Sneha Madduri
Talent Acquisition Leader – Product & Technology
Hyderabad
Summary
Talent Acquisition leader with 10+ years of experience in scaling Product & Technology organizations across global companies including Entain, Palo Alto Networks, Uber, and Microsoft. Proven expertise in building engineering teams, driving data-driven hiring strategies, and partnering with executive leadership on workforce planning. Strong track record of delivering niche technical hiring, building global talent pipelines, and improving recruitment operations across APAC and global markets.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Resourcing Operations Manager
Entain India
Hyderabad
01.2025 - Current
- Lead Product & Technology recruitment and manage delivery for engineering hiring across multiple teams.
- Manage and mentor a team of 4 recruiters and 2 coordinators to improve hiring delivery and performance.
- Delivered 140+ hires across Engineering, SRE, Agile, and Data roles with ~80% offer-to-join ratio and ~34 days average time-to-hire.
- Partner with CTO, Engineering Directors, and senior leadership on workforce planning, hiring strategy, and prioritization of critical roles.
- Own SmartRecruiters ATS governance and drive data-driven hiring insights and reporting.
- Led employer brand transition from Ivy → Entain India, updating 200+ job postings to align with the new employer brand and supporting People Ops with resourcing inputs.
- Conceptualized and hosted Entain’s first invite-only Tech Talk event for senior engineering leaders.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Entain India
05.2024 - 12.2024
- Delivered 30+ niche engineering hires across Backend, Full Stack, Frontend, Security, and Data roles.
- Reduced time-to-hire to ~35 days using targeted sourcing and market mapping strategies.
- Managed vendor partnerships and improved agency submission quality.
Senior Talent Partner
Palo Alto Networks
Bengaluru (Remote)
12.2020 - 12.2023
- Led full-cycle hiring across R&D, IT, Global Customer Support, and Go-To-Market functions.
- Hired software engineers, SREs, product managers, and automation engineers globally.
- Selected for the India pilot sourcing team to strengthen global technical pipelines.
- Delivered market intelligence and hiring insights for complex and niche technical roles.
- Led technical hiring events and hackathons using Codility and HackerRank.
Global Talent Researcher
Palo Alto Networks
Bengaluru (Remote)
09.2020 - 12.2020
- Enhance diversity at the top of the funnel and ensure that we curate just-in-time pipelines globally for every diverse lead/candidate, including applicants, referrals, and sourced.
- Maintain strong partnerships with recruiters to ensure that the quality of the talent meets or exceeds the standards at Palo Alto Networks.
- Explore innovative sourcing methods such as Github, Meet-ups, recruit’em, and Entelo.
- Identify and leverage talent from diversity events, sororities, LinkedIn groups, diversity Boolean search strings, and colleges, among others.
- Create a talent map for diverse, qualified candidates globally.
Recruiter
Uber
08.2018 - 03.2020
- Delivered 75 hires in 5 months during rapid scale-up of Uber’s Hyderabad COE.
- Expanded support and quality teams from 10 → 50 employees in one month.
- Exceeded diversity hiring targets, increasing representation to ~30%.
Recruiting Associate
Microsoft
03.2016 - 08.2018
- Supported large-scale technical hiring operations including interview coordination and candidate management.
Education
PG Diploma - Human Resource Management
St. Francis College
BBA - HRM
Villa Marie Degree College
Skills
- SmartRecruiters
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Naukri
- Instahyre
- Entelo
- ICIMs
Skills
- Technical & Product Hiring
- Talent Strategy
- Recruitment Operations
- Workforce Planning
- Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Diversity & Inclusive Hiring
- Market Intelligence
- Talent Mapping & Passive Sourcing
- Global Hiring Programs
- ATS & Recruitment Technology
Projects
- Springboard (Women Returnship Hiring)
- Code on the Road – Uber Global Hiring
- Inclusive Hiring Playbook (JAPAC)
- SmartRecruiters ATS Enablement
- JAPAC Diversity Talent Mapping Initiative
Timeline
Resourcing Operations Manager
Entain India
01.2025 - Current
Senior Technical Recruiter
Entain India
05.2024 - 12.2024
Senior Talent Partner
Palo Alto Networks
12.2020 - 12.2023
Global Talent Researcher
Palo Alto Networks
09.2020 - 12.2020
Recruiter
Uber
08.2018 - 03.2020
Recruiting Associate
Microsoft
03.2016 - 08.2018
PG Diploma - Human Resource Management
St. Francis College
BBA - HRM
Villa Marie Degree College