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Senior Recruiter at DataArt | Strategy | Building from Zero | HRBP

About

A seasoned Talent Partner with over a decade of experience driving talent acquisition for high-demand technology roles. I specialize in building high-performing teams from the ground up, scaling organizations in fast-paced environments, and developing recruitment strategies that deliver business impact. I have built multiple engineering teams at Increasingly and was the first Recruiter based in India at DataArt, where I built multiple client teams and successfully scaled teams from 25 to 120. I bring a strong combination of strategic talent leadership, hands-on recruitment expertise, and a proven ability to build and scale teams aligned with business goals. My expertise lies in building core teams with a people-first and culture-focused approach, rather than simply presenting a job and matching candidates. I specialize in non-portal recruitment and built a TA team at Increasogy where hiring was done without relying on job boards. I am also a brand promoter and creator, helping attract talent even when companies do not yet have an established brand name.” I'm a Web Crawler who finds talents through Google X-ray Search, Recruitment Research, Deep web diving, and Social evidence-based recruitment research. Have extensive experience in Social media approach & social evidence-based recruitment across technology hiring. Continuously seek new ways to chase purple squirrels. Completed Generative AI, Recruiting, and Talent Acquisition | Strategic Human Resources LinkedIn Learning. DataArt is a global software engineering firm that takes a uniquely human approach to solving problems. We help clients create custom software that improves their operations and opens new markets. Powered by our People First principle, we work with clients at any scale and on any platform, helping unleash technology innovation: 6000+ professionals; 20+ years in operation; 20+ offices in USA, Europe, and Latin America; 94% of colleagues would recommend us as an employer (Team satisfaction survey 2022); 95% returning clients.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

ChatGPT

Work experience

Lead Recruiter at DataArt, Nov 2024 - Present · 2 y, Bengaluru, In my role, As a Founding Recruiter, I am responsible for leading and managing India recruitment while strategically expanding the India tech team to support the organization’s global growth and scaling objectives. This includes identifying and attracting top technology talent, managing global stakeholders, building teams for multiple accounts from zero to scale, streamlining recruitment processes, and high-performing tech talent ecosystem equipped to meet both current and future business needs. Championing talent acquisition for our India offices.

Head of Talent Acquisition & HR at Increasingly, Jan 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Work closely with Co-founders to set up or redefine key areas according to the organization's needs. New recruitment strategy & revamped recruitment process to onboarding, Recruitment budgeting & salary benchmarking, Retention strategy, Redesign appraisal & retention process. Managing payroll processing & HR compliance to ensure the company is meeting the labor law. Full cycle recruitment for elite engineering and technology professionals in a fast-paced e-commerce start-up environment. Scaled Increasingly engineering teams by 100% within 1 year for India & UK. Built the Gen AI, Information Security, and Golang teams from scratch. Creating and managing HR budget (Hiring, Appraisal, Retention HR Operations Budgets) Partnered closely with stakeholders for hiring plans & drive business growth. Drive offer process - including Salary negotiations, extending offers, closing candidates, and generating offer letters, onboarding & off Boarding. Responsible for new employee orientation & cross Culture training. Employee Engagement & Relation for a positive in-person work culture that attracts and retains top talent. Running culture-building activities to foster relationships across geographies in a startup environment. Develop and oversee recognition programs for local team members to ensure the team is recognized and celebrated.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Increasingly, May 2021 - Dec 2021 · 8 mos, Responsible for full-cycle recruitment Stakeholder management and hiring plan Oversee HR functions and operations

Recruitment Practitioner at Roljobs Technology Services Pvt Ltd (Roland And Associates), Jul 2012 - May 2021 · 8 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Experienced Global Technical Recruiter for Advanced and Emerging Technologies. Responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment for niche technologies. Offering sourcing strategies across all areas of engineering, including emerging and niche cutting-edge technologies, through various social media platforms. Expert in Boolean search, Google X-ray search, Recruiting, Internet Savyy, Flip Search, Internet searches, GitHub searches, Stack Overflow user-based searches, Personal website searches, and database mining. Mentoring and guiding new team members in using the appropriate tools for sourcing.

HR Recruiter at Roljobs Technology Services Pvt Ltd (Roland And Associates), Sep 2010 - May 2021 · 10 yrs 9 mos, Bangalore, HR recruiter doing End to End Recruitment

HR Trainee at Roljobs Technology Services Pvt Ltd (Roland And Associates), Jul 2010 - Aug 2010 · 2 mos, Bangalore, Working as a HR Trainee to understand different technologies in the industry

Education

MBA, HR & Finance, INDIAN ACADEMY GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS

B.Com, Commerce, Sree Narayana Collage