Jun 2025 – Oct 2025 · 4 mos · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · On-site

• Developed and managed recruitment programs for Brand, Markets & Communications business unit and ensuring seamless delivery and client satisfaction.

Sep 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

• Developed and managed recruitment programs for specialized roles in various business units.
• Led hiring for Global Business Services, Medical Informatics (RWE/Real World Evidence), IT Innovation & Informatics, and ICON Strategic Solutions’ Biometrics teams.
• Managed full-cycle recruitment for IT Product Development, Finance, Data & Analytics, Clinical Operations, and Leadership roles.
• Managed recruitment efforts across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, delivering talent solutions tailored to regional needs.
• Designed global employer branding campaigns, including social media templates, job postings, and talent attraction strategies. Successfully ran Brand Ambassador programs, Boomerang campaigns, employee testimonials, and Thought Leadership initiatives for 4 global sponsors.
• Built strong relationships with stakeholders to provide competitive salary insights, talent mapping, and market analysis for IT Applied Digital Solutions, IT Data & Analytics, and IT Digital Operations, securing top talent in a competitive market.
• Oversaw key sponsors, creating ramp-up plans and implementing innovative recruiting solutions.
• Worked with leadership to predict future hiring needs and align strategies with company goals.
• Built GMI (Medical Informatics – RWE/Real World Evidence), Media & Communications, and Artificial Intelligence COE teams in India from scratch, earning praise from the CHRO, VP-HRBP, and Senior VP-Global Talent Acquisition.
• Created the Architecture team (IT – Applied Digital Solutions) in India, driving innovation and growth.
• Used LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards (Naukri, Indeed, Monster, PharmiWeb, DoSelect), internal databases, and networks to find and engage top talent.
• Conducted industry research, market analysis, talent mapping, and candidate evaluations to ensure accurate hiring decisions.

Apr 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Managed end-to-end recruitment for ICON FSP programs across 12 global pharmaceutical clients, ensuring seamless delivery and client satisfaction.
• Successfully executed three Ramp-up projects for key clients, meeting deadlines and exceeding expectations.
• Led ICON FSP delivery across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions, adopting a consultative and collaborative approach with stakeholders to develop strategies, ensure compliance, and achieve recruitment metrics and objectives.
• Delivered on resourcing needs for dedicated assignments and programs, aligning talent acquisition with client expectations and business goals.
• Designed and implemented a Global Referral Policy, GDPR-compliant privacy framework, Branding Strategy, and Talent Retention Plan, ensuring alignment with company policies and global standards.
• Built and managed a global sourcing hub catering to hiring needs across NAM, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC regions, recruiting critical roles and driving regional talent acquisition strategies.
• Oversaw resource planning, team direction, goal setting, performance reviews, and one-to-one meetings to ensure KPI targets were met, and team performance was optimized.
• Designed and launched a Boomerang Campaign for the APAC region and a global employee testimonials campaign, enhancing employer branding and talent re-engagement efforts.
• Demonstrated extensive experience in building and scaling global sourcing hubs to address complex hiring needs across diverse regions, ensuring timely delivery of top-tier talent.
• Business Units: Clinical Research, Biostatistics & Statistical Programming, Clinical Operations, Clinical Data Management, HR & Support functions, and Business Development.

Jul 2017 – Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• ICON Strategic Solutions is a leading provider of global resourcing solutions to the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries. As part of ICON plc, we have the global capabilities, operational excellence and flexible approach to meet our customers’ evolving drug development needs.

Mar 2014 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Role: Individual Contributor & Key Account Manager.
• End to End Talent Acquisition Process for – Horizontals hiring Stake holder management – Business, Resource Management, Vendors.
• Planning & executing of sourcing plan ensure On-time hiring and on-boarding of candidates
• ensuring pipeline by forecasting requirements.
• Maintain hiring cost within budgets.
• Market mapping (Considering area of hiring to be niche).
• Regular business meeting, calls, status check to ensure no escalation and first hand information on all new requirements.
• Successfully managed Laterals sourcing strategy & plan to provide high quality, timely & cost effective talent.
• Handled multiple Mega Recruitment Drives across geographies for diversified customers / multiple skills.
• Spearheaded RPO Team from the scratch to 5 member team and transformed into Revenue Generation Unit.
• Designed Recruitment Process as per business needs and acted as Taleo Functional Consultant by implementing Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud), specifically Oracle Taleo Business Edition (Oracle TBE) Cloud Service. http://www.kovaion.com/taleo-success-story/
• Structured Organization Hierarchies and implemented on approval from Leadership Team.
• Mentored and trained recruitment team by conduction Training Workshops on Social Media Recruitment, Behavioural Coaching, Taleo Sourcing & Headhunting.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr · Chennai Area, India

• Role: Manager - Key Accounts (APAC, Australia & Domestic) - Individual Contributor.
• Handled a Team of 4 Recruiters.
• Managing the team [Senior Consultant / Consultant] and augment the team as needed and help them achieve their targets.
• Develop and deliver end-to-end, repeat business, relationship management with internal stakeholders and client organizations.
• Actively doing client relationship development with present clients for increasing revenues.
• Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of the team to ensure efficiency in business operations, meeting individual & group targets. Creating & sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities & motivates high performance amongst team members.
• Account Management & Lead generation. Manage Client expectation – Delivery Commitment, TAT, Quantity + Quality Resumes.

Jul 2011 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Ranked 8th in India Fast Growth 25 in 2010 from All World Network and Harvard Business School Prof. Michael Potter.
• Role: Key Accounts Manager - Individual Contributor.
• Handled a Team of 4 Recruiters.
• Specialist in End to End IT/Non IT Recruitment
• Business development, Client Account management, Recruitment, Team management.
• Understanding the manpower plan of Organizations, Hierarchy, Role requirements, Fitment of Role to Candidate availability and suggesting/consulting the Hiring managers on the same.
• Discussing the requirements with the clients, in terms of skills and roles.
• Presenting the requirements to the team members.
• Manage recruiting functions including searches for candidates, phone screens, setting interviews, establishing relationships with clients and candidates.
• Formatting according to the Companies prescribed format.
• Sourcing from all the possible channels.
• Resource Planning.
• Maintenance of Recruitment Database.

Aug 2010 – Jul 2011 · 11 mos · Chennai

• Handling End-End recruitment and across all levels of positions.
• Mapping database, job portals, coordinate with Clients for sourcing relevant profiles.
• Screening advertisement responses forwarding and following up with Project Managers of the client.
• Coordinating interviews, both personal and telephonic.
• Maintaining MIS effectively.
• Active participation in event handling with the clients.
• Pre – offer and post – offer follow – ups
• Experience in working for startup companies.