Faiz Kidwai

The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA, formerly TIAA-CREF), is a Fortune 100 financial services organization that is the leading provider of financial services in the academic, research, medical, cultural and governmental fields. Nuveen is an American asset manager and wholly owned subsidiary of financial planning firm TIAA, itself known for its legacy focus on managing money for not-for-profit institutions such as universities and their employees.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Managing recruitment for India and US with strong emphasize on Digital transformation.
• Lead the talent acquisition team for meeting the forecasted hiring numbers, implement the recruitment strategies, performance management, attrition control, quality management, training, competence-based interviews, team motivation and grievance management.
• Design analytical methodologies with demonstrated talent for identifying, scrutinizing, improving, and streamlining complex work processes.
• Responsible for the end-to-end recruitment, meet the forecasted numbers and ensuring that the delivery is met within the agreed SLA's.
• Effectively driven the strategy in C-Suite (C Level) Hiring, Leadership, Lateral, Front-line hiring
• Review recruitment policies to ensure effectiveness of selection techniques and recruitment programs, responsible for meeting TAT, maintain CPH.
• Effective stakeholder management, understands and delivers solutions meeting the nuances in operations.
• Steer the recruitment strategy by implementing the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) in the system.
• Effectively monitoring source mix viz. Actual vs. Target, Offer to Join Ratio, Early Attrition, BGV's and SLA Management.

Infostretch is a pure-play digital engineering services firm focused on helping companies accelerate their digital initiatives from strategy and planning through execution. We leverage deep technical expertise, Agile methodologies and data-driven intelligence to modernize systems of engagement and simplify human/tech interaction. We deliver custom solutions that meet customers’ technology needs wherever they are in their digital lifecycle.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Managing recruitment for India, US, Canada for the organization.
• Worked on strict deadline as the old model was migrated to a new digital model.
• Strong emphasize on IT requirements specially on Data Analytics and Digital Transformation.
• Interface with LOB leaders on projects in the pipeline and provided regular updates on issues like skill set availability in the market, lead time to hire, approximate cost of hiring, NHCTC's etc.
• Conduct confidential research and talent identification to identify best-in-class leadership talent for the organization.
• Installed a vendor management engagement program.
• Coordinate with the on boarding team, improving candidate retention in the initial phases.
• Mapping & developing sourcing strategies for niche requirements as per business needs.
• Implementing governance with team and stakeholders through monthly meetings
• Drive quality initiatives and work closely with teams to implement process efficiency that led to better productivity and higher benefits for the client.
• Implement competency-based interview, behavioral skills hiring for different requirements.

GlobalStep is a leading global provider of Technology Services, GlobalStep enables clients to drive a true digital transformation. Services offered include Digital Assurance, Software Development, Localization, Cloud Enablement and Customer Support.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Managing recruitment for India, US, Canada for the organization.
• Creating a setup for the organization in Pune location.
• Involved in training new trainees regarding the different aspects of US recruitment like visa terms, different types of visas, how to screen a candidate, asking the right questions to the candidate etc.
• Responsible for reporting recruiting metrics of team members; reporting daily to upper management. Implemented process improvements based on the needs of the team for increased productivity for the client.
• Provide overall HR support in areas not limited to policy and procedure guidance and interpretation, leadership, learning and development, talent management for the sales and marketing department in several locations.
• Preparing reports for Monthly Business Reviews for deep dive on recruitment performance and activity and also generating root cause analysis reports.

Spectraforce Technologies Inc offers a powerful suite of IT and Consulting services allowing companies to embrace the challenges of meeting and exceeding the company's IT needs with an aggressive Total Cost of Ownership. We enable companies to focus on their core competencies, while we handle the integral details of building IT solution guaranteeing quality delivery with significant cost savings.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Working as Client Delivery Manager for handling IT requirements from Network, Telecom, Storage and service sector clients.
• Managing complete IT requirements from basic to niche skills.
• Successfully handled external audit for ISO Certification for Pune location.
• Created a recruitment process to streamline the system.
• Working on the complete recruitment process: Getting the requirement from the client manager to assigning and getting submission and presenting it to the client.
• Handling two teams with strength of 6 each.
• Interacting with the Stakeholders/Clients for forecasting and strategies regarding the recruitment process. Also discussing and accessing scorecard and targets on Quarterly basis.
• Managing SLA's for all clients.

eTeam was formed in 1999 with the goal of becoming the supplier of choice for clients, employees and contingent workers. Today, we’re one of the fastest-growing companies in New Jersey and ranked as one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts and New Jersey Business. We’re also an honored member of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Involved in complete recruitment life cycle from requirement gathering to onboarding of consultants.
• Recruited extensively for Cloud Computing, Network, and Infrastructure.
• Leading a team of nine recruiters who were dedicated to work for our biggest financial auditing client.
• Assisting junior members regarding profile submissions, salary negotiation skills, closing candidates and best way to search profiles through job portals.
• Responsible for recruitment process consulting, candidate sourcing and matching, candidate working, market analysis, offer negotiation, candidate networking and client relationships.
• Conduct interviews / In person interviews, Phone and Skype, review employment contract for new hires, perform on-boarding, promotions and transfer procedures
• Responsible for finances (budget control) for the recruitment team
• Manage recruitment database and update vacancy and applicant status
• Supporting 3 Account managers clients job requisitions on a day to day basis
• Managing and resolving all crisis, conflicts, and issues with onsite employees and clients.

AG Technologies is a SEI CMMI Level 5, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001 certified organization working in customized application development & Support, Maintenance/ Enhancement, Upgrade & Migration on Microsoft Portal, System Integration, BI space, Java and SAP & supporting more 450 customers with 600 employees across US & India in year 2010-11.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Search the best matching candidates via direct sourcing, job portals and other methods.
• Working for financial client so extensively worked on security certifications and state process for employment.
• Involved extensively in recruiting System engineers, Admin, embedded Engineers, Infrastructure consultant, Developers, Architect.
• Extensive experience in using Job Boards like Dice, Monster, LinkedIn, Net temps etc. to post requirement and search the best-qualified candidates available in the market for the given requirement.
• Involved in SAP Hiring (SAP FICO, SD, ECC 6.0, R/3, ABAP, BW) for US based clients (Cisco, Warner Bros, Nestle & Bristol Myers Squibb).
• Managing and updating database of prospective hires.
• Searching the best matching candidates via direct sourcing, job portals, referrals and X- Ray Search.
• Involved in recruiting consultants from middle level to top Management positions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Identified/screened/qualified candidates for IT positions; also reviews, reformats and presents resumes to hiring managers.
• Understand technology, technical roles and technical skills.
• Foster long-term relationships with candidates
• Format resumes meeting client expectations