Prashant Poojari
Talent Acquisition Leader | Recruitment Operations | Talent Strategy | TA Transformation
Pune,MH
Summary
Seasoned Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Operations Leader with 19+ years of experience driving recruitment strategy, talent transformation, workforce planning, recruitment operations, and organizational growth across global technology and consulting organizations. Proven track record in building and scaling Talent Acquisition functions, leading large recruitment teams, managing complex stakeholder ecosystems, and delivering strategic hiring outcomes across India delivery.
Expertise in establishing high-performing recruitment organizations, leading post-merger talent integration programs, implementing ATS and AI recruitment technologies, enabling data-driven hiring decisions, and building talent pipelines for niche, leadership, and business-critical roles. Recognized for aligning talent acquisition strategy with business objectives while driving operational excellence, governance, compliance, and process transformation.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate Director – Recruitment
Synechron
12.2025 - Current
- Led talent acquisition delivery across ANZ and APAC business units, ensuring alignment with business needs.
- Drive recruitment governance, workforce planning, stakeholder management, and hiring strategy.
- Managed high-volume, niche, and leadership hiring across technology functions to meet organizational talent needs.
- Led cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives in digital transformation projects.
- Fostered relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables.
Group Manager – Talent Acquisition
UST
07.2024 - 11.2025
- Administered global TA systems governance, driving transformation initiatives to enhance process efficiency.
- Led strategic hiring initiatives focused on niche, leadership, and business-critical talent.
- Managed employer branding and communication strategy, ensuring audit compliance and fostering process excellence.
- Enabled data-driven hiring decisions through market benchmarking and analytics.
- Played a key role in future-proofing Talent Acquisition capabilities through automation and transformation.
- Managed employer branding, communication strategy, audit compliance, and process excellence.
- Delivered market intelligence and talent mapping to support executive stakeholders in strategic decision-making.
- Administered global TA systems process governance while driving transformation initiatives.
Group Manager – Talent Acquisition
UST
01.2022 - 04.2024
- Managed recruitment strategy for strategic clients and delivery programs to align talent with business needs.
- Led TA integration of Pragmasys into UST, enhancing collaboration and talent alignment across teams.
- Established scalable recruitment processes to support Microsoft Dynamics capability expansion, improving candidate pipeline efficiency.
- Managed recruitment for strategic clients and delivery programs.
Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition (Consulting Practice)
Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI)
03.2018 - 01.2022
- Aligned talent acquisition strategy with rapidly growing consulting businesses.
- Developed niche technology talent pipelines to drive strategic business expansion.
- Coordinated multiple acquisitions and talent acquisition integration programs to ensure seamless transitions.
- Aligned talent acquisition strategy with rapidly growing consulting practices to meet evolving business needs.
Manager – Talent Acquisition
Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI)
02.2017 - 03.2018
- Implemented SuccessFactors recruitment platform to enhance recruitment capabilities.
- Centralized Offer Management operations to streamline recruitment process.
- Led recruitment efforts for BFSI practices.
- Facilitated ABSA transition program and talent migration to ensure seamless integration.
Senior Manager – Marketing, Product Delivery & Human Resources
Klickdoc Services Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 02.2017
- Coordinated HR operations, product delivery, and customer engagement strategies.
- Led business operations and facilitated cross-functional leadership initiatives.
- Developed product teams by streamlining hiring and onboarding processes.
Associate Manager – Talent Acquisition Group
Atos India
07.2013 - 12.2014
- Led hiring initiatives for freshers and leadership roles to enhance talent pool.
- Supported operational expansion of Atos by aligning recruitment strategies with growth objectives.
- Managed large-scale recruitment across multiple technologies, ensuring timely placement of qualified candidates.
- Supported expansion of Atos operations in Ahmedabad
Team Lead – Recruitment
Atos India
07.2011 - 07.2013
- Led talent acquisition efforts for North America-focused Managed Services business, aligning recruitment strategies with organizational goals.
- Managed stakeholder engagement across global delivery teams to ensure alignment on recruitment needs and expectations.
- Presented hiring performance and workforce updates to leadership, facilitating data-driven decision-making in talent acquisition.
- Cite Profile (1).pdf
Recruiter
JPMorgan Chase
03.2009 - 07.2011
- Managed recruitment analytics and reporting to inform strategic hiring decisions.
- Led Taleo ATS implementation initiatives to enhance user experience and streamline recruitment processes.
- Supported recruitment operations and technology hiring to align talent acquisition with organizational goals.
- Cite Profile (1).pdf
Senior Recruiter
IT-Chronicle.com Pvt Ltd
04.2008 - 03.2009
- Developed and implemented strategic talent acquisition initiatives to attract top IT professionals.
- Managed technology and BFSI recruitment processes, ensuring alignment with client needs.
- Led cross-functional recruiting teams to align hiring strategies with organizational goals and workforce planning.
- Supported client-side recruitment programs and drove execution.
- Utilized advanced applicant tracking systems to streamline recruitment processes and enhance candidate experience.
Senior Executive Recruiter
Conscript
02.2006 - 03.2008
- Led full-cycle recruitment process, enhancing talent acquisition strategies and improving candidate experience.
- Spearheaded initiatives to refine sourcing techniques, increasing candidate pool diversity and quality.
- Delivered tailored IT and BFSI recruitment solutions to meet client needs.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, ensuring alignment of hiring needs and organizational culture.
