Sowmiya Krishnamoorthy

Role: Recruitment Coordinator, India, APJC

Responsibilities and Outcomes:

• Tech: SDE I, II, and III, SDMs, System Development Engineers, SDEMs, Quality Assurance Engineer, Cloud Support Engineer (CSE-I).
• Teams hired for: Utility Compute Teams which forms the base for Artificial Intelligence - Aurora Database, Dynamo Database, Relational Database Service, Enterprise Engineering, AWS OpenSearch, Internet of Things, Amazon SageMaker, Redshift, Infrastructure services, Premium support. 122% achievement against target of 778 On-sites to be scheduled
• Average 60 schedules per month.
• Sourced SDE I and II mandates for various teams.
• Led the initiative from Recruitment team to set up the 45 Batch days for Engineering team in India
• Coordinated with Interviewers from US, Australia, Germany with focus on competency alignment, built candidate pipeline.
• Conducted multiple Hiring events across India, resulting in formation of 23 SDMs ,38 SDE II and 35 SDE I for Database teams.

Stakeholder Management:

• Working with 4 Tech Recruiters and Business Stakeholders daily
• Trained new RC professionals (External and Internal Hiring, Onsite and Phone screening)
• Deliver on the 2 and 5 promise ownership of AWS to avoid defect and deliver good candidate experience.
• To increase the interviewer pool enabled 57 SDEs (I, II and III) out of which 24% progressed to become independent interviewers and to help track the progress created a tracker.
• Running weekly cadence calls with Recruiters and Business- Give update on current pipeline and conversion, Interviewer counts, and share challenges and suggest solutions.
• Handled Schedule and crisis management of Interviewers and Candidates.

Role: Recruitment Administration Specialist, India, APJC

Responsibilities and Outcomes:

• Collaborated with 8 Tech Recruiters and Business Stakeholders daily to ensure effective communication, resulting in a 60% reduction in communication gaps throughout the hiring process.
• Managed interview and phone screen scheduling, streamlining the recruitment process and reducing time-to-hire by 35%.
• Successfully recruited for various roles, including SDE I, II, and III, SDMs, System Development Engineers, SDEMs, Quality Assurance Engineer, Product Support Engineer, Application Support Engineer, Finance - Planning, Analysis, Fund and Client Accounting Associates.
• Hired teams for multiple sectors, including Asset Servicing, Clearance and Collateral Management, Engineering, Pershing, Risk and Compliance, Treasury Services, and Wealth Management.
• Scaled the entire Backend team across multiple verticals, meeting hiring goals and contributing to a 25% which is 106 Engineers and growth in the organization.
• Utilized Eightfold recruiting software to manage candidate pipelines, resulting in a 30% improvement in tracking progress throughout the hiring process.
• Organized and led multiple Hiring Events, attracting top talent, and facilitating efficient and effective candidate evaluation and selection.
• Created candidate-specific folders to maintain organized documentation, ensuring a smooth and streamlined recruitment process.

Role: Recruitment Coordinator, North America and Canada

Responsibilities and Outcomes:

• Streamlined full-time and contractor recruitment in North America and Canada, reducing time-to-fill by 30%.
• Enhanced candidate quality through strategic job postings on internal and external portals.
• Improved offer acceptance rates by 10% through meticulous evaluation and drafting using Cognizant HIRE and IQN.
• Achieved increase in conversion efficiency and candidate satisfaction in managing bulk conversion offers.
• Ensured compliance with company policies through rigorous verification of approvals.
• Attained 90% completion rate in new hire paperwork, securing signed offer letters promptly.
• Boosted document procurement speed by 30% through effective vendor relationships.
• Collaborated with QA teams, reducing discrepancies and aligning with industry standards.
• Maintained a 95% success rate in background verification and confirmation of previous employment.
• Managed L1-level employee ID generation with best accuracy rate.