunting, and talent intelligence to close roles with limited talent availability.
• Built and mentored a high-performing recruiting pod of 3 recruiters, providing hands-on coaching on sourcing strategy, stakeholder management, and closing techniques, while personally managing complex and senior mandates.
• Acted as the single-point owner for leadership hiring, partnering closely with Engineering Directors, VPs, and Business Leaders to align hiring plans with roadmap priorities and delivery timelines.
• Balanced strategic leadership with hands-on execution, managing critical requisitions personally while ensuring consistent delivery across the team during aggressive growth phases.
• Integrated DEI hiring practices into sourcing and assessment workflows, improving representation through diverse talent pipelines and inclusive interview practices.
• Strengthened employer branding initiatives by driving Tech Talk events, DEI-focused sessions, and podcast participation, positioning Diligent as a compelling destination for senior engineering talent.
• Established scalable hiring processes and reporting mechanisms, enabling leadership visibility into hiring progress, risks, and throughput during rapid scale-up.

Jul 2021 – Apr 2022 · 9 mos

• Led recruitment efforts for multiple clients in Banking, Financial & Enterprise product domain, ensuring quality deliverables within specified timelines.
• Managed a team of 10+ individuals, designing KPIs, KRAs, and setting goals to drive performance and achieve revenue targets.

Mar 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Managed accounts and delivered quality results for multiple clients in Banking & Enterprise product domain.
• Led a team of 4-5 people in diversity hiring for Cloud, AI/ML, ERP, Platforms, and Data Centers.
• Strategically executed hiring practices for various roles, closely working with stakeholders and hiring managers.

Apr 2019 – Mar 2020 · 11 mos

• Led end-to-end recruitment process for top investment banking clients like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, and more.
• Specialized in hiring for leadership and senior positions, with a focus on low latency developers and quant developers.
• Utilized in-depth knowledge in Digital, Financial Technology, and various office divisions to meet client demands.

Dec 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Led end-to-end recruitment process for top investment banking clients like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley.
• Specialized in recruiting for digital, financial technology, and investment divisions, focusing on low latency and quant developers.
• Implemented social hiring strategies, market mapping, and talent negotiation to meet client demands.
• Utilized Taleo and iCIMS for efficient recruitment processes.