Oct 2023 – Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos · On-site

• Act as a strategic partner to the C-suite, and Senior Business Leadership proactively identifying people challenges, and translating business growth plans into workforce strategies
• Built trusted relationships with CEO, CTO and functional business leads across Engineering, Repayments, IT Infra, and ISG to enable them to take people-related business decisions
• Designed competency frameworks by defining KRAs, KPIs and role-specific competencies for all Engineering roles
• Designed performance evaluation scorecards and metrics for Engineering Function to enable structured performance conversations and career growth
• Led compensation benchmarking activity for Engineering Function by conducting internal and external compensation research
• Spearhead the foundational L&D initiatives by designing learning modules for capability building of HR & Business teams.
• Design and delivered learning programs, workshops and training modules.
• Designed managerial capability-building programs and behavioral training programs coaching 50+ business leaders.
• Designed and delivered structured coaching sessions for 120+ campus freshers, on communication, professional profiling, and interview readiness.
• Spearheaded the end-to-end new joiner onboarding, training and induction lifecycle for campus hires, including vendor and trainer management
• Developed the first TA dashboard, conducted data analysis and visualization to track HR metrics and identify trends that helped leaders to drive workforce planning decisions
• Pioneered digital & AI transformation across the HR function by developing custom AI tools, successfully driving AI adoption
• Introduced FPL's first standardised interview evaluation scorecard replacing subjectivity with a competency-based framework
• Leading Talent Acquisition for Engineering, Repayments, IT Infra & Infosec functions
• Leading end-to-end campus placement process across 10+ campuses (IITs, Tier I & Tier II MBA and Engineering Colleges)

Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 · 6 mos · On-site

• End-to-end hiring for Engineering, Repayments, IT Infra & Infosec functions
• Restructured entire Engineering recruitment function to meet aggressive headcount targets and create shared ownership
• Collaborated with leaders to co-design the company's first technical Interview Scorecards, removing subjectivity and increasing hiring consistency
• Eliminated 100% of external vendor reliance for Engineering and ISG functions within 6 months, reducing cost-per-hire
• Scaled the TA function from 2 to 8 members by leading the end-to-end hiring, onboarding, and continuous mentorship

Apr 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Pune District, Maharashtra, India

• Acquired A++ AI talent and led end-to-end recruitment for all critical and hard to fill Applied AI positions
• Developed and implemented unique hiring strategies, including conducting target outreach, and developing scorecard metrics for identifying and attracting high-potential candidates from Analysts to Directors, with niche skills such as Computer Vision, NLP, and other AI specialties
• Leveraged my in-depth understanding of Google Cloud ecosystem and Google AI/ML services, such as CCAI, Doc AI & Vertex AI to increase the pre-screening quality thereby improving quality of hire and selection rate
• Conducted thorough market analysis to identify hiring trends, competitor organizations, target universities, groups & communities, and developments in the fields of AI & Cloud to identify A++ talent
• Built a robust talent pipeline through sourcing channels such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri.com, Employee Referrals, IT Vendors and walk-in drives and engaged with AI thought leaders on LinkedIn to create a strong network of potential candidates
• Conducted pre-screening interviews against standard scorecard metrics such as logical & analytical skills, solver mindset, business & domain acumen, collaboration & leadership skills and expertise in niche AI skills
• Managed candidate details using the in-house HRIS and maintained a dynamic Talent Acquisition Dashboard in Google Workspace to analyse the recruitment metrics such as rejection & selection rate and offer data
• Partnered with Business & HR Leadership Teams and Bar Raisers, to discuss role requirements and strategic changes to improve the traction of roles, close critical candidates, and redefine quality & time to hire
• Curated customized Employee Engagement practices such as team & leadership connect, HRBP Connects to create a memorable pre-joining candidate experience and improve offer to joining conversions
• Collaborated with HRBP in organizing workshops and aligning business & employee objectives

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos

• Screened and shorlisted relevant candidates from diverse backgrounds, for various job positions by using the TimesJob portal.
• Conducted India's 2nd Diversity Job Fair

Apr 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr

• Mentored and Lead a team of 6 Junior Committee members for ideation of cell events of HRuday, held during the year. Designed creatives for branding and promoting cell events of HRuday.

Apr 2021 – Jun 2021 · 2 mos · Remote

• Researched industry best practices around D&I initiatives and designed such initiatives with the objective to make the UPL workforce more diverse.
• Re-designed Glassdoor page of UPL to improve employer branding of UPL

Oct 2020 – Dec 2020 · 2 mos

• Conducted outreach activity for colleges across India to invite relevant candidates for various internship opportunities at StandWeSpeak