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Praveen Kumar Mala SHyam

Praveen Kumar Mala SHyam

Chantilly,VA

Summary

Dynamic Director of Talent Acquisition with a proven record in strategic talent acquisition and team leadership. Expertise in developing innovative recruitment strategies and enhancing candidate experiences to drive organizational growth. Results-oriented professional with extensive experience in talent acquisition and data analytics. Proven ability to optimize recruitment processes and lead high-performing teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and fostering a collaborative hiring environment.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director-Talent Acquisition

USM Business Systems
Chantilly, Virginia
09.2024 - Current
  • As a Director of Talent Delivery I play a pivotal leadership role, orchestrating an organization's entire talent acquisition strategy and execution. Individually, I am responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive recruitment frameworks, ensuring a consistent, high-quality pipeline of candidates aligns with immediate and future business objectives. I lead and empower recruitment teams, optimizing processes, leveraging technology, and fostering best practices to enhance efficiency and candidate experience from initial sourcing through to onboarding. Crucially, I collaborate closely with hiring managers, HR business partners, and senior leadership to understand evolving talent needs and market dynamics, ultimately being instrumental in building a high-performing workforce that drives innovation, growth, and sustained competitive advantage for the company.

Sr. Manager- Talent Acquisition

Bhavna Corp
Hyderabad, Telangana
01.2021 - 09.2024
  • As Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition, I shape an organization's future by leading and optimizing the entire talent acquisition strategy. This involves much more than just filling vacancies; it encompasses developing innovative sourcing methodologies, enhancing employer branding, and ensuring a superior candidate experience from initial contact through onboarding. They collaborate closely with executive leadership and hiring managers to understand critical workforce needs, translate them into actionable recruitment plans, and anticipate future talent requirements. Beyond direct supervision of a recruitment team, they are responsible for leveraging data analytics to refine processes, implement best practices, and drive continuous improvement in hiring efficiency and quality.
    Ultimately, I am an expert in ensuring the timely acquisition of top-tier talent essentials for achieving strategic business objectives and fostering sustained organizational growth.

Sr. Manager-Talent Acquisition

Prolifics
Hyderabad, Telangana
11.2018 - 01.2021
  • Recruitment Delivery - Staffing Leader for key Practices i.e. DACS, IM&A, QATA
    Staffing Leadership - Managing Team. Mentoring them and Performance Reviews by pre-defined KPI and KBA. Help identify IDP and work towards it.
    Internal Stakeholder Management – Business Forecast. Weekly Dashboard and Recruitment Strategy to ensure zero business impact by on time delivery.
    MIS - Corporate Staffing Analytics and Metrics
    Campus Hiring- Across India

Manager-RMG TAG

Tech Mahindra
Hyderabad, Telangana
04.2016 - 11.2018
  • Managed Cluster with 8 member team
    Responsible for hiring on offshore requirements for all levels
    Handled Campus Recruitment Drives in AP & Telangana Region.
    Interacting directly with Business Head for requirement gathering and forecasting.
    Driving the team to maintain consistency in target achievement.
    Involved in Business meetings for project scalability from Recruitment side.
    Handling major portfolios like AMAT, BFS, HLS, RCG, MFG and NA10.
    Responsible for offering 100+ candidates in any given month.

Manager-Talent Acquisition

Eok Technologies
Hyderabad, Telangana
03.2012 - 04.2016
  • Responsible for recruitment across all verticals of business throughout India.
    Conducting Campus Drives across AP, Telangana region for fresher hiring.
    Successfully drafted and implemented all HR policies
    Direct Interaction with clients across India.
    Extensive hiring on SAP all modules.
    Setting up SAP teams in offshore to support onsite division.
    Setting up the complete hiring process within the company and monitoring.
    Maintaining close relation with clients in terms of getting new business into the company.
    Taking first level of interview with the candidates to have a check on the quality of the resumes

Recruitment Manager

DW Practice
Hyderabad, Telangana
02.2011 - 02.2012
  • Understanding the requirements and specifications given by the Project managers, Delivery heads, Directors, CEO.
    First point of contact for all the IT & Non-IT recruitment in the company.
    Direct interaction with overseas clients in terms of understanding the requirements.
    Developed and implemented processes and strategies to recruit qualified candidates for open job positions, including candidate sourcing, evaluation and selection.
    Handled a team of 4 recruiters.
    Involved in Campus drives for fresher hiring.
    Oversee the day to day workflow and conducted regular meetings and motivate the team to avert the shortcomings.
    Vendor management and new contract agreements with all agencies used within the company.
    Worked with various colleges HOD’s regarding campus recruitment
    Conducted and headed weekend drives for bulk hiring
    Successfully handled the documentation for Recruitment Process for ISO certification.
    Assisted HR in terms of policy drafting and implementation.

