SaaS Talent

Senior Director Talent & Global Head Talent Operations .

19 Years of Experience

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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About

A senior Talent Acquisition leader with over 18 years of experience in managing and setting up global teams, recruitment process & systems in blue chip IT organizations. Having experience in translating business strategy into talent acquisition plans and process innovation experience in both high volume and niche hiring across the globe. My expertise is in the Conceptualization, Formulation, Articulation and Implementation of TA process and metrics and building and running large global teams. I am a hands-on recruitment leader with excellent sourcing and engagement skills, led technology and sales hiring for North Americas, Europe, UK, APAC, India and Middle East regions and large RPO engagements in India. I have the privilege of setting up the first of its kind successful RPO governance and delivery framework model for hiring over 1000 technical hires / quarter. With rich experience in leading design and implementation of ATS at global level and in leading worldwide TA transformation programs focused on sourcing automation, selection, gamification, predictive modelling etc. I am a proud recipient of the 101 Top HR Tech Minds 2019. A mentor to multiple startup’s in India. I love engaging with the student community, adore teaching and coaching, am a voracious reader, I love playing guitar and listening to music, love structured choirs, blogging and I never misses a turn at public speaking. I am committed to the cause of having quality education accessible through apt pedagogy to the urban poor in India and to this effect I am engaged with a group of brilliant kids in Bangalore.

Sr Director Talent & Global Head Talent Operations

Adobe, SaaS/Cloud Product, Computer Software

Past Company 2

Adobe

Past Company 3

Adobe

Companies Worked:

Adobe, Adobe, Adobe, CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY, HP, Wipro Limited, Wipro Limited, Wipro Limited, Wipro Limited, Wipro Limited

Work History:

Job Title : Sr Director Talent & Global Head Talent Operations
Company name : Adobe
Period : June 2023 - Present
Summary : I serve an absolutely fabulous global team, a team that caters to executive , experienced, university hiring and people operations, this team has incredible expertise in Research , talent branding and marketing , scouting , business partnering , operations , program management, systems and in data & insights . We work at the cross-section of creativity and technology and help you tell your story with passion and finesse.
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job Title : Senior Director & Head of Talent Acquisition & Staffing
Company name : Adobe
Period : May 2022 - June 2023
Summary : Everyone has a fantastic story to say, we help you tell your story. We are a place where art meets science, it's STE"A" M and not STEM for us, your art/ creativity is as important as your tech. I am blessed to serve my amazing talent team across all business units and levels. Partner with business on strategy and execution along product-led growth lines. Trusted advisor on talent to the Sr leadership. I love what I do!
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job Title : Director, Head of Talent Acquisition & Staffing
Company name : Adobe
Period : November 2019 - April 2022
Summary : I head the talent acquisition and staffing functions for executive , lateral and campus . The mandate covers hiring across all business units, sales teams , technology verticals , shared services and functions for India. Part of the global talent leadership team.
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job Title : Member Of The Board Of Advisors
Company name : CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY
Period : April 2022 - Present
Summary : The Advisory Board constitutes of renowned and prominent industry experts who advise CU on updating the curriculum to make it contemporary and meet the dynamic needs of a fast-growing industry
Location : India

Job Title : Head Talent Acquisition & Staffing
Company name : HP
Period : June 2017 - November 2019
Summary : Head Talent Acquisition( lateral & Campus) and staffing functions for all business units encompassing Sales , R&D, IT, COE's, operations and customer support.
Location : Bangalore

Job Title : Head - Talent Acquisition
Company name : Wipro Limited
Period : January 2016 - June 2017
Summary : Head lateral hiring for India, Middle East and stand alone geographies. Partner with CxO's and business unit heads on the talent needs ,enabling top line growth and higher bottom line. Lead a team of over 80 talent acquisition professionals and managers spread across different geographies. Manage a hiring volume of over 3000 lateral hires / year and channel hiring of over 8000 /year.
Head the technology hiring mandate covering BAS ( Application development ) GIS( infrastructure hiring / data centre ), Analytics, FS vertical , cyber security , consulting and Telecom hiring.
I also have the mandate to head the transformation theatre of the talent acquisition function in wipro at a global level. I am presently leading multiple transformation programs in sourcing , selection, gamification and predictive modelling .
Location : Bangalore

