HR leader with 14+ years in global matrix organizations, scaling talent teams (0-57 in 2 months) via US-India SLAs, and 53% diversity metrics. Global Process Lead driving performance management, vendor optimization, and continuous improvement
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Talent Acquisition
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Hyderabad
07.2021 - Current
Served as sourcing partner across multiple business lines, driving proactive talent pipelining and market mapping.
Delivered exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences through enhancements in passive candidate engagement.
Maintained diversity ratio of 53% utilizing targeted hiring programs, including She-Coders and LGBT+ inclusion initiatives.
Collaborated on employer branding and program promotion to attract diverse talent pools.
Built blockchain and machine learning team from zero to 35 members within seven months through targeted outreach.
Scaled retail IT team from zero to 57 members in two months via strategic high-volume sourcing campaigns.
Lead Talent Acquisition
SS&C Technology (Formally DST Worldwide Services)
11.2018 - 07.2021
Responsible for Talent Hiring at all levels.
Process Management, Hiring Workflow Management.
Managing and monitoring hiring processes End to End Recruitment Cycle with overall functioning, identifying improvement areas and implementing measures to maximize output levels in quantity and quality of hires.
Technology-Hiring for niche Technologies.
End to end recruitments in a fiercely competitive & niche market segment.
Vendor Management, Client Management, and Metrics (Offer Acceptance Rate, Cost per Hire Average time to select/deploy/join.
Managing sourcing and hiring cycle through job portals, consultants, advertising responses, employee referrals, job fairs, radio campaigns, campus and new channels like RPO in addition to other branding initiatives.
Salary Arbitration, Negotiating salaries, generating offer letters and routing the post offer documentation, MIS reporting, organizing induction programs for the new joiners, Warm up calls to resources & managing the entire requisition cycle till effective closure.
Creating & implementing workflows to facilitate structured support to key deliverables.
Strategizing and planning for the fulfillment of open requirements at all levels.
Recruiting highly skilled IT and IT infrastructure professionals at various levels.
Involved in contractor staffing through various Tier 1 and Tier 2 vendors in Market.
Maintaining the recruitment database by tracking all resumes sourced, screened, scheduled and interviewed.
Generate weekly reports on joiners. Offer declines, Vendor & Employee referral payments. Attritions analysis and Cost per hire.
Talent acquisition specialist
Harman International (Formally SAMSUNG)
10.2017 - 10.2018
I play an advisory role to people, teams, and leaders on aspects of business growth, quality, diversity & New Avenues.
Leading Harman's Product and Services, IOT, Cloud and Mobile hiring. Specialist in Microsoft technologies Domain Specialists and Executive Hiring.
Used direct sourcing techniques such as job boards searching (Monster, Naukri, Linkedin, Hirish.com, Hiree.com), Referral screening, Internet searching database mining, networking, cold calling and identifying high-level candidates using research tools.
Strategizing with the Business Heads in regards to the Man power planning.
Drive the hiring process in a high-volume/time-sensitive environment, working directly with Line managers and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on assignments.
Driving the team to achieve the committed targets on a consistent basis.
Ensured recruitment networks and sources are developed and maintained to deliver flow of quality candidates.
Initiated internship program in Harman and own Campus connect team for internship programs for Academy and industry relationship development.
Executive-Recruitment
Cognizant
07.2014 - 10.2017
Worked as Recruitment HR-TAG for Cognizant. Responsible for all Recruitment activities including Lateral recruitments for Cognizant-Digital which include Mobility (Chennai and Hyderabad), EMS (Engineering and manufacturing services) & Verticals-JAVA, C#.net, Mainframes pool and project specific (Hyderabad).
Relationship management with hiring managers and managing their expectations.
Responsible for start-to-end recruitment and selection process.
Sourcing the potential candidates from various sources le job portals. Employee reference. Agencies, consultants, Social networks etc.
Conducting initial Screening interviews of candidate to understand their communication skills, project details, exposure on technology and relevant experience etc.
Conducting Scheduled Walk-in events in various cities of India.
Co-ordination with hiring/reporting managers in interview process.
Explaining role, responsibilities, and career growth opportunities to short listed candidates.
Briefing candidates about the company, divisions and activities in India etc.
Explaining offer/Salary details to candidates with benefits.
Solving notice period/relieving letter related issues by assisting candidates in various ways.
Follow-up with Yet to join (YT)) candidate.
Maintaining various recruitment reports.
Committed team player with strong analytical, problem solving skills and an ability to quickly adapt to new environments & technologies, with excellent communication and interpersonal.
Conducting candidate Connect programs like Metamorphizant & Technizant.
Having experience working for different domains such Technology. Healthcare, Mobile Solution Practice, Engineering & Manufacture.
Expert in preparing market intelligence for IT technologies.
Recruitment HR executive
Tech Mahindra
05.2012 - 07.2014
Recruitment HR executive for Engineering Solutions Group in Mahindra Satyam, Responsible for all Recruitment activities including Lateral recruitments. Planning Campus Recruitments.
Coordinating with Resource Mgmt Teams, Induction & Orientation.
Specialist in Engineering Services Recruitments. Domain Specialists and Executive Hiring.
Overall co-ordination of manpower planning recruitment, induction & ensuring cultural fit in the department.
Planning human resource requirements in consultation with heads of different functional & operational areas and conducting selection interviews.
Interacting with senior staff of each Team to keep a good level of understanding of the jobs descriptions to aid profile matching.
Drive the hiring process in a high-volume/time-sensitive environment, working directly with Line managers and managing candidates through the process to have them placed on assignments.
Managed and to and hiring right from sourcing of resumes through various sources headhunting job portals, advertisements, employee referrals, consultants and external referencing etc. to interviews and final selection.
Assisting myself and team in pre-screening of resumes wis the requirement in terms of technologies.
Conducting the HR Interview, Negotiations on salary. Final Hiring decision post HR interview activities.
Keeping track of the recruitment MIS and sending regular reports to key stakeholders in the system regarding recruitments.
Active participation in developing and executing the Campus hiring.
Planning organizing and directing the recruitment events-Newspapers Advertisements, Walkins, Job Fairs etc.
Conducting weekend drives within and outside city for better and early closures.
Driving the team to achieve the committed targets on a consistent basis.
Recruitment HR intern
Mahindra Satyam
07.2011 - 01.2012
Associated as Recruitment HR intern for Engineering Solutions and Infrastructure Mgmt Services Groups in Mahindra Satyam. Responsible for all Recruitment activities for Lateral recruitments.
Managed end to end hiring right from sourcing of resumes through various sources headhunting job portals, advertisements, employee referrals and external referencing etc. to Interviews and final selection.
Keeping track of the recruitment MIS and sending regular reports to reporting manager regarding recruitment status.
Involved in creating ads/Mass mails for weekend drives and releasing offers in the tool.
Involved in joining follow up and collecting/submitting the background verification documents to the BG vendors.