Divya Shivaprasad

Experience

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  BeeMarvel

  Founder, Talent Business Partner

  Apr 2022 - Present

  BeeMarvel's services are science-backed, well-researched and industry-tested. Our tailored strategies go beyond hiring and ensure your organization fosters a highly functional, engaged, and thriving workforce.

  • I partner to scale startup companies and mid-size organizations in hiring their foundational engineering teams, build, execute and deliver on executive search and scale teams around them to deliver on organization's business goals.
  • Empower organizations to cultivate, and reimagine talent development practices that nurture growth and embed their core values deeply as they scale.
  • Provide comprehensive hiring manager training, interview calibration and coaching, ensuring your team is equipped with the best practices in candidate assessment and that your organization attracts the leaders it needs to thrive.
  • Lead workshops which are curated to align with your organizational, people, and strategic development goals.
  • Grounded in our purpose to improve the way the organizations are built, developed, and led, I work with leaders to bring in new talent while strengthening those you already have.
  • Strategic partnership to my clients working alongside the executive team and/or co-founders to build on hiring and people tools and infrastructure.
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  Airbnb

  Sr Manager, Tech and Mobile Engineering

  Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

  Airbnb's core mission is to foster a sense of belonging and create a world where anyone can feel at home anywhere.

  • Hired and Managed Recruiters and cross-functional Sourcing Partners to build scalable processes and apply unique hiring strategies.
  • Partnered with Sr Executive leaders on hiring planning, capacity planning, prioritization, and implement hiring processes/goal setting to deliver on the business priorities.
  • Experienced in redesigning hiring programs, performance review programs, and building high-potential talent management initiatives.
  • Partnered with HRBPs, People Data and Insights teams to determine appropriate talent metrics to measure the progress and impact of programs.
  • Led redesign of performance review process for identifying and promoting Staff Recruiters and built performance management toolkits for new managers.
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  Netflix

  Talent Business Partner, Data Science and ML

  Apr 2021 - Jul 2022

  Netflix is an American subscription video-on-demand streaming service. Netflix's mission is to entertain the world; no matter where one lives or what their taste is, they provide best-in-class series, documentaries, films, and games.

  • Talent Acquisition Lead responsible for directly partnering with the VP of Data Science and Engineering and the Org Leaders to forecast business needs, while executing, managing, and building end-to-end hiring plans.
  • Leadership Hiring Partnership: Aligned resources based on Hiring Demand, talent mapping, and coached hiring managers to hire successfully through an inclusive lens. Worked cross-functionally with HRBPs, finance, diversity partners & compensation partners.
  • Managed Hiring Programs: Executed on hiring strategies and built robust pipelines. I launched the Centralized Hiring Program for niche roles within Data Science and Engineering and built out processes from scratch.
  • Interview Calibration: Built and ran training for Technical Interview Calibration across different organizations and enabled creating consistent hiring practices for similar roles.
  • Data Driven Approach: Forecast and track goals towards building diverse teams by staying on top of metrics and conversion to ensure alignment with business goals and drive priorities for hiring needs within orgs.
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  Apple

  Principal Recruiting Lead

  Jul 2018 - Apr 2021

  Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

  • Principal Recruiting Partner for various groups including Apple Media Products - Search and Recommendation (ML), Sports - TV Apps (iOS, UI and Full Stack), Product Management for Apple Media Products, and Data Science teams in Evaluations.
  • Strategic Hiring Across Functions: Built talent strategies to bring in highly sought-after talent/skill set and hired Executive Level talent to Sr ICs in Engineering while executing and revamping hiring practices to enable long-term growth.
  • Led a team of Sourcing Recruiters and partnered with full-life-cycle recruiters to execute on research and engagement strategies, execute on inclusion and diversity strategies, and worked across the end-to-end hiring process.
  • Hired for Software Engineering, Research, Data Science, and Leadership roles.
  • Built strong relationships with HRBPs, Compensation partners, and Engineering Leadership to be mindful of the compensation curve and internal equity.
  • Bootstrapped Start-up Teams: I supported special project groups where I was solely partnered with a Distinguished Engineering leader to build out brand new teams to launch Sports Team within TV Apps
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  Amazon

  Sr Recruiting Manager

  Apr 2012 - Mar 2018

  Amazon.com Inc (Amazon) is an online retailer and web service provider. Amazon's mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. This unites Amazonians across teams and geographies as they strive to delight customers and make their lives easier, one innovative product, service, and idea at a time.

  • Sr Manager supporting technical organization spanned across multiple countries globally.
  • Partnered with VP and Technical Leaders across organizations like eCommerce Platform, Last Mile Technology, FinTech, Consumer Operations to build end-to-end talent strategies and execute on hiring demand and build hiring infrastructure needed to deliver.
  • Hired and built recruiting teams to hire for technical roles like Sr Engineers, Sr Manager, Principal Talent and Director level at Amazon.
  • Built and Delivered trainings in the areas of Interviewing Best Practices, Candidate Engagement/ Talent Assessment, Sell Calls, and Writing Interview Feedback.
  • Boot strapped technical startups within larger organizations by serving as Tech Recruiting Lead for Special Projects, and delivered on foundational tech team hiring to build products used by costumers globally.