Divya Agarwal

I work as a Talent Acquisition and Talent Excellence leader managing a team of 27 experienced professionals

Key Achievements:

• Skill based Assessment Methodology: I designed and implemented the GO Hiring Methodology
• Return to work program: Spearheaded the" Nakshatra "-Return to work program
• Diversity and Inclusion: Designed and established a complete market map for Women leaders specialized in niche skills
• Pre Employee Onboarding : Launched “Red Carpet sessions” to minimize on the offer decline ratio acquainting the offered candidates with the latest updates about the organization and having an effective leadership interaction.

I work in the capacity of Senior Manager HR and lead the Technology and Non Technology hiring for all the 4 verticals of Info edge, (Naukri.com,Naukri Gulf.com , JeevanSaathi.com, 99acres.com and Shiksha.com) and manage a team of 15 + senior Recruiters and Managers

Key achievements

• Assessment Framework : Designed and implemented to the Skill and Proficiency assessment model for Sales and Technology business for mid-level and executive hiring
• TA strategy: Built and implemented the employee referral , Internal Talent Mobility ,Interview feedback approach , Candidate experience , Job descriptions
• HR Digitization: Conceptualized and implemented the SAP Success Factors HR Module for Talent Acquisition , Onboarding , Compensation and Benefits and Talent Management COE's.
• Executive Hiring: On boarded Key Leaders for the 4 ecommerce businesses
• Cross border Hiring: Established an entire business hub in UAE for Naukri Gulf business
• Hired Technical leaders and business leaders across UAE

Few Key Executive Hires:

• Information Security Head
• Head of Data Science
• 3 Product leaders
• EVP Growth Strategy for 99 acres
• EVP Sales Naukri.com
• SVP Technology for Naukri.com
• SVP Digital Marketing for Naukri.com

I Headed the COE for executive Hiring for Gartner in India leading a team of experienced talent Advisors

• Worked very closely with the Global Business leaders to carve out a hiring strategy
• Behavioral Based Interview Techniques , Employer Branding ,Managing and organizing Recruitment Networking events were a part of my role
• Key Hires( within 30 days of joining Gartner)
• Vice President for Research (Analytics) within 50 days of joining Gartner
• Senior Director Engineering India
• Held a networking Event for Women Leaders in India with the focus of diversity within the organization.

I lead a team of 17 highly skilled recruitment professionals, managing hiring for Oracle in India across the 4 LOB’s

• Built up the TA team: During my tenure I led the Talent Acquisition for the Technology and Applications line of Business
• Cross Border Hiring :I established the entire TA team for India and Malaysia , Singapore , Australia and UAE and enabled the hiring for these regions
• Executive Leadership hiring : I was instrumental in building the team for the MD’s office, putting together a hiring and assessment strategy in place, substantiated with market intelligence details
• Built up the Oracle Digital Prime hub :Oracle came up with the digital prime business with an idea to digitize the sales function
• Hiring Effectiveness: Implemented Recruitment as a service with high degree of focus on stakeholder management and aligning the hiring strategy with the business needs
• Candidate experience: Launched 2 candidate experience surveys specifically designed for lateral and Leadership hiring

Key Hires:

• Senior Director Sales ERP- North
• Senior Director Sales ERP – South
• Director Oracle Direct –West
• Director Govt sales – North, – India
• Customer Success India Leader
• Oracle SSI HCM project leaders and Implementation professionals
• Oracle Digital Prime India Leadership team
• Cloud Architects for North ,west and South
• Enterprise Architect for North and West
• Built the entire team for Customer Success Hub In Bangalore
• Led the Pan India hiring for Technology(Middleware and Database) line of Business
• Cloud Architects for Singapore
• Hired the team for the Business Development hub for Malaysia

Key Achievements:

• Been Recognized 2 times as the Employee of the Quarter by the VP Sales Cloud Platform
• Recognized by the MD Oracle India for the successful and effective hiring for India within the stipulated period
• Am the only individual who manage the entire hiring for the MD’s office
• Recognized for Effectively Organizing Hiring events for Oracle Digital Prime Business

I led the Talent Acquisition function for India managing a team of 4 professionals with an exposure of hiring for International Geographies as well

• Assessments :Designed and implemented the skill and competency-based assessment framework for hiring across the regions
• Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
• Set up from scratch: I had built in the HR , C&B and TA COE at Red Hat India from scratch.

Key Hires

• Hired the MD for Red Hat India
• Built the government sales team
• Hired Cloud Architects for West
• Pre sales consultants for South
• Enterprise Sales team for North ,South and West
• Alliances and channel sales professionals for North and West
• Hired senior Talent Acquisition specialist in Singapore

Key Achievements:

• Been recognized by the Senior Director Sales India for effective hiring
• Designed and introduced a competency-based interview approach in APAC
• Been Awarded by my team as the “Best Mentor”

• Designed and conducted Attrition analysis Employee Mental Wellbeing survey for few reputed organizations
• Managed the Merger and Acquisition of a large IT conglomerate which included designing the job descriptions, HR policies, Training calendars.

• Leading a team of 7 members, managing the entire recruitment life-cycle for 3 business verticals.
• Created monthly forecast templates and resource management allocations for approved projects.
• Streamlined key process for entire department by implementing method to improve efficiency.

• Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
• Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
• Sourced and screened candidates for Technical and Non Technical roles and worked with hiring managers to coordinate interviews, offers, and onboarding.
• Acted as brand ambassador to educate candidates on culture, career growth, benefits, and advantages of working for company.