Senior Technical Recruiter & Client Delivery Lead

Ramani Pillay

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Senior Technical Recruiter / Client & Delivery Lead · Extensive Recruiting Experience - Leadership & C-Suite Hiring Direct Clients VMS MSP · Fortune 500 Clients - U.S., Canada & India · Open for Onsite/Hybrid (NJ/NY) & Remote Roles

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

●Senior recruitment leader with deep experience driving full-cycle IT Technical, non-technical and executive hiring for Fortune 500 clients across the U.S.and Canada.

●Strong track record of managing 50+ concurrent requisitions and delivering an average of 15 placements per quarter across highly specialized in IT technical, customer facing and Business roles including Solutions/Enterprise Architects, AI/ML Specialists, Cloud, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Software Engineering roles, ERP, Product Owners, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, UI/UX, Finance, Sales & Development, Marketing, Technical Account Managers and customer success professionals consistently maintaining time to fill 20% below client SLA.

●A trusted advisor to sales leadership, business stakeholders and executive teams on workforce planning, forecasting talent strategy, compensation benchmarks, talent availability and competitive market intelligence to support business growth and client success.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting · Executive & Leadership Hiring · Finance, Operations & Non-IT Recruiting · Strategic Workforce Planning · VMS/MSP Program Management · ATS Implementation & Optimization · Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Hiring · Employer Branding · Offshore Team Leadership & Coaching · Recruiting Metrics & KPI Dashboards · Change Management · Stakeholder Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

V-Soft Consulting Group Inc - Louisville, KY Sr. Technical Recruiter Mar 2017 - Present

Over 9+ years tenure with V-Soft Consulting, progressed through multiple roles of increasing responsibility, playing a pivotal role by driving stakeholder management and partnering closely with Clients & senior business leaders to align hiring strategies with organizational goals and deliver high impact talent outcomes.

●Owning full cycle recruitment across IT technical, non-technical, functional & business operations, from requirement intake & sourcing through offer management & supporting onboarding while managing 50+ concurrent requisitions across Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architecture, AI/ML, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure roles, Cybersecurity, ERP, Technical Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters/Project Managers, UI/UX design/research, Software Engineering and finance functions, consistently maintaining time-to-fill 20% below client SLA targets and successfully delivering leaders who drive complex cross-functional technology initiatives, Agile transformations and large scale digital programs.

●Partnering with 50+ Fortune 500 clients-including Accenture, Deloitte, CDW, ServiceNow Inc, Comcast, Charter Communications, Toyota, Humana Inc, Guardian Insurance, Exelon - serving as the primary recruiter and stakeholder contact, achieving 92%+ client retention and consistently expanding delivery scope through proactive relationship management and tailored workforce solutions.

●Recruited talent across insurance and financial service verticals including operations, claims, customer service, Accounting functions-AP, AR, FP&A, Auditors, Controllers, product, and strategy roles, partnering directly with TA leaders and hiring managers to build aligned search strategies and deliver quality candidates within tight timelines.

●Conduct active and passive candidate outreach using LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, and targeted boolean search on various job boards, building and maintaining warm talent pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill technical and non-technical roles across operations, sales, marketing, business development, finance, customer-facing and niche technical IT functions.

●Maintaining an 90%+ offer acceptance rate across IT technical, non-technical and executive hires by conducting real-time compensation benchmarking via LinkedIn Talent Insights and aligning expectations early in the process.

●Delivering sales and senior executive hiring for our Company’s internal roles and across enterprise and banking clients, placing Accounts Executives, Sales Engineers, Business Development Managers, Sales leadership roles as well as C-suite positions. Working closely with Revenue, Finance and Go-To-Market leadership teams to align hiring strategy with business growth targets, headcount plans and budget cycles.

●Built and launched targeted LinkedIn outreach campaigns and a structured employee referral program, generating a 40% increase in qualified candidate engagement and reducing average sourcing cost-per-hire.

●Implemented a program dashboard tracking time-to-fill, onboarding cycle time, supplier compliance, and cost savings, giving leadership real-time visibility into recruiting performance and identifying weekly bottlenecks.

●Proficient in Workday & Bullhorn as the primary ATS - managing end-to-end requisition workflows, maintaining accurate and compliant candidate records, tracking pipeline stages, and generating reports and dashboards to provide hiring managers and TA partners with real-time visibility into search progress and key recruiting metrics.

●Own ATS product roadmap in partnership with engineering and HR teams, leading 3 major platform feature releases that reduced recruiter admin time by 25% and improved pipeline tracking across 5 hiring teams.

●Expanded delivery into finance talent acquisition, filling FP&A, Controller, Finance Manager, and Financial Analyst roles for enterprise clients - achieving an average 5-10 business days time-to-fill, 20% below the function's historical baseline.

●Championed DEI sourcing strategies through partnerships with DiversityJobs, AbilityJobs, and targeted outreach programs, growing diverse candidate pipelines by approximately 35% over two hiring cycles.

●Drove change management across a 3-department recruiting workflow redesign, achieving 95%+ stakeholder adoption within 90 days and reducing manual ATS data entry effort by 30%.

●In the managerial capacity, led and developed a 32-person recruiting team, directly managing 22 recruiters and overseeing 2 Recruiting Managers (5 members each team). Implemented structured QA reviews, calibration sessions, and performance scorecards that improved submittal-to-interview conversion by approximately 25%. Served as the senior stakeholder liaison, conducting regular business reviews with client hiring leaders to align recruiting strategy with evolving workforce priorities.

Key Client Accounts:

Accenture · Deloitte · CDW · Comcast · Charter Communications · Wide Open West · W.L. Gore Associates · Humana Inc · Guardian Insurance · Toyota · Arrow Electronics · Fifth Third Bank · CIBC · RBC · Chico's FAS · Exelon Corp · ServiceNow Inc

American Unit Inc / Tek Leaders Inc - Dallas, TX Recruiting Manager Feb 2007 - Feb 2017

10-year progression from Recruiter to Lead Recruiter to Recruiting Manager, overseeing IT Technical and non-technical staffing for U.S.-based enterprise clients across healthcare, finance, retail, and telecom, while partnering with the same business owners and leadership stakeholders throughout the journey.

TECHNICAL SKILLS & TOOLS

ATS / CRM Platforms: Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Taleo, Bullhorn, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, ADP, JobDiva

VMS Systems: Beeline, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLY, Pro Unlimited (Magnit), Coupa CCW

MSP Partners: Allegis Global Solutions (AGS), Pontoon Solutions, Manpower Group Solutions, Guidant Global

Sourcing & AI Tools: LinkedIn Recruiter (AI Filters), HireEZ, Paradox (Olivia), ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude

Job Boards: LinkedIn, Indeed, Dice, ZipRecruiter, Monster, CareerBuilder, SimplyHired, DiversityJobs, AbilityJobs

Assessment & Interview: HackerRank, Codility, HireVue, ModernHire, Zoom, Microsoft Teams

Analytics & Reporting: Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Dashboards), ATS Reporting, LinkedIn Talent Insights

Productivity: Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive), Microsoft Office Suite

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Human Resources Management Symbiosis University, India

Bachelor of Science – Computer Science (B.Sc) Osmania University, India

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