Abhinav Sharma
Talent Acquisition Professional
Summary
Great hiring doesn't happen by accident, it's the culmination of a series of thoughtfully planned and well executed events. At the core of any hiring process is a recruiting strategy, this is where I step in.
Visionary, high-energy and well-rounded recruitment professional having 10 years of experience effective in management of full life cycle techincal and non-technical recruiting in a fast paced environment and working on time sensitive hiring needs.
Past Companies: Oracle (FTE), Amazon(FTE), Google(FTE), Gojek(FTE) and Outco (C2H)
Hiring Domains : Technical Sales and PreSales (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), Software Engineers, Leadership and Executive hiring across APAC and EMEA region from large scale firms, unicorns and startups.
Applicant Tracking System (ATS) : Taleo, Ghire, AmazonHire, Lever, Irecruitment, Dice.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Career Advisor (CTH)
Outco Inc
04.2023 - 06.2023
- Lead consultations providing valuable insights and guidance on career development within the Outco program to SDEs/SWEs.
- Double hatted the role of recruitment and sales whilst hiring career/tech coaches and selling Outco's career development program to the clients.
- Received CEO's cash bonus award for highest signups in a month by a new joinee.
Executive Recruiter (FTE)
GoProducts Engineering India LLP
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Successfully partnered with the internal C-Suite Executives and management team to bring the best executive and senior most leadership talent to GoTo Group (Gojek + GTF + Tokopedia) while ensuring confidentiality and time sensitive delivery.
- Roles managed - Chief Compliance Officer (Indonesia), Chief Data Officer (Singapore), Global Employee and Industrial Relations Head (Indonesia), Global Head of Compensation (Singapore) and HoXs of two new entities (confidential).
- Served as a trusted advisor to Goup CxOs by leveraging global talent mapping data to provide insights and have data driven cadence with key stakeholders thereby closing 5 confidential hiring assignments in a span of 8 months.
- Develop and execute comprehensive global search strategies (APAC+EMEA) to identify and attract exceptional executive candidates.
- Brainstormed hiring intake sessions with global leaders of the firm to design the interview process and GTM strategies (tailor made reachouts and RPS process) for each executive role.
- Liaise with executive compensation and benefits teams by sharing inputs gathered by talent research data.
- Ensuring a well rounded pre and post offer engagement to minimise any potential offer declines.
- Ensuring exceptional executive level candidate experience as well as stakeholder management experience.
- Recognised for hiring a diversity leader for the CCO role which also elevated my position from Gojek executive recruiter to Group executive recruiter.
- Problem-solved for the cultural nuances an executive candidate was facing to relocate from US to Singapore region.
- Confidentially managed the executive candidates' life cycle throughout the ATS (Lever).
Recruiter, PA Staffing (FTE)
Google India Pvt. Ltd
02.2019 - 02.2022
- Responsible for recruiting L3-L5 Software Engineers (SWEs) for D&S (Devices & Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform) in sync with Google’s rapid expansion in India.
- Scouted talents from top tier tech organisations as well as unicorns across industries.
- Strategise multiple initiatives to solve for the problem of senior & representative hiring viz: 1) Champ Calls Sprint - 100 champ calls conducted for passive L5 candidates to activate them in a span of 2 months wherein 63% candidates activated in total 2) Sourcing Jams - Collaborated with the India staffing and channels team together for a dedicated 1 hour of weekly sourcing jams where 750 leads were generated in a quarter with 59% being L5+ 3) Tech Talks – Organised tech talks for both internal and external audiences to gauge their interest for D&S Pod. 4) Batch Weeks -Orchestrated batch weeks (hiring drives) for focused and fast paced delivery.
- Mentored new joiners within the recruitment team as the team expanded from 24 to 147+ within a span of 6 months; received multiple peer bonuses for the same.
- Diligently worked across candidate's lifecycle through Ghire (ATS) and ensured Ghire hygiene.
- Served as India POC for Google One and Google Nest.
- Scouted talented SWEs globally (EMEA + APAC) for India location.
