Pradeep Solai

Head of Talent

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India10 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Talent Acquisition and Leadership Hiring
  • Proven track record in strategic recruitment planning
  • Strong focus on diversity and candidate satisfaction
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in SaaS and Technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionLeadership HiringProduct Design HiringStrategic RecruitmentRecruitmentSearch StrategiesRecruitment Life-cycle ManagementStaffingRecruitment CoordinationSourcing

Other Skills

Candidate Pipeline DevelopmentCustomer ServiceDiversity RepresentationEmployee RelationsEngineeringFunnel OptimizationHuman ResourcesIT RecruitmentKPI ManagementLeadershipManagementMarket Data AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Word

Experience

10 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Epam systems

Talent Acquisition Lead, Technology Leadership Hiring

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Remote

  • Extensive experience working on Leadership Hiring handling multiple BU’s of EPAM to fulfill the talent demand.
  • ▪ Performing 80% as an individual contributor for sourcing talented individuals from various channels from
  • internal ATS, Naukri, LinkedIn, Referral programs & Passive sourcing.
  • ▪ Partner with business leaders to develop strategies on Talent Identification, Talent Management to drive
  • business priorities and deploy the right talent in the organization.
Talent AcquisitionLeadership HiringSourcingTalent Management

Keka hr

Lead Talent Acquisition, Product Design & Product Management

Apr 2023Jan 2024 · 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • ▪ Defining the hiring goals and strategy for Product & Design BU’s (aiming for 100% fulfillment, increasing the
  • diversity representation, reducing the time to fill and time to hire and candidates & customer satisfaction)
  • ▪ Partnership across PED BU’s (Product Management, Engineering & Product Design).
  • ▪ Managing and mentoring 5 recruiters, Talent coordinator partners to effectively deliver on all hiring
  • requirements for the business. Having check on their KPis and being part of their development plans and OKR
  • check-ins and discussion.
Talent AcquisitionProduct Design HiringDiversity RepresentationKPI Management

Freshworks

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Product Leadership Hiring

Jun 2021Apr 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

  • ▪ I lead talent acquisition efforts, crafting strategic recruitment plans to assemble high-performing Tech & Product teams (Managers to Sr Director) across Product BU's, ensuring alignment with our dynamic and innovative culture.
  • ▪ Creating effective staffing strategy meetings, setting realistic expectations by providing market data
  • ▪ Develop and implement the hiring strategy with close collaboration and partnership with the key business stakeholders (BU Heads) and POD leads
Talent AcquisitionStrategic RecruitmentMarket Data Analysis

Paypal

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Dec 2020Jun 2021 · 6 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Athenahealth

3 roles

Recruiting Associate, Technology Leadership Hiring

Promoted

Apr 2020Dec 2020 · 8 mos

  • ▪ Solely managed entire Product (Product Managers, Product Designers), Technology (Backend, frontend, Full Stack, DevOps, Android Dev, Architect, etc.) and Analytics hiring at athenahealth.
  • ▪ Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates in limited candidate space. This resulted in sufficient candidate pipeline.
  • ▪ Achieved three promotions within two years due to exceptional performance and outstanding contributions.
RecruitmentSearch StrategiesCandidate Pipeline Development

Senior Recruiting Analyst

Promoted

Aug 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Recruiting Analyst

Aug 2017Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Talent Acquisition professional with around 4 years of extensive experience
  • Work closely with business/delivery heads to understand and prioritize open requirements. Hold weekly reviews with senior management, share hiring updates/status
  • Responsible for Lateral & Leadership Hiring
  • Extensive experience of full cycle of hiring: Direct Recruitment channel, Employee Referrals
  • Expertise in entire recruitment life-cycle from obtaining the job opening, researching the opening, sourcing the candidate, prescreening, technical interviews, feedback, negotiations, issuing offer letters and closing the position
  • Scheduling and coordination a high volume of interviews using both Outlook
  • Schedule on-and off-site interviews including coordinating with the Hiring Managers
  • Responsible for recruitment Delivery across R&D
  • SPOC for end to end vendor management
Talent AcquisitionRecruitment Life-Cycle Management

Rectras business solutions pvt ltd.,

Associate Consultant-Executive Search

Feb 2016Aug 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Coordination of the entire functions of staffing, recruitment & selection process as per the specifications provided by the client organisations: Starting from understanding clients need in terms of getting into minute details of the JD.
  • Sourcing profiles from job portals, review resumes and credentials for appropriateness of skills, experience and gather knowledge in relation to position requirements.
  • Experience to handle HR Coordination with clients, Client Interaction, Handling Preliminary Interview
  • Provide complete, accurate, and inspiring information to candidates about the company and position.
StaffingRecruitment Coordination

Quadruple business services pvt ltd

2 roles

Technical Recruiter at Quadruple Business Services

Jun 2015Jan 2016 · 7 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Handling Recruitment for Information Technology,Mobility,Product Development, Project Management.
  • Sourcing resumes from various channels
  • Work for different sectors like IT, E Commerce, Manufacturing, Travel & Tourism, Oil & Energy.
RecruitmentSourcing

Management Trainee - Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

Feb 2015May 2015 · 3 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Education

Anna University Chennai

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jun 2013Apr 2015

University of Madras

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) — Accounting and Finance

Jan 2009Jan 2012

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