Priyanka Rao

About Priyanka Rao

Talent Acquisition leader with 15+ years of experience building, scaling, and transforming teams across media & entertainment, consumer tech, FMCG, consulting, BPO, and building materials. My career spans high-growth, complex environments where talent strategy directly impacts business outcomes.I’ve had the opportunity to build and scale teams from the ground up, partner closely with CEOs, CHROs, and leadership teams, and translate business strategy into high-impact manpower plans and hiring roadmaps. From setting up new organizations and capabilities to stabilizing and scaling mature teams, I bring both strategic depth and hands-on execution.A core strength of mine is designing hiring strategies that scale. I’ve successfully led enterprise-wide manpower planning initiatives, introduced campus and early career programs to build sustainable talent pipelines, and delivered high-impact hiring plans across leadership, niche, and high-volume roles. I’m particularly passionate about creating hiring models that balance speed, quality, diversity, and governance.

Experience

1. Head of Talent Acquisition

   Jsw One Platforms Ltd

   Jul 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   An experienced Talent Acquisition and HR professional with strong expertise across the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle. Proven ability to design and execute effective hiring strategies aligned with organizational goals, while ensuring compliance and a smooth candidate experience.Key strengths include:Campus Hiring: End-to-end management of campus recruitment programs, including institute partnerships, hiring drives, assessments, offer management, and designing the campus engagement plan.Executive Recruitment: Successful delivery of leadership and niche hiring mandates through targeted sourcing, stakeholder alignment, and confidential search processes via executive search firms.Manpower Planning & Recruitment: Workforce planning in collaboration with business leaders, forecasting hiring needs, and timely fulfillment of positions across levels.Onboarding: Streamlined and designed onboarding processes ensuring positive candidate experience, timely documentation, system readiness, and smooth transition from offer to joining.BGV & Compliance: Exposure to background verification processes, documentation checks, and adherence to internal HR and audit requirements.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  BMS, Finance

  2006 — 2009

Skills

• Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
• Social Recruiting
• Bpo
• Marketing
• Interviewing
• Talent Acquisition
• Microsoft Office
• Human Resources
• Mis
• Employee Engagement
• Negotiation
• Recruiting
• Hris
• Employer Branding
• Screening
• Deferred Compensation
• Performance Management
• Analytics
• Management Information Systems (Mis)
• Training
• Interviews
• Sourcing