Saravana Kumar

Lead talent strategy for next-gen service offerings, establishing Global Capability Center (GCC) as a Service and building scalable teams for IT Infra, cloud operations, ERP modernization, AI/ML initiatives, and automation-driven managed services, cutting average time-to-fill from 90+ to 30 days for critical IT infrastructure and ERP roles across four countries. Partner with Account Delivery Heads, Practice Heads, TDMs, SDMs, CPs and Sales Executives to align resources & recruitment strategies with evolving business needs, enabling closure of 95% of urgent hiring requests within deadlines via targeted sourcing strategies. Build recruitment pipelines for ERP on Cloud transformations (SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Oracle Fusion), ensuring readiness for large-scale implementation, migration, and support projects while improving submittal-to-start ratio from 1:7 to 1:2.5 through enhanced candidate qualification. Develop a global niche-skills hiring playbook for IT Infrastructure, DevSecOps, Cloud, and AI/ML roles, reducing candidate backout rate from 12% to 5% through stronger referral programs and pre-offer engagement. Direct workforce planning for strategic accounts, aligning hiring volumes and skill mix with project roadmaps, and increasing hiring manager satisfaction from 7.5 to 9.2 via proactive updates and communication. Introduce AI-powered sourcing tools and talent analytics dashboards to enhance decision-making, track recruiter performance, and forecast hiring needs, supporting multi-country ramp-ups for critical IT and business transformation projects under aggressive timelines. Oversee vendor selection, onboarding, contract negotiations, and performance monitoring, ensuring cost-effective, compliant, and high-quality service delivery while mitigating risk. Mentor and train recruitment professionals, fostering continuous learning, development, and operational excellence.

Played a key role in establishing MATRIX’s Offshore Center in India on a remote model, setting up the Talent Acquisition division to support BFSI hiring needs and building a nationwide remote recruitment team to deliver critical BFS IT talent. Elevated MATRIX from a newly added vendor to ranking in the Top 3 among 15+ vendors for two BIG 4 Banking clients, achieving this within a short span through consistent high-quality talent delivery. Led a 20-member recruitment team delivering IT hiring for Banking & Financial Services (BFS) across North America & LATAM, achieving 800+ hires with a 90% offer acceptance rate. Managed vendor relationships, ensuring compliance with regulatory, security, and background verification standards. Delivered niche BFS IT talent across Core Banking, Payments, Risk & Compliance, Digital Transformation, Cloud, and Cybersecurity. Sourced and placed roles in Temenos, Finacle, Murex, Calypso, Salesforce FSC, SAP Banking, API Banking, AI Fraud Detection, and Digital Payments. Drove strategic workforce planning, data-driven hiring metrics (time-to-hire, cost-per-hire), and SLA adherence. Generated $15M+ in consulting talent revenue, exceeding targets through high-quality, time-critical BFS IT hiring. Recognized with Certificate of Achievement for Highest Margin Achieved (2023) and Achiever’s Club Award (2022).

Led a team of 10 seasoned recruiters, managing talent acquisition for North American and Latin American clients in investment banking, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Provided strategic direction, ensuring seamless execution of recruitment processes and effective stakeholder management. Spearheaded team strategy, stakeholder engagement, requirements analysis, process compliance, performance optimization, and timely delivery of hiring mandates. Managed end-to-end talent acquisition, sourcing and recruiting candidates across all levels, from junior consultants to C-suite executives. Consistently achieved top 5% individual performance ranking across the organization while successfully leading a team of 10 recruiters to deliver on critical hiring mandates.

Served as a key member of the Global Recruiting Team, delivering top-tier IT consultants in application development, ERP, cloud, infrastructure, and emerging tech while ensuring alignment with client goals and compliance mandates. Built strong partnerships with hiring managers and stakeholders, translating evolving requirements into targeted talent acquisition plans within VMS environments. Executed strategic sourcing via job boards, social media, Boolean search, referrals, and direct outreach to fill niche, high-demand technical roles across locations. Led QC and STP reviews to validate technical, compliance, and cultural fit, boosting submittal-to-selection ratios. Maintained full compliance with SLAs, KPIs, and audits, enabling faster onboarding for priority requisitions. Major clients/projects – For DISYS Inc., (Citibank, CapitalOne Financial Corporation, Dell Inc., Intel, Verizon, & Johnson & Johnson) For IZAR Associates Inc., (Verizon VZW, VZT & Metropolitan Transportation Authority –MTA) I handled the accounts of Verizon Wireless / Communications / Data Services and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

Led full-cycle recruitment for niche & vanilla IT roles in Sales, Trading, Risk Management, and Process Optimization, reducing hiring costs and enhancing efficiency for our client Euclid Innovations. Partnered with client managers and cross-functional teams to align talent strategies with business objectives, ensuring high-quality placements across the U.S. Increased repeat business from clients by 30% through strong relationship management. Achieved 95% fulfillment rate for niche Capital Markets & Trading IT roles for Big 4 Banks.

3S USA Inc. IT services company located in Bloomingdale, IL. 3S delivers technology-enabled solutions. Hands-on end-to-end recruitment for TPM, Infrastructure, Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Big Data, and Java roles, leveraging strategic sourcing, technical assessments, and industry networking to build high performing teams. Specialized in SAP and ERP hiring, collaborating with stakeholders to define role requirements, evaluate candidates, and drive successful placements for implementation, support, and upgrade projects. Filled SAP/ERP, TPM, and Cloud roles 25% faster than client SLAs. Developed targeted Boolean search strategies that increased qualified pipeline by 40%.