Mar 2025 – Nov 2025 · 8 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Mar 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

• Talent Acquisition Leader | AI Labs Business Unit
• Strategic Global Hiring: Led a high-performing team of 8 (1 Team Lead, 4 Full Lifecycle Recruiters, and 3 Sourcers) to drive specialized technology hiring across India and Singapore. Focused on niche roles in Data Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Chip Design Engineering, and Robot Design Engineering.
• High-Volume, High-Impact Recruitment: Successfully managed 700+ annual requisitions, consistently achieving 150+ hires per year with an exceptional 95% offer acceptance rate.
• Optimized Talent Pipelines: Strengthened recruitment efficiency by establishing strategic vendor partnerships, leading to a 20% reduction in time-to-hire and a 15% increase in candidate quality.
• Performance-Driven Team Leadership: Mentored and empowered a results-oriented team, enhancing productivity by 25% while achieving a 90% employee satisfaction score. Implemented key hiring metrics, including Time to Fill, DEI representation, and Source of Hire.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Conducted in-depth analysis and presented hiring insights through Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Business Reviews to senior stakeholders.
• Recognized Excellence: Earned two promotions within three years and led the best-performing recruitment team at Brane for two consecutive years, consistently exceeding hiring targets.

Jun 2020 – Mar 2021 · 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• As an Offshore Recruiter, I collaborated with the business to understand the requirements, develop, and drive the recruiting strategy and practices to fit Viva Naturals culture. Also, conduct periodic hiring meetings and events to help meet the hiring needs.
• Responsible for engineering hiring in India & Singapore Offices.
• Working on Technical and Non-Technical requirements.
• Act as talent advisor to educate the business on talent pools, create qualified applicant pipelines, and provide information needed to make the best decisions for the organization.
• Work with team members to develop SLAs & help business in defining the talent need.
• Sourcing profiles through various Job portals & handling applicants through different channels which includes Search Engines, Vendors, Internal Applicants, Referrals, Career site applicants, Domain Mapping & Social Media.
• Owning end-to-end responsibility from recruiting perspective – Sourcing, Offers, joining follow up, Metrics & etc.

May 2019 – Jan 2020 · 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• As a Sr. Recruiter, I collaborated with the business to understand the requirements, develop, and drive the recruiting strategy and practices to fit Epiq Global’s culture. Also, conduct periodic hiring meetings and events to help meet the hiring needs.
• Responsible for engineering hiring in India & Singapore Offices.
• Act as talent advisor to educate the business on talent pools, create qualified applicant pipelines, and provide information needed to make the best decisions for the organization.
• Work with team members to develop SLAs & help business in defining the talent need.
• Sourcing profiles through various Job portals & handling applicants through different channels which includes Search Engines, Vendors, Internal Applicants, Referrals, Career site applicants, Domain Mapping & Social Media.
• Owning end-to-end responsibility from recruiting perspective – Sourcing, Offers, joining follow up, Metrics & etc.
• Actively participated in defining strategies to generating employee referrals & involved in closing Sr. Niche Skills.
• Connecting with passive candidates for reference generation & future requirements.
• Handled positions like – Software Development Engineers, Software Development Managers, Database Administrator, Data Engineers, Product Managers, Technical Program/Project Managers, User Experience Designers, Program Managers, Business Analysts, and Web Developers.
• Closed 60+ various different positions in my tenure at Epiq.

