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Sneha Rao, Director – Talent Acquisition, Technology Recruitment & Workforce Strategy

Sneha Rao

Director – Talent Acquisition, Technology Recruitment & Workforce Strategy·HirePals

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Human Resources

Work experience

Total years of experience: 14 years, 5 months

Director – Talent Acquisition, Technology Recruitment & Workforce Strategy

December 2025 - Present

HirePals

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

December 2025 - Present

• Supporting Talent Acquisition and Recruitment strategy initiatives
• Advising founders and leadership teams on hiring infrastructure, workforce planning, onboarding processes and
organisational scaling strategies across growth-stage environments.
• Partnering with founders and leadership teams on organisational growth planning
• Supporting employer branding, recruitment operations and hiring workflows
• Advising on Talent Acquisition transformation and hiring optimisation initiatives

Company industry:
Recruitment & Employee Placement Agency

Head of Talent Acquisition (TA), Recruitment & Workforce Transformation

January 2024 - December 2025

Qiddiya – PIF Giga Project

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

January 2024 - December 2025

• Led 18-member Talent Acquisition and Recruitment organisation supporting multinational hiring across technical,
development and corporate functions
• Delivered hiring against workforce plans of ~1000 hires in 2024 and ~1750 hires in 2025 during large-scale
organisational expansion
• Partnered directly with CHRO and executive leadership on Workforce Strategy, hiring prioritisation and organisational
scaling initiatives
• Closed VP, SVP and Senior Director leadership hires across Development, Delivery and Corporate functions
• Partnered with Government Relations and localisation teams on Saudi workforce hiring and compliance initiatives
• Designed and launched a Power Pages onboarding platform, creating a scalable onboarding infrastructure that
improved employee readiness, lifecycle experience and new hire integration across a rapidly growing organisation.
• Developed Power BI hiring dashboards tracking recruitment funnel performance, onboarding readiness and offer
conversion metrics
• Led onboarding transformation initiatives improving employee lifecycle experience and Day-0 readiness
• Partnered with Deloitte, BCG, Bright House and Accenture on HR Transformation and HR technology redesign
initiatives

Company industry:
Entertainment

Principal Recruiter → Talent Acquisition Manager → Senior Manager – Technology Recruitment

January 2018 - December 2021

Atlassian HQ

Sydney, Australia Hybrid

January 2018 - December 2021

Led Global Talent Acquisition and Recruitment initiatives for Technology, Product, Engineering and Data teams
across Europe, UAE and APAC markets during rapid international expansion.
• Built Talent Acquisition team from 1 → 10 recruiters supporting global technical hiring
• Delivered 500+ Product, Design and Engineering hires across India, Australia and US locations
• Scaled Atlassians India R&D hub from 15 → 1000+ employees in under four years
• Closed VP-level leadership hires across Engineering, Product Management and Design functions for TRIAD
leadership teams
• Led SmartRecruiters → Lever ATS migration across global locations
• Designed structured interview frameworks, hiring scorecards & interview training programs for 300+ interviewers
globally
• Supported Workforce Strategy and organisational growth initiatives across scaling R&D environments

Company industry:
Internet & E-commerce

Recruiter → Recruitment Manager/ Talent Acquisition Manager

January 2010 - January 2018

Amazon.com

Washington, United States

January 2010 - January 2018

• Delivered 300-400 hires annually across Engineering, Product Management, ML and Analytics functions
• Supported organisational growth from 250 → 8, 000 employees during hyper-growth scaling period
• Managed recruiters supporting multiple global business units and technical hiring functions
• Partnered with AWS engineering teams on Amazon ART (Amazons Recruiting Tool) ATS workflow optimisation
initiatives
• Built recruitment funnel analytics and hiring dashboards improving recruitment visibility and operational efficiency
• Supported strategic hiring, workforce planning and stakeholder management initiatives across technical teams

Company industry:
Internet & E-commerce

Education

(Symbiosis Institute of Management

June 2012

June 2012

Master's degree, Human Resources

India

(Bangalore University

April 2008

April 2008

Bachelor's degree, Commerce

India

Skills

APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS
Intermediate
APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS
Intermediate
AUTOSCALING
Intermediate
AUTOSCALING
Intermediate
COORDINATING
Intermediate
COORDINATING
Intermediate
CORPORATE FORECASTING
Intermediate
CORPORATE FORECASTING
Intermediate
GNU COMPILER COLLECTION
Intermediate
GNU COMPILER COLLECTION
Intermediate
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Intermediate
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Intermediate
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
TALENT ACQUISITION
Intermediate
TALENT ACQUISITION
Intermediate
TALENT RECRUITMENT
Intermediate
TALENT RECRUITMENT
Intermediate
WORKFORCE PLANNING
Intermediate
WORKFORCE PLANNING
Intermediate

Languages

English

Native Speaker

Hindi

Expert

Spanish

Beginner

Kannada

Expert

Hobbies and interests

Yoga, Fitness, Gardening, Interior Designing

Certified Yoga Trainer (200hr)