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About Punith Suvarna
Innovative, collaborative, a thought leader and a result oriented global executive Leader of Talent, Culture and Engagement with extensive experience in driving Global Talent Acquisition strategies, new approaches, effective programs and efficient processes to enable businesses to effectively scale.Strong record of success experience in managing and setting up Talent Acquisition function in Startups, Internet, Product Development, Banking, Services, and large-scale organizations. Experience in translating business strategy into talent acquisition plans and process innovation, and experience in both high volume and niche hiring.Started as an HR generalist during initial 6 years of my career and later moved to Talent Acquisition function. I am a leader with proficiency in Talent Acquisition, Cross Functional Management, People Management, Strategic Planning & Research, Org Design, Talent Branding, University Hiring & Programs, Data Driven Decisions, Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Operations and Contingent Workforce, and have worked with diverse teams in various markets. I have experience in driving change management and integration of two large entities. I believe in empowering and developing team members and always balance strategy with action.Presently, working as Vice President, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at PayPal, responsible for Global Talent Acquisition strategy to drive growth and scale through innovative approach for Global hiring. Teams include – Global Tech & Products, Corporate Functions, Global Customer Operations, Sales, University, Executive hiring, Talent operations and Talent Branding across the Americas, LATAM, EMEA, APJ, and India. The teams are accountable for global headcount growth, candidate / talent management strategy, programs, talent technology solution and key strategic initiatives. Leading a global team of 350+ members.Erstwhile, had the opportunity to work with some of the best companies in the industry – Adobe Inc, LinkedIn, Adobe (India), Bank of America, Ness Technologies, Symphony Services and i2 Technologies in HR and Talent Acquisition space.I'm passionate about:• Conceptualizing and implementing innovative ways of attracting exceptional talent from the market• Understanding the business and enabling them in achieving their objectives• Networking with industry leaders and professionals and sharing best practices
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FounderPs Talent AdvisorsBengaluru, Ka, In
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Paypal Ventures AdvisorPaypal Jan 2024 - PresentSan Jose, California, United StatesPayPal Ventures is an investor in more than 65 startups across fintech, commerce enablement, security and crypto. I leverage my PayPal experience and professional network to help our portfolio companies grow and succeed. -
Vp, Global Head Of Talent AcquisitionPaypal Oct 2021 - PresentSan Jose, California, United StatesI joined PayPal to lead our global Talent Acquisition team, and I’m humbled to work alongside smart, empathetic, and authentic individuals across the organization. I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunities ahead, and here are some of the reasons why:Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives. We believe access to affordable and convenient financial services should be a right for all rather than a privilege for the few. To achieve this, we're aligned across the company around one central vision: to make the movement and management of money as simple, secure and affordable as possible. As we democratize financial services for consumers, we're enabling the hopes, dreams and ambitions of millions of people around the world.At PayPal, we live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration and Wellness. Our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers and our employees at the core of everything that we do. More importantly, these values push us to take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.To serve my amazing global talent team across all business units and levels. Partner with business leaders on strategy, planning and execution to bring in quality talent. Strategic partner and Trusted advisor on talent to the Senior leadership team. If you're looking for a company that places PEOPLE first, and a place where you can be yourself and create meaningful impact through innovation, collaboration and inclusion, you’ll want to explore the many opportunities we have on our career site. Join me and many others at one of the World’s Best Employers - PayPal!
