Nov 2023 – Aug 2024 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Lead and manage a team of Talent Acquisition Recruiters & Sourcers
• Set performance goals and ensure the team meets hiring targets within specified timelines.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to enhance the team's efficiency.
• Devise and implement effective recruitment strategies to attract top talent.
• Analyse the recruitment funnel and make data-driven decisions to optimize the hiring process.
• Ensure a consistent and positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment cycle.
• Utilize analytical tools to assess and understand recruitment funnel metrics.
• Identify areas for improvement and take proactive measures to enhance the overall hiring process.
• Provide regular reports and insights to the leadership team.
• Develop daily, weekly, and monthly hiring plans aligned with organizational goals.
• Execute the hiring plan efficiently, ensuring the timely closure of open positions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align hiring efforts with business objectives.

Jul 2023 – Nov 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Responsible for leading and improving efficiencies in college hiring model at the site and business group level to ensure we leverage the optimal hiring cycle to support college hiring, enhance the quality and diversity of college hiring.
• Curate/execute clear roadmap and plans for college hiring that includes hiring of Engineering/Management graduates & Interns.
• Defining the centralized hiring strategy and roadmap to drive more efficiencies into CG hiring process.
• Serve as the lead point of contact for the India TPA account managers and business group hiring champions.
• Influence and liaise with the Biz leaders and Account managers to help strategize their HC Planning and hiring with an equal focus on hiring early talent pipeline.
• Build strong partnership with the universities and amplify Intel brand to ensure Intel is employer of choice at colleges.
• Lead a small team and coach and guide through the process and focus on team's engagement and development.
• Responsible for control and compliance requirements based on local laws.
• Attention to detail and good judgment on compensation recommendations, pay exception management, and influence on offer/accept decisions.

Feb 2023 – Jul 2023 · 5 mos

• Representing the voice of Talent Acquisition team, striving and influencing to find the right solutions to enable them to focus on their core job.
• Responsible for identifying and troubleshooting system and process issues, providing resolutions, and implementing to the TPA team.
• Partner with various business leader and HR COE stakeholder in managing and supporting the change manager initiatives for a successful implementation and roll out of any global /regional projects.
• Driving for optimizing existing hiring processes with the key drivers of efficiency and effectiveness.
• Highly involved/lead regional and global Small-Med projects, and experience in full development lifecycle of projects right from requirements gathering, design, testing, implementation, stabilization and sustaining activities.
• Work with project teams to integrate organizational change activities and strategy into the overall project plan
• Assist with new business integration to ensure smooth transitions into the current program.
• Working closely with the HR Leader and Global HR Process Owner in all process related matters to assure global consistency of the HR processes and related activities.
• Guiding HR teams and actively driving change within the respective project.
• Key liaison person in Asia across countries such as India, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan representing the PE&A team to build and establish the success of RPO Program

Feb 2018 – Jul 2023 · 5 yrs 5 mos

• Hiring external talents for Intel’s Design Engineering Group, Technology & Development Group and for Sales & Marketing Group.
• Also partnering with the campus team in designing campus programs for Interns & CGs as part of my extended role and actively involved in campus hiring from Tier+1 institutions.
• Managing end-to-end recruitment Cycle. Planning and designing recruitment process.
• Hiring Resources across various levels (Entry level to senior management)
• Liaising with Business leaders /Hiring managers across levels – understanding requirements and firming up Recruitment Strategy in accordance with the business needs
• Designing and Implementation of employee branding initiatives - Internal and External
• Innovation in Hiring through –Enhancing candidate experience, Employee referral program, building candidate pipelines and creation of Diversity slate.
• Projects & Initiatives:
• Project managed fab global hiring effort from Asia.
• Designed and implemented social media engagement program & hiring managers playbook for Interns.
• Part of Inclusion & Diversity team and have designed & organized external events like SWE (Society of Women Engineers) Conference, Grace hopper conference
• Anchored as GPTW representative for India team and organized few events to make workplace more fun.
• Managing team Ops work and help GTA leaders with the right hiring data to present in any leadership meeting.
• Mentoring new hires in the team to get upto speed on Intel hiring process & practices.

Oct 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Hiring talents for Cisco Core Software Group
• Managing end-to-end recruitment Cycle. Planning and designing recruitment process which align with CISCO Recruitment Standards
• Hiring Resources across various levels and departments (Entry level to senior management)
• Liaising with Business leaders /Hiring managers across levels – understanding requirements and firming up Recruitment Strategy in accordance with the business needs
• Designing and Implementation of employee branding initiatives - Internal and External
• Innovation in Hiring through –Enhancing candidate experience , Employee referral program , building candidate pipelines and creation of Diversity slate

Nov 2014 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

• Hiring - Talent Advisory – Business Engagement - Candidate Management - Prepare Hiring Plan & Working Strategies - Talent landscape mapping - Market Intelligence - Sourcing - Candidate Slating - Talent Pipe Lining - Overall management of the entire Recruitment cycle - Enabling Business Ramp ups - Facilitating Internal Job Rotation - On Boarding - Recruitment Analysis/ Metrics.

Jan 2014 – Nov 2014 · 10 mos

• Worked as a Sourcing Lead, providing strategic sourcing support for mission critical requirements .
• Provided sourcing and recruitment support for C level positions across divisions using new age sourcing channels, and creative referencing channels.
• In this role I have been entrusted with a responsibility of bridging the gap between prospective employee and employer. In this capacity I provided sourcing support for some of the key accounts.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr

• Hands on experience in End-to-End Recruitment Cycle, which involves.
• Analysing & understanding the client requirement and mapping with target companies and potential candidates.
• Sourcing through Job Portals, References, advertisements in various websites and online groups (job posting), Professional Networking, Social Media, and Head Hunting.
• Candidate Management, right from the Initial screening, Interview Co-ordination till the joining date.
• Following up with the offered candidates, and handholding them till they join the client company.
• Maintaining a Database and Reports (MIS) on a Weekly Basis for reference.