Sep 2020 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Spearheaded the hiring for the product and technology teams across the organization and achieved a milestone of 200+ offers rolled out
• Scaled up product management team from 12 members to 25 members in a span of 2 months
• Develop and implement effective recruitment strategies to attract top talent, including utilizing online job boards, social media platforms, professional networks, and direct sourcing techniques.
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers to understand their needs, define job requirements, and create compelling job descriptions to attract qualified candidates.
• Conduct thorough candidate screening, interviews, and assessments to evaluate skills, experience, and cultural fit.
• Lead negotiation and offer process, ensuring competitive and fair compensation packages for selected candidates.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external recruitment agencies and vendors to support hiring needs.
• Train and mentor recruitment team members, providing guidance on best practices, interviewing techniques, and industry trends.

Nov 2019 – Jun 2020 · 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

• Ensured hiring goals were met and the business received the support needed to fulfill their hiring targets by employing a mix of online and traditional networking tools and sourcing techniques to attract and engage passive and active candidates
• Developing & implementing strategies for screening / recruitment to combat high attrition rate & retain talent
• Identifying candidates on the basis of technical requirements, scheduling interviews and verifying candidate’s credentials & career expectations
• Manage candidates seamlessly through the interview and offer process, capturing feedback and communications in the applicant tracking system

Feb 2019 – Aug 2019 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Interacting with the stakeholders in understanding hiring needs to build the engineering teams across levels
• Building platform and mobile team for GrabPay
• Managing backend team by in-lining work allocation and deliverable's
• Interacting with the technical panel for the scheduling interviews
• Involved in hiring strategies with the stakeholders

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Involved in building Engineering Platform team
• Lateral hiring - SDE 1's and SDE 2's, on Java tech stack
• Interacted with the internal talent acquisition business partner to understand hiring needs and strategy

Oct 2017 – Oct 2019 · 2 yrs · Bangaon, West Bengal, India · On-site

• Involved in building new engineering teams from scratch for payment technology, real estate technology platforms, real-time video streaming, media/entertainment, a few emerging start-ups, etc.
• Work closely with business leaders for a continuous understanding of their business in order to deliver relevant right talent pool
• Involved in the end-to-end recruitment process in order to understand client requirements, client selection process, and identifying best fit profiles
• Sourcing profiles from professional networking, internal database, job boards, referral campaigns and also through headhunting and closing the position within specified TAT.
• Counseling candidates on how should they plan for their next career move and manage all candidate related issues leading to the closure

Aug 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Client Engagement, Leading a team, Head Hunting, Sourcing Specialist!
• Handled a team of 3 recruiters
• Handled key accounts like Honeywell Technologies, Medtronic India, Software AG, etc.
• Primary recruiter for PayPal (SE1,SE2,SE3,MTS,MTS2,LEVEL -T23,T24,T25,T26)
• Involved in intake meetings on a weekly basis with clients to understand the new requirement, ongoing requirement and feedback pending
• Done market mapping and shared to Business for approval
• Sourcing best profiles through Head Hunting, LinkedIn, Naukri, Monster, Cold Calling, databases, and reference check, etc.
• Understanding the candidate's profile, career aspirations and evaluating role fitment
• Maintaining daily/weekly/monthly reports.