About

Kavitha P Pillai is an accomplished Talent Acquisition professional with over 17 years of experience in Recruitment and Employee Engagement in reputed product companies. She has diverse experience in Leadership Hiring, Managing Teams, University Relations, and Diversity & Inclusion initiatives. Kavitha has spent over 10 years in talent acquisition in the cybersecurity domain, making her a specialist in this field. Kavitha is skilled at leading, motivating, and supporting a team of recruiters to deliver on strategic hiring goals. She has strong process/systems management, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. Kavitha has a balanced approach to achieving business outcomes, mixing a strong people orientation with a process, systems, and procedure focus. Currently, Kavitha is working as a Manager of Recruitment at Amazon, where she is responsible for leading the talent acquisition function for the organization. In her previous role as Lead Talent Acquisition Partner at McAfee, Kavitha was responsible for leading the recruitment function for R&D and Non-R&D groups. She interfaced with and provided staffing consultation to business leaders and hiring managers in executing against staffing strategy. Kavitha also led high-performing teams in achieving recruitment SLAs in the shortest time and cost-effectively. Kavitha has also worked as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sabre, where she managed the end-to-end recruitment process and handled a small team of recruiters. She has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Kerala. Overall, Kavitha is a highly skilled and experienced talent acquisition professional with a proven track record of success in the industry. She is a strategic thinker who is passionate about delivering results and making a positive impact on the organizations she works for.