Philip Collins
I build world-class teams & connect exceptional talent
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced HR professional with over 15 years in Talent Acquisition and Talent Management, focusing on recruitment for Technology, Non-Technology, and Legal sectors across diverse geographies including APACJ, EMEA, and NA.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Talent Acquisition Leader (Manager II)
PayPal
Bengaluru
01.2025 - Current
- Leading end-to-end hiring for high-volume non-technology and operations roles across APAC and EMEA, with a strong focus on customer service, KYC, AML, risk ops, payment operations, and compliance functions within FinTech and banking domains.
- Driving strategic recruitment for technology roles, including AI, ML, data science, and core engineering, to support digital transformation and innovation across business units.
- Built robust talent pipelines for critical and niche roles, enabling faster time-to-hire (TTH), and greater predictability in workforce planning.
- Leveraging multi-channel sourcing strategies (LinkedIn, EightFold AI, EVA AI, and professional forums) to drive direct sourcing with zero vendor costs.
- Maintaining strong, consultative partnerships with global business leaders and senior stakeholders to deliver tailored hiring solutions aligned with business priorities.
- Designed and executed hiring strategies that reflect a deep understanding of the FinTech and Banking landscape, candidate behavior, and market trends.
- Delivering superior candidate experiences while managing full-cycle recruitment—from demand planning and sourcing to interviews, selection, and onboarding.
- Monitoring and sharing market intelligence, competitor hiring trends, and compensation benchmarks to inform recruitment strategy.
- Promoting best-in-class hiring practices within the TA team, and supporting ongoing process improvements and automation initiatives.
- Driving diversity and inclusion efforts in hiring, while ensuring governance, compliance, and audit-readiness across all recruitment activities.s.
AVP – Talent Acquisition
JP Morgan Chase
Bengaluru
09.2020 - 01.2025
- Partnered with leaders and hiring managers to deliver the strategic vision, value proposition by devising hiring/ fulfillment plan for the business across three lines of business.
- Developed hiring plans across APACJ, EMEA, and NAMR for roles in investment banking, private equity, capital markets, and asset & wealth management.
- Managed full-cycle leadership and mid-senior recruiting with tailored strategies.
- Sourced candidates via diverse channels, emphasizing specialized financial roles.
- Evaluated and presented top candidates while refining strategies through feedback.
- Drove process improvements to reduce time-to-hire (hire at 5) and streamlined the recruitment process.
- Promoted career growth, benefits, and compensation to attract top talent – Candidate Value Proposition.
- Conducted compensation discussions to secure timely offer closures saving cost and time for the lines of business.
- Monitored key metrics (time-to-hire, vendor cost, source mix, DEI) and reported market insights regularly.
- Provided data-driven automated recruiting reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
Manager – Human Resources
Trilegal
Bengaluru
04.2017 - 09.2020
- Devised Acquisition strategies for sustainable results by partnering with key stakeholders, senior management, and legal teams.
- Oversaw a team of 3 TA professionals and facilitating Talent Acquisition for a few business units - Corporate, Competition, Litigation & Tax, Hiring for PAN-India roles.
- 90+ retainers hired between 2017-2019 of which, 88% recruitment was in-house and through various channels like referrals, in-house ATS tool, networks etc.
- SPOC from India for HRMS Implementation, Internal TA Branding, Background Verifications, and work with COE’s for internal communications.
- Introduced, designed, and implemented Hiring Framework and Competency Mapping to ensure and measure quality of recruitment.
- Implemented Background Verifications Process business which includes vendor identification, commercial negotiations, Business Buy–in/consensus, Launch, Training, Implementation and Control.
Manager – Human Resources
The Advisory Board Company
Chennai
04.2016 - 03.2017
- Partnered with Account Managers to generate ideas, leverage resources and share information that facilitates an effective recruitment process via Workday.
- Quantitative and Qualitative results for three critical surveys - New Hire survey for India, Culture Survey and Pulse Survey.
