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Sri Hari Vishnu L

Sri Hari Vishnu L

Chennai

Summary

  • Over 10 years of full-cycle recruitment experience across technology, product, investment banking, and executive leadership roles
  • Expertise in strategic hiring, talent mapping, and stakeholder management for startups and global enterprises
  • Skilled in building scalable recruitment frameworks, driving cross-geography hiring, and delivering niche, high-impact mandates
  • Proficient in advanced sourcing strategies, market intelligence, employer branding, and offer negotiation to attract top talent
  • Trusted partner to CXOs and senior leadership, successfully recruiting VPs, Directors, Global Heads, CTOs, and other senior leaders

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Recruiter

Radial (bpost Company)
Chennai
03.2023 - Current
  • Leading end-to-end recruitment across Engineering, Data Science, GTM, and Product teams in India, the U.S., and Belgium, with a strong specialization in AI/ML and emerging tech talent acquisition.
  • Serving as a strategic talent advisor to business leaders, delivering market insights, setting hiring benchmarks, and aligning on high-priority technical roles.
  • Leveraging AI-driven sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, HireEZ, and ChatGPT for personalized candidate engagement and outreach.
  • Driving a data-backed recruitment strategy, reducing average requisition aging from 90 to 40 days by optimizing funnel performance and decision-making speed.
  • Successfully closed high-impact and leadership roles in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, and AI Product Management.
  • Proactively mapping and building pipelines for future-ready talent across platforms like GitHub, ArXiv, and Kaggle, especially in deep tech and AI domains.
  • Conducting weekly syncs with hiring managers to share dashboards, heat maps, and market trend reports that support informed hiring decisions.
  • Leading strategic projects in employer branding, ATS implementation, and interview process optimization, enhancing candidate experience and process efficiency.

Talent Acquisition Partner

Compass Inc
Bangalore
04.2021 - 01.2023
  • Handled full recruitment life cycle, partnering with hiring managers and recruiting leaders to manage end-to-end hiring—from sourcing to candidate management and onboarding. This included strategies for employee referrals, diversity hiring, and high-demand areas like AI/ML and GTM (Go-To-Market) roles.
  • Led hiring for Mid-Level to Leadership roles across Engineering, Product, AI, and GTM functions, ensuring top-tier talent acquisition for critical and niche positions.
  • Coordinated campus recruitment drives by collaborating with internal HR teams, managing candidate shortlisting, and facilitating smooth execution of pre-placement talks, interviews, and offer rollouts.
  • Tracked and analyzed recruitment metrics including sourcing effectiveness, ROI on sourcing channels, and time-to-hire, using data insights to continuously optimize hiring outcomes.

Talent Sourcer(Leadership Hiring)

Altimetrik Digital Transformation
Chennai
12.2019 - 09.2020
  • Led leadership hiring for marquee clients including PayPal, Ford, UBS, DBS, Freshworks, and Intuit, delivering on complex and high-impact mandates across global geographies.
  • Spearheaded end-to-end recruitment for senior roles such as Engineering Leader, Engineering Manager, Data Engineering Manager, and Enterprise Architect across both product and technology teams.
  • Executed full-cycle leadership hiring: market mapping, headhunting, evaluation, negotiation, onboarding
  • Built strong talent pipelines through networking, passive outreach, and industry benchmarking

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Covenant Consultants
Chennai
09.2014 - 12.2019
  • Led end-to-end recruitment as an individual contributor for 5.3 years, managing sourcing, screening, interviews, offer negotiation, and post-offer engagement
  • Managed a team of 5 recruiters, ensuring consistent performance and delivery
  • Acted as SPOC for Product and Investment Banking hiring for 4+ years across both front-office and tech roles
  • Built and scaled recruitment functions from scratch, enabling high-growth hiring in fast-paced environments
  • Handled strategic hiring for top-tier clients like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA, HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Flipkart, Freshworks, Tower Research, ADP, Ally.io, and Sigmoid

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Indian Institue of Higher Education
Hyderabad
04-2013

Skills

  • Leadership & Strategic Hiring
  • Executive & Leadership Hiring
  • Talent Acquisition Strategy
  • End-to-End Recruitment Lifecycle
  • Stakeholder & Business Partnering
  • Sourcing & Headhunting
  • Market Mapping & Talent Intelligence
  • Offer Management & Negotiation
  • ATS & CRM Tools
  • Employer Branding & Candidate Experience
  • Tech & Product Hiring
  • Team Mentorship & Recruitment Operations
  • Diversity Hiring & Inclusive Pipelines
  • Recruitment Analytics & Reporting
  • Global & Cross-Functional Hiring

Accomplishments And Awards

  • Best Employee of the year 2015
  • Best Employee of the year 2016
  • Best Employee of the year 2018

Timeline

Principal Recruiter

Radial (bpost Company)
03.2023 - Current

Talent Acquisition Partner

Compass Inc
04.2021 - 01.2023

Talent Sourcer(Leadership Hiring)

Altimetrik Digital Transformation
12.2019 - 09.2020

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Covenant Consultants
09.2014 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Indian Institue of Higher Education

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