Pallavi Ankapura Shivanna

Senior Manager – TA

BI WORLDWIDE

Jun 2022 - Current (4 years 4 months)

Key Result Areas:
• Talent Leadership: Driving end-to-end India talent acquisition across technology and non-technology roles, supporting pan-India hiring mandates and leadership expectations.
• Hiring Outcomes: Closing 85% roles in Year-1 and 93% roles in Year-2, including legacy positions unfilled for over four years.
• Cost Optimization: Reducing vendor dependency from 75% to under 40% through proactive sourcing, referrals, and internal pipeline creation.
• Policy Enablement: Supporting enterprise-level HR policy formulation, governance inputs, and compliance alignment with evolving organizational requirements.
• Process Governance: Reviewing and improving HR processes through structured project tracking, stakeho

Talent Acquisition & Resource Retention Manager

Thought Focus

Apr 2021 - Jun 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Key Result Areas:
• Global Hiring: Delivered domestic and US technology hiring across Java, .NET, and leadership roles with consistent stakeholder satisfaction.
• Rapid Closures: Completing 5 critical FTE hires within 10 days, supporting high-priority BFSI and IT delivery mandates.
• Delivery Excellence: Achieving 95% on-time hiring success by embedding structured sourcing analytics and streamlined recruitment cycles.
• Pipeline Strategy: Building long-term talent pipelines through academic partnerships and recruitment firm collaborations.
• Capability Building: Designing targeted skill-gap interventions supporting succession planning and future-ready workforce readiness.

Regional HR

Rapido

Jan 2020 - Apr 2021 (1 year 4 months)

Key Result Areas:
• HRBP Leadership: Managing end-to-end HR and TA operations for 300+ employees, ensuring SLA continuity during leadership absence.
• Crisis Management: Enabling remote work within 48 hours during COVID lockdowns, safeguarding delivery and operational stability.
• Workforce Restructuring: Executing compliant exits for 200+ employees, aligned with statutory requirements and business mandates.
• Hybrid Enablement: Transitioning into hybrid HRBP-TA support post-COVID, covering engineering, data, and product hiring.

Deputy Manager – Talent Acquisition

HGS

Jul 2016 - Jan 2020 (3 years 7 months)

Key Result Areas:
• Scale Hiring: Hiring 2,500+ FTEs in three months, supporting large-scale ramp-ups including Amazon festive hiring cycles.
• Campus Strategy: Launching Campus-to-Corporate model with 60+ colleges, addressing graveyard shift and volume hiring needs.
• Leadership Hiring: Delivering 250+ lateral leadership hires across BFSI and aviation clients including Bajaj Finserv and Air India.
• Referral Programs: Redesigning “Refer & Earn” to address high attrition through structured payout governance.

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Consultant

ICICI Academy for Skills

May 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 3 months)

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Branch In-Charge

MetLife India Insurance Company

Jun 2007 - Feb 2009 (1 year 9 months)

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Executive

Reliance Life Insurance

Feb 2002 - Dec 2006 (4 years 11 months)

Pallavi Ankapura Shivanna

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