MEENAMBIKAI SUBBURAJ

• Manage high-volume hiring, handling 60–80 simultaneous requirements, while maintaining quality and efficiency.
• Conduct briefing calls with hiring managers to understand requirements, provide market insights, and clarify skill expectations, recruitment policies and processes aligned with Aviva.
• Meet stakeholders biweekly to review hiring progress, address challenges, and align on workforce planning.
• Mentor new hiring managers, guiding them through recruitment process, policies and best practices
• Oversee visa process, coordinating with Global Mobility team to ensure smooth candidate onboarding.
• Work with background verification agencies, tracking checks, and advising hiring managers on any issues.
• Reduced agency usage from 28% in 2022 to 0% in 2023 and 2024 within the Customer Science and Analytics hub, saving the business over £90K in agency fees.
• Successfully built a Data Science hub across the UK, filling 25 roles.
• Achieved 85% direct external hiring, improving cost efficiency, and expanding access to top talent.
• Reduced average time-to-offer to 46 days, streamlining hiring processes.
• Successfully built the first MLOps & Data Engineering hub team in Bristol from scratch, defining the hiring strategy, sourcing, and hiring 10 specialised engineers, enabling key AI/ML and data platform initiatives.
• Increased hires from underrepresented groups to 40% of total hires by implementing inclusive sourcing strategies, and diverse interview panels.
• Achieved a retention rate of over 90% for new hires, driven by rigorous candidate selection for cultural add, and a robust onboarding programme.
• Achieved 90% hiring manager satisfaction (CSAT) by closely collaborating with managers, and delivering high-quality hires.
• Recruited for various levels of Data & Digital roles, including niche talent such as AWS Cloud Engineers, Reltio Software Developers, Data Engineers, AI/ML Specialists, Data Governance & Security Experts, Data Scientists, Customer Scientists, Advanced Analytics Professionals, Digital Transformation Experts, Group Data Management, and Data Governance.
• Additionally, I have taken on roles within Risk, Technology, Project Management, and Marketing.
• Represented Aviva at the Women in Silicon Roundabout event and the Bristol Girl Geek event, hosting a stall to promote available roles and highlight employee benefits to attract diverse candidates.

PwC is a global professional services firm providing audit, tax, and consulting solutions.

• Led recruitment for Risk Transformation, Tech, Data & Analytics, and Credit Risk functions (Manager to AD level).
• Developed inclusive job descriptions using Textio and ran BAME-focused sourcing via SalaryBoard and Entelo.
• Achieved a 20% increase in direct applicants and >90% offer acceptance rate.
• Streamlined screening/interviews, reducing time-to-fill to 54 days; delivered recruitment reports biweekly.
• Successfully filled 12 critical roles, meeting KPIs on time-to-hire, data integrity, diversity, and candidate quality.

BP is a global energy company delivering oil, gas, and renewable solutions.

• Led end-to-end hiring for experienced hires (internal, external, contingent) in Trading & Shipping Analytics.
• Built and executed hiring strategies for Big Data and Quant roles, delivering market insights to leadership.
• Advised on competitor intelligence and refined sourcing for hard-to-fill roles.
• Represented HR on interview panels; earned LinkedIn praise from senior leaders for niche hiring excellence.

Managed full recruitment lifecycle for Marketing, Product, and Technical roles in a UCaaS startup environment.

• Delivered tailored HCM (SaaS) solutions across Core HR, Onboarding, Performance, L&D, and Compensation.

• Hired globally for Cloud, Digital Commerce, RPA, and Data Analytics roles across India, US, UK, and Middle East.