Gopika Selvam

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Director of Talent at Kestrel Labs · Learning and development

Kestrel Labs
Coimbatore, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
15+ years experience
Christ University
English, Hindi, Tamil
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Overview

15 years in people and talent, the last 5 at Kestrel Labs, where I lead the L&D team. Cut time-to-hire from 62 days to 34. Most at home with learning & development and career frameworks. I write short fiction no one reads.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on learning and development
  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Working sessions on career frameworks
  • Strong candidates, even outside open roles
Please don't message about
  • Resume writing services
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Courses and coaching offers
Skills
coachingmanager trainingcareer frameworkslearning & developmentemployer brand
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

6 people partner roles open on the L&D team in Coimbatore

Role
People partner
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹30-55 LPA
Team
L&D, 9 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Has hired for technical roles before Builds trust with candidates quickly Ownership of something end to end
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp ₹36-46 LPA. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Coimbatore, Indiacareer frameworksmanager trainingcoaching
Open
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for candidates negotiating offers: learning and development and employer brand

Topics
learning and development, manager training, coaching
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Equity
Capacity
A few async reviews a month
Best for
Engineers moving into leadership

15 years of learning and development. Prefer specific questions over coffee chats.

Coimbatore, Indiacoachinglearning & developmentemployer brand
Open

Experience

  1. Director of Talent
    Apr 2022 - Present
    Kestrel Labs · 4 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Hired 258 engineers in a year with a 74% offer-accept rate.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 77 days to 27.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1670 people.
  2. Recruiter
    Nov 2019 - Apr 2022
    Swiggy · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Cut time-to-hire from 62 days to 29.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1536 people.
  3. Senior Technical Recruiter
    Mar 2018 - Jul 2019
    Tata Motors · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Hired 125 engineers in a year with a 84% offer-accept rate.
  4. Recruiter
    Jul 2014 - Mar 2018
    Zoho · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 2932 people.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 75 days to 34.
  5. Recruiter
    Mar 2012 - Jul 2014
    BigBasket · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Cut time-to-hire from 73 days to 24.

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Education

  1. Christ University
    BBA, Business Administration
    2006 - 2010

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