Bhargava Rao
Mysore
Summary
Outstanding Executive with over 16+ years of results driven success in Talent Acquisition and Talent Management across diverse industries. Widely respected as the person leading the talent charge consistently hiring the right talent in the right place at the right time and at the right price. Expert at building and executing full life cycle recruitment and staffing strategies and processes for start up, large scale, and complex organizations..
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Talent Acquisition & Global Market Partner
Atheneum
04.2023 - Current
- Serves as most senior leader of Talent and Diversity.
- Develops and implements comprehensive talent and diversity strategy that attracts, engages, and retains best talent and differentiates University in higher education industry and marketplace.
- Advances symbiotic relationship, programs, processes and policies between talent acquisition, talent management and diversity, hardwiring alignment between these areas to future state where these are integrated work streams.
- Develops and delivers company-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion roadmap with focus on achieving measurable and sustainable results.
- Collaborates with senior leaders to translate system-wide hiring and staffing projections into overall talent acquisition strategies and plans.
- Oversees creation and ongoing management and analysis of talent pipeline that reduces time-to-hire, strengthens candidate pool, and improves candidate experience.
- Provides talent and diversity thought leadership to senior leadership team and organization by providing insight into data, key trends, impact of strategic initiatives, and core operational initiatives.
- Evolves and scales talent management programs, including performance management, talent identification, succession planning, career management, and learning and development practices and initiatives.
- Designs and supports key performance indicators (KPI’s) to measure and track talent and diversity results to ensure accountability and communicate progress to organization.
- Collaborates with Chief Human Resources Officer and other senior leadership to ensure talent and diversity goals are embedded into business objectives and all components of employee life cycle.
- Develops talent and diversity advisory capability to deliver data and insights to senior leadership.
Principal Consultant-Workforce Manager & Diversity
Wipro
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Developed recruitment strategies to achieve required staffing levels, consistently iterating on recruitment processes to ensure efficiency
- Analyzed hiring and retention trends to inform organizational talent priorities.
- Developed strategies and methods to clarify candidate experience and employer branding philosophies and desired behaviors.
- Developed and executed new hire orientation and onboarding in alignment with business goals and values
- Explored onboarding best practices and trends, and implemented when appropriate
- Responsible for final hiring recommendations and presenting to partnership team
- Directed efforts of employment agencies and search firms, including negotiating and controlling employment-related fees
- Followed up with related clerical aspects of employment, such as completion of employment documentation
- Acted as Human Resources consultant for various leadership members, managers, and clients
- Maintained up-to-date with relevant employment law updates as it relates to Human Resources
- Collaborated with Business Development department to submit Staff Augmentation proposals
- Harassment prevention training
- Developed and executed people manager trainings
Lead Business Consult -(EEO/AA Compliance Manager)
R Systems
06.2021 - 03.2022
- Reviewed employment applications, candidate backgrounds, skills, compensation needs and other qualifications.
- Developed and documented HR procedures to refine processes and drive compliance with policies.
- Liaised with management to distribute training and promotional opportunity resources to employees.
- Established and maintained trusted relationships around organization to optimize business and employee experience.
- Identified opportunities to improve HR programs and proposed solutions to increase efficiencies.
- Ensured adherence and compliance to U.S. EEO regulations and all employment legislation.
- Set standard for DEI initiatives by creating robust EEO strategies.
- Developed over 300 in-house affirmative action plans and liaised with hiring managers and key human resources constituents to deploy compliant and diverse hiring activities.
- Delivered quality data to OFCCP and EEOC that exceeded compliance outcomes and closed 35 OFCCP audit evaluations between years 2019 to 2020.
Client Specialist - Diversity Consultant/Coach
Access Healthcare
03.2020 - 05.2021
- Conducted research on best practices related to increasing representation across all levels of an organization including board members, senior leadership team, middle management, entry level positions, etc., with recommendations for actionable steps that can be taken by organizations to improve their approach to D&I efforts.
- Provided coaching support to managers regarding how they can create inclusive work environments through effective communication strategies and behavioral changes that promote trust among employees from different backgrounds/identities.
- Led workshops and facilitated discussions on topics such as unconscious bias, microaggressions, privilege, intersectionality, and impact of implicit bias in hiring processes.
- Conducted training sessions on unconscious bias, microaggressions and cultural competency to reduce discrimination in hiring practices,
- Collaborated with senior management team to create strategic plan for recruiting more minorities into executive roles.
Sr. Revenue Management - HR Consultant
Cerner
05.2017 - 03.2020
- Designed workforce dashboards to manage EEO/AA-related compliance.
- Curated flow of talent by developing people and leaders, driving individual performance, and building technical talent.
- Built relationships of trust by managing long-term and short-term tensions and top-down and bottom-up tensions.
- Responded to employee inquiries, questions and complaints and guided and directed employee relations issues to support workforce analysis, performance management and other core HR functions
Education
MBA - Human Resources Management
IVUP College
Bengaluru, India05.2012
Bachelor of Commerce - Business Administration And Management
Vijaynagar College
Hospet, India07.2009
Skills
- Experience owning, growing, and leading large-scale talent and diversity initiatives in large, highly matrixed organization with multiple executive stakeholders
- Strong influencing skills that can scale internal growth and development to build inclusive and engaging culture and community
- Strategic thinker with ability to apply talent and diversity goals into strategic decisions
- Exceptional communication, with ability to influence at all levels through clear, data-based, and informative presentations and discussions
Certification
- PMP, PMSI – Since 2022
- Awareness And Prevention Program, Apollo MedSkills - 2020
- Advisory Board Member, Transformative Leadership Executive Program – Since 2022
- Essentials In Generative AI, Microsoft & LinkedIn - 2023
- Lean Sigma management - 2022
- Lean Management - 2022
- Project Management - 2022
- Healthcare management & Nutrition Education management Programme , Ministry Of Health Development. Government Of INDIA & ICMR(Indian Council Of Medical Research)- National Institute of Nutrition (Department of Health Research , Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare Govt Of INDIA)
Languages
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Kannada
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Telugu
Upper intermediate (B2)
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Work Preference
Work Type
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RemoteOn-SiteHybridImportant To Me
Personal development programsHealthcare benefitsWork from home optionPaid sick leave401k match4-day work weekStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingTeam Building / Company RetreatsPaid time offCareer advancementWork-life balanceCompany CultureFlexible work hoursWork Availability
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Cycling
I engage in physical activity of cycling. I exist solely and set myself the sense of freedom,opportunity to explore new places or routes . By cycling benefited as improving physical health,mental well-being, increase energy levels. This makes individual to understand why cycling is important. Also get a memorable cycling experience, such as challenging climb, a scenic descent, or a moment of triumph. This makes my hobby relatable and engaging.
Timeline
Head of Talent Acquisition & Global Market Partner
Atheneum
04.2023 - Current
Principal Consultant-Workforce Manager & Diversity
Wipro
06.2022 - 01.2023
Lead Business Consult -(EEO/AA Compliance Manager)
R Systems
06.2021 - 03.2022
Client Specialist - Diversity Consultant/Coach
Access Healthcare
03.2020 - 05.2021
Sr. Revenue Management - HR Consultant
Cerner
05.2017 - 03.2020
MBA - Human Resources Management
IVUP College
Bachelor of Commerce - Business Administration And Management
Vijaynagar College
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