Venkatesh Saravanan Balasubramanian

Director of Talent at Ironbridge Digital | ex-McKinsey & Company

Ironbridge Digital

Chennai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

15+ years experience

Jadavpur University

English, Hindi, Tamil

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Based in Chennai. I lead compensation at Ironbridge Digital. Hired 43 engineers in a year with a 77% offer-accept rate. Before that: McKinsey & Company and Razorpay. Most at home with Pave and benchmarking. Travel slowly, usually by train.

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Pavebenchmarkingtechnical recruitingleveling

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7 people partner roles open on the total rewards team in Chennai

Role: People partner
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: ₹18-80 LPA
Team: Total rewards, 11 people
Start: Within a month
Must have: Has hired for technical roles before Builds trust with candidates quickly Good judgment about what not to build
Process: Decision within 10 days

Comp ₹26-61 LPA. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Chennai, India · remote OKbenchmarkingpaveleveling

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Experience

Director of Talent
Sep 2023 - Present
Ironbridge Digital · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Ran manager training for 270 first-time leads.
- Built the leveling and comp framework for 3001 people.
Recruiter
Jan 2020 - Sep 2023
McKinsey & Company · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Cut time-to-hire from 79 days to 27.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Sep 2018 - Jan 2020
Razorpay · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Hired 239 engineers in a year with a 87% offer-accept rate.
- Built the leveling and comp framework for 1521 people.
Recruiter
Feb 2015 - Sep 2018
Mastercard · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Built the leveling and comp framework for 1588 people.
Talent Acquisition Lead
Mar 2012 - Feb 2015
Goldman Sachs · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Ran manager training for 120 first-time leads.

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Education

Jadavpur University
B.E., Human Resources
2002 - 2006

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