Pranathi Balabhadrapatruni

Spearheading the recruitment strategy for the Global Risk & Compliance and Credit & Fraud Risk organizations with 6 direct reports. • Developing and execute recruitment strategies to meet and anticipate business needs, drive growth, and align with organizational objectives. • Expert in using data & metrics to demonstrate impact, such as increasing pipeline diversity by a certain percentage, reducing time-to-hire, or improving candidate satisfaction scores. • Partnering with colleague strategic partners, compensation specialists, chief of staff, etc. to ensure hiring decisions aligned with regulatory requirements and organizational standards. • Streamlining recruitment workflows to improve efficiency, reduce turnaround times, and minimize process gaps. • Mentoring, training, and developing recruitment teams to foster a high-performance culture.

• Owned end-to-end delivery of multiple hiring projects across technology and consulting portfolios. • Led a high-performing recruitment team, allocating resources, tracking progress, and ensuring on-time delivery against hiring milestones. • Developed and implemented process improvements that reduced time-to-fill and improved quality of hire. • Produced and presented operational dashboards (TAT, yield ratios, quality metrics) to leadership for decision-making. • Coordinated with external partners, academic institutions, and agencies to deliver talent supply for hard-to-fill roles.

· Supported delivery of strategic workforce initiatives by translating business requirements into executable hiring plans. · Coordinated sourcing, assessment, and stakeholder communication across multiple concurrent requisitions. · Partnered with hiring managers to prioritize deliverables, manage expectations, and address risks proactively. · Ensured alignment with organizational strategy and regional capability planning.

· Executed nationwide hiring initiatives for digital and cloud technology programs. · Supported diversity hiring and campus engagement projects with defined targets and timelines. · Standardized interview and assessment processes to improve consistency and outcomes. Tapped on the Tier 2 Universities, community colleges to enable diversity hiring. · Engaged in a hiring drive across US for digital resources in cloud, dev-ops, scrum, agile, open stack etc. roles.

· Managed vendor-led hiring programs under SOW models for banking, finance, and IT clients. · Oversaw contracts, KPIs, SLAs, audits, and performance governance across supplier partners. · Led cost-optimization initiatives, reducing vendor spending by 20%+ while maintaining service levels. · Conducted regular program reviews, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job Analysis and Classification: to develop job grades and classes and benchmark them with market standards.

Major - HR Played a crucial role in designing the competency mapping for the student selection process.