Jun 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

• As a Sr. Recruiter, I collaborated with the business to understand the requirements, develop, and drive the recruiting strategy and practices to fit Visa culture. Also, conduct periodic hiring meetings and events to help meet the hiring needs.
• Responsible for engineering hiring in India & Singapore Offices.
• Act as talent advisor to educate the business on talent pools, create qualified applicant pipelines, and provide information needed to make the best decisions for the organization.
• Work with team members to develop SLAs & help business in defining the talent need.
• Sourcing profiles through various Job portals & handling applicants through different channels which includes Search Engines, Vendors, Internal Applicants, Referrals, Career site applicants, Domain Mapping & Social Media.
• Owning end-to-end responsibility from recruiting perspective – Sourcing, Offers, joining follow up, Metrics & etc.
• Actively participated in defining strategies to generating employee referrals & involved in closing Sr. Niche Skills.
• Connecting with passive candidates for reference generation & future requirements.
• Handled positions like – Software Development Engineers, Software Development Managers, Database Administrator, Data Engineers, Product Managers, Technical Program/Project Managers, User Experience Designers, Program Managers, Business Analysts, and Web Developers.
• Closed 65+ various different positions in my tenure at Visa.

Apr 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Working on Direct client requirements from Account Managers in Dallas, Chicago, Michigan, Atlanta, and India.
• Worked on jobs from direct clients including Toyota Financial Services, RealPage Inc, Pacific Union Financial, Lehigh Hanson, and many others etc.
• Searching for Qualified resumes matching to the job requirements, screening the candidates, negotiating Rate/Salary, and submitting well-vetted candidates.
• Working on all Tax terms including W2, 1099, and Corp-to-Corp.
• Extensive experience working on Contract, Contract to Hire, and Fulltime roles.
• Scheduling Interviews, Following-up with candidates before and after interviews.
• Rapport building with candidates and employers.
• Screen/Interview the candidates, negotiating Rate/Salary, and submit strong real- time experienced candidates
• Worked on social networking sites like LinkedIn and google to find active and passive candidates.

Jul 2012 – Jan 2017 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• As a Sr. Recruiter, I partnered with the business to understand the requirements, develop and drive the recruiting strategy and practices to fit Amazon culture. Also, conduct periodic hiring meetings and events to help meet the hiring needs.Responsible for engineering hiring in India,Seattle, APAC Region and Europe Locations. Act as talent advisor to educate the business on talent pools, create qualified applicant pipelines, and provide information needed to make the best decisions for the organization.Work with team members to develop SLAs & help business in defining the talent need.
• Sourcing profiles through various Job portals & handling applicants through different channels which includes Search Engines, Vendors, Internal Applicants, Referrals, Career site applicants, Domain Mapping & Social Media.Owning end-to-end responsibility from recruiting perspective – Sourcing, Offers, Joining follow up, Metrics & etc.Actively participated in defining strategies to generating employee referrals & involved in closing Sr. Niche Skills.Connecting with passive candidates for reference generation & future requirements.

Feb 2008 – Jul 2012 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Full-life cycle Recruitment - Responsibilities include sourcing, screening, interviewing and recommending candidates for employment.Managing requirement, screening of recruited consultants in terms of technical prospective and their availability prospects.Pre-screen candidates for Fulltime, Contract to Hire & Contract employment.Explained the requirements to candidates, verified visa status, negotiated billing rates, arranged for interviews.Expertise in the use of Internet-based resume sources such as Dice, Monster, Career builder, Yahoo Hot Jobs, Corp-Corp, etc.
• Monitored all the requirements, call logs, recruitment status, etc. in spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel.Excellent knowledge of 1099, W2 and C2C contracts.Used an internal database, Internet research, referral programs & other strategies to source active and passive candidates.Responsible for keeping daily track of consultants submitted, candidate interviewed and feedback from Manager.
• Multi tasking skills to work on multiple requirements. Capable of working independently and in teams with people at all levels.Exposure with US Visa Processing with regards to H-1 B, various Agreements and Contracts.Experience on H1B transfers & OPT’s.

Sep 2006 – Oct 2008 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

• I was involved in full lifecycle recruiting; sourcing, screening, negotiating, and placement of qualified IT technical professionals at client sites. Good experience in IT- placement, recruiting, account management. A good overview of vendor management system (VMS), Good Internet recruiting skills, utilizing a variety of resume database subscriptions, job posting (Dice, Monster, Hot Jobs, Net-Temps etc), candidate referral and Internet email list memberships to obtain hard-to-find candidates.