Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• At Metaphysic.ai, I built and scaled the global People & Talent function from the ground up across 20+ countries (including the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Romania), supporting Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Finance, Creative, and Infrastructure teams. I have led Global Talent Acquisition & HR, Global Executive Search (VP/CxO/Board hiring), managed post M&A talent integration, and partnered closely with Finance, Legal, C-Suite on Global Compliance, R&D audits, Total Rewards, and Cost Modeling. I scaled Metaphysic to 5× headcount growth and saved external hiring costs. I also designed internal L&D pipelines to future-proof the AI workforce.

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• At Facebook (Meta), I led Director+ (including Distinguished/Tech Fellows) and VP level Executive Search across both Reality Labs and Facebook Product organisations in EMEA (including Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands and the UK). My mandate included building succession pipelines for highly specialised roles in Machine Learning, AR/VR, Computer Vision, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure, while partnering with VPs and HRBPs across countries. I collaborated closely with leadership from Facebook Core Product, AI Research, and Reality Labs Devices to identify and engage talent from HFT firms, Investment banks, frontier tech startups, and global R&D hubs. I also contributed to M&A aligned hiring strategy and led diversity focused executive searches. My work significantly reduced average executive hiring cycles from 8–10 months to under 2 months, while maintaining pipeline quality, compliance, and long-term talent intelligence benchmarks.

Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 · 6 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• I led the full Talent Acquisition charter across Directi’s portfolio Media.net (AdTech), Zeta (Banking & Payments), Flock (SaaS) and Titan (B2B SaaS), Radix (Domain Registry/Internet) owning Executive Search, Lateral Hiring, and Campus Recruitment functions. I built and scaled a high performing TA team, enabling 300 → 1800+ global headcount growth, while directly closing Director and VP level roles across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, Marketing, GTM, Corporate, and niche domains. I was brought into several critical turnaround situations to rearchitect hiring strategy, reduce dependency on external agencies, and realign business-to-talent velocity. Additionally, I led compensation benchmarking, D&I strategy, and employer branding efforts, including Directi’s recognition as a LinkedIn Top Company and the launch of global outreach campaigns like SnackDown by CodeChef.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr · Bangalore

• Recruited 800+ graduates across Engineering, Analytics, Product, Design and Corporate domains. Built Flipkart’s Early Careers engine with top tier universities (IITs, BITS, IIMs, ISB, global B-schools), delivered over 90% conversion rates, and led onboarding for Interns, Graduate and Management Trainees. Strengthened Employer Brand via global partnerships (Wharton, IE, Kellogg,) and seamless end to end hiring operations.

Apr 2013 – May 2013 · 1 mo · On-site

• Summer Internship: Performance Management for Officers at Indian Oil Corporation Limited
• The project focused on evaluating the effectiveness of the existing Performance Management System (PMS) for officers. The key objectives included:
• Assessing the validity and comprehensiveness of the PMS to identify gaps and areas for improvement.
• Analyzing the satisfaction levels of officers with the current PMS to understand user experience and engagement.
• Evaluating the transparency, communication, frequency, and feedback mechanisms of the PMS to determine whether it met organizational and employee needs.

May 2012 – May 2012 · 0 mo · On-site

• Internship: Organizational Structure and Workflow Analysis
• Conducted a comprehensive analysis of the organization’s structure and workflow, leading to recommendations for leveling and structural changes within mid-level management. This involved identifying inefficiencies and proposing strategies to enhance communication and operational effectiveness across teams.