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AdvisorCandidate.Fyi Mar 2023 - PresentSan Francisco Bay AreaCandidate.fyi, helps companies transform their interview process into a world class experience. Candidate.fyi believes candidates should have access to more - More information about the company, the role, the team, the culture, the interview etc. They also believe it should be easy for companies to provide this information, and also receive real feedback from candidates on what is and isn’t working which will elevate the candidate, talent team, and hiring team experience and most importantly company reputation. I am fortunate to be a part of one of the most innovative organizations as an Advisor. I help candidate.fyi team with topics across talent, customers & product. -
Senior Director, Global Talent AcquisitionAdobe Jan 2020 - Sep 2021San Francisco Bay AreaAs a Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition and as a member of Adobe’s Global Talent Leadership Team, was responsible for leading talent strategy to attract and hire Global University and Experienced exceptional talent for Global Digital Media, Document Cloud, Cloud Tech, and Corporate Functions through innovation and scale. In addition, was responsible for Global Talent Operations and Global Diversity Talent Acquisition teams.Diversity Talent Acquisition team is a newly formed team to focus on enabling Global Talent team and Business to bring in more diverse talent at top of the funnel to meet Adobe’s aspirational goals. -
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition – Global Products & Technology, University And Talent OperationsAdobe Aug 2018 - Dec 2019San Francisco Bay AreaIn addition to managing Global Products and Technology team, was responsible for driving global Talent Operations and Global University hiring for Adobe. Had the unique opportunity to reimagine Global Talent Operations and Global University hiring by defining vision, philosophy, strategy, scale and global consistency. Responsible for Global University recruitment strategy including Global University Headcount Planning, Budget, Capacity Plan, Vision, Philosophy, Strategy, Tactics to meet the goal of Adobe as a 'career destination' for top students which includes Talent branding, long term vision and strategy to build recruitment efficiencies and scale to focus on massive impact for Adobe’s growth. As a lead for University hiring, had the unique opportunity to reimagine the Virtual Internship program for more than 1000+ Interns globally and the team executed one of the most innovative approaches which resulted in Adobe being ranked 30 out of 250 Best Employers for New Graduates by Forbes. Responsible for Global Talent Operations, to lead and drive global matrixed talent operations team to ensure global consistency, operational rigor, internal audit, compliance, drive optimization and scale, drive external strategic partnerships – LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Textio etc. and drive talent programs & initiatives with focus on referrals and internal mobility, Talent capacity model, productivity, workforce planning & enablement.
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Global Head Of Talent Acquisition, Products & TechnologyAdobe Apr 2018 - Jul 2018San Francisco Bay AreaAs Global Talent Leader for Products and Technology and a member of Adobe’s Talent Acquisition leadership team, was responsible for attracting and hiring the best talent for our Products and Technology teams. This includes talent for Adobe’s Digital Media, Digital Experience and Cloud Technology business units. Was also responsible for driving talent strategy with a strong focus on client management, talent branding, diversity & inclusion, building proactive talent engagement, leading and coaching a high performing team, executive engagement and partnership with Adobe’s leadership team.
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Global Head Of Talent Acquisition, EngineeringLinkedin Mar 2017 - Mar 2018Sunnyvale, California | InternetI led Talent Acquisition for Global Engineering organization at LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network with more than 500+ million members in 200 countries and territories around the globe. The recruiting organization at LinkedIn has the truly unique opportunity to influence the product roadmap for the tools and products that are changing the world of human capital and talent. As Head of Global TA Engineering, I was responsible for attracting and hiring best on planet talent for our global Engineering teams which included Apps, UI, Mobile, Data science, Analytics, SI, Tools, Performance and Engineering Operations – SRE and Global Ops, Coaching, Leading & Inspiring a high performing Global Talent Team of 115+ members, Executive Engagement & Partnership with leadership team. I was also a member of Global Talent Acquisition Leadership team -
Director Talent AcquisitionLinkedin Mar 2016 - Mar 2017Sunnyvale, California | InternetAs Director - Talent Acquisition, was responsible for LinkedIn’s APAC R&D (Engineering and Global customer Operations) and Global Tech Operations and Global Engineering services teams. Drove recruiting strategy with strong focus on Core, Leadership, Dynamic Team Management, Client Management, and Building a Talent Research Engagement Model focusing on proactive talent engagement and pipelining.
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Head - Talent Acquisition, IndiaLinkedin Mar 2014 - Mar 2016Bangalore, IndiaI led Talent Acquisition for LinkedIn India, an expeditious growth company with a network of over 400 million professionals and growing by 2 members per second. As Head of Talent Acquisition, India I was responsible for LinkedIn's Talent Acquisition across all the verticals - Engineering, G&A, GSO, GCO, Support functions and Campus recruiting, Programs and Talent Branding. I had the unique opportunity to set up Engineering Division and Eng Talent Acquisition team from ground up along with managing all other business recruiting.
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Head - Talent Selection, IndiaAdobe Systems Jul 2010 - Mar 2014Bangalore, Noida, IndiaAs Head of Talent Selection India was responsible for Talent selection across all the verticals – R&D, IT, Sales & Marketing, Inside Sales, Corporate Functions and Global Services including University Relations, Branding, Talent Operations and Contingent workforce for India. I had the unique opportunity of setting up Adobe’s Consulting, Customer Support, Deal Desk businesses in India. In addition, in FY2012 I had the opportunity to lead China’s (Beijing) Engineering team. As Head of Talent selection, represented Adobe's Asia Pacific Talent Acquisition and HR Leadership Management team.
