Prathima Pai

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Decade of experience in talent acquisition.
Expert in building recruitment strategies for startups.
Proven track record in scaling teams from 0-1.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in scaling teams for high-growth startups.

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Skills

Core Skills

Global RecruitingStrategic HiringScaling TeamsFull-life Cycle RecruitingCandidate ExperienceUniversity RecruitmentStrategic SourcingEmployee Training

Other Skills

Candidate AssessmentChange ManagementCoachingCollege RecruitingCommunicationCreative Problem SolvingEmotional IntelligenceEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployer BrandingExecutive SearchHead huntingHiringHiring PracticesHuman Resources

About

I'm a talent acquisition leader with a decade of work ex in building world-class teams for high-growth startups. Over the years, as a talent partner, I've worked with industry-best leaders to help identify top talent across all Non-tech verticals like Sales, Marketing, Data Analytics, Platform Business, Category Operations etc. As a 0-1 specialist, I've led hiring efforts to build teams ground up both centrally and regionally. In my current stint as the Head of Non-Tech TA, I manage a set of highly skilled recruitment professionals and lead hiring efforts across all non-tech functions while also managing org-wide engagements and HR business partnering for a few verticals. I expertise in building smart, cost-effective recruitment strategies to identify the best fit for the org while working closely with the Founders and Business Leaders.

Experience

12 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Interview kickstart

2 roles

Associate Director - TA

Promoted

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

IK is an Ed-Tech startup in the career development space that helps Tech Professions upskill themselves to crack the toughest of interviews at top-tier product-tech companies. Currently, at IK, I lead hiring efforts for all roles, leadership and junior roles alike, across Tech and Non-tech verticals while managing a 6-member team.

Global RecruitingHuman Resources (HR)Head huntingstart-up hiringEmployee EngagementNon-Tech Recruitement+12

Senior Manager - TA

Mar 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Unacademy

3 roles

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2021 – Apr 2022 · 9 mos

With Unacademy, I lead all hiring efforts for all the major platform business functions. My major focus areas here are partnering with key business leaders to scale teams from 0-1, setting and implementing processes to drive hiring efficiency, and managing key recruitment metrics. Alongside building lateral hiring strategies, I also lead campus engagement efforts to identify and absorb fresh talent from top-tier institutes.

University RecruitmentProcess ImprovementLeadershipHiringFull-life Cycle RecruitingScaling Teams+14

Talent Acquisition Manager

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Jul 2021 · 6 mos

Lead Recruiter

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 · 4 mos

Headout

Senior Talent Partner

Nov 2019 – Jul 2020 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As a Talent Partner, I've been involved in building world-class teams for both domestic and international locations across the Marketing, Analytics, and Operations verticals. At Headout, my role also encompassed a wide array of other HR responsibilities in addition to recruitment.

University RecruitmentGlobal RecruitingCandidate ExperienceEmployee EngagementSourcingEmployee Relations+1

Bounce

Senior Recruiter

Apr 2019 – Nov 2019 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As a Sr. Recruiter, I've majorly led hiring efforts for various roles across the Operations, Government Relations, Marketing and Business Finance hierarchy. I have also been part of campus hiring projects and expansion hiring. I've single-handedly managed and led expansion hiring efforts for Hyderabad - the 1st city that Bounce launched outside of Karnataka.

University RecruitmentCollege RecruitingSourcingHiring PracticesStrategic SourcingRecruiting

Bankbazaar.com

Talent Acquisition Executive

Aug 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Handled the end-to-end of recruitment for various roles across the org. I specialise in hiring for Marketing, Analytics and Ops teams and headhunting for niche skills to add to the existing talent pool.

Tata consultancy services

Sr.Content and Training Specialist

Apr 2016 – Dec 2016 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

My role with TCS was a very brief stint at designing and creating business inducing content on the web for various small and medium businesses across the US.

Google

Policy and Training Specialist

Jul 2012 – Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Process trainer for Ops teams working across various mapping projects. My role here involved everything to do with employee training and building necessary training material as an SME.

Employee TrainingProcess Optimization