Jul 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Promoted to Lead TA Partner to drive talent advisory and staffing for some of the high impact tech engineering leadership hiring charters for Ekart engineering (Supply Chain, Logistics, IoT, Geo Intelligence engineering BU of Flipkart Internet).
• In parallel, I worked towards building a world class tiger team of Senior Machine Learning & NLP Research Engineers and Computer Vision Scientists for Flipkart's F7 Labs R&D team @ Palo Alto, California.
• My responsibility, scope of work and impact included, but not limited to the following:
• Extensive talent research, staffing intelligence, competitive landscape, mapping and building connect with key talent
• Seamlessly drive talent advisory and business partnership at leadership levels
• Build and implement staffing strategies for critical, niche and high impact leadership positions
• Lead generation and pipelining through Social Media, AIRS techniques, networking and unconventional channels
• Optimizing staffing processes, systems and tools.
• Cross functional collaboration with various internal stakeholders from diverse functions and teams
• Evaluation, selection and management of partners for staffing and talent research
• People: Hiring, building and directly managing teams of full time and contingent resources.
• Metrics driven staffing delivery & fulfillment. Data capturing, Curation and Analysis, Reporting
• SPECIAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
• Advanced Market Intelligence, Flipkart Talent Ambassador Program(FlipTAP), GeeKarting Tech Talks, Perfect Hiring, CSAT, Hiring Committee, EVP and Brag Sheet, Brand Pull & Attraction Index, Recruiter Capability Building, EGYAN, Rubix, Ekart ER launch, TA Process Blueprint, TA Dashboards, Interview Grid, Deeper Engagement.

May 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Topped Flipkart's SDE-III staffing (Architect Equivalent in the industry) which has been a complex and hard to fill senior level requirement with high hiring standards. In parallel, recruited for multiple high impact roles like Engineering Managers, Sr. Engineering Managers, UI3 and Directors of Engineering/ QA.
• Driving delivery and strategic business engagement at Director+ levels for senior IC and leadership positions
• Led staffing for multiple flagship R&D engineering teams like Supply Chain Platform, Marketplace (Seller Platform), Customer Insights, Fulfillment Services Ecosystem and Data Platform, FQuick etc.
• Instrumental in driving new hiring charters like IoT, Robotics & Geo Intelligence (helped build engineering teams from scratch)
• Process champion for newly implementing the Hiring Committee workflow, ER program, Interviewer calibration, interview planner etc.
• Evaluated, selected and managed vendors/ partners in parallel with cross functional stakeholders
• Contributed towards building a strong TA team from scratch for Ekart Engg. Recognized as a key interviewing panel
• SPECIAL PROJECTS/ INITIATIVES:
• Executed multiple high impact staffing / talent research like Location strategy (alternative R&D centers for Flipkart), Flipkart brand attraction and pull index, Geography based installed talent base, competitive disruptors, MI strategy, Talent map for new charters like IoT, Robotics, Ads, Level-Title mapping, Start-up mapping, Interviewer bandwidth and recognition program, strategic vendor evaluation.

Aug 2012 – May 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Strategic talent acquisition and research, recruiting and hands-on sourcing for Cisco engineering (R&D) units
• Talent advisory and partnering with key business and staffing stakeholders
• Contribute to staffing intelligence reports and presentations
• Drive effective searches, pipelining (slating) and candidate engagement at senior and leadership levels
• Hands-on sourcing for niche/ hard-to-find skills through external/internal, active & passive channels
• Full cycle recruitment process management, staffing metrics and system compliance
• Participate in staffing projects, initiatives, workshops & events
• Active participation in L&D, knowledge sharing and organization wide initiatives
• Positive positioning and branding CISCO from a staffing perspective by using social media/ communications
• SPECIAL PROJECTS:
• Talent Research on Core Networking, IoT, SDN, Collaboration Tech, Security, Mobility, Video, Big Data, Python, TA Capability

Oct 2011 – Aug 2012 · 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• I was a key member of the Technology Products Practice at ABC Consultants, Bangalore.
• Talent Research, Competitive Talent Landscaping and intelligence.
• Driving critical searches through sourcing, screening and assessment for senior & leadership mandates (VP, Sr. Director/ Director, CoE Heads, Functional Heads, Engineering Managers, QA Managers, Architects, Principal/ Staff Software Engineers - Sr. Individual Contributors etc.)
• Building a strong talent network and candidate engagement across senior & executive ladder.
• Key Account Management, Multi-client/ Multi-stakeholder interface.
• Metrics driven Delivery ownership, Recruitment Operations and Process Compliance.
• Practice Development Initiatives – Revenue contribution and potential business development.
• L&D, Competency Development.

Sep 2005 – Oct 2011 · 6 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Talent Research, Market Intelligence and Landscaping.
• Driving critical searches through sourcing, screening and assessment for senior positions (Director/ Associate Director, CoE Heads, Engineering Manager, Product/Program/Project Manager, Technical Architect, Technical Leads, Principal/ Staff Engineers (Individual Contributors)
• Building a strong talent network and candidate engagement across senior-executive ladder.
• Multi-client/ account management, Multi-stakeholder interface.
• Metrics driven Delivery ownership, Recruitment Operations and Process Compliance.
• Practice Development – Revenue contribution and evaluating potential business opportunities.
• Played the role of both Consulting Specialist & Practice Lead.
• Managed teams of upto peak span of 15 (including 1st & 2nd line) with 3 first line direct reports.
• L&D, Team Capability Building.