Apoorva Tyagi

SRI Executive is the leading Executive Search, Strategy and Leadership consulting practice in global development. For 25 years we have partnered with over 300 purpose-driven organisations to identify and support outstanding leaders and develop future-ready strategies that drive impact.

• Secured high-level executive placements by conducting comprehensive candidate searches and evaluations.
• Created detailed candidate profiles by conducting thorough interviews, reference checks, and background investigations as part of pre-screening process.
• Streamlined interview process by providing thorough candidate assessments and accurate recommendations to clients.
• Formulated sourcing campaigns in collaboration with leader and sourcing team to attract candidates.
• Continuously refined search methodologies based on feedback from clients and candidates, ensuring that our approach remained relevant and effective in ever-changing business landscape.
• Established credibility with prospective clients through effective marketing materials and compelling case studies showcasing previous successful placements.
• Enhanced client satisfaction by delivering tailored executive search solutions, adapting strategies to meet specific needs.
• Nurtured long-term relationships with placed executives, supporting their ongoing career development and serving as a trusted advisor when needed.
• Educated potential clients about our unique value proposition through presentations at industry events and networking functions.
• Improved internal processes for candidate sourcing, tracking, and evaluation, resulting in increased efficiency within the team.
• Promoted company brand awareness through thought leadership initiatives such as writing articles, blogs on industry trends, hosted webinars and conferences (links in the Annex).
• Developed an extensive network of industry contacts and resources, enabling access to a diverse talent pool for clients' benefit.
• Managed multiple concurrent projects, prioritizing tasks effectively to maintain deadlines without compromising quality or results.
• Conducted in-depth market research to stay ahead of industry trends, using insights to inform search strategies and advise clients on competitive positioning.
• Facilitated successful negotiations between clients and candidates during offer stage, achieving favorable outcomes for both parties.
• Conducted reference checks, psychometric assessments, background screening and other pre-employment checks.
• ·20% of the time spent working on strategy projects- Performance evaluations of Boards, Stop and Think workshops for clients to make them hiring-ready, Leadership assessments and Business development activities

Latina Chief is a Diversity-focused executive search firm that understands that diversity is not only the right thing to do but also the smart thing to do. Latina Chief serves clients across the US and Latin America. The business motto follows a bold purpose: Be a Diversity Ally, Be the Change! Latina Chief is proudly a Woman-Owned and Minority-Owned Business.

This was a project based position supporting Latina Chief deliver it's first Development Sector Executive recruitment and refine the processes and documentation.

• Created process pathways for the executive recruitment division including but not limited to templates for Executive briefs, Competency profile, Capability Matrix, Evaluation Matrix, Timelines, Interview summaries, candidates profiles etc,.
• Trained a fairly new team in the processes and documentation, client engagement, business development and outlined the KPIs.
• Led the client engagement and recruitment for an Executive Director position for Latina Chief's first ever Development sector client.
• Led the full cycle recruitment of HR Director search for a fortune 500 Construction company.
• Manage electronic Records Information Management Systems, HR automation systems, personnel actions, in/out processing, promotions, special pay, salary grade administration/bonuses
• Developed and Reviewed Training Materials.

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile Video with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. Being a part of Trust & Safety talent acquisition team, I have first hand experience of initiatives running and underway to make the platform safer for the community especially underage users. My day-to-day roles and responsibilities involve-

• Managed full-cycle leadership recruitment processes within Trust & Safety unit globally, from job posting creation to offer negotiation and acceptance.
• Executed recruiting process, including developing sourcing strategy (proactively networking, cold calling, resume mining, database searching, etc.), pre-screening, interviewing, evaluating, and qualifying candidates.
• Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
• Administered tests, questionnaires, and skill evaluations.
• With Dublin being the Trust & Safety hub of TikTok across Europe, built out the processes, engagement pathways and documentation for the newly build leadership TA pod.
• Built global sourcing/ research guidebook to support the sourcing team and talent partners in talent mapping, search techniques, best practices and diversity recruitment.
• Partnered with business leaders and senior stakeholders to drive recruitment strategy.
• Led on talent mapping (Product, Policy, Risk & Response and Enablement teams) to provide a comprehensive view of the leadership talent globally.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, participated on project and process improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.
• Led the appointment of the Head of Harm Prevention, a newly created role at the global leadership level from brainstorming and presenting the market insights on the suitability of the tittle to final offer negotiations. The position required extensive efforts on technical sourcing leading to using (and discovering) very niche sourcing platforms and techniques including AI enabled platforms.
• Led the recruitment of Head of Outreach and Partnership Management.
• Carried out a ‘Women in leadership’ survey within Trust & Safety globally to celebrate the success of Women leaders in tech space and generate D&I awareness for improved results

• Liaised with HR mangers, hiring managers, Senior Leadership Teams and Boards to execute senior level recruitment projects, managing day-to-day project coordination and leading research and admin teams.
• Developed job descriptions for senior positions as per stakeholder consultation and client needs to best
  address the responsibilities of the position.
• Created & implemented search strategy to guide the research team in market mapping for best candidates across the globe.
• Engaged with candidates and carrying out competency-based interviews and presenting the best suited (long listed) candidates to the hiring committee.
• Monitored, gathering and presented data/market intelligence/progress reports on search with key shareholders.
• Prepared candidates for competency-based interviews with the clients; utilizing psychometric assessment analysis.
• Managed virtual/in-person hiring processes across multiple geographical locations successfully while facilitating/ building the interview process for the clients from scratch.
• Developed & maintained strategic/productive relationships with key business stakeholders across sectors- International Development (UN, World Bank etc.), Sustainability (GCF, GEF, CGIAR, Ocean CleanUp etc.), Multilateral (ADB, AfDB, AIIB, EDB, EBRD etc.) and foundations (POC for The Gates Foundation) amongst others.
• Led successful hiring of middle level and senior executives across a diverse set of positions including (but not limited to) CEO/ Director- General; Senior Directors (Programs, Advocacy, Communications, HR, Innovative Technology etc.); Advocacy Head; Chief Technology Officer; CEO for NIBRT (Ireland); Multi hires for CGIAR (Restructuring) and IFRC among other roles.
• Instrumental in conducting the annual performance review for the Board of Directors and the President of a multilateral bank by developing and conducting key stakeholder informant interviews to make strategic recommendations of key issues.

• Executed & managed research activity for the recruitment of various senior level roles for various organizations including (but not limited to)- World Bank, UN, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Women’s Link Worldwide, Center for Reproductive Rights, GAVI, CEPI, African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) among others.
• Developed search strategy to support complex multi stakeholder assignments globally.
• Sourced candidates using different search techniques including Boolean, X-Ray, data mining, tangent sourcing, and other innovative methods to find passive candidates.
• Managed extensive third-party technology and proprietary databases (e.g., Bullhorn) to identify and manage talent.
• Conducted research for high calibre senior level executives using external resources (social media, trade journals, and events/conferences) and online databases, for gathering information on potential candidates/sources, relevant target companies, and sector areas.
• Conducted interviews with potential candidates to assess experience and critical competencies for success of the role.
• Managed recruitment process through a gender and ethnic diversity lens.
• Established strong customer/client focus by building network & relationships with key business stakeholders both internally & externally.