Aug 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Shaping the Inclusion Recruiting strategy for APAC to create highly diverse and equitable recruiting capabilities through structured and streamlined approaches. In partnership with Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Team (DIBs) team, I serve as a trusted advisor, collaborative partner and change champion to LinkedIn’s Talent Acquisition teams and Business Partners to amplify the diversity quotient across different dimensions of talent pools.
• Built Inclusion Recruiting strategy for gender, people with disabilities, indigenous talent (AU) and local talent (SG) in partnership with APAC TA leadership team
• Leading Candidate Self ID project globally; drove focussed group discussions with HRBPs, TA Leaders and ERGs and external vendors serving as inputs into design of diversity dimensions and options
• Partnering with Legal, HR Governance, Compliance, Employment Law, People Analytics and technical implementation teams to implement candidate Self ID and data reporting needs in SmartRecruiters (ATS)
• Driving Disability Inclusion Strategy globally

Dec 2018 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Driving TA strategic projects enabling APAC TA leaders to generate high quality talent pipeline through TA led events, LinkedIn Media, Employee referrals, on/off platform sourcing and diversity & inclusion sourcing approaches.
• Ensure enterprise-level programs on the TA Roadmap are high-impact for APAC
• Drove operational excellence for APAC recruiting; bring to fruition high impact projects that meaningfully address APAC TA needs and improve recruiting in the region (efficiency, effectiveness)
• This role gave me the opportunity to learn about challenges and opportunities across every single market in APAC including markets like China, Japan and other SEA markets.
• Driving Inclusion Recruiting strategies for APAC enabling TA to create, engage and nurture a diverse slate of talent and working with TA leaders and Hiring Managers to ensure our process is fair and unbiased

Jul 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Drove APAC wide high impact TA Programs around Events, Employee Referrals and DIBs (Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging).
• Events: Hosted events across APAC to build relationships with potential talent and proactively pipelining for future roles.
• Employee Referrals: Built and executed the ER Roadmap for APAC.
• DIBs: Influenced leaders and teams to change their perspective about diversity, inclusion & belonging. Changed mindset by increasing awareness and constantly building a case with data about the importance of having a gender-balanced workforce enabling us to hire diverse talent.

Mar 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

• As a Program Manager, I’m responsible for driving APAC Talent Acquisition initiatives and programs that align with our talent strategy, helping our recruiting team to be more productive and successful. My key focus areas include 1) Systems and Processes 2) Reports & Analytics 3) Branding 4) Events
• Systems and Processes: As part of TA Compliance Tiger team, I've acted as a single POC and a change ambassador to work with the global team to provide feedback and help design/implement processes and systems at a global scale. I continue to be responsible for ensuring that the India TA team adheres to 100% TA compliance, Data integrity / completeness and ensure that the team fully embraces and adopts to the changes related to systems and processes.
• Recruiting Analytics: Compile data for Executive Summary capturing Business attainment, Source Mix, Offer declines & Reasons, ER deep dive, TA health check, team performance, etc. to ensure talent related conversations are driven by real time data and insights to support hiring decisions.
• Branding: Responsible for conceptualizing, designing, executing and defining ROI of India Talent Branding Initiatives focused towards creating a strong employer brand for LinkedIn India. Launched Talent branding Initiatives that includes tech talks, meet-ups and sponsoring technology conferences to help attract, engage and retain the best talent.
• HackFest 2016 (HR Event): Opportunity to program manage one of the most complex projects “HackFest 2016”, taking my PMO experience and learning to a whole new level. LinkedIn partnered with another organization (Accenture) to host an event co-led by 48 people across 2 organisations with different cultures making it even more complex and challenging yet at the same time pushing us beyond our limits to learn along our journey.

Nov 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

• At LinkedIn, I'm fortunate to be part of the team where there is immense potential and opportunity to contribute and make a difference at a global scale.
• Some of my key global projects include:
• Partnered with TalentX (Global Employee Referral Program) Program Manager in shaping the launch of new referral tool, LinkedIn Referrals. Part of the tiger team to help streamline the referral policy and the employee referral process creating best on planet candidate / employee experience.
• TA Newsletter: Regional Communication Champion representing India; Acting as information advocate / POC for India TA News. Responsible for curating India specific content and contributing to Global Talent Acquisition Newsletter.
• Helped productize stuff being a Global curator for LEAP / Elevate (LinkedIn Product Pilot) representing India; an amazing opportunity to interface and provide feedback to the product development team.

Feb 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• At SlideShare (an integral part of LinkedIn), I was part of an exciting and happening industry and played a leading role in driving SlideShare's growth with excellent talent. I was responsible for building and growing a world-class engineering team to build a globally loved web product that has substantial impact on millions of global users.
• Being the only recruiter, I’ve handled end to end recruitment process for a plethora of roles at SlideShare including Engineering Managers, DevOps Engineers, Product Managers, Visual / User Experience Designers, Product Marketing Managers and Web Analysts.
• Worked closely with SlideShare CXO team to define the interview process for senior roles and first time hires.
• With an engineering degree in Computer Science, I had a unique advantage of being able to understand Technology and HR, both of which are indispensable components of a successful startup. My engineering background gave me the advantage of spotting solid talent who have the required technical skills to fit the LinkedIn / SlideShare hiring bar.

Oct 2008 – Nov 2011 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

May 2008 – Oct 2008 · 5 mos · Hyderabad Area, India