Victoria Picardo

Manager, Talent Acquisition | Apps | AI | Data Science | Data Engineering | Infra

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Leading recruitment for the Product Engineering, Enterprise Product Engineering and Productivity Engineering groups in India. (all levels of Software Engineers (SWE / SDE / Senior SWE / Staff SWE), Systems Infrastructure, Android & iOS developers, UI/Frontend engineers, Technical Program Managers & Engineering Managers.) I strive to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce, by hiring the best for LinkedIn.

Experience

  • LinkedIn (Full-time · 8 yrs 4 mos)
    • Talent Acquisition Manager
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Senior Technical Recruiter
      Mar 2018 - Apr 2025 · 7 yrs 2 mos

      Leading recruitment for the Product Engineering, Enterprise Product Engineering and Data (AI, ML, Data Engineering, Data Science) & groups in India. (all levels of Software Engineers (SWE / SDE / Senior SWE / Staff SWE), Systems Infrastructure, Android & iOS developers, UI/Frontend engineers, Technical Program Managers & Engineering Managers.) Leading the Talent Media initiative and a pillar lead for Process Optimisation for Engineering in India. Actively engaged in projects on Process Optimisation, Branding, Up-skilling, Community building, Candidate Experience and Event management. Mentoring a team. Passionate about training and coaching teams.

  • Recruitment Research Analyst - HR at @WalmartLabs India
    Sep 2017 - Mar 2018 · 7 mos

    Talent sourcing & research partner for engineering and product roles. Custodian for WalmartLabs India’s CRM tool and building it’s first talent community. Executing engagement strategies for passive talent.

  • Google (3 yrs 7 mos)
    • Talent Acquisition - SME
      Oct 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs

    • Talent Acquisition - Channel Specialist
      Mar 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Started as an Engineering sourcing partner for Google's SWE roles. Promoted to SME and focussed on global talent acquisition for Google and led the setup of processes, guidelines and standard operating procedures for the Leadership / executive hiring support team in India. Led a team of 7 in terms of mentoring, providing training and continuous growth. Drove employee engagement activities for a team of 65.

  • Marketing Intern at TNS
    Apr 2013 - May 2013 · 2 mos