Apr 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Managed hiring for Product, Design, Technology, Analytics, and Financial Services (Off-Roll) with
• 87% closure of the headcount plan month-on-month.
• Built Financial Services (Off-Roll) hiring team from scratch along with process improvements
• which are now contributing to 67% of hires done by the team as opposed to 25% in 2022.
• Collaborated closely with Function Heads for role prioritization, conducting market research, and
• sharing talent long lists for key/niche roles.
• Attained diversity contribution of 27% from 10% in the Technology function.
• Accomplished vendor cost to ₹0 by September 2022 by building the hiring function internally for
• the Product, Design, Technology, and Analytics function.
• Accomplished vendor cost reduction by 59% for the Financial Services (Off-Roll) hiring.
• Collaborated with the Head of Talent Acquisition for resource planning, budgeting, and AOP for
• the Talent Acquisition department with the Finance team.
• Evaluated and implemented ATS (TurboHire) in 3 weeks which resulted in minimal operational
• delays in the candidate hiring lifecycle.
• Launched hiring process from scratch for various stages(recruiting process, referral process,
• recruiter upskilling, and candidate experience) to increase offer-to-join from 45% to 67%.
• Built knowledge management specific to Talent Acquisition from scratch on Notion.

Feb 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Managed hiring for Customer Engineering function which is responsible for building the data engine for their data platform. The sub-teams under the Customer Engineering function included Data Analytics, Data Science and AI, Quality Engineers (Data), and Support Engineers.
• Managed a team of 6 recruiters who delivered 100% of the headcount plan month-on-month.
• Analysed and deployed processes that brought down the TAT of candidate journey end-to-end from 33 mins to 17 mins resulting in faster closure of roles
• Deployed 3 key projects which improved the quality of hires which also resulted in joining rate improvement from 52% to 64%.
• Implemented various special projects and initiatives for the Talent Acquisition team like market research and advisory, balance scorecards, skill development sessions, post-offer engagements, etc.
• Implemented end-to-end 5 critical programs that improved the talent acquisition deliveries by 23%.
• Implemented employee branding and referral campaigns to boost the organization's outreach and perception within the talent market.

Sep 2020 – Feb 2021 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Led the hiring efforts for building the Software Engineering team for the organization with 2 recruiters.
• Worked closely with COO and SVPs (function heads) for resource planning, prioritization of roles, providing market research, and talent long lists.
• Hired key leaders for the organization (Associate Director – Academics & Associate Director – Design) critical for the app and content designing.
• Implemented the first ATS in the organization to track and manage candidate life cycle.
• Instrumental in cutting down agency costing by 25% resulting in savings of US $200,000.
• Built the PoSH process and programs from scratch including the creation of the PoSH committee.
• Delivered programs that resulted in improvement in employee branding. Rating in Glassdoor went up from 3.1 to 3.8 in 3 months.
• Built onboarding framework from scratch for better onboarding experience which resulted in an increase of new hire satisfaction from 25% to 45%.
• Created marketing collaterals to welcome new joiners on the LinkedIn profile which increased the potential talent engagement by 23%.

Apr 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

• Carried out end-to-end hiring for the Gartner New Markets business unit as an individual contributor.
• Hired for skills like Java Developer, .NET Developer, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Marketing Analytics, Email Marketing, SEO, etc.
• Worked closely with MVPs based out of the USA, UK, and Spain on hiring talents (Data Engineers and Cloud Engineers) for the respective cities.
• Closed two critical tech roles open for more than 180+ days in 30 days preventing loss due to opportunity cost.
• Closed 4 out of 6 confidential and critical requirements in 30 days for Corporate Marketing and was recognized by portfolio business leaders for the same.
• Collaborated in organizing Unconscious Bias training for 40+ HR professionals as Phase I of the DEI initiative.

Feb 2019 – Apr 2019 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Managed the entire lifecycle of the executive search process, including market research and analysis, candidate identification, and candidate advocacy to hiring sponsors.
• Served as an expert in the research process, including knowledge of research sources, industries and markets, organizational structures, and companies. Utilized publicly available, subscription-based, and proprietary database resources, social media, and other channels to deliver the research.
• Discovered innovative ways to identify high-potential talent within a given market in addition to staying abreast of market trends, business intelligence, and competitive information.

Jan 2015 – Feb 2019 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Carried out end-to-end recruitment for executive hiring in tech and non-tech space in current and emerging technology practice for the organization from Director to CxO levels playing technical, functional, or techno-functional roles at PAN India.
• Closed 2 CxO level positions (CFO India and CTO India), in turn, saving agency cost of US ~ $1 million.
• Closed 2 Vice President Engineering (Data Science and Retail Engineering) positions through networking and yet again saving agency cost of US ~ $75,000.
• Delivered sessions on market mapping and intelligence to the core HR services team and how to present the data to senior stakeholders effectively.
• Researched and proposed an alternative delivery centre for APAC for Software Engineering project delivery and was accepted.
• Delivered a special project on the viability of exploring Japan as a talent market and connected with the local IT recruitment vendors to understand the skillset landscape.
• A case study published by LinkedIn on How to Ace Leadership Hiring on LinkedIn (feat. exclusively).
• Collaborated in setting up the central sourcing team with a detailed SOP which currently caters to 200+ lateral hires in a quarter.
• Collaborated in setting up the Liquid Workforce team, which is responsible for finding alternate talents in the market.

May 2014 – Jun 2014 · 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Assisting with recruitment activities for various roles in Sales and BDM.
• Shadowing HR interviews to understand various parameters used to decide attributes of candidates for role fitment.
• Assisting in lining up candidates for interviews for various positions in the company.
• Providing support in administering HR policies and procedures.
• Contributed to the development/ maintenance of HR information systems.
• Assisting in maintaining HR records (electronic and otherwise).
• Tracking progress, deadlines, and priorities of the 'Competency Mapping' project.

Jun 2011 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore, India · On-site

• Hands-on experience covering servicing, modifications, repair, and replacement of aircraft components/ items of equipment for the airworthiness of aircraft.
• Hands-on experience on aircraft Airbus A321/ A320/ A319 fitted with IAE V2500 A5 engines and ATR 72-212A fitted with P&W 127F engines.
• Hands-on experience in managing the engineering store for spare parts availability and upkeep.