- Coordinated end-to-end hiring processes and stakeholder engagement for client satisfaction.
Education
No Degree -
Dr. Mrs Erin N Nagarwala Day School
Pune, India 06.2000 - 05.2003
Skills
Talent acquisition strategy
Workforce planning
Talent intelligence
Executive hiring
Stakeholder management
Recruitment operations
Recruitment governance
Recruitment analytics
ATS implementation
Offer management
Accomplishments
Nova Star
Issued by Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan - Head Talent Acquisition – India · Aug 2023
Associated with UST
Fantastic efforts in ensuing you go beyond your target numbers
Super Star
Issued by Manju Bahuleyan · Jan 2023
Associated with USTThank you very much for your active partnership with LinkUS in 2022. Just want to take a moment to appreciate all your initiatives to drive employee referrals in your clusters.
Shooting Star
Issued by Ani Sundaresan Menon · Oct 2022
Associated with USTThank you for the excellent work done for Diversified vertical. Your good job was highly appreciated by top leadership and you make all of us proud. Thank you and well done..
Super Star
Issued by Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan · Oct 2022
Associated with USTWe appreciate your stellar performance and support rendered by both TA and WFM team for the year 2022 for the Maersk Account. In Diversified portfolio, we were able to fulfil significant number of positions and optimize on operations through the excellent support from both the teams. Highest level of ownership from POCs have brought in the One Team attitude and it drove some great results for us. You make us so Proud. Keep up the good work.
Super Star
Issued by Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan · Aug 2022
Associated with USTThis is a new milestone created on the July numbers, Keep up the good work.
Young Achiever Award.
Issued by Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards 2014 · Sep 2014
Associated with Atos IndiaYoung Achiever Award
Certificate Of Excellence.
Issued by Paneesh Rao – Senior Vice President & Head of Human Resources · Jul 2014
Associated with Atos India-All the efforts and support you rendered to on-board all the campus fresher’s given the timelines and also not letting your current work suffer.
Accolade Award.
Issued by Mark Nouris - Global Client Executive & Satish Joshi - Head of Global Delivery AHS India · Jan 2014
Associated with Atos IndiaWe would like to express our appreciation regarding your dedication and commitment to execute the Philips DCO transition program.
Your exceptional performance with a great amount of tenacity is making a big difference for us and for Philips.
So a big compliments and because of this performance we would like to offer a bronze Accolade
Excellence to Growth – Star Award.
Issued by Milind Kamat – Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Atos India · Dec 2013
Associated with Atos India-I am extremely proud to honor you with the prestigious Star Award 2013 for your exemplary contribution in EMC Pfizer Support Project and winning the 2013 Global Success Story Award.
I am proud of the effort you have put in to take Atos to greater heights.
You have been among those few who went those extra miles to achieve for Atos. I sincerely appreciate your effort combined with zeal, passion and commitment and look forward to your continued contribution that would help Atos to accomplish more mile stones.
Certificate Of Excellence.
Issued by Surendrasinh Gohil - Sr Vice President - MS India · Oct 2013
Associated with Atos IndiaAwarded with Accolade Bronze for Playing Key role during Pfizer Project Transition and overcoming challenging timelines
Certificate Of Excellence.
Issued by Debi Prasad Das - Sr Vice President & Head - HRM · Oct 2012
Associated with Atos IndiaAwarded with Accolade Silver (Team Award) for Exemplary achievement in rolling out offers in the month of Aug & Sep 2012
Certificate Of Excellence.
Issued by Surendrasinh Gohil - Vice President - MS &GMS India · Jun 2012
Associated with Atos IndiaAwarded with Accolade Champagne (Spot Award) for Being Proactive, Showing Extra Commitment & Efforts in recruitment
ABCD Award.
Issued by Rivelino Dsouza - Recruitment Manager · Dec 2010
Associated with JPMorgan Chase- Awarded as ABCD - “ABOVE and BEYOND the CALL DUTY” (Jan – Dec 2010)
Out Of The Blue.
Issued by Atul Sharma - HR Head, JPM Services · Dec 2009
Associated with JPMorgan ChaseAwarded for Richie Rich
The person everyone in the team gets directed to when in need of technical assistance, he is extremely resourceful & sophisticated and has knack for automation and systems.
Certification Of Recognition.
Issued by Harjeet Singh Sandhu - CEO · Jan 2007
Associated with ConscriptAs A Significant Patner for Noteworthy archievement in November 2006
Timeline
Associate Director – Recruitment
Synechron
12.2025 - Current
Group Manager – Talent Acquisition
UST
07.2024 - 11.2025
Group Manager – Talent Acquisition
UST
01.2022 - 04.2024
Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition (Consulting Practice)
Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI)
03.2018 - 01.2022
Manager – Talent Acquisition
Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI)
02.2017 - 03.2018
Senior Manager – Marketing, Product Delivery & Human Resources
Klickdoc Services Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 02.2017
Associate Manager – Talent Acquisition Group
Atos India
07.2013 - 12.2014
Team Lead – Recruitment
Atos India
07.2011 - 07.2013
Recruiter
JPMorgan Chase
03.2009 - 07.2011
Senior Recruiter
IT-Chronicle.com Pvt Ltd
04.2008 - 03.2009
Senior Executive Recruiter
Conscript
02.2006 - 03.2008
No Degree -
Dr. Mrs Erin N Nagarwala Day School
06.2000 - 05.2003