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# Soumil Rao on Tal

## Headline

Head of Product and CX at WorkIndia

## About

An engineer turned start\-up Co\-founder with a passion for solving problems through technology, with experience across Software Engineering, Agile Scrum, Digital Marketing, Hiring, Team and Process Management as well as Operations\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

cursor

gemini

## Work experience

Core Team Member at WorkIndia, Jun 2017 \- Present · 9 yrs 5 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, WorkIndia is a 100% automated tech\-based platform for Blue & Grey collar recruitment\. Our purpose is to "Provide meaningful livelihoods to the 23\.7 crore blue collar of India" I am part of the Core team at WorkIndia, currently working on key strategic projects alongside the CEO\. 1\. Streamlining the hiring process 2\. Running a hiring warroom and setting up a Talent Acquisition team 3\. Driving the Hiring process for key leadership positions 4\. Implementing OKR framework across the firm 5\. Working closely with L0 & L1 leaders to identify key levers and dependencies to ensure the firm's objectives are measured quantitatively and achieved\.

Engineering Manager at WorkIndia, Jul 2019 \- Jan 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, I managed a team of 20 engineers spanning an experience range of 0 to 6 years\. Implemented Agile Scrum methodology to streamline requirement gathering and task allocation from Product Managers\. Worked closely with PMs to build a product backlog, run sprint plannings and daily scrums\. Hired, onboarded and mentored individuals of the engineering team through processes like biweekly 1\-on\-1 meetings\. Adopted metrics like say:do ratio and change fail percentage for tracking engineering productivity\. Undertook appraisal and performance feedback conversations\.

Digital Marketing Manager at WorkIndia, Sep 2018 \- Jun 2019 · 10 mos, Mumbai Area, India, I managed the entire digital marketing effort for WorkIndia in this period\. With a monthly budget crossing Rs\. 1 crore across Facebook ads, Google ads and Influencer marketing\. Hired and managed a digital marketing team of 25 executives, 2 graphic designers and 1 video editor\. Built the process for leveraging Influencer Marketing as a channel via Instagram, Youtube and TikTok influencers\. Set up a process for building fresh, high quality creatives in\-house at low cost\. My work involved daily monitoring of campaigns and expenses, monthly budgeting, weekly target setting and team management\.

G\-Startup Worldwide Bangalore 2016 Batch at G\-Startup Worldwide, Nov 2016 \- Nov 2016 · 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, 3rd Price Winner at G\-Startup Worldwide Bengaluru 2016 Batch\.

Analyst Intern at Barclays, Jun 2015 \- Aug 2015 · 3 mos, Pune, India, I worked as an Analyst Intern at Barclays, on a Tech stack comprising of Java, SQL & Windows\. I interned with the Trade Management division and at the end of the internship received a pre\-placement offer to join full time\.

Game Development Intern at GameEon Infotech Pvt\. Ltd\., Sep 2014 \- Oct 2014 · 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, One of the few students to have secured an internship in the 2nd year of engineering\. Having self\-learned game development on Unity, GameEon was my first exposure to the startup world\. Worked on a few projects as a Game Development Intern\. This experience enabled me to build and launch a game on the Android Play Store called "Snorbit" and conduct game development workshops at my college S\.P\.I\.T\. later on\.

## Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Munshi Nagar Andheri Mumbai

## Profile highlights

The best product I’ve worked on…: Is WorkIndia candidate app

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