Damayanti Ghosh

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Built and scaled recruiting teams across multiple geographies.
  • Achieved high recruitment KPIs and candidate satisfaction ratings.
  • Designed and implemented innovative recruitment strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with extensive experience in SaaS and Tech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStrategic RecruitingRecruitment Strategy

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationCRMCampus RecruitmentCandidate ExperienceCareer Fair ManagementCold CallingCollege RecruitingCompensationCompetitive IntelligenceContract RecruitmentEmployee EngagementEmployee Referral ProgramEmployee Referral ProgramsEmployer Branding

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● People Leader with 18.4 years of experience in different gamuts of the People Function. Talent Acquisition (18.4 yrs), Compensation (8 yrs), People Programs (6 yrs), L&D (1.2 yrs) ● Influenced C Suite and VP level executives on recruiting strategies across geographies from 2014 to 2023 ● Designed and managed Lateral Ramp-Ups from scratch since 2005 (20 to 600+ member teams) ● Built recruiting culture, high performing distributed teams across business functions and geographies (APAC, Israel,U.S.,Europe) ● Designed Talent Branding Programs and led Diversity Program Roadmaps ● Built Compensation and Benefits practices, Compensation intelligence modules, Job levelling , Career Programs

Experience

17 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Observe.ai

Head of Talent Acquisition - India

Sep 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Recruitment route

Community Builder

Oct 2022Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Vymo

Head of Talent Acquisition - APAC

Jan 2020Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • ● Built and managed best in class Talent Acquisition function for Vymo catering to the geographies of India, APAC and U.S.
  • ● Scaled the headcount from 200 to 600+ members from Jan 2020 to December 2022
  • ●Partnering with the CEO, hired critical leadership position in APAC and India, (Country Head and VP)
  • ● Implemented Greenhouse for calibrated Interview Process across 7 global entities
  • ● Implemented recruitment tech stack (Linkedin Recruiter, iimjobs, Instahyre, Hackerank) to automate the talent engine
  • ● Designed the compensation intelligence for the company
  • ● Defined and created the Talent Brand , Recruitment Marketing and Recruitment Operations
  • ● Managed a team size of 15 members (Managers, Senior Recruiters, Recruiting Programs Specialist and Candidate Experience Specialist team)
  • ● Managed Candidate Experience Programs with a score of (4.5 - 4.7/5)/5 across geographies and introduced a Linkedin campaign - Why People Join Vymo in Linkedin
College RecruitingCompensationStrategic RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Bloomreach

Recruitment Lead - India

Jan 2014Dec 2019 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore · On-site

  • ● As the 1st People Team Hire in Bangalore built the team in India from Jan 2014 (Engineering,Product,
  • Professional Services,Quality,Sales,Integration,Business Analytics)
  • ● Led the company’s recruiting efforts in India since Jan 2014 partnering with the founders, global C suite in the U.S. European hiring stakeholders and India leadership team
  • ● Recruited Key leadership Hires globally and in India, SeniorDirectors,Principal Engineers , Head of Data Science, Solution Architects and Senior Engineering Managers
  • ● Improved Key Recruitment KPIs , Offer Acceptance Ratio from 25% to 80% and Joining Ratio from 30% to 90%
  • ● Designed Campus Recruitment Process ( 2014 ) in IITs , intern process ( 2018) and internal and external branding programs
  • ● Managed Candidate Experience Programs with an optimal candidate experience with Candidate Satisfaction Rating of 4.7/5
  • ● Created the LinkedIn career pages in India in 2018 and BloomReach career website in 2019 as part of the global company hiring ROCK initiative
  • ● Participated in a global initiative to revamp culture in BloomReach in Q4 2017
Technical RecruitingStrategic RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Yahoo!

Talent Scout

Apr 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

  • ● Managed end to end recruitment for the Tech and Product Engineering org of Yahoo! Search and Market Places and Media Business Groups and Non Tech Business Groups
  • ● Achieved Recruitment KPI of 100% offer approval from the CEO staff and 90% Joining Ratio.
  • ● Managed University Hiring, Internship Programs, University Hack U Program - July 2012 to Jan 2013
  • ● Managed the development, cultivation and management of strategic university and technical program relationships and On- Campus Hiring Events in IITs, NITs, BITS Pilani, IIMs in 2012 and 2013
  • ● Led global special projects / Recruiting Initiatives – Post Offer Engagement Model; Recruitment Analytics; Tech MeetUps
  • ● Acted as the POC for Employee Referral Program in India Site, evangelised the new Employee Ref Tool – TalentVine launch in Q2 2013
  • ● Core Reward & Recognition Team managing Reward and Recognition Program for H.R. Team in India in Q3 2013
  • ● Set up the Forensic Recruitment function (Untapped and unconventional Sources of Hire) in India Site
  • ● Owner of Diversity Initiatives and Talent Ambassador for GraceHopper Conference in 2012 and 2013
  • Initiated Frontend and UX internal talent communities and evangelised quarterly internal Meet-ups among technical Yahoos in India Centre
  • ● Founder of External MeetUp Group Javascript Ninjas in Bangalore 2013 (Common Platform for developers and designers for the first time)
  • ● Led and managed the India intern program (80+ students) from IITs and IIMs and Top U.S Universities.
Technical RecruitingCollege RecruitingRecruitment AdvertisingStrategic RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Sony india software centre