- Facilitated internal transfers across L3-L5 SWEs.
- Received spot bonuses and peer bonuses for hiring efforts in D&S, organising tech talks and providing best candidate experiences.
- Awarded New Wave Maker title for overachieving hiring goals as a noogler and Google Nest Star (spot bonus) for hiring efforts in D&S, organising tech talks and providing best candidate experiences by respective stakeholders.
Talent Advisor (FTE)
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
07.2017 - 01.2019
- Held ownership to set up and build cross-cultural Oracle KL Hub as a part of Oracle Digital Prime Sales project from scratch by closing 67 headcounts in 12 months.
- Scouted leadership talent from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, India, and ANZ region.
- Recognised and awarded with APAC Star Recruiter title for hiring efforts and successfully executing the hiring project.
- Successfully closed business heads for various LOBs heading Sales and Preslaes functions for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS product lines.
- Worked with APAC stakeholders diligently and collaborated with cross functional teams to close most senior leadership roles within the organisation.
- Roles Managed : VP - Presales, Sr.Director - HCM/CX/ERP Sales, Regional Directors, Digital Development Consultants, Account Managers, Key Account Directors, Cloud Transformation Director etc.
- Facilitated relocation formalities with Deloitte (Immigration partner) for candidates across APAC region.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
Sourcing Recruiter (FTE)
Amazon India Pvt. Ltd
01.2017 - 06.2017
- Held ownership to source exceptionally high-quality talent globally for the consumer business unit of Amazon (Amazon Prime Air and Music).
- Hired PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) graduates from global tier 1 colleges for the role of Applied Scientist having expertise in ML, CV, Deep Learning, NLP etc.
- Involved in arranging hiring events across EMEA regions and supporting the onshore team based in Seattle with critical hiring needs.
- Operated across Amazon Hire (ATS) and Icims for effective candidate life cycle.
Talent Advisor(FTE)/Recruiting ResearchAnalyst(CTH
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
05.2014 - 01.2017
- Worked under Oracle's extreme model of clubbing Recruitment and Research that includes talent mapping, headhunting, market research, social media recruiting, Web 2.0 sourcing, X-Ray searches etc
- Executed research assignments and mapped talent to focus more on passive candidates thereby providing a strong talent pipeline; exercised creativity to find candidates using various sourcing tools
- Recruited mid senior and senior candidates for Oracle's Rainmaker and Digital Prime Sales projects across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Assisted with onboarding of executive candidates to expedite acclimatization process.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess candidate fit, ensuring alignment with both technical and cultural requirements.
Executive (FTE)
CenturyLink Cognilytics
06.2013 - 07.2014
- Played a major role in maintaining real time and organization wide tracker for onsite and offshore hiring needs, pipeline, project plans, open and closed positions and presented the same to senior management.
- End to end US based hiring for varied tech and non tech roles including scheduling interviews and managing recruiting ops.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.
Education
Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech) -
Maharishi Dayanand University(MDU
Skills
Leadership and Executive Hiring
Additional Information
● New Wave Maker Award at Google India.
● Google Nest Star Award by India’s Head of Engg.
● APAC Star Recruiter Award at Oracle for key contributions to Oracle Digital Prime Sales hiring project.
● Black Belt Certification in Internet Recruitment. (Credential No. - 14973)
Timeline
Senior Career Advisor (CTH)
Outco Inc
04.2023 - 06.2023
Executive Recruiter (FTE)
GoProducts Engineering India LLP
03.2022 - 11.2022
Recruiter, PA Staffing (FTE)
Google India Pvt. Ltd
02.2019 - 02.2022
Talent Advisor (FTE)
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
07.2017 - 01.2019
Sourcing Recruiter (FTE)
Amazon India Pvt. Ltd
01.2017 - 06.2017
Talent Advisor(FTE)/Recruiting ResearchAnalyst(CTH
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
05.2014 - 01.2017
Executive (FTE)
CenturyLink Cognilytics
06.2013 - 07.2014
Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech) -
Maharishi Dayanand University(MDU
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