Pranesh Sinha — Head of Talent

I’m a Talent Acquisition professional and I turn complex, high‑stakes hiring into steady, high‑quality results. I lead TA for 𝐊𝐏𝐌𝐆 India’s 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, designing future‑ready hiring strategies, building strong recruiting teams, and working with senior leaders so hiring supports business goals. Earlier, I 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜‑𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐘 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 and headed recruiting for 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢. This journey—from hands‑on sourcing to enterprise TA leadership—taught me that a clear operating system beats ad‑hoc fixes, especially in 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 and 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. I build strong recruiting teams and simple, reliable processes so talent becomes a real advantage. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐈’𝐦 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 Building end‑to‑end TA engines for niche public‑sector roles Owning the full cycle: workforce planning → sourcing → assessment → offers → onboarding Partnering with senior stakeholders and driving change Using data to manage funnels, SLAs, and KPIs (TAT, quality‑of‑hire, cost, DEI) Leading and upskilling recruiting teams across locations 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 Faster hiring on tough roles with clear talent maps and calibrated assessments Wider access through Tier‑2/3 and semi‑urban partner networks Simple, repeatable processes that hold up during growth and reorgs Better candidate and stakeholder experience with clear communication and quick closure In short, I design TA engines that are repeatable, auditable, and resilient—ready for growth and change. If you’re scaling G&PS capability, entering new regions, or want a simple, data led hiring playbook and partner network, let’s connect.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert specializing in government and public sector recruitment.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 18 yrs 3 mos

Skills

Talent Acquisition
Recruitment Leadership
Strategic Recruitment Planning
End To End Recruitment

Career Highlights

Expert in building end-to-end talent acquisition engines.
Proven track record in government and public sector hiring.
Strong leadership in optimizing recruitment processes.

Work Experience

KPMG India

Associate Director -Talent Acquisition (1 yr 1 mo)

EY

Assistant Director — TA | G&PS Talent Hiring Lead (6 yrs)

Protiviti

Recruiting Lead - North India (1 yr 8 mos)

Specialist - Talent Acquisition (1 yr 5 mos)

HyperQuality, Inc.- An Avaya Company

Senior Team Leader - Recruitment (8 yrs 1 mo)

Education

MBA at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology

Bachelor’s Degree from Maharaja Bir Bikram College at Tripura University

Pranesh Sinha

Head of Talent

Gurgaon, Haryana, India18 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building end-to-end talent acquisition engines.
Proven track record in government and public sector hiring.
Strong leadership in optimizing recruitment processes.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert specializing in government and public sector recruitment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment LeadershipStrategic Recruitment PlanningEnd To End Recruitment

Other Skills

Talent Acquisition strategyCost Effective HiringIJP ManagementDiversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI)Relationship BuildingLeadership hiringNiche Talent AcquisitionSenior Stakeholder ManagementStakeholder RelationsTalent StrategyRecruitingIT RecruitmentSourcing strategyScreeningTeam Management

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Experience

Kpmg india

Associate Director -Talent Acquisition

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

I lead hiring for KPMG India’s 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫. I turn business plans into clear hiring plans, build strong recruiting teams, and deliver consistent, high‑quality results.
I hire across 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 & 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 & 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐄𝐒𝐆, 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢 & 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.
My approach is simple: advisor first, executor always. I start with solid workforce planning, set clear success profiles, run structured interviews, and use playbooks, SLAs, and real‑time dashboards to keep quality and speed on track.
𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗣𝗠𝗚’𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽-𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲!

Recruitment LeadershipTalent Acquisition strategyTalent Acquisition

Ey

Assistant Director — TA | G&PS Talent Hiring Lead

Jan 2019 – Jan 2025 · 6 yrs · Gurgaon, India · On-site

In my role as 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐘, I led the delivery of recruitment solutions across the 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 Practice up to the Executive Director level, ensuring the successful execution of strategic hiring plans.
🌟 Led a high-performing team of 15+ members, enhancing recruitment efficiency, optimizing the utilization of sourcing channels, and significantly increasing direct hires.
🌟 Recognized as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in recruitment across diverse sectors, including Urban Infrastructure, Transport & Mobility, Skilling & Education, Agri & Rural Development, Health, Power & Utilities, and Defense & Security.
🌟 Spearheaded strategic hiring initiatives, policy reforms, solution design, and large-scale program implementations, achieving over 90% fulfillment rates on complex, high-volume hiring projects.
🌟 Managed recruitment for a diverse portfolio, including Public Finance Management, Economic Development, Analytics & Enablement, Cyber & Risk Assurance, Climate Change, and Restructuring & Fundraising.
🌟 Played a key role in projects in collaboration with leading multilateral agencies such as the 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸, 𝗔𝗗𝗕, 𝗕𝗠𝗚𝗙, 𝗝𝗜𝗖𝗔, 𝗚𝗜𝗭, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡.
🔰 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
🌟 Led and developed high-performing teams
🌟 Partnered strategically with business leaders to drive hiring success
🌟 Drove process improvements, managed short-term projects, and optimized vendor management strategies

Strategic Recruitment PlanningCost Effective HiringTalent Acquisition

Protiviti

2 roles

Recruiting Lead - North India

Promoted

Apr 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

🔰 Pranesh joined Protiviti India talent acquisition function as a Specialist and was then promoted to 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮. He was spearheading Talent Acquisition across 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 & 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆. In addition to that, he led 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗦𝗔𝗣 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, and Support hiring pan India.
🔰Pranesh led the successful implementation of various projects related to 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 etc. and led various initiatives to impact internal and external stakeholders.

Specialist - Talent Acquisition

Oct 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

Hyperquality, inc.- an avaya company

Senior Team Leader - Recruitment

Aug 2007 – Sep 2015 · 8 yrs 1 mo · Gurgaon, India · On-site

Pranesh joined 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆'𝘀 Operations team before making the passionate and eager transition to Recruitment. After receiving several promotions, he moved up the ranks to become a recruiting lead, where he oversaw the end-end hiring process for all practices across the firm, including 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗜𝗧, 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 and all support roles. He began as a recruiter. To accomplish the recruiting goals for the lateral and leadership cohorts in the area, he collaborated closely with the talent head and business leaders.
🌟He coached and groomed multiple TA professionals to set a high standard for delivery execution and innovation. He also led and participated in some of the key initiatives for the function – 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗙𝗔𝗤’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 etc.

End to End RecruitmentIJP Management