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Shakun Ohri, SPHR

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Head of People and Talent Acquisition at Atomwise
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Shakun Ohri is a talent acquisition leader specializing in the AI, life sciences, and biotech sectors for Bay Area startups. With over a decade of experience, she builds and scales recruiting operations for companies like Atomwise and Zymergen. She holds an SPHR certification and a degree from the Schulich School of Business.

Passionate about creating a positive people experience, she guides candidates to their dream jobs and helps organizations with talent development and retention. She recently attended a "Women in Leadership Panel" for Life Science C-Suite executives, which she found incredibly inspiring.

She has recently earned certifications in both Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and Systems Thinking.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Head of People and Talent Acquisition
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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AI in Drug Discovery
As Head of People at Atomwise, an AI-driven drug discovery company, she is central to building the teams that drive this technology forward.
Biotech Startups
Her career has focused on scaling people operations within small to mid-sized life science and biotech startups, including Zymergen and Atomwise.
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Career

Work history

Head of People and Talent Acquisition
Atomwise
Head of Recruitment/People Ops Advisor
RTA Consulting
4-2017
Senior Recruiter (Associate Director)
Zymergen, Inc.
1-2016 - 3-2017
Sr. Technical Recruiter
Hospice By The Bay
4-2015 - 6-2016
Technical Recruiter
Apple
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Education
2004 - 2008
Bachelor's Degree
Schulich School of Business - York University
2014 - 2018
Professional Recruiter Certification
AIRS
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