Shyam Kumar BC

0→1 GCC Build: Spearheaded Cloudflare’s India GCC hiring strategy, aligning regional execution with global vision. Strategic Delivery: Delivered 60+ high-bar hires across Tech, NonTech, and Business. Structured Hiring: Designed rubric-based interview frameworks and panel enablement, elevating decision quality. AI Innovation: Engineered an AI-powered candidate intelligence MVP, driving ~98% recruiter efficiency. Campus Pipelines: Launched regional ETI & Security internship programs, securing 15+ early career hires. High Conversion: Achieved ~90% offer-to-joining conversion via structured, data-centric closing strategies. Market Intel: Partnered with Total Rewards & Business partner on Talent pool, Compensation benchmarking and competitive offer.

Team Leadership: Scaled a 13 member TA team, establishing strict KPIs to optimise cross functional delivery. GCC Strategy: Shaped GCC hiring plans, workforce alignment, and executive stakeholder engagement. Funnel Optimisation: Deployed data backed sourcing strategies, improving funnel efficiency and conversion quality. Talent Intelligence: Authored competitive talent mapping reports to guide executive with Talent Pool, Market Trends, Compensation and Workforce decisions. Process Excellence: Enhanced overall hiring effectiveness through continuous process and tooling optimization.

Organisation Leadership: Built and directed a 23 member TA organisation, driving capacity planning and org level hiring OKRs. Strategic Scaling: Partnered with executive leadership to execute a scalable hiring roadmap aligned with hypergrowth. Funnel Analytics: Leveraged deep data insights to optimize time-to-fill, funnel efficiency, and panel utilization. Hiring Rigor: Elevated evaluation quality through structured calibration, talent intelligence, and targeted company mapping. Offer Governance: Standardized compensation benchmarking and led end-to-end negotiation frameworks for senior leadership tracks.

Team Leadership: Managed a 3 member TA team to drive comprehensive, cross-functional hiring delivery. Strategic Execution: Partnered with key business stakeholders to architect and execute targeted talent strategies. Systems Implementation: Deployed Greenhouse ATS and Mettl assessments to standardize and scale hiring workflows. Proactive Pipelining: Built robust passive talent pipelines through advanced company mapping and structured engagement. Employer Branding: Launched the #MyntraPowerBank knowledge series, achieving a digital talent reach of ~24K. Referral Engine: Revamped the internal employee referral program, generating 156+ high quality leads within 5 days.

Collaboration between TA & hiring managers from different BUs - hiring calls,roadmap, resource allocations Strategic process & approach to hire Data Science and Analytics folks

Process Excellence: Implemented structured TA practices and rigorous hiring SLAs to drive operational consistency in a high-growth environment. Niche Sourcing: Leveraged non-traditional channels (GitHub, specialized tech forums) to aggressively build elite technical pipelines. Diversity & Referrals: Championed strategic diversity hiring initiatives and supported robust employee referral campaigns.

Strategic Alignment: Supported comprehensive lateral hiring strategies, ensuring seamless cross-functional stakeholder alignment. Proactive Pipelining: Cultivated robust alumni networks and passive talent pipelines to accelerate critical hiring. Panel Enablement: Championed structured hiring by delivering targeted interviewer training to elevate evaluation standards.

Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media etc Screen candidates resumes and job applications Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and internal selection tools Assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, soft skills and experience Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process

Write and post technical job descriptions Perform pre-screening calls to analyze applicants abilities on technology stack & R&R Coordinate with technical team leaders to forecast department goals and hiring needs Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates Participate in tech conferences and meetups to network with IT professionals Compose job offer letters Onboard new hires

Worked for clients from UK, Europe, USA, Australia & India Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing needs Screening resumes,Performing in-person and phone interviews with candidates Performing reference and background checks Coordinating interviews with the hiring managers Following up on the interview process status Maintaining relationships with both internal and external clients to ensure staffing goals are achieved