Sushila Prasad
Talent Acquisition Leader - APAC
Summary
Strategic Talent Acquisition Leader with 17+ years of global experience driving CXO to early-career hiring across tech, finance, and HR services. Expert in leading high-performing teams, leveraging platforms like Workday and Eightfold to deliver data-driven, cost-effective hiring solutions. Known for streamlining recruitment workflows, optimizing sourcing, and partnering with business leaders to deliver market insights and exceed hiring goals
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4007
4007
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager - APAC
Vialto Partners
03.2023 - Current
- Led end-to-end hiring across Tax, Global Mobility & Support functions via Workday and Eightfold , cutting time-to-fill by 28% and improving candidate experience.
- Designed and executed campus hiring strategies for early career roles, building a sustainable entry-level talent pipeline across multiple locations.
- Implemented innovative sourcing techniques to expand passive talent reach and improve quality-of-hire for critical and niche roles.
- Mentored recruitment teams on best practices, boosting offer-to-join ratio by 22% and enhancing consistency in hiring.
- Strengthened business partnerships to align hiring strategies with workforce planning and growth projections.
- Revamped employee referral program, increasing engagement by 45% and sourcing high-quality talent.
- Promoted internal talent mobility , raising internal fill rate by 30% .
- Led Diversity & Inclusion hiring efforts , increasing diverse talent representation by 18% through strategic partnerships.
- Improved onboarding processes in collaboration with HR, resulting in 30% faster ramp-up for new hires.
- Ensured 100% compliance with employment laws in collaboration with legal and HR teams.
- Introduced feedback loops for declined candidates, improving employer branding and candidate experience.
Recruitment Manager
Siemens -Peoplestrong
11.2021 - 03.2023
- Architecting and executing recruitment strategies across the hiring funnel, ensuring stakeholder alignment and operational excellence with 2000 annual hires.
- Delivered full-cycle recruitment for cross-functional roles (Associate to Senior Management) in Engineering, Energy, Healthcare, Technology, and Support domains.
- Serving as a strategic talent partner and single point of contact for business leaders, ensuring alignment with hiring goals and workforce planning.
- Driving data-informed decision-making through real-time dashboards, recruitment analytics, and delivery reporting.
- Building robust talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, passive talent engagement, and future-skill readiness.
- Delivering market intelligence and talent insights , enabling business leaders to make smarter, competitive hiring decisions.
- Conducting competition mapping to analyze industry benchmarks, talent availability, and organizational structures of key competitors.
- Tracking and improving key hiring metrics including time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, candidate diversity , and pipeline health across regions.
- Ensuring high-impact stakeholder engagement and timely reporting to enhance visibility, agility, and accountability in hiring outcomes.
- Drove governance and SLA compliance through regular reviews, ensuring delivery quality and service excellence.
Senior Manager – Leadership Hiring
Teleperformance DIBS
11.2010 - 07.2020
- Owned and managed the recruitment business KPIs & SOPs including sourcing cost & mix, accord to the budget allocated.
- Partner to Business heads on mandates and align global team to close the requisition within the defined SLAs.
- Collaborated with Sr. leadership on the annual operating plan(s) for hiring projections.
- Built & mentored a team of 10+ team members on leadership hiring frameworks.
- Managed leadership & mid-management hiring for businesses including financial risk management, Telecom, HR services, Business transformation, Strategy consulting business, Airlines & in-house technology teams.
Assistant manager – Talent acquisition & HR OPS
Annik Technology Pvt. Ltd.
09.2008 - 05.2010
- Managed the complete recruitment cycle across India, USA, UAE, and Shanghai.
- Participated [& learnt] in multiple resource optimization projects across teams & businesses.
- Partnered with Sr. leadership on strategic projects including workforce planning, talent development, succession planning, performance & compensation management.
Sr. Executive – bulk hiring
WNS Global Services
01.2006 - 09.2008
- Learnt how to collaborate with diversified participants (clients, in-house teams) to manage the complete recruitment cycle.
- Partnered with hiring managers to map the skills and background required for mandates and guided hiring managers on the talent availability, market pay-scale(s).
- Learnt to motivate team members including acquisition associates, manage & setting client expectations, and the importance of constant communication with stakeholders.
- Learnt the importance of sourcing mix [for cost-benefit] and alternate channels including referrals, campus drives.
Education
Bachelors in Psychology -
Delhi University
Masters in Psychology - Specialization in Organization Behavior
Delhi University
Skills
Talent Strategy
Stakeholder Management
End-to-End Recruitment
Workforce Planning
ATS (Workday, Eightfold, Peoplesoft and Avature)
Passive Sourcing
Campus Hiring
Diversity Hiring
Market Intelligence
Accomplishments
- Led India TA at Vialto Partners , achieving 98%+ internal sourcing and driving cost-effective, scalable hiring transformation.
- Ensured 100% audit compliance across internal and client recruitment standards.
- Played a key role in Vialto's global TA transformation for cross-border tax and immigration services.
- Hired 200+ CAs in 6 months (Teleperformance) with 76% in-house sourcing , saving INR 1.6 Cr .
- Delivered 850+ hires for a UK client in 8 months, under 97% of budget , saving INR 1.1 Cr .
- Launched CXO-focused KPI dashboard through the “Business Insight & Partnership” program.
- Boosted in-house sourcing to 85% , cutting vendor reliance and improving agility.
- Led global leadership hiring (SVP, VP, Country Heads – UAE & China) across critical functions.
- Drove hiring across Healthcare, Finance, HR Ops, Tech, Strategy, and Travel domains.
- Recognized by CXOs and global clients for strategic impact and execution excellence.
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager - APAC
Vialto Partners
03.2023 - Current
Recruitment Manager
Siemens -Peoplestrong
11.2021 - 03.2023
Senior Manager – Leadership Hiring
Teleperformance DIBS
11.2010 - 07.2020
Assistant manager – Talent acquisition & HR OPS
Annik Technology Pvt. Ltd.
09.2008 - 05.2010
Sr. Executive – bulk hiring
WNS Global Services
01.2006 - 09.2008
Bachelors in Psychology -
Delhi University
Masters in Psychology - Specialization in Organization Behavior
Delhi University