Priyanka Asthana

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years in strategic talent acquisition leadership.
  • Expert in AI-driven recruitment and HR technology.
  • Proven track record in building inclusive teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader in HR Technology with a focus on data-driven recruitment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingData-driven Recruitment

Other Skills

HR AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Recruitment AutomationEmployee Referral ProgramsSourcing StrategiesVendor ManagementProcess ImprovementEnd to End Recruitment ManagementOnboarding InductionRecruitment StrategyTechnical RecruitingTraining & DevelopmentProfessional NetworkingSalary NegotiationInduction

About

Talent Acquisition Leader with 15+ years of experience in strategic hiring, leadership hiring, workforce planning, HR technology, and employer branding. I’m passionate about building inclusive, high-performing teams and creating hiring experiences that empower people to grow and succeed. My approach blends data-driven decision-making, AI-enabled recruitment, market insights, and a strong people-first mindset. I focus on developing scalable talent pipelines, mentoring teams, and partnering with business leaders to drive organizational growth. I believe that when we hire with purpose, empathy, and innovation, we build workplaces where both people and businesses thrive.

Experience

Great learning

4 roles

DGM - Head of Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr

  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive TA strategy aligned with business objectives and workforce forecasts.
  • Partnered with senior leadership and HRBPs to forecast manpower needs, enabling proactive talent pipeline creation across India.
  • Scaled TA function from a transactional model to a data-driven, strategic business enabler.
  • Led and mentored a team of recruiters, with extended vendor and cross-functional teams exceeding 10+ members.
  • Drove performance excellence through coaching, dashboards, and structured goal tracking.
  • Launched AI-driven recruitment bots and interview automation, improving process efficiency by 40%.
  • Implemented Darwinbox HRMS for end-to-end TA tracking, analytics, and onboarding.
  • Revamped Employee Referral Program (achieving 30% hires through ER), reducing offer drop ratio from 35% to 22%.
  • Reduced vendor dependency from 60% to 0% within 12 months, delivering substantial cost savings.
  • Spearheaded pan-India campus and volume hiring initiatives — 65+ campuses in under 2 months.
  • Strengthened employer brand through targeted campaigns, candidate experience surveys, and digital engagement.
HR AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingData-Driven Recruitment

Assistant General Manager - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Nov 2021May 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Work Closely with Business Unit Heads and determine hiring needs/forecasting/budgeting and execution of plans.
  • Bring a focus on data. Improving recruiting outcomes, individual performance, and processes.
  • Develop appropriate sourcing strategies and identify suitable candidates for positions, with varied mix like Job sites, Social Media Networks, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack overflow
  • and employee referrals etc.
  • Drive process efficiencies, build control and strengthen supremacy around recruiting processes.
  • As a subject matter expert to the talent landscape regularly provides insights on market and competition trends.
  • Own recruitment for senior roles - Source qualified candidates, screen and schedule interviews with hiring managers as per defined SLAs.
  • End to end Vendor Management.
  • Managing a team of 7-10 recruiters.
  • Projects/Initiatives
  • Creating processes with SLA’s within the HR function.
  • Creating and maintaining dashboards and excel trackers to have better control on the interview process.
  • Implemented the ATS (Darwin box) to manage end to end recruitment and onboarding processes.
  • Organizing and moderating training sessions for the HR team members on strategic roles.
  • Internal transfer to optimize the manpower utilization.
  • Creating an HR dashboard and presenting to management.
HR AnalyticsTalent AcquisitionSourcing StrategiesVendor ManagementData-Driven Recruitment

Senior Manager - TA (People Operations)

Promoted

Apr 2020Oct 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

Talent Acquisition Specialist

May 2019Mar 2020 · 10 mos

Hire endeavours

Founder

Feb 2019Dec 2019 · 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Jaipuria institute of management

Student Mentor

Jun 2018Feb 2019 · 8 mos

Freelancer

HR Consultant

Jun 2018Jan 2019 · 7 mos · Bangalore

Techjini

4 roles

Manager Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Sep 2017Apr 2018 · 7 mos

  • End to end recruitment management.
  • Fulfilled business requisitions by formulating detailed recruitment strategy for a given project.
  • Liaised with Business leaders to forecast manpower requirements, delivering the desired head count.
  • Streamlined and coordinated new hire orientations and provided onboarding induction to new joiners.
  • Devised hiring and recruitment policies.
  • Spearheaded innovative recruitment practices and mobilized management in targeted hiring that matched company needs.
  • Recruited top talent to maximize profitability.
  • Resolving complex hiring.
  • Lead, coach, manage and motivate recruitment. team in daily operations.
  • Campus Recruitment.
  • Managed team of 5 recruiters.
End to End Recruitment ManagementOnboarding InductionRecruitment StrategyTalent Acquisition

Assistant Manager- Talent Acquisiton

Promoted

Sep 2015Sep 2017 · 2 yrs

Sr. Executive- Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jul 2012Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Recruitment Executive

Jan 2010Jul 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Rkn management services

Executive Recruitment

Jul 2009Jan 2010 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • End to end recruitment
  • Understand and analyze the requirements in different skill set categories
  • Sourcing candidates matching to the given skill set
  • Preliminary screening and interview
  • Interview Coordination
  • Maintaining MIS reports
  • New Business development and relationship management
  • Served as client lead for Coca Cola.

Education

Jaipuria Institute of Management

MBA — Human Resource Management

Jan 2007Jan 2009

Banaras Hindu University

B.Sc. — Science

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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