Srijesh Karthikeyan

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

15+ years in talent acquisition and strategic hiring.
Expert in building AI/ML talent pipelines.
Proven track record in global stakeholder management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic talent acquisition expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic HiringGlobal Talent AcquisitionTalent PipeliningTechnical Recruiting

Other Skills

Team BuildingGlobal RecruitingRecruitingAnalyticsAIDiversity RecruitmentExecutive SearchNiche Talent AcquisitionFull-life Cycle RecruitingEnd to End RecruitmentsCorporate BrandingEmployer BrandingTalent ScoutingSourcingScreening Resumes

About

Strategic hiring executive with 15+ years of expertise in end-to-end talent acquisition for product development and GCCs. Experienced in leadership hiring, global stakeholder management, and implementing modern recruiting practices powered by analytics, automation, and AI‑driven insights. Proven architect of hiring strategies that align with C-suite visions, delivering executive placements, AI/ML talent pipelines, and scalable GCC builds. Partnering with various business leaders to understand their staffing needs and develop a strategy to hire the most qualified candidates in a cost effective and timely manner. Identifying market trends and researching information effectively through various channels. Own, define, and see-through execution hiring strategies, OKRs, recruiter and hiring manager enablement, and addressable candidate markets evaluation. Ongoing measurement of results for driving iterative change. Working as a business partner to diagnose and solve complex organizational challenges through people-related solutions and driving change to achieve business outcomes. This requires me to use data to guide and be comfortable testing the status quo and being a thought leader for the business.

Experience

15 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Aisera

Principal Recruiter

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Led India & Greece GCC hiring strategies for Engineering, Data Science, Product, and Customer Success; built AI/ML teams from ground up as first HR hire in India.
Designed recruitment, onboarding, and welfare policies; collaborated with US senior leadership to forecast needs and craft center-specific roadmaps.
Developed and published AI-Agent-powered Strategic Staffing Dashboard on GitHub—interactive tool slashing requisition analysis time and boosting recruiting efficiency.
Owned hiring OKRs, recruiter enablement, and market evaluations; delivered weekly progress reports (open/filled reqs, time-to-hire/fill, DEI pipelines, attrition trends) and QBRs to C-level executives.

Team BuildingGlobal RecruitingStrategic HiringGlobal Talent Acquisition

Vmware

2 roles

Senior Staffing Partner

Apr 2021 – Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Managing staffing requirements for Network & Security Business unit.

Diversity RecruitmentTalent PipeliningExecutive SearchStrategic HiringGlobal Talent Acquisition

Staffing Partner

Aug 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Recruited and managed the staffing requirements for VMware Workspace ONE, the intelligence-driven digital workspace platform.

Talent PipeliningNiche Talent AcquisitionFull-life Cycle RecruitingEnd to End Recruitments

Mobileiron

2 roles

Senior Technical Recruiter

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Acted as talent partner aligning with the business leaders to understand the current/future hiring needs and planned staffing strategies for achieving the same.

Corporate BrandingTechnical RecruitingEmployer BrandingTalent ScoutingGlobal Talent Acquisition

Technical Recruiter

Oct 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Built Engineering Talent @ MobileIron Bangalore. The future is Mobile and MobileIron secures your mobile device.
I am truly passionate about recruiting game-changing Engineering talent that wants to be part of something revolutionary->Making Mobile First. The MobileIron platform enables companies around the world to transform into Mobile First Organisation.
Worked extensively with US Engineering leaders on recruitment strategy and built the engineering teams from ground up at Bangalore within the given timelines, quality standards and business criticalities.

Careernet technologies

4 roles

Lead Consultant

Promoted

Apr 2015 – Sep 2015 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Managed Recruiting@ Citrix Systems, Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, Walmart Labs!
Accountable for Client engagement and Development
Managing multiple accounts (RPO & Contingency) Social Media recruiting with Proven hires
Talent landscaping and research on niche and new skill areas
Consistently meeting business and delivery targets
Leading a team of recruitment consultants

Senior Consultant

Oct 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Build, manage and nurture client relationships
Market research and market mapping for different requirement
Ensure the recruitment plans and target are met on schedule

Consultant

Apr 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Understanding Client requirements, Client selection process and identify profile of the potential candidates who can fit the requirement
Managing multiple accounts as SPOC and gather the necessary job requisitions and customer requirements to place qualified technical professionals, individually or as project teams.

Associate Consultant

Jul 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sourcing Specialist
Responsible for sourcing candidates through Internal databases, Job boards, Refernces, head hunting and through networking
Strong in Boolean search strings, planning a Search strategy to identify the required profile
Build and maintain candidate relationships to ensure a consistent talent pipeline.