Aneesha Sasidharan
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Talent Acquisition Manager with a track record of achieving results in full-cycle recruitment and strategic talent management. Successful in sourcing and securing top-tier talent across various industries. Skilled in developing and implementing innovative recruitment strategies aligned with organizational goals. Builds strong relationships with hiring managers, stakeholders, and candidates using excellent leadership and communication skills. Proficient in leveraging technology and data analytics to optimize recruitment processes and improve organizational performance. Dedicated to creating a positive candidate experience and contributing to the growth and success of dynamic organizations.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director - Talent Acquisition
Treebo Hospitality Ventures Pvt Ltd
02.2024 - Current
- Driving Talent Acquisition Strategy at Treebo, leading a team of six recruiters to scale hiring operations.
- Partnering with senior leadership and Founder to align recruitment efforts with business goals and long-term growth strategies.
- Revamped hiring processes, accelerating closures for ageing positions and improving overall talent acquisition efficiency.
- Spearheaded campus hiring strategy, from employer branding to onboarding, securing top talent to strengthen the future workforce.
- Developed data-driven dashboards for real-time insights on open positions, candidate pipelines, and hiring trends, enabling informed decision-making.
- Led recruitment for critical and niche roles, ensuring the right talent acquisition to drive business impact.
- Launched strategic initiatives like rewards and recognition programs to enhance recruiter performance and engagement.
- Established strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring seamless collaboration between business and hiring teams.
Manager - Talent Acquisition
Razorpay
12.2021 - 01.2024
- Responsibilities include overseeing the recruitment and hiring process and process improvement initiatives
- Collaborating with hiring managers to understand their staffing needs, creating job descriptions, and developing sourcing strategies to attract qualified candidates
- Managing a team of 10 in providing guidance, mentoring, and support to my team members to help them grow professionally and reach their full potential
- Overseeing the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring adherence to best practices and compliance with relevant policies and regulations
- Establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) and tracking recruitment metrics to measure team performance and identify areas for improvement
- Playing a key role in analyzing recruitment metrics and providing insights for process improvement
- Responsible for managing the employer brand and enhancing the candidate experience throughout the hiring process
- Initiating multiple process improvement programs that improves the work efficiency and the metrics
- Spearheaded new initiatives to improve referral consumption, hiring SOPs, upgrade interview experience which resulted in a positive NPS among internal employees and external candidates
- Managed recruitment budget, ensuring cost effective recruitment strategies
Manager - Talent Acquisition
SuprDaily (Swiggy)
10.2019 - 12.2021
- Work closely with the hiring managers to understand the hiring needs and position specifications and conduct research to identify suitable candidates
- Develop sourcing strategies, plans and pipeline through Boolean searches, social media, targeted company search, database mining etc
- Build networks of potential candidates through proactive market search and relationship management
- Expertise in negotiating salary and other terms of employment with candidates based upon salary trends
- Generate weekly metrics and reports to assess variances and ensure continuous improvement of the recruitment and on-boarding process
- Perform HR responsibilities like New Employment On-boarding procedures, Background Check, Relocation Arrangement
- Managing external placement firms
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
Emploi Globale Consulting
06.2017 - 09.2019
- Responsible for entire recruitment cycle for mid to senior to leadership hiring- Research, JD preparation, Sourcing, Interview, Offer Negotiation, Offer Release
- Responsible for pre-recruitment activities from designing job descriptions and screening questions, posting job advertisements in various portals
- Track candidates using a variety of channels; identify and recruit active as well as passive candidates
- Conduct first round of candidate interviews to ensure qualification match, cultural fit and compatibility
- Present shortlisted candidates and provide detailed profile summaries
- Responsible for post-recruitment activities like check references, process background checks and keep accurate records of all candidates and new hires
- Act as a liaison between candidates and founders/cofounders of the companies, throughout the hiring process
- Responsible for developing web-based and social media recruiting and advertising campaigns
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Waays & Solutions
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Manage end to end recruitment process along with salary negotiations, extending offers & closing candidates
- Understanding the client and the industry to fulfill the requirements
- Devise and carry out targeted research strategy
- Conduct interviews to pre-screen candidates as well as first round HR interviews using various reliable selection tools/methods to filter candidate
- Sourced potential candidates using Jobportals, user groups, professional & social networks, candidate referrals, networking & web sourcing
- Follow up with clients and assist the candidate's transition and onboarding process
Apprentice Leader
Mu Sigma Inc.
11.2015 - 07.2016
- Assisted Global Marketing Team of a $59 B technology company enabling them to make marketing decisions at global and regional level
- Managed the team to develop an analytical framework, measuring the success of various campaigns and understanding optimal marketing vehicles
- Worked on various ad-hoc and multiple quick turnaround projects, like Customer Behavior Analysis, Vehicle Attribution etc
- Appreciated for taking up an org level quality initiative and completing successfully it with utmost sincerity and diligence
Senior Business Analyst
Aon Hewitt Asia
08.2010 - 10.2015
- Performed extensive employee benefits based research, ensuring reliability and validity of data
- Managed end to end process of Form 5500/Form 5558 preparation, inclusive of obtaining data from stakeholders, checking the precision of data, research and finally completing the Form and assisting the client to sign off
- Responsible for smooth transition of entire welfare benefits process to Bangalore from US
- Designated the responsibility of being SME at the very early stage of the career
- Have been accorded with numerous awards and appreciations
Education
Executive Development Program on Talent Management -
XLRI Jamshedpur
06.2021
MSc - Applied Operations Research
Delhi University
New Delhi, India06.2008
BSc - Mathematics, Honours
Delhi University
New Delhi, India06.2006
Skills
- Recruitment Expertise
- Key Relationship Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Data Management & Analytics
- Problem Solving & Escalation Management
Timeline
Associate Director - Talent Acquisition
Treebo Hospitality Ventures Pvt Ltd
02.2024 - Current
Manager - Talent Acquisition
Razorpay
12.2021 - 01.2024
Manager - Talent Acquisition
SuprDaily (Swiggy)
10.2019 - 12.2021
Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
Emploi Globale Consulting
06.2017 - 09.2019
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Waays & Solutions
07.2016 - 06.2017
Apprentice Leader
Mu Sigma Inc.
11.2015 - 07.2016
Senior Business Analyst
Aon Hewitt Asia
08.2010 - 10.2015
Executive Development Program on Talent Management -
XLRI Jamshedpur
MSc - Applied Operations Research
Delhi University
BSc - Mathematics, Honours
Delhi University
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