DEVIKA R
Talent Acquisition Lead
Bangalore
Summary
Talent acquisition expert with 5.3 years of experience in managing end-to-end recruitment, adept at spotting tech talent with a proven track record of providing efficient interviewing strategies with strong stakeholder management skills, team leading experience and recruiting high-caliber candidates for long term business success.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Brillio Technologies
10.2024 - Current
- Led full-cycle tech recruitment initiatives, enhancing candidate quality, and reducing time-to-hire through improved sourcing strategies.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to define role requirements, ensuring alignment between candidate profiles and organizational needs.
- Implemented innovative AI assessment techniques, resulting in a more effective screening process, and increased candidate engagement.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with various clients, optimizing talent pipelines, and improving candidate sourcing.
- Managed vendor relationships with external recruiting agencies, ensuring cost-effective and efficient partnership agreements.
- Conducted market research and analysis to identify industry trends, enhancing the employer brand and attracting top talent.
Account Manager / Team Lead
Clients: CRED, Vymo, Reliance Jio (RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
01.2023 - 09.2024
- Led end-to-end hiring efforts for major clients such as CRED, Vymo, Reliance Jio, and Fintellix.
- Worked closely with the stakeholders and leadership team to build interview frameworks and MSN documents to address the hiring needs of the engineering team.
- Defined and optimized the hiring flow for various tech roles to improve the TAT and candidate experience.
- Led and managed a team of 10 to 12 members, consisting of recruiters and recruiter coordinators, overseeing the full recruitment lifecycle for various clients.
- Handled internal hiring and performance appraisals within the team.
- Planned and set up team goals for achieving week-on-week, and monthly targets.
- Actively involved in the preparation of business reports.
Senior Consultant
Zeta ( RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
07.2021 - 12.2022
- Responsible for building and scaling up the engineering team of our client, Zeta.
- Worked with business leadership to understand the business needs and desired skills for hiring complex, niche positions.
- Experienced in sourcing through different platforms: Naukri, LinkedIn (personal and recruiter), Instahyre, Monster, and Google X-ray search.
- Hired for all kinds of tech roles, such as Backend, Frontend, Full-stack, Mobile (Android/iOS/QA Mobile), SDET/QA, Product Manager, DevOps, Data Engineer, etc.
- And techno-functional roles like Solution Architect, Project Manager, Business Analyst, etc.
- Handled various negotiations with the stakeholders and the candidates.
- Led a team of four members.
Talent Acquisition Associate
TopHire.co
06.2020 - 06.2021
- Engaged in end-to-end tech recruitment for various growth-stage start-ups.
- Hands-on experience with sourcing, headhunting, and creating JDs.
- Performed initial screening, skillset and background checks, scheduled interviews, and streamlined client recruitment processes.
- Operated and maintained candidate applicant tracking systems.
- Mentored a team of 7 to 8 members and conducted several training sessions for the new joiners.
- Had the highest number of closures in the month of December 2020, and the highest conversion rate for candidate signups from November 2020 to February 2021.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Honours - Human Resources
Christ University
Bangalore 04.2001 - 01.2020
Skills
Talent Acquisition
Full-cycle recruitment
Talent sourcing
Stakeholder management
Leadership
Interview framework development
Team leading
Performance appraisal management
Technical role hiring
Employer branding
Negotiation skills
Recruitment strategy implementation
AI recruitment tools
Employee referral programs
Applicant tracking systems (Lever, Darwinbox, Jobtwine, Zoho Recruit, Airtable, Talent Recruit)
Accomplishments
- Most Impactful Member Award for 2022-23 at Wenger & Watson
- Top Performer Award for 2021-22 at Wenger & Watson
- Exemplary Award for generating ~ 60 Lakhs within less than two quarters at Wenger & Watson.
- Winner of TopGun 2.0 (Internal competition at TopHire)
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Brillio Technologies
10.2024 - Current
Account Manager / Team Lead
Clients: CRED, Vymo, Reliance Jio (RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
01.2023 - 09.2024
Senior Consultant
Zeta ( RPO Via Wenger & Watson)
07.2021 - 12.2022
Talent Acquisition Associate
TopHire.co
06.2020 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Honours - Human Resources
Christ University
04.2001 - 01.2020