Job Title : Sr. Manager - Talent Acquisition
Company name : Wipro Limited
Period : March 2012 - December 2015
Summary : • Heading onsite hiring for Wipro Technologies; GIS (Global Infrastructure Services) and ESS (Enterprise Security Services) service lines in the US, EU and APAC geo. Also head senior and niche technical hiring for offshore and Focus Programs- large account hiring for GIS. Hired ~ 2000 Talent for the GIS service line in Wipro technologies in Q1 and Q2.
• Involved in Manpower Planning, Budgeting, Representing TA Team in Internal and external audits.
• Lead a team of 50 + recruitment managers/ Sr recruiters and over 25 sourcing specialist across the globe.
Location : East Brunswick, New Jersey

Job Title : Regional Recruitment Manager – Talent Acquisition
Company name : Wipro Limited
Period : January 2008 - March 2012
Summary : Regional Resourcing Manager for West and North West regions, own compliance, Csat and operations for these regions.Head partner resource hiring for PSD and BSD divisions for WIPRO , manage hiring volumes of over 5k / year into IT infrastructure management , data center,ADMS,SAP,ORACLE,HCIT and Telecom verticals. Lead a team of 20 recruiters who manage recruitments for India , Middle East and Africa regions.
Location : Mumbai Area, India

Job Title : Partner Engagement Manager - Talent Acquisition
Company name : Wipro Limited
Period : January 2007 - January 2008
Summary : Leader Partner Ecosystem, heading Pan India and Emerging Markets geos. Lead hiring for all service lines across business application services , global infrastructure services , systems integration and consulting services. Manage a hiring volume in excess of 4k/ year.

Set the Partner management framework, team and ecosystem for Wipro InfoTech, the Partner Employee Engagement Framework won the NASSCOM Exemplary NEXT Practices award under the Business Impactors category.
Location : Mumbai Area, India

Job Title : Group Leader - Quality & Functional Consultant - HR
Company name : Wipro Limited
Period : April 2003 - January 2007
Summary : Lead team of auditors and analyst. Spearhead the ISO and BS7799 audits. Drive six sigma and lean projects in the process. Process and delivery risk advisory .

Also had the mandate to consult and advise on systems, process and talent to help wipro achieve one of its largest hiring ramp for a large global technology customer.
Location : Mumbai Area, India

Professional Certifications:

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Certifications:

Title : Charlene Li on Digital Leadership
Period : June 2017 - Present
Summary : linkedin.com, https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/46f8adb8816fca15ed580029b7581e02db7984a7f4e3a9aa51208905890752d2?trk=backfilled_certificate
Issuing Authority : LinkedIn

Title : Onboarding New Hires
Period : June 2017 - Present
Summary : linkedin.com, https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/1000daab62fa43309f33f9130ec5b26960df713be1d9d3ee7215827d12107bdd?trk=backfilled_certificate
Issuing Authority : LinkedIn

Title : Awarded 14 Pragaties ( Innovation at Work)
Period : March 2004 - Present
Issuing Authority : WBPO

Organizations:

Organization name : IEEE

Languages:

English (Full Professional), Hindi (Full Professional), Malayalam (Native Or Bilingual), Marathi (Professional Working)

Honors and awards:

Award : 101 Top Global HR Tech Minds
Issuer : World HRD Congress
Date : 1 2019

Award : APJ HR lightbulb Award
Issuer : Hp
Date : 8 2018
Summary : Award for the most innovative project in the APJ region .

Award : WFPD Excellence Award for Best Innovation.
Issuer : Wipro Technologies
Date : 8 2014

Award : Leader - Domain Knowledge & Capability Building
Issuer : Wipro Technologies
Date : 6 2013

Award : Best Team Manager
Issuer : Wipro Infotech
Date : 9 2010

Award : Best Functional Employee
Issuer : Wipro Infotech
Date : 9 2009

Award : MERIT LIST - STATE TOPPER
Issuer : Maharashtra State Board for Technical Education
Summary : Merit List Holder - Rank 1 in the State Board for Technical Education

Skills

Employer Branding

Branding

Corporate Branding

Global Talent Acquisition

Directing Talent

Talent Analytics

Strategic Human Resource Planning

Human Resource Planning

Management Consulting

Analytics

Leadership

Talent acquisition

Management

Recruiting

Sourcing

Vendor Management

Team Management

Human Resources

Strategy

Talent Management

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