- Monthly Employee Referral dashboard which helped TA in increasing referrals from 8% to 22% against a target of 20%.
- LinkedIn Evangelist - Project on LinkedIn adoption. Leadership teams saw 5-10% increase in LinkedIn profiles.
Assistant Manager – Human Resources
Groupon Inc
Bengaluru
04.2014 - 04.2016
- Lead communication with US and Asia TA CoE teams for Talent Acquisition, TA Analytics, and compliance support via Taleo, Workday & Tableau.
- Successfully managed to hired talent within budgets and minimized cost per hire. Increased the joining ratio & reduced the average time to close the requirement.
- Conferred several recognitions to consistent performance. Devised recruitment strategy to increase the selection efficiency for Non-Tech & Tech hiring.
- Built a strong in-house sourcing team to increase recruitment through low-cost sources via various mechanisms.
- Worked towards strengthening the employee referral channel. Provided Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly reporting to stakeholders and Leadership teams.
- Utilize various recruitment methods and strategies to locate qualified candidates including direct sourcing, obtaining, and working on employee and non-employee referrals. Usage of social media effectively, like LinkedIn, Indeed, Fresher’s world, Career Fair’s etc.
- Helped in preparation of annual man-power plan and MIS Reporting to management on the projection, pipeline, and candidate experience.
- Responsible for entire Chennai & Bengaluru site hiring for non-tech junior to leadership level hiring.
Analyst – Human Resources
Deloitte LLP
Bengaluru
03.2010 - 04.2014
- Managed Talent Acquisition for AMS - Hyderabad & Bengaluru (Headcount, Budgets, Market mapping, talent – supply chain plan, Candidate experience and Stakeholder experience management) and achieved monthly / quarterly target benchmarks through on time resourcing & cost saving.
- Process Design and Improvement –collaborated with cross functional teams in creating the TA process maps and driving optimum performance and continuous improvement.
- New initiatives in areas like employer branding, campus hiring, institution tie-ups, identifying & creating alternative channels for sourcing (Social Media Recruitment, online Marketing etc.)
- Played the role of SME for mid-senior Resourcing, having closed (Sourcing, pre-screening, psychometric assessments, interview and offer coordination) all mid-senior positions within the agreed budgets and timelines.
- Involved in more than four mass/ volume hiring camps, including executing a job fair (20,000 walk –in’s), 6 pool campus hiring with exclusive campaigns.
- Advocated in sourcing during critical period saving about 40 lacs in 30 days with a team of about 5 resources.
Team Lead – Human Resources
WiseMen Consulting
Hyderabad
02.2009 - 03.2010
- Managed the process of identifying the candidate, conducting HR Interviews, salary negotiations, deciding the offer, making the offer, bringing the candidate on board, and inducting the new entrant.
- Monitored Employee Insurance Plans, New Joining and Exit Process, Employee Grievances, Employee Engagement activities.
Education
Master's in Social Work (PM&IR) - Human Resources Management
Madras School of Social Work (MSSW)
Chennai04.2008
Bachelors - Commerce & Accounting
Loyola College (Autonomous)
Chennai04.2006
Certification
Certified Human Resources Professional (Advanced) – CHRMP
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Leader (Manager II)
PayPal
01.2025 - Current
AVP – Talent Acquisition
JP Morgan Chase
09.2020 - 01.2025
Manager – Human Resources
Trilegal
04.2017 - 09.2020
Manager – Human Resources
The Advisory Board Company
04.2016 - 03.2017
Assistant Manager – Human Resources
Groupon Inc
04.2014 - 04.2016
Analyst – Human Resources
Deloitte LLP
03.2010 - 04.2014
Team Lead – Human Resources
WiseMen Consulting
02.2009 - 03.2010
Master's in Social Work (PM&IR) - Human Resources Management
Madras School of Social Work (MSSW)
Bachelors - Commerce & Accounting
Loyola College (Autonomous)
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