Priyanka Verma
Pune
Summary
Strategic Talent Acquisition Leader with 16+ years of experience driving talent acquisition strategies and recruitment delivery across Engineering, Product, IT, Non-IT, Sales, GTM, Customer Success, Technical Support, Customer Support, G&A, and Operations functions. Strong experience in leading, managing, and mentoring recruitment teams, driving recruiter performance, capacity planning, workload management, and fostering a high-performance hiring culture. Proven ability to coach recruiters, enhance sourcing and hiring effectiveness, and align recruitment priorities with business objectives. Successfully delivered high-volume, leadership, and niche hiring initiatives, resulting in 1,000+ successful hires while consistently meeting targets for time-to-fill, quality of hire, candidate experience, diversity hiring, and cost optimization. Skilled in stakeholder management, recruitment operations, vendor management, workforce planning, and leveraging data-driven insights to improve hiring outcomes and team performance.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Druva
01.2025 - Current
- Managed hiring for engineering product, leadership, GTM, and non-engineering roles across business-critical functions
- Executed direct hiring for niche and critical leadership roles.
- Partnered with stakeholders to develop hiring strategies and align workforce planning
- Led a team of 4 recruiters, mentoring and coaching to enhance recruitment effectiveness
- Global Stakeholder management (India, UK, US, Singapore)
- Managing hiring across sales, support, and operations functions
- Extensive experience in ATS Greenhouse, HCM Tool Workday
- Supporting the team delivery and hiring governance
Senior Talent Acquisition Leader
Avaya
04.2023 - 10.2024
- Led hiring delivery for 700+ hires including volume hiring across support and operations roles
- Global Stakeholder management
- Managed and coached recruiter team of 5 recruiters and ensured delivery against TAT and cost metrics
- Managed campus recruitment across the top Engineering Colleges
- Built recruitment dashboards tracking TAT, funnel, and channel efficiency
- Reduced time-to-fill by 40% through process improvements
- Managed vendor ecosystem and optimized hiring channels
- Partnered with leadership on workforce planning and hiring strategy
Manager – Talent Acquisition APAC
6sense
04.2021 - 03.2023
- Scaled organization from 350 to 700.
- Delivered high-volume hiring across tech, non-tech, and operations roles
- Managed recruiter teams of 8
- Experience working in LinkedIn Insights, LinkedIn recruitment platform, Naukri, Monster
- Extensively managed annual performance appraisal, setting up OKRs
- Owned recruitment analytics including cost, TAT, and sourcing mix
- Built structured hiring and referral programs
- Hands on experience working on ATS- Greenhouse, talent engagement platform - GEM
Manager – Talent Acquisition
T-Systems
05.2019 - 04.2021
- Managed end-to-end hiring across multiple business units
- Handled a team of 4 recruiters by providing coaching and direction
- Delivered hiring within TAT, cost, and quality benchmarks
- Owned workforce planning and hiring forecasts
- Created recruitment MIS reports and dashboards
- Led campus and bulk hiring initiatives
- Extensive experience in ATS / HRMS tool – Darwin Box
Qualys
- Handled end-to-end recruitment including IT and Non-IT hiring, vendor management, and onboarding.
NICE
- Handled end-to-end recruitment including IT and Non-IT hiring, vendor management, and onboarding.
Giesecke & Devrient
- Handled end-to-end recruitment including IT and Non-IT hiring, vendor management, and onboarding.
BMC Software
- Handled end-to-end recruitment including IT and Non-IT hiring, vendor management, and onboarding.
Randstad RiseSmart
- Handled end-to-end recruitment including IT and Non-IT hiring, vendor management, and onboarding.
Education
MBA (HR) -
Pune University
PuneBCA -
Jabalpur
JabalpurSkills
- High Volume Hiring
- Leadership & Executive Hiring
- Support / Operations / GTM Hiring
- Engineering Hiring
- Product Hiring
- Team Leadership & Recruiter Management
- Vendor Management & Cost Optimization
- TAT
- Funnel & Conversion Optimization
- Recruitment Analytics
- MIS & Dashboards
- Workforce Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Campus Hiring
- Employer Branding
- Recruitment Governance
- Compliance
Accomplishments
- Delivered 1000+ hires annually in fast-paced environments
- Scaled teams rapidly across geographies
- Reduced TAT by 40%
- Managed large recruiter teams and vendor networks
- Hired 3500+ candidates across tech, non-tech, and operations roles
- Built data-driven recruitment dashboards
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Druva
01.2025 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Leader
Avaya
04.2023 - 10.2024
Manager – Talent Acquisition APAC
6sense
04.2021 - 03.2023
Manager – Talent Acquisition
T-Systems
05.2019 - 04.2021
Randstad RiseSmart
BMC Software
Giesecke & Devrient
NICE
Qualys
MBA (HR) -
Pune University
BCA -
Jabalpur