Senior Recruiter

Dec 2008Dec 2009 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

  • ● Partnered with Offshore Resource Management Group in India and Japan, led the ramp up up for Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Global Treasury Solutions clients and Sony ( LATAM)
  • ● Streamlined the Recruitment Process for global entities, with a Interview Conversion rate of 50%
  • ● Designed and managed University Hiring Program from Jan 2009 - July 2009 and hired 70 Campus Recruits from IITs and NITs
  • ● Designed a Salary Comparator - Offer Fitment Tool - to improve offer conversions and Joining Ratio
  • ● Managed and streamlined vendor interaction models for 35 staffing vendors, initiated Vendor Performance Profiling, Weekly Vendor Office Hour
Technical RecruitingCollege RecruitingRecruitment AdvertisingStrategic RecruitingTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Strategy

Ness digital engineering

Senior Recruiter

Jul 2005Nov 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • ● Led the Ramp up (104 new hires) of the Extended Development Center Ness - Opentext and managed the end to end recruitment cycle from Feb 2007 – August 2008
  • ● Designed and executed the Rampups for Extended Development Centres in the product space like Dorado; Chordiant; Chelsio Communication.,Portal,Micromuse, Narus,Amadeus,art.com, Quintiles , Paypal, Pearson, Opentext from 2006 - 2008
  • ● Decreased staffing agency cost from 60% to 10% and increased India site referral usage from 19% to 33%
  • ● Redesigned the recruitment process in Ness Centers - Chennai (Paypal) & Mumbai (Pearson) in 2008
  • ● As a SPOC for pan India leadership hiring partnered with the Center Head to hire the India Site Head for Narus Networks and Amadeus Labs in 2007 , 2008

Intel corporation

Staffing Specialist

Nov 2004Jun 2005 · 7 mos · Bangalore · On-site

  • ● Partnered with Information Services Technology Group for India , APAC, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel
  • ● Led the Ramp-up of a complex Tech Team of 9 members spread over APAC and India within 45 days
  • ● Reduced Staffing Agency usage and prioritized internal ATS, Employee Referrals and print media as sources of hire
  • ● Managed Hiring Rush Events and Off Campus Events with top Institutes like IISC
  • ● Managed high volume (2000 - 7000 candidate footprints) Career Fairs like Silicon India Event,Times Job Fair,ISTG Walk Ins, Campus Batch Days
Technical RecruitingEmployee Referral ProgramsTalent AcquisitionStrategic RecruitingRecruitment Strategy

Wipro technologies

Recruiter ( Talent Transformation and Staffing)

Nov 2003Oct 2004 · 11 mos · Bangalore · On-site

  • Recruiter Contract Staffing (Sept 2004 to Oct 2004)
  • ● Managed end to end Wipro Contract staffing recruitment workflow for India and empanelled vendor relationships
  • Executive Resourcing (Nov 2003 - Aug 2004)
  • ● Full cycle recruitment (sourcing to offer) for 7 Tech Business Groups in Wipro
  • ● Passive candidate sourcing strategy, Talent Market Intelligence , talent analytics reports on Quality of Hire
  • ● Partner with Six-sigma team for designing an optimised process
Technical RecruitingRecruitment AdvertisingTalent AcquisitionVendor ManagementRecruitment Strategy

Carnegie consulting

Resource Executive - Search Services

Jan 2003Jul 2003 · 6 mos · Bangalore

  • ● End to end recruitment and executive search process (Tech, Banking and Insurance clients)
  • ● Employee Opinion Survey for Thomson Financials ( Won Spot Award for Outstanding Client Satisfaction Score)
College RecruitingApplicant Tracking SystemsCompetitive IntelligenceTalent AcquisitionContract RecruitmentVendor Management+1

Education

National University of Singapore

Global HR Leaders Program (HRLP) — Human Resource Leadership

Oct 2022Apr 2023

Jadavpur University

Masters — International Relations ( Strategic Studies )

University of Calcutta

Diploma in — Computer Applications

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