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Tanvi Handa

Summary

Innovative and results-driven Manager of Talent Acquisition with 13+ years of experience in recruiting top-tier talent across various industries. Proven track record of developing and executing successful recruitment strategies to attract, assess, and hire high caliber professionals. Adept at building strong relationships with stakeholders and implementing efficient processes to streamline recruitment operations. Skilled in leveraging technology and analytics to drive data-driven decision-making and enhance overall hiring outcomes.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Manager Talent Acquisition- APAC, EMEA

Khoros
5 2023 - Current
  • Lead and manage a team of recruiters and coordinators focused on technical talent acquisition, including performance management. Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to the team to ensure they are equipped to attract and hire top technical talent.
  • Analysed current and past hiring data to identify areas of improvement and develop targeted talent acquisition strategies.
  • Developed a talent acquisition strategy that focused on sourcing passive candidates, resulting in a 25% increase in qualified applicants.
  • Developed and implemented a talent acquisition strategy that reduced time to hire by 30%.
  • Negotiated competitive compensation packages that retained key talent and attracted top talent.
  • Hands-on ownership for hiring leadership, technical talent from our target industry segments.
  • Continuously evaluate and improve the technical recruitment process for efficiency and effectiveness. Implement best practices, tools, and technologies to streamline the hiring workflow.
  • Developed marketing campaigns to increase brand awareness.
  • Data Analysis and Reporting: Utilize data and analytics to track and report key recruitment metrics.
  • Provide insights to senior management on the effectiveness of talent acquisition strategies and areas for improvement.
  • Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. Gather feedback from candidates to identify areas for improvement.

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

Thoughtworks
05.2022 - 05.2023
  • Hands-on ownership for hiring leadership talent from our target industry segments
  • Leading a team of 5 which includes mentoring them, setting up the goals, tracking their performance management cycle
  • Develop and implement ideas for improving the talent acquisition process and outcomes; identify key sourcing channels; develop and implement creative recruitment strategy effectively gathering research, making direct contact calls, networking, leveraging relevant social media and employee referrals
  • Lead and own the Recruitment cycle which includes working closely with Senior Leadership (Tech & Strategy), attracting and selecting appropriate talent, salary negotiations and onboarding
  • Responsible for effectively communicating the employer brand with potential talent and Understand from the external market, best practices to further improve the recruitment process
  • Managing/Leading various in-house initiatives like Referral Programs, Candidate experience program, Reward & Recognition for the interview panels
  • Effectively using ATS (Greenhouse), managing the various recruitment metrics

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Walmart Global Tech India
02.2021 - 05.2022
  • Hands on TA partner (Leadership technology recruitment) for Engineering, Data-science, Products, and Design for Walmart IDC
  • Leading a team of 3, Mentoring them, Tracking regular updates, helping them with planning the KPI's, Tracking the progress in team meetings and in 1:1
  • Involved in Industry Mapping, Head Hunting, Social Networking, Sourcing, screening (i.e
  • Internet sourcing, research, executive and high level recruitment), Referral, Strategic Recruitment, Senior- to Executive level - IT, Web Technologies, Software Development and niche requirement
  • Handling competency based hiring through various search engines viz., Headhunting, Portals, Net, Referrals, Cold Calling etc
  • An effective communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills and hands on exposure in coordinating with the senior candidates
  • Conducting role pitch and Salary negotiations for all Staff and above level positions
  • Discussion with senior management on strategy planning for future recruitment processes/requirement for various positions in company
  • On campus and off campus hiring from all 'A' class business schools including IIM's and IITs
  • Working on Internal programs regarding L&D, Candidate engagement and interview experiences

Sr. Leadership Hiring Specialist - Product Engineering-Client-Tesco

Publicis Sapient
04.2019 - 02.2021
  • In my current role, as a member of senior hiring team, responsible for Leadership hiring in the India region for key technology services & Business Services
  • My journey is to provide leadership talent at P.S
  • To implement innovative and cost effective recruiting strategies aligned with business needs
  • Managing the entire full life cycle recruitment-intake session with hiring manager, candidate sourcing, interviewing, selection processes, offer management and status communication with candidates and hiring managers
  • Building a strong and close relationship with key business stakeholders to obtain a deep understanding on their talent strategy
  • Developing and managing a talent pipeline that is in line with the businesses current and future requirements

