Giri Prasad

Talent Acquisition Leader with 16+ years of experience building and scaling high-performing hiring organizations across global technology companies including Google, Walmart Global Tech and HP. Proven track record leading executive, leadership and technical recruiting initiatives while partnering with senior business leaders to align workforce strategy with business growth objectives. Experienced in leading recruiting teams, optimizing hiring operations, implementing AI-driven recruiting solutions, and driving data-based decision making across Engineering, Product, AI/ML, Cloud, Hardware and Corporate functions.

Recognized for building trusted stakeholder partnerships, developing recruiter capability, and delivering predictable hiring outcomes in fast-paced global environments.

L5 - Recruiting Lead / Leadership Hiring at Google (2021-02 – 2026-04)

• Led executive and leadership hiring strategy across Google Platforms & Devices product areas including Google TV, Photos, Health, One and Silicon Engineering.
• Partnered with VP, Director and Senior Director-level stakeholders to develop workforce plans aligned with business growth and product roadmaps.
• Built proactive leadership talent pipelines across Product, Engineering, AI/ML, Cloud and Consumer Hardware functions, reducing dependency on reactive hiring.
• Led talent programs including Employee Referral and Internal Mobility initiatives for the Platforms & Devices organization, driving internal talent movement, increasing referral-generated hires, and improving overall hiring efficiency and talent mobility across teams
• Drove data-led talent reviews and market intelligence discussions, enabling informed hiring decisions and improving leadership talent availability.
• Leveraged Gemini and AI-powered recruiting workflows to increase sourcing productivity, improve talent insights and accelerate search execution.
• Mentored recruiters and hiring teams on executive search strategy, stakeholder management, candidate assessment and market mapping.
• Influenced hiring strategy through market intelligence, succession planning discussions and talent mapping initiatives.

Lead Talent Advisor at Walmart Labs (2018-11 – 2021-02)

• Executed full-cycle hiring for US Tech business units, including Health & Wellness and Store Systems.
• Successfully closed high-impact leadership roles: Director of Engineering, Distinguished Engineers, and Principal Architects.
• Managed complex compensation negotiations for high-demand technical talent.

Lead Talent Partner – Aruba Wired Networking at Hewlett Packard R&D (2015-08 – 2018-11)

• Managed a specialized sourcing team for the Aruba Networking BU, maintaining 100% compliance with HPE processes.
• Utilized Talent Neuron and advanced market mapping to provide strategic insights to executive stakeholders.

Technical Recruiter at Persistent Systems (2013-05 – 2015-07)

• Managed hiring requests across Salesforce/Cloud & Health business units, fulfilling them with appropriate internal and external resources.
• Implemented efficient hiring planning processes for proactive bench management and immediate hiring based on business needs.
• Served as HR SPOC for employee engagement and welfare initiatives

HR Associate at NTT Data (Formerly Keane India) (2009-12 – 2013-05)

• Managed staffing for the ADM business unit and led campus recruitment initiatives.
• Expertly utilized iCIMS for global resourcing and forecasting.

MBA in Human Resources – JNT University (2008)

BSc in Electronics – Andhra University (2005)