Talent Acquisition Specialist

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AMIT BHATNAGAR

Talent Acquisition Specialist/Corporate Recruiter

*********.*@*****.*** Ph: 925-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/amitonweb1 @Amitrecruiter San Jose, CA - US Citizen

Summary:

Talent Acquisition Specialist with more than 15 years’ recruiting experience, supporting large, medium and early- stage start-up companies. Full cycle Recruiting experience in Corporate and agency environments. A true relationship builder, advocate for candidates and brand ambassador for companies during the hiring process. Core Competencies:

● Full lifecycle Recruiter ● Technical and non-technical ● Executive Search

● ATS (Taleo, Jobvite, Lever, Greenhouse,

etc.)

● MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Power

point, G Suite

● LinkedIn, Stackoverflow, GEM,

Built In, AList etc

● Work Cross-functionally (Comp & HRBP) ● Understand labor & Immigration laws, Diversity

● Manage Third-party

Vendors

Education:

● MBA, University of Leeds, UK

● BS, University of Lucknow, India

● LinkedIn Certifications: Technical Recruiting, Social Recruiting for Recruiters, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Artificial Intelligence Foundation

● Completed HRBoK (PHR Certification pending)

● Workday Functional HCM and Recruiting modules certification from Cloud Foundation

● Generative AI for Everyone from Coursera

Domains supported:

Digital Advertising (AdTech), Streaming, Data Centers, SaaS, VSaaS, IoT, Medical Devices, Robotics, Semiconductors Functions supported:

Software Development, Cloud Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Product Management, G&A

Global Hiring:

France, UK, Amsterdam, Italy, Spain, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Argentina, India Professional Experience:

Hanwha Vision America, Santa Clara, CA (www.hanwhavisionamerica.com) – Video Surveillance as a Service platform

(Hybrid)

Principal Technical Recruiter July 2022 till date

• Building technical and non-technical teams including Director-Product Management, Director-NA Strategy, Technical Strategy Manager, Product Managers, Manager-Software Engineering, Manager-QA, SDETs, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Researcher, Principal/Staff/Senior Engineers, and many more specifically in video streaming domain

• 36 hires in first 12 months

• First full lifecycle in-house US-based recruiter reporting to Vice President of Engineering

• Hired Co-ops, interns and college graduates for AI lab

• Coordination with Korean and New Jersey HQs

• Trainer and Super-user of Greenhouse ATS and Job boards

• Manage third-party external recruiting vendors

FLYR Labs, San Francisco, CA (www.flyrlabs.com) – Series ‘C’, SaaS platform for Airline revenue system Lead Corporate Recruiter, San Francisco, CA (Remote) February 2021 to July 2022

• Hired Director, Senior Managers, Implementation Managers, Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Machine Learning Engineers, Revenue Management Analysts, Head of Marketing, Head of Sales Engineering, Head of Customer Success, Head of Sales, Marketing Manager, Product Marketing Lead, HRBP, HR Generalists, Backend Engineers, Product Managers, Customer Support Engineers, Sales Executives, Account Executives, Sales Engineers in North America, EMEA and APAC region etc. Built new engineering team in New Zealand.

• Support Engineering, Product Management, Service/Delivery, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, People and Operations and other functions.

• Work closely with executives at ‘C’, VP and Director level supporting hires in their teams.

• Super User of LinkedIn Recruiter, AList, Built In, Stackoverflow, GEM and Lever ATS

• Lead and mentored recruiters/sourcers, as required

• Built and globally presented a new Recruiting process, trained hiring managers and interviewers

• Consistent performer with an average of 9 hires per quarter Personal and confidential

AdsWizz, Inc (www.adswizz.com) and Catalina Marketing (www.catalina.com) (Contract thru Xconic Inc), Santa Clara, CA

Independent Contract Recruiter July 2017 – July 2020

● Extensively used social media, Networking events, Referrals and Data mining to support multiple strategic roles in IT, Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing Product Management etc.

● Managed full lifecycle recruitment starting from in-take meetings to Salary negotiations, Background checks, Offer extension and Onboarding of candidates.

● Coordinate interview panels and educate interviewers on best hiring practices, as per SLAs.

● Lead team of Recruiter/Sourcer.

● Possess strong understanding of employee labor laws and immigration process related to hiring of alien workers

(H1b/TN/F1 visa Holders).

Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA (www.intusurg.com) – Medical devices Sr Technical Recruiting Consultant (Onsite) June 2016 to June 2017

● Positions hired for include Mechanical Engineers, Electro-mechanical Engineers, Documentations Specialists, SR NPI mechanical Engineers, Sr NPI Software Engineers, FDA Technical Writers and many other technical and non- technical roles related to medical devices and robotics.

● Run full cycle E2E recruiting from sourcing strategy to final onboarding of the candidate.

● Worked with University and Intern recruitment program identifying and hiring suitable candidates. Participated in university hiring events.

● Coordinate with hiring managers at VP, Director and Sr Manager level. Follow SLAs.

● Work closely with HRBPs and recruiting coordinators to manage salary grades, interviewing, offer and onboarding process

● Effectively used Oracle Taleo for ATS Data mining and managing recruiting process YuMe by RhythmOne, Redwood City, CA (www.yume.com) Sr Technical Recruiter (Onsite) April 2014 to June 2016

● Supported company’s growth by hiring industry specific AdTech Sales/Marketing and engineering professionals with Real-time bidding, Automated buying, Ad Server, DSP, DMP, SSP and third-party integration experience. International hires in Europe and LATAM.

● Supported diversity and EEO programs.

● Used job boards like, LinkedIn, Indeed, AdExchanger, NSBE, SHPE for sourcing and recruiting AdTech specific talent in the SF bay area.

● Coordinate interview panels and educate interviewers on best hiring practices as per SLAs.

● Developed and managed IT staffing vendors providing full time hire and consulting support.

● Used JobVite ATS for data mining and managing recruiting process. Lattice Semiconductor, San Jose, CA (www.latticesemi.com) Corporate Recruiter (Onsite) Nov 2013 to March 2014

● Responsible for full life cycle recruiting, hiring for Mobile Consumer Architects in Marketing and Staff Engineers in R&D group.

● Outbound recruiting identifying potential candidates from direct competitors.

● Recruiting managed through Silkroute’s Openhire ATS. eGain, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA (www.egain.com)

Corporate Recruiter (Onsite) May 2013 to Nov 2013

● Responsible for managing hiring for Product Engineering, Professional Services, Cloud computing and Human Resources

● Recruiting Software Engineers, Software Architect, Database Engineer, Sr Solution Architect, Engineering Project Manager, Engagement Manager and various other positions.

● Very focused out-bound recruiting, targeting specific companies, educational institutes and professional backgrounds. Also, identifying suitable candidates responding through ATS NetSuite.

● Worked with placements offices of local colleges and Universities to identify potential candidates for future hiring.

● Coordinating with hiring managers in terms of expectations and managing full life cycle recruiting.

● Major skills include Java, Oracle, Sql Server, QA, SaaS, PMP etc. Previously worked as a Technical Recruiter for a Staffing agency in San Jose, CA

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