Sr. HR Recruitments

Mahindra Satyam
Hyderabad, Telangana
11.2010 - 01.2011
  • Responsible for fulfillment of all the positions on BI front across India mainly (Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Gurgaon).
    Successfully completed the market analysis on BI-Space and implemented the strategic approach for the fulfillment of the niche requirements.
    Extensively worked on complete BI Space (Hyperion, Informatica, Data-stage, Teradata, Abinitio, Actuate, Micro strategy, SAS, BO, Cognos, Data Modeling, and Web focus requirements.
    Attending the daily review call with Business Heads.
    Coordinating with Account Project Heads/Technical Architects to understand the requirements along with the technology preference.
    Direct interaction with business heads and PM’s across BI competency.
    Successfully handled the documentation for Recruitment Process for ISO certification.
    Assisted HR in terms of policy drafting and implementation.

Sr. Technical Recruiter

ProKarma Softech
Hyderabad, Telangana
10.2006 - 09.2010
  • Groom and train the team to practice superior sourcing and candidate engagement experiences so as to attract and influence the suitable candidates
    Setting expectations with individual groups such as Practices, Business, and RMG leadership and obtaining acquiescence on hiring plans, timelines to staff positions
    Publishing weekly and monthly status reports and achievements to all core groups – i.e. Practice, Business Unit and RMG leadership
    Involved in the complete recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources after identification of manpower requirements
    Allocating requirements to individual Recruiters based on the nature of skill sets, individual expertise and closely monitoring the hiring status until they are staffed
    Formulate effective recruitment strategies to acquire talent from various avenues such as job portals, internal database, employee referrals, social media and vendors
    Sourcing of candidates for Niche/Premium skills, coordination with interview panels and handle salary negotiations leading to issuance of Offer letters to final selects

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Globalways
Hyderabad, Telangana
03.2004 - 10.2006
  • Handled the entire recruiting cycle, Screening, Interviewing and placing qualified Candidates.
    Negotiating the billing with the employer.
    Pre-Screening of potential Candidate in terms of qualification, work experience, previous references.
    Responsible for developing, building and maintaining relation with new clients/Vendors.
    Taking a Preliminary round of Interview so as to judge the communication and the abilities of the candidate before submitting to the client.
    Scheduling and coordinating interview for the short listed candidates.
    Managing effectively the Existing Accounts (Clients) and Database (Candidates) and also work towards bringing in new and prospective clients (Business Development).

Education

Certification in Strategy Leadership - Strategic Management

IIM Indore
India
10-2024

MBA - Human Resources Management

Sikkim Manipal University
Hyderabad
03-2012

Skills

  • Talent acquisition strategy
  • Employer branding
  • Data analytics
  • Recruitment frameworks
  • Process optimization
  • Workforce planning

Languages

English
Professional
Hindi
Professional
Telugu
Professional

Certification

  • Certification on Strategy and Leadership Skills- IIM Indore
  • Tech Recruitment Certified Professional

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Director-Talent Acquisition

USM Business Systems
09.2024 - Current

Sr. Manager- Talent Acquisition

Bhavna Corp
01.2021 - 09.2024

Sr. Manager-Talent Acquisition

Prolifics
11.2018 - 01.2021

Manager-RMG TAG

Tech Mahindra
04.2016 - 11.2018

Manager-Talent Acquisition

Eok Technologies
03.2012 - 04.2016

Recruitment Manager

DW Practice
02.2011 - 02.2012

Sr. HR Recruitments

Mahindra Satyam
11.2010 - 01.2011

Sr. Technical Recruiter

ProKarma Softech
10.2006 - 09.2010

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Globalways
03.2004 - 10.2006

Certification in Strategy Leadership - Strategic Management

IIM Indore

MBA - Human Resources Management

Sikkim Manipal University

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