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Harsha Lakshmi

Harsha Lakshmi

Talent Executive
Bengaluru

Summary

A seasoned Talent Acquisition Specialist, with over 3+ years of hands-on involvement in SaaS product, Low-code & No-code IT Industry recruitment. I've partnered with diverse business leaders in Marketing, Operations, Technology, Legal, Strategy, & Sales. My skills encompass headhunting, Leadership hiring, startup recruitment, talent alignment, and facilitating seamless hiring processes.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Talent Executive

Clazar
Remote
04.2024 - Current
  • Led GTM, leadership hiring initiatives, identifying and recruiting top-tier executives to strengthen organizational leadership.
  • Built and scaled a high-performing sales team based out of the US, driving significant revenue growth.
  • Established and grew key functions including Sales Development Representatives (SDRs), Solutions, product and Marketing verticals.
  • Led the staffing and recruitment of Customer Support interns, building a dedicated team to enhance service delivery and support operations.
  • Managed employee engagement initiatives and vendor relationships to enhance workplace culture and operational efficiency.
  • Built the Solutions team from the ground up, while scaling the SDR team from 3 to 13 members, significantly improving team productivity.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Kissflow
Chennai
09.2021 - 03.2024
  • Designed and led the full lifecycle of Talent Acquisition - including Recruiting strategy & plan, recruitment marketing, candidate sourcing, market mapping, profile analysis, applicant tracking system, strategic assessments & interviews, and compensation negotiations.
  • Built the Marketing and KPC, Product team, Customer Success, Legal, and Revops on the journey and staffed about 126 positions
  • Extensive expertise in tech recruitment, specializing in React.js, Python, SQL, and Java
  • Championed diversity hiring efforts, resulting in a 5% increase in the representation of women in the team compared to the previous year
  • Through consistent communication with hiring stakeholders, I adeptly modified the hiring process, resulting in the acquisition of exceptional candidates
  • Refined the lateral hiring approach and collaborated with hiring managers to roll out several new strategies aimed at attracting top-tier talent
  • This involved giving candidates exposure to our product and assessing their understanding of it, in addition to conducting technical evaluations
  • As a result, I successfully identified outstanding talent and increased the team's talent density by 75%
  • Flexibly managed ad-hoc project ensured the successful completion of initiatives endorsed by our CEO
  • Overhauled job descriptions organization-wide by conducting thorough market research, subsequently implementing adjustments aligned with competency mapping following extensive consultation with hiring managers
  • I coordinated and executed campus recruitment strategies with the team to meet our hiring requirements, wherein I contacted 200 individuals, shortlisted around 50 candidates, and successfully built a sales team comprising 10 talented fresh graduates
  • Optimized job postings for search engine visibility, driving increased traffic to company career site caught passive candidate attention

Graduate Trainee - Production Support(Financial Services)

Cognizant
06.2018 - 04.2019
  • Validating logs and restarting services on production servers
  • Familiarity with tools such as Putty, WinSCP, ServiceNow, and Remedy
  • Proficient in CRONTAB and Autosys scheduling
  • Managing incidents, including basic issue analysis and debugging
  • Granting user/group access as requested and conducting regular health checks to ensure application functionality
  • Proficient in ticketing tools like SNOW and ServiceNow, Unix commands, and shell scripting

Education

MASTERS - HRM & MARKETING

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED
09.2019 - 08.2021

BACHELORS - MATHEMATICS

MCC COLLEGE
06.2015 - 05.2018

Skills

  • Talent Strategy

  • Planning & forecasting

  • Employer Branding & Culture

  • Market Research & intelligence

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Project Management

  • Candidate experience

  • Applicant Tracking System - Greenhouse, Kissflow, Zwayam

  • Behavioural and KSA assessments

  • Tech recruitment - Reactjs, Python, SQL, Java

Additional Information

Remarkable Accomplishment:

  • I promote employer branding by encouraging employees to share interview experiences on blogs and showcasing candidate journeys on LinkedIn.


  • Engaged in developing a Career Restart Program focused on diversity hiring and inclusion initiatives. Approximately, we connected with over 100 candidates, of whom we shortlisted 20%. Serving as a skilled advisor, we provided impactful career guidance, offered interview opportunities within our organization, and made referrals within our HR network.


  • Acted as a core volunteer in organizing and facilitated tech community sessions aimed at fostering knowledge sharing and networking within the local tech community. (Kissflow sponsors a community called CTOtalk for engineering leaders and SaaS design for designers). Helped plan CTOtalk national summit 2023. Coordinated speakers, promoted events, and improved session relevance based on attendee feedback.


  • Created brand awareness among 500 senior tech folks across India, was responsible for bringing 200 participants for the events. Converted 55% of outreach efforts towards CTOtalk.


  • Awards - Rising Star - Garnered consecutive promotions in recognition of consistently delivering excellence in securing A+ candidates.

Timeline

Talent Executive

Clazar
04.2024 - Current

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Kissflow
09.2021 - 03.2024

MASTERS - HRM & MARKETING

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED
09.2019 - 08.2021

Graduate Trainee - Production Support(Financial Services)

Cognizant
06.2018 - 04.2019

BACHELORS - MATHEMATICS

MCC COLLEGE
06.2015 - 05.2018
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