MEENAKSHI JOSHI
Talent Acquisition Manager
E 7505087643 @ Meenaakshijoshii@[Link] q Linkedin Bangalore
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS SUMMARY
Own CNPS initiatives for Talent acquisition manager with 8+ years of experience building high-
Product & design team performing engineering and product design teams, scaling organizations from
early-stage (0→10) to growth phase (10→100+), and driving hiring strategies
Achieved a 53% increase in
aligned with business goals.
CNPS through in depth RCA
and strategical interventions
EXPERIENCE
Cost Reduction and
Diversity Initiatives
Talent Acquisition Manager
Achieved a 72% reduction in
hiring costs through innovative
Mobile Premier League, Galactus Funware Technology
internal referrals and 05/2025 - Present
implemented the first diversity Asia’s leading mobile gaming and esports platform, delivering real-time, skill-based
hiring program. competitive gaming to millions
• Own the end to end hiring for Engineering, Product & Design platform functions.
• Successfully closed 40+ critical roles to support rapid team growth and
PROJECTS diversification.
• Developed and executed strategic hiring plans aligned with business goals
HR Intern - Porter across multiple functions and seniority levels.
04/2017 - 11/2017 Bangalore • Acted as a trusted talent advisor to senior stakeholders, conducting regular
catch-ups to review P0 hiring metrics and influence key hiring decisions.
Internship focused on various HR
• Drove process improvements in candidate experience, sourcing effectiveness,
practices including recruitment and
and pipeline health through data-driven insights and iterative experimentation.
selection processes.
• Interacting with the business heads
to understand the role perspectives
Talent Acquisition Manager
& role dimensions. Cleartrip, A Flipkart Group company 11/2021 - 04/2025
• Preparing job descriptions & job A Flipkart Group company, is a leading online travel platform offering seamless
specifications. flight, hotel, and train bookings across India and the Middle East.
• Lead the Customer support hiring
• Handled full cycle recruitment across various levels and functions, developing
for Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai
and executive effective recruitment strategies.
locations.
• Fostered strong partnerships with business through regular catch-ups to
• Reduced vendor dependency from
review P0 hiring metrics and drove strategic initiatives.
86.4% to 27.5% through internal
• Owned the hiring across technology, Product & Design verticals, catering to 30+
referral program.
skills, closed 110+niche hiring over the last years to support diverse team with
• Built strong business relationships
maintaining SLA, KPI and TAT.
with business heads across
• Led a team of TA professionals, setting up their OKRs, regular 1:1, assign roles
departments.
and track progress.
• Initiated the gender diversity program from an engineering perspective,
achieving a 38% increase.
SKILLS • Owned CNPS initiatives for the Product & Design team, driving the score from
36% to 89%—a 53% improvement by conducting a thorough root cause analysis
Engineering hiring and implementing several targeted interventions.
Design hiring Campus hiring Talent Acquisition Manager– Tech Vertical
Squadstack, Squadrun Private Limited 03/2021 - 11/2021
Product hiring TA Metrics B2B SAAS Series C Startup
• Reduced time-to-hire by {20%} by implementing advanced evaluation
Talent Intelligence techniques for critical organizational roles.
• Own the entire Talent Acquisition vertical for Tech division and built hiring
Stakeholder management process from scratch with an aim to onboard quality talent in the company.
• Hired for mid to senior Positions (Ruby on Rails/Python/Java/[Link]/Kotlin),
Mobile, Product, Analytics, Design & Front End.
Team Management • Drove the campus recruitment program across diverse colleges from India to
get A+ Performers onboard.
Diversity hiring • Led the first-ever diversity hiring program as an initiative to balance the
composition at org level.
• Active participation in full cycle recruiting efforts, identify better evaluation
techniques to accelerate the hiring process, define competencies for critical
COURSES roles in the organization.
HR 30 UNDER 30 PROGRAM
EXPERIENCE
Senior Talent Partner – Tech Vertical
Porter, Smartshift logistic private limited 04/2017 - 03/2021
Logistics company specializing in technology-driven solutions.
• Spearheaded the Talent Acquisition for Tech division with an aim to align HR to
Business for maximum hiring with lesser cost and TAT.
• Worked closely with CEO, CTO, Engineering Heads & Product Managers to
review the current organization structure and predict the future needs in terms
of workforce and build the required pipeline for the same.
• Ramped up the Tech as well as Leadership positions with 84 new employees.
• Set up Tech recruitment processes from scratch, developing a bankable talent
pipeline on technology platform for future.
• Reduced hiring cost by 72%, using internal referral programs and social media
recruitments for engineering, analytics, Design, QA and Product Management
teams.
