Shantanu Bhombe

CEO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India19 yrs 4 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Scaled talent acquisition team from 50 to 250 in 10 months.
Implemented AI solutions for recruitment processes.
Drove initiatives for employer branding and employee engagement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader in the SaaS industry with a focus on scaling teams.

Contact

shantanu.b@joveo.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTeam Management

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence for BusinessBPOBudgetingBulk HiringBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceCRMCandidate EngagementCandidate ExperienceCloud ComputingCold CallingConsultingData WarehousingDatabasesDeferred Compensation

About

With over 18 years of experience in talent acquisition and human resources, I am passionate about building and scaling up startup engineering and product teams that deliver innovative solutions and drive business growth. I currently lead the global talent acquisition function at Joveo, an AI-powered end to end Recruitment Marketing platform. In my role, I apply my expertise in talent strategy, budgeting, leadership, team management, tech hiring, competency-based assessment, executive search, TA automation, compensation benchmarking, and employee engagement to attract, retain, and develop top talent across engineering, product, and non-tech roles. I have successfully scaled up the team from 50 to 250 in 10 months, and I continue to create and execute hiring plans that align with the company's vision and goals. I also design and implement HR policies, processes, and tools to foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and diversity at Joveo.

Experience

19 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Joveo

3 roles

Director - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Associate Director - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Heading Global Talent Acquisition at Joveo Technologies for India, US,
UK & LATAM, managing a team of 5 recruiters
Work closely with the CXO level leaders for hiring, budgeting, hiring strategy & execution
Scaled up India team from the scratch to 300� within 12 months
Hired Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Managers, ML Engineers,
Data scientists, Marketing, Ad Operations
Set up Talent Acquisition function, built best practices, created process
documents, executed with minimum friction
Managing hiring dashboard, headcount planning, daily recruitment
review
Applied GenAI in creating the job descriptions, candidate
engagement, interview evaluation
Drove initiatives incl. CTC restructuring, Employee handbook, Employer branding, Glassdoor reviews, ATS implementation, Campus hiring
Managed vendors, cost negotiations, HR & TA tool implementations, approvals
Currently hiring for
Client Strategist - US
Director of Solutions - US
Data Scientist - Semantic Science
Generative AI Engineer

Talent AcquisitionTeam ManagementHiring StrategyBudgetingExecutive SearchEmployer Branding+2

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Jun 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Joveo is a programmatic job advertising startup, with AI & Machine Learning based platform.
I am responsible for:
End to end hiring for engineering, product & non-tech roles
Scaled up engineering team from 25 to 100 in 5 months
Creating & executing hiring plan
Apply multiple sourcing techniques to attract active & passive talent
Create HR policies, processes, tools Implementation

End to End HiringSourcing TechniquesHR PoliciesTeam ManagementTalent Acquisition

Ta digital

Manager - Talent Acquisition

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

Leading India Talent Acquisition @ TA Digital.
Leading end to end hiring, managing a team of 7 recruiters across 2 locations in India
Improved recruiter productivity by 20% within 6 months
Improved overall India joining ratio by 23% within 6 months by effectively implementing candidate engagement strategy
Was able to bring several ageing positions to closure within 6 months

End to End HiringCandidate EngagementTeam ManagementTalent Acquisition

Amazon

Tech Recruiter II

Jan 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Technology & Leadership hiring for Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) Team at Hyderabad & Bangalore
Responsible for requirement gathering, creating hiring plan, building sourcing pipeline, planning events, executing the interviews, closure of interview feedback, attending debriefs, compensation discussion & overall candidate experience
Part of sourcing track within SDE II hiring community. I owned community hiring events, which helps Recruiters to scale-up the footfall for the event
Drove time bound special referral rewards program specific to the business unit
Launched Info-Beat, a bi-weekly news magazine focused on latest market trends, key business updates, competitor news for Tech recruitment team

Requirement GatheringSourcing PipelineCandidate ExperienceTalent Acquisition

Infocepts

Senior Lead - Human Resources

Apr 2013 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Nagpur, Pune, Chennai

Hiring senior BI/DW professionals for MicroStrategy, Tableau, QlikView, Informatica, Hadoop & Advanced Analytics at Nagpur, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Singapore, KL & USA.
Responsible for:
Skill based niche hiring
Bulk hiring
Leadership hiring
Project Management for time-bound recruiting
Stakeholder management
Team handling
Reporting & data analysis

Niche HiringBulk HiringStakeholder ManagementTalent Acquisition

Sears

Sr. Executive - Recruitment

May 2010 – Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Pune Area, India

Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC) is a $47 billion group and fourth largest broad line retailer in the United States. We are featured proudly in 2009 as a U.S. Fortune 50 Company. SHC has a legacy of over 100 years in the retail industry and is one of the most respected companies in the US. SHI (Sears Holdings India) is the IT Offshore Center for Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC).
I played a key role in ramping up SHI a Technology captive of SHC, from ~50 to 1200 in the span of less than 3 years.

Avaya india pvt ltd

Talent Acquisition

Feb 2009 – Oct 2009 · 8 mos · Pune

Talent acquisition for multiple Business Units/ Technology Groups at Avaya India
Closely working with the Delivery Managers to prepare the hiring plan & was responsible for the Complete Recruitment Life Cycle - Headhunting, Sourcing, Short-listing Profiles, Candidate Tracking, Technical Interviews, HR interviews, Reference checks and Follow-ups for joining.
Effectively using Personal Network, Built up Database, Internet and Employee referrals for prospective hiring
Sourcing from the job boards for active candidates & extensive networking through LinkedIn, Silicon India, Yahoo & Google groups to reach to the passive candidates
Daily, Weekly & Monthly hiring status report maintenance & updates

Globallogic

Sr Associate - Talent Acquisition

Dec 2005 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Handling End-to-end recruitment for multiple business units
Interacting and discussing with technical managers on the requirements
Sourcing/screening candidates, interviewing/qualifying candidates, and conducting interviews
Regular weekly recruitment status report generation & attending the status meetings as and when required
Managing recruitment agencies, sourcing for new vendors, contract management, recoveries, releasing the requirements
Proficiently used automation system like Jira, Team builder