Jun 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Lead a recruitment team and responsible for hiring for Infrastructure Engineering Business Unit - Ola Mobility.
• Collaborating with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to develop and execute life cycle recruiting plans with a focus on developing a ready candidate pipeline to fill hiring needs.
• Building recruitment strategies by taking information gathered from the business and staying ahead of business needs
• Developing recruitment strategies to proactively search for a diverse pool of top technology talent using various passive and active recruiting methods (direct sourcing, internal recruitment, job boards, social media, etc.)
• Highlighting trends and market intelligence by talking to candidates and staying on top of market trends
• Continually working to improve the recruitment process to ensure an effective recruiting experience for hiring managers and candidates alike.
• Developing appropriate technical / behavioural Interview guides to ensure the selection of top talent. Work with and train hiring managers and others as appropriate to ensure strong interviewer skills and talent process understanding.
• Responsible for developing recruiting metrics and presenting information to the Leadership Team, Program Managers and HRBP on a weekly, Monthly and quarterly basis.
• Industry: Mobility
• Domains Handled: DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Infra Platform, Data Platform, Hadoop Administration, Database Administrators (MySQL / MongoDB / Cassandra / Couchbase), Performance Testing, Network Operations Centre Engineering (NOC / OCC), Business Intelligence, Technical Program Manager

Nov 2020 – Apr 2021 · 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

•  Identify and evangelize new sourcing channels in the recruitment space in co-ordination with the all stakeholders to bring continuing efficiency to the organization's hiring processes.
•  Lead engagements with the Business Heads to understand the Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly hiring plan and other business needs to plan overall recruitment strategy for the assigned business verticals. Reviewing hiring timelines planned for all the business verticals and ensure all contingencies are incorporated into these schedules. Providing inputs for recruitment process such as relevant channels, profiles to business heads on a need to need basis
•  Ensure all the open positions across all the business verticals are closed within the stipulated cost and time by maintaining healthy source mix balance across various sourcing channels. Adhering to all the steps in recruitment process ensure smooth pre and post joining experience for all selected candidates Lead the internal employee referral campaigns within assigned business verticals in co-ordination with team to address specific resourcing needs
•  Ensure adherence of team members to organization's recruitment policies and processes by providing relevant guidance at all times. Manage work assignment among team members basis periodic peaks and troughs in the recruitment process
•  Sharing recruitment & hiring insights to Management & Business Heads by sharing different Analytics reports. Preparing dashboards on the active demand analysis & Bench hiring to Management.
•  Drive engagement with recruitment partners, sourcing partners and executive search firms to ensure proper co-ordination during sourcing & recruitment process
• Industry: Healthcare
• Domains Handled: JavaScript, Java, Python, Front End, Back End, Full Stack, UI, UX, Solution Architecture, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, iOS / Android App Development, Scrum, SQL, MongoDB, DOTNET, SFDC, PEGA, QA,
• Mainframe, ORMB

Nov 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• At Fareportal, we create technology that is driving innovation in the travel industry - one of the world’s fastest-growing sectors. Our employees are the core of our organization and together we’re revolutionizing the way people book travel.
• Our portfolio of brands including CheapOair and OneTravel receive over 100 million visitors annually and drive over $4 billion in annual revenue.
• Responsibilities:
•  Work closely with stakeholders to deeply understand the requirements of roles, function.
•  Design and execute sourcing engagement strategies for mid, senior & executive level roles
•  Strategize different ways to build talent pipelines and execute on tactical research, referral generation and sourcing campaigns
•  Deliver qualified diverse pipelines for active roles, as well as active network and establish strong relationships with diverse candidates and organizations
•  Manage executive search engagements from requisition intake meetings with hiring managers to candidate contact to including research, engagement strategies and candidate experience.
•  Support an exemplary candidate experience at every stage of the process.
•  Proactively manage the recruiting process by understanding talent selection and attraction challenges, as well as business priorities.
•  Leveraging deep knowledge of business's talent needs.
•  Attract, recruit and evaluate executive-level talent.
•  Educate our stakeholders on executive recruiting best practices and labor market dynamics. Leveraging research and competitive intelligence.
• Industry: Online Travel
• Domains Handled: JavaScript, Java, Python, Objective C, Swift, Front End, Back End, Full Stack, UI, UX, Solution Architecture, Cloud Platform Services (AWS, Azure), SharePoint, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, iOS / Android App Development, Scrum, SQL, MongoDB, Cisco UCCE, Information Security, Cyber Security

