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Pavithra T R

Bengaluru

Summary

Talent Acquisition Lead with 7+ years of experience hiring top Engineering, Product, and Design talent in fast-paced, high-growth environments. Proven player-coach with expertise in full-cycle recruiting, stakeholder partnership, workforce planning, and data-driven hiring execution. Strong background in employee relations and HR operations, including onboarding, offboarding, payroll coordination, and engagement initiatives. Known for predictable hiring outcomes, improving processes, and maintaining a high bar for execution and partnership.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Talent Acquisition Lead

Enable Data
05.2024 - Current
  • Owned end-to-end recruitment for critical engineering and product hires, directly impacting product delivery timelines and technical roadmap execution.
  • Partnered with business leaders to align hiring strategies with growth plans, translating headcount needs into actionable recruiting roadmaps.
  • Mentored and supported junior recruiters, providing pipeline strategy guidance, sourcing best practices, and performance feedback.
  • Developed proactive talent pipelines through targeted sourcing, referral campaigns, and talent mapping for emerging skill areas (Data Engineering, AI/ML, Cloud, and Product Strategy).
  • Introduced weekly recruiting metrics reviews (time-to-fill, pass-through rates, sourcing effectiveness) to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Navigated ambiguity in scaling environments by refining hiring workflows, clarifying role requirements, and managing shifting priorities effectively.
  • Strengthening stakeholder management by conducting hiring calibration sessions, and aligning interview panels with hiring objectives.
  • Experimented with sourcing tools and automation to enhance outreach response rates, and reduce manual processes.
  • Acted as a cultural ambassador, ensuring the candidate experience reflected company values while maintaining high hiring quality standards.
  • Adept at maintaining performance standards in fast-paced organizational settings.

Employee Relations and HR Operations

  • Enhanced talent acquisition strategies by streamlining processes and implementing innovative recruitment methods.
  • Acted as the primary point of contact for employee queries across policies, benefits, payroll, and workplace concerns, strengthening trust and internal communication.
  • Managed the end-to-end onboarding experience, improving new hire ramp-up through structured orientation plans and cross-functional coordination.
  • Led offboarding and exit formalities include documentation, final settlements, and exit interviews, identifying attrition trends, and recommending retention improvements.
  • Administered monthly payroll processing in coordination with finance, ensuring 100% accuracy and compliance with statutory requirements.
  • Drove employee engagement initiatives (town halls, feedback surveys, recognition programs), improving employee satisfaction and participation rates.
  • Maintained high standards of HR data hygiene, documentation accuracy, and compliance processes.

Senior Technical Recruiter

Digitite (Formerly Conneqt Digital) - A Division of Quess Corp
10.2021 - 05.2024
  • Led full cycle hiring for priority Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) roles, partnering directly with functional heads to drive workforce planning, role scoping, and hiring prioritization aligned to business outcomes.
  • Operated as a player-coach, managing individual requisitions while mentoring a team of recruiters (FTEs and contractors), driving capacity planning and performance accountability.
  • Built and executed high-signal sourcing strategies for niche technical talent (Backend, Frontend, Data, DevOps, Product Managers, UX Designers) in highly competitive markets.
  • Served as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, identifying hiring risks, improving interview quality, and reducing bottlenecks to accelerate time-to-hire.
  • Implemented structured intake processes and weekly hiring dashboards to track pipeline health, conversion ratios, and forecast predictability.
  • Drove recruiting innovation through automation tools, sourcing workflows, and process optimizations that improved recruiter productivity and candidate experience.
  • Improved offer-to-join ratio by strengthening stakeholder alignment and candidate engagement strategies.
  • Modeled high standards for data hygiene, ATS discipline, and execution excellence across the recruiting function.
  • Influenced hiring managers to adopt structured interviews and competency-based evaluation frameworks to improve hiring quality.

Talent Acquisition

HGS
05.2015 - 04.2017
  • Work on full cycle recruitment for Software Engineer, Oracle.
  • Handling 2 members of a team
  • Offer negotiation, ATS, Completing New Joiners formalities

Intern

HGS
11.2014 - 05.2015
  • Work on full cycle recruitment as a intern

Education

MBA - Human Resources Management

Mysore University
01.2014

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - B.com

Bangalore University
01.2012

Skills

Talent Acquisition & Leadership

Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting (Engineering, Product, Design)

Workforce Planning & Hiring Forecasting

Strategic recruitment

Talent Mapping

Interview Calibration & Structured Hiring

Social media recruiting

Collaborative leadership

Candidate experience

Exit Interviews & Attrition Analysis

Payroll Processing & Statutory Compliance

Policy Implementation & HR Documentation

Employee Engagement & Culture Initiatives

Onboarding processes

Applicant tracking systems

Talent pipeline building

Diversity and inclusion

Salary and benefits negotiations

Timeline

Technical Talent Acquisition Lead

Enable Data
05.2024 - Current

Senior Technical Recruiter

Digitite (Formerly Conneqt Digital) - A Division of Quess Corp
10.2021 - 05.2024

Talent Acquisition

HGS
05.2015 - 04.2017

Intern

HGS
11.2014 - 05.2015

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - B.com

Bangalore University

MBA - Human Resources Management

Mysore University
Pavithra T R