Aradhana Dua

Head of Talent

Delhi, India7 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

9+ years in talent strategy and recruitment.
Expert in building inclusive hiring frameworks.
Strong focus on executive hiring and leadership onboarding.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in strategic hiring and organizational development.

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Skills

Core Skills

StrategyTalent AcquisitionRecruiting

Other Skills

Account ManagementCollege RecruitingData AnalysisEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployer BrandingExecutive SearchGraduate RecruitmentHR PoliciesHR TransformationHiringHuman Resources (HR)Internet RecruitingJob DescriptionsMarket Intelligence

About

I work at the intersection of talent strategy and business growth, helping organizations build strong teams and attract leaders who drive impact. Over the last 9+ years, I’ve worked across niche hiring, global recruitment strategy & operations, and talent programs - always with a focus on making hiring smarter, more inclusive, and more impactful. What excites me most is building teams and frameworks that last - from designing scalable hiring strategies to partnering with leadership on critical hiring decisions. I bring a mix of strategic perspective and hands-on execution, balancing data-driven insights with a deep focus on people and relationships. This year, I’ve expanded my focus into executive hiring, working closely with senior leadership to attract and onboard leaders who can drive transformation. It’s an exciting evolution of my work - bringing together my background in talent strategy and team building with the opportunity to influence hiring at the highest level.

Experience

Adobe

4 roles

Senior Talent Partner - Executive Recruiting & Programs, India

Promoted

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr

Senior Program Manager - Global Talent Strategy & Operations

Feb 2024 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

As a Senior Program Manager in Global Talent Strategy and Operations, I serve as a strategic Talent Partner, adept at addressing complex operational and talent challenges. In this capacity, I collaborate closely with global operations teams to provide project consultation, develop comprehensive talent strategies, and guide teams toward achieving the organization's strategic objectives while upholding operational excellence. My contributions include generating detailed, data-driven reports for global talent acquisition leaders, identifying and enhancing existing processes, and creating frameworks that empower leaders to make informed decisions.

StrategyProgram Management

Senior Talent Partner - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Leading end-to-end recruitment for the following teams along with leading a team:
Adobe Research Labs, India
Adobe Design, India
Product Management, India
Stretch Assignment- Global Talent Acquisition Operations & Strategy
Talent Community for Research and Design for India & North America

SourcingTeam ManagementRecruitingTalent acquisitionProject ManagementHuman Resources (HR)+4

Talent Partner

Mar 2019 – Aug 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Talent Partner at Adobe India
End - end recruitment for tech & non-tech skills.
Strategic market mapping & talent research, sourcing, screening, interviewing, negotiating & offering candidates.
Stakeholder & Account Management.
Talent advisor to and hiring for the following Business Units:
Adobe Research, India
Adobe Design, India
Document Cloud & Digital Experience - Product Hiring
Previously hired for:
Media & Data Science Research (MDSR)
Digital Strategy Group (DSG)
Adobe Customer Solutions (ACS) - AdCloud & Global Marketing Operations (GMO) - DSP & Programmatic, Search, AEM, Adobe Campaign & Magento .
Information Technology (IT) - Computer Scientists (Python, DevOps, Java)
Engineering Accounts:
Cloud Tech - Quality Engineering (QE)
Document Cloud - Quality Engineering (QE)
University Hiring & Internship Program:
Core team member - Adobe Alchemy - Adobe India’s first intern virtual summit.
Virtual Orientation/Onboarding Program
Intern Communication & Engagement
Campus visits for hiring activities
Projects (core team member):
1- Adobe Candidate Engagement (ACE) -
Conceptualisation, designing & implementation of the project.
Project designed to actively engage with the offered candidates by partnering with businesses and to bring in a sense of predictability to their joining status.
2- Customer Zero Approach (In partnership with Adobe Campaign team) - Leveraging technology in the field of Talent Acquisition.
3- Referral Campaigns
4- SheSpark- A Women Returnship Program at Adobe India
5- Talent MeetUps
6- RecruitnEXt - An initiative designed to keep the TA team updated with the latest business & technology trends by organizing sessions.
7- GHCI 2019, 2020

Publicis sapient

Associate- Hiring

Jan 2016 – Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos · India

Highlight:
Top 25% of LinkedIn Recruiter 2017
LinkedIn Rockstar Recruiter Q1, 2018
Ace of the Quarter for Stellar Performance in Q1-2018
Belong's acknowledgement- Dedicated Problem Solver
Role & Responsibilities:
Managing end-end recruitment life-cycle.
Partnering with multiple stakeholders at a point in time to understand the business requirements and closely working with them through the process.
Strategic market mapping, research, sourcing, screening, negotiating, creating offer letters, on-boarding the candidate.
Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management.
Product Engineering- Hired full-stack developers with expertise on Java & Node JS technologies in end to end delivery of the product (code, test, deploy, host). Positions hired for SDE1, SDE2 & SDM.
Leadership Hiring- Successfully hired Directors, Senior Managers/Senior Architects for skills like CMS, Microservices, QA, Enterprise Architect, Program Managers (Content & Commerce, System Integrations, Visual Designs, Creative Design), ACD, CD, Information Architects, and non-tech skills like L&OD, GMO, Recruiters, etc.
Sourcing through social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Belong, Technology Forums, internal HRMS, referrals along with multiple job portals such as Naukri, Monster, iimjobs.
Research & mapping talent across different skill set and building the talent pipeline for assigned open
Projects:
1- Keep Warm Program
2- Women Leadership Network (WLN)
3- Diversity Hiring
4- Rewards & Recognition

Kpmg india

Assessment Centre- Internship

Sep 2015 – Sep 2015 · 0 mo · Gurgaon, India

A live project during MBA to coordinate the Assessment Center at the client's location along with evaluating the employees on various competencies based on their career stage and developing a competency development plan based on the assessment.

Bristlecone

HR Intern

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos

MBA Internship aimed at evaluating various recruitment vendors working with the company in past 1 year and to draw a list of Top 20 Vendors based on various aspect including the quality of candidates and their selection ratio.

Srl ltd.

Trainee-Human Resource

Sep 2013 – Jan 2014 · 4 mos

• The stint includes exposure to various sub-departments under Human Resource function of SRL which included- Training and Development, Recruitment, Selection, Compensation, Vendor Management.

9x (music channel)

Student Brand Manager

Dec 2011 – Feb 2012 · 2 mos · Okhla (Phase - 3)

Part of a team of 15 members, selected from top colleges of North India to provide innovative ideas and insights in how an English music channel should look and feel like.
We were expected to share our ideas on what appeals to the youth which would be used in designing the Music Channel.