About

Rajesh Swaminathan is a seasoned Global Strategic Technology Hiring professional with over 18 years of experience in Talent Mobilization, Strategic Account Management, Strategic Sourcing, Branding Management, Customer Relationship Management, Business Planning, Business Process Re-engineering, Customer Delight, Team Management, Stakeholder Management, Entrepreneurial Capabilities, and Vendor & Partner Management across various domains such as BFSI, Telecom, Airlines, Retail, Manufacturing, and Healthcare. He strongly believes in his ikigai, which he discovered long back in recruitment, and is constantly learning and evolving to become a better human. Rajesh's recruitment philosophy revolves around common sense, and he believes in connecting with others to help each other grow mutually. Rajesh has managed teams of up to 25 recruiters and positioned over 4,500 resources in 17+ years across the globe. He has expertise in IT, Infra, ITES, BPO Hiring, Volume Hiring, Leadership Hiring, Campus Hiring, and RPO, and has worked in India, US, UK, Europe, ANZ, APAC, SA, and MENA markets. Rajesh has achieved several milestones in his career, such as successfully positioning bulk numbers of billable resources by local hiring for geos like UK, SA, ANZ, Europe & APAC, MENA regions, setting up ODCs, BOTs, and ELTPs for Fortune 500 clients, and being a part of KPA's in CMM level 4. He has also handled global clients such as Singapore Telecom, KPMG, Sony, NEC, Citibank, Wipro, and more. Currently, Rajesh is a Senior Manager - Delivery COE - US Region at Xebia, where he handles US region projects' end-to-end PMO process and engagement, onboarding management, strategic sourcing, strategic metrics governance, project support and coordination, stakeholder management, and client management. In the past, he has worked as a Senior Manager - Vendor Management -RMG at Xebia and a Talent Acquisition Manager at Tech Mahindra. Rajesh holds a diploma in Business Computing from Brilliant's Computer Center and has expertise in Infra.