Assistant Manager-Leadership Hiring Specialist-Technology

OYO
02.2017 - 04.2019
  • Playing a pivotal role in TA (Leadership hiring) for Engineering, Data-science, Products, and Design for all tech business units of OYO
  • Involved in Industry Mapping, Head Hunting, Social Networking, Sourcing, screening (i.e
  • Internet sourcing, research, executive and high level recruitment), Referral, Strategic Recruitment, Senior- to Executive level - IT, Web Technologies, Software Development and niche requirement
  • Handling competency based hiring for Leadership levels (Technology hiring) through various search engines viz., Headhunting, Portals, Net, Referrals, Cold Calling etc
  • An effective communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills and hands on exposure in coordinating with the senior candidates
  • Conducting role pitch and Salary negotiations for all Director and above level positions
  • Discussion with senior management on strategy planning for future recruitment processes/requirement for various positions in company
  • Responsible for the end-to-end technology recruitment process for leadership levels within defined timelines
  • On campus and off campus hiring from all 'A' class business schools including IIM's and IITs

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Technology Hiring Expert)

Gemalto-Product Development Company-Formerly known as Safenet Infotech
01.2014 - 01.2017
  • Handling end to end Quantitative/qualitative technical recruitment independently across various levels tech Analyst/Associates/Vice president and directors
  • Managing end to end IT recruitment (across C++/Java/.Net/Testing/Scripting language/CRM/Analytics/Production support) and non IT recruitment (Finance/Purchasing) for delivering quality people to achieve organizational goal
  • Assisting businesses to close larger head count need (6 to 7) on monthly basis
  • Maintaining recruiting mix (direct/referral/agency)
  • Implementing cost effective sourcing strategies to identify high quality talent across at all levels
  • Stakeholder Management - Assisting onsite local/global stake holders on lateral recruitment
  • Calibration & catch up meeting with stakeholders
  • Implementing technical screening questionnaire to screen & short listing sound tech candidates

Jr Executive Recruitment-Technical

Snap On Business Solutions private Ltd.
09.2011 - 12.2013
  • Company Overview: Product Development Company
  • Handling in house requirements
  • End to End recruitment process (IT Recruitments)
  • Sourcing profile from Job portals, Job Postings, through social media, employee and candidate references
  • Screening profiles
  • Shortlisting, taking telephonic interviews
  • Scheduling Interviews
  • Coordinating with interview panel
  • Headhunting
  • Follow up till joining
  • Coordinating the joining formalities
  • Product Development Company

Education

Senior Executive Program- Strategic HRM -

XLRI Jamshedpur
06.2024 - 05.2025

PGDM - Human Resources Management

Apeejay School of Management
01.2009 - 01.2011

Bachelor of Computers Application -

Lucknow University
01.2006 - 01.2009

Skills

Technical Talent Acquisition

Leadership Recruitments

Data Analysis, TA Metrics

People Management

Candidate Experience

Salary Negotiations

Strategic Hiring Management

Stakeholder Management

Performance Management, Key Performance Indicators

Information Technology

Networking Skills

Customer Relationship Management

Executive Search

Business Process Improvement

Timeline

Senior Executive Program- Strategic HRM -

XLRI Jamshedpur
06.2024 - 05.2025

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

Thoughtworks
05.2022 - 05.2023

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Walmart Global Tech India
02.2021 - 05.2022

Sr. Leadership Hiring Specialist - Product Engineering-Client-Tesco

Publicis Sapient
04.2019 - 02.2021

Assistant Manager-Leadership Hiring Specialist-Technology

OYO
02.2017 - 04.2019

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Technology Hiring Expert)

Gemalto-Product Development Company-Formerly known as Safenet Infotech
01.2014 - 01.2017

Jr Executive Recruitment-Technical

Snap On Business Solutions private Ltd.
09.2011 - 12.2013

PGDM - Human Resources Management

Apeejay School of Management
01.2009 - 01.2011

Bachelor of Computers Application -

Lucknow University
01.2006 - 01.2009

Manager Talent Acquisition- APAC, EMEA

Khoros
5 2023 - Current

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