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Vice President - StaffingBank Of America Continuum India Jul 2006 - Jul 2010Hyderabad, Chennai, Ggn, Mumbai, IndiaBank of America, India has more than 20,000 employees in India, and I had the unique opportunity to lead massive scale hiring in India. I was fortunate to play multiple roles -A) Led the overall Technology hiring for India consisting of BACI, CFCI and Merrill Lynch hiring (Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Mortgage, Wealth Management, Card etc.).B) Led the overall Sourcing and Hiring strategy for BOA India of delivering / hiring 9000+ people in a year across Technology, BPO, and KPO. Drove innovation and excellence to deliver these numbers.C) Managed a large recruiting team of 80+ members with 3 AVPs, 2 Senior Managers reporting to me.D) Represented Talent Acquisition team during merger of CFCI and Merrill Lynch and integrated the policies and team structure E) Implemented innovative approach to meet the business goals of huge volume (9000+) of hiring - RPO Model, Pre-hire orientation, BOA-Partner Management, Train & Hire model, Framework for Sourcing Optimization, Client Satisfaction (NPS), Hiring Projections and Planning, Cost and Productivity, Building Competencies, Strategic Branding initiatives etc. -
Senior Director - RecruitmentNess Technologies Nov 2004 - Jul 2006Bangalore, Mumbai, IndiaNess India, primarily focuses on helping global product companies to set up their operations in India (BOT Model = Build Operate and Transfer). Had the unique opportunity to connect and work with global clients to set up their operations.As Senior Director, Recruitment, was responsible for India Recruitment for Ness Technologies including Executive, University and Executive hiring. Was responsible for driving Talent strategy, Talent branding, Customer satisfaction, Operational Excellence and Scale. The big focus was around our ability to hire and meet customer demands consistently and executing the plan. Had the opportunity to lead and mentor 18 members. As an additional responsibility, was responsible for Resource management and Headcount allocation based on customers’ needs. -
Senior Manager – RecruitmentGlobal Symphony Services India Pvt. Ltd Aug 2002 - Nov 2004Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, IndiaSymphony Services, primarily focuses on helping global product companies to set up their operations in India (BOT Model = Build Operate and Transfer). Had the unique opportunity to work directly with global clients like Autodesk, Siebel, Hyperion, Manugistics etc. to set up their operations in India.I had the unique opportunity to set up the Talent organization from ground up to a 12 member’s team and scaled the business from 80 employees to 1900 employees in 16 months. As a Senior Manager, was responsible for Software Solutions Group and Cost Management Group of Symphony Services, India Operations. Focused on strategy, process, client satisfaction, hiring plan, cost, branding, resource management etc. and was reporting to Executive Vice President – Operations & Chief People Officer.
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Manager - RecruitmentI2 Technologies Apr 1997 - Jul 2002Bangalore, Mumbai, IndiaJoined as Senior Executive, Human resources responsible for Employee Relations, Performance Management, Talent development, Talent Management, Reports, Compensation and Benefits. After 2.5 years, moved to Recruitment team and was responsible for hiring.In 2000, I2 Technologies acquired Aspect Development, and during the integration, got the opportunity to lead all of recruitment for the combined org. As Manager – Recruitment was responsible for Recruitment for i2 India Operations (Aspect Development) and successfully managed recruitment for the different groups of i2 India (SRM, SCM, Consulting, Content Operations including University, Experienced and Executive hiring. I had the unique opportunity to manage employee lifecycle of human resources from recruiting, development, management, employee relations and exit process. -
Executive Human ResourcesIfb Industries Ltd, (Bosch Group) Oct 1994 - Apr 1997Bangalore, Kolkata, IndiaIFB Industries Limited is a manufacturing company in collaboration with Hienrich Schmid AG of Switzerland. The product range includes Fine Blanked components, tools and related machine tools like straighteners, Decoilers, Strip loaders and others. They also had a washing machine division in collaboration with Bosch group. I joined IFB as a Management trainee and after a year worked as Executive Human Resources primarily focusing on Employee relations, Industry relations, Performance Management, Appraisals, Talent Development, Statutory Compliance, working with government officials ensuring all the statutory compliance was followed and returns filed as per Labor Laws – Apprentice Act, ESI, PF, Employment Exchanges Act, Payment of Bonus, Gratuity etc.
Punith Suvarna Education Details
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Mangalore UniversityMasters
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