Srikanth Ganesan

About Srikanth Ganesan

Proven leader in Talent Acquisition, Strategic HR, HR Operations (Shared Services), Sales and Marketing. Passionate about Talent Acquisition, backed by expertise in managing large-scale programs for global clients across various sectors, including Captive IT R&D centers in India. Strong team builder with excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills, complemented by cross-border experience. Skilled in using data-driven approaches to assess and enhance solution effectiveness.

Experience

1. Director - Talent Acquisition

   Freshworks

   Mar 2023 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Head of TA Delivery, RoW · Leading 40+ recruiters across 1,200+ annual hires · Agentic AI in TA · Data-driven TA OperationsTA Delivery Leader, Rest of World (Apr 2025 – Present)Leading a 40+ person recruiting team across the RoW region, accountable for 1,200+ annual hires. Drove high stakeholder and candidate satisfaction while building a stable, high-performance TA function. Championed an in-house Agentic AI initiative that cut time-to-slate by 30% and lifted quality-of-hire by 20% — one of the first TA teams in the org to operationalize AI at this scale.Interim TA Lead — Sales & Success (Feb – Apr 2025)Stepped up to cover TA leadership for the Sales & Success business during a critical transition period. Kept hiring on track, preserved team stability, and ensured zero disruption to the pipeline — handing back a function in stronger shape than inherited.TA Delivery Leader — Product & Engineering (Apr 2024 – Apr 2025)Transformed delivery outcomes through process and execution discipline. Year-on-year vs FY2023: offer acceptances up 92%, starts up 83%. Earned consistent recognition from business leaders for the quality and speed of hiring outcomes.Head of TA Operations (Mar 2023 – Apr 2025)Built and led the TA Ops function from the ground up across five strategic pillars. Launched a Sourcing Centre of Excellence, standardized and automated recruitment workflows, built TA dashboards that brought real-time visibility to the business, and executed a recruitment marketing strategy that strengthened the employer brand pipeline. Deepened partnerships with vendors and internal IT to drive transparency and productivity at scale.

Education

• ITM Group of Institutions

  MBA

  2001 — 2002

• University of Madras

  M.Sc, Physics

  1986 — 1988

Skills

• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Management
• Human Resources
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery
• Managed Services
• Management
• Process Improvement
• Business Development
• Transition Management
• Team Management
• Vendor Management
• Hro
• Strategy
• Employee Relations
• Rpo
• Screening
• Business Process Improvement
• Outsourcing
• Program Management
• Performance Management
• Operations Management
• Offshoring
• Mis
• Employee Engagement
• Requirements Analysis
• Recruiting
• Pre-Sales
• Sourcing
• Hris
• Technical Recruiting
• Resource Management
• Bpo