May 2016 – Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Role :
• As a Recruitment Lead, I provide full life cycle recruiting, including interfacing with hiring managers to create and review requisitions, sourcing/screening candidates, participating in interviews when required, assisting managers with reference checks, developing competitive job offers and tracking candidates with International Standards.
• Responsibilities:
• Develop successful working relationships with the wider recruitment community, HR teams and key business managers/directors, demonstrating a sound understanding of the requirements of the business.
• Work with the business in the UK to identify and define the resource requirements - obtain the necessary authorisation and working with the resourcers and establish the most appropriate and cost-effective recruitment strategies to meet the recruitment requirement
• Manage and monitor internal applicant tracking system, ensuring that all candidates and applicants are properly tracked and have a disposition reason
• Consult, advise & challenge the hiring managers on the selection of candidates throughout the end-to-end process, e.g. CV review, interview feedback, etc. ensuring best fit for the role.
• Manage multiple campaigns across geographically dispersed locations
• Maintain networks in critical technical sectors to facilitate effective passive recruitment;
• Develop advertising programs (internal and external) in order to ensure high visibility with potential candidates;
• Develop and maintain an excellent relationship with internal and external clients and/or business partners to ensure achievement of staffing goals
• Industry: Engineering Design
• Domains Handled: Civil Engineering, Structure Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Water & Waste Water Engineering, Environmental Consulting, PDD (Project Directorate Delivery)

Jan 2013 – May 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Roles and responsibilities:
• Managing Senior and Executive Level research across different industries. Tapping talent pool across the APAC, Europe and MENA Regions.
• Delivering Talent acquisition and Talent management engagements for Client Organizations Globally.
• Developing and managing Client relationships.
• Designing overall talent delivery strategy and end-to-end client –candidate coordination and management.
• Championing client and internal quality requirement and process adherence.
• Sharing market insights on talent pool availability with clients for single search assignments and project assignments (Multiple hires).
• Market intelligence mapping.
• Conducting preliminary round of interviews, understanding the due-diligence in terms of their career aspirations, relocation constraints as to put forward best suitable candidates to clients.

Jan 2011 – Dec 2011 · 11 mos · Mumbai

• ▪ Handling a variety of recruitment activities
• ▪ Documentation & Induction for new joiners.
• ▪ Attendance, Leave and applications of Employees
• ▪ Maintaining data for Payroll
• ▪ Administration

Dec 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• ▪ Taking care of recruitment activities for Renewable Energy business
• ▪ Design and conduct the induction and employee orientation process.
• ▪ Conducting Training & Development Programs
• ▪ Development & Administration for New Joiners i.e. Conducting and Arranging Induction Programs
• ▪ Driving various initiatives with respect to creating fun/excitement at Work Place.
• ▪ Taking care of CSR initiatives taken by the company

Jul 2007 – Dec 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• ▪ Handling a variety of recruitment activities so that the recruitment process is efficient, effective and equitable.
• ▪ Ensure that all open positions are closed as per the pre decided timelines
• ▪ Prepare internal and external job advertisements, web postings, specifications and other materials in accordance with the recruitment standards and Company needs so that potential job applicants have the information they need to decide whether, and how to, apply for a vacant position.
• ▪ Respond to enquiries from candidates about the recruitment activities and about the status of job vacancies so that interested applicants are kept informed without compromising the standards of privacy and confidentiality.
• ▪ Contact candidates, arrange interview times and develop appropriate interview questions in collaboration with the hiring manager so that interviews are conducted efficiently and equitably.
• ▪ Interview, test, rank, check references, select candidates and provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates based on the job's pre-established selection criteria and the recruitment policies.
• ▪ Represent the organization at job fairs and other venues so that potential candidates have an opportunity for job.
• ▪ Conduct employee orientation/induction and introductory training so that new employees are quickly integrated into the organization.

Jul 2006 – Jul 2007 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• ▪ Sourcing, Screening & Scheduling the candidates to specific job requirement..
• ▪ Developing a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need.
• ▪ Screening candidates according to job requirements.
• ▪ Sharing CVs with Delivery Panels.
• ▪ Conducting initial telephonic interviews and providing key inspiring facts about the organization.
• ▪ Shortlisting and scheduling of interviews for qualified candidates.
• ▪ Taking feedback from the delivery panels for the next process to the selected candidates.
• ▪ Follow up with the candidates till on board.