Nandana SS — Recruiter

Nandana is an accomplished Talent Acquisition leader with over 6 years of experience spanning high-growth startups and global tech organizations. An MBA in Human Resources from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bengaluru, she brings a consistent record of academic excellence and professional impact. In her current role as Lead - Talent Acquisition at HighLevel, Nandana is responsible for hiring mid-senior and leadership tech talent, playing a pivotal role in scaling teams for a fast-growing SaaS company. She partners closely with business and technical leaders to attract top-tier talent, ensuring alignment with HighLevel’s vision of building world-class products and teams. Previously, as Talent Acquisition Lead at HyperVerge, she played a strategic role in scaling Product, Engineering, Business Development, and Marketing teams. She successfully led the hiring of key IC4+ leadership roles, built the entire Business Development function from scratch in 2024, and contributed to 25% of all company hires in FY24-25. Known for her structured processes and sharp execution, she maintained an average Time-to-Hire of 57 days, while driving referral hiring to 38% through targeted campaigns. Her ability to navigate ambiguity and lead high-impact mandates earned her multiple internal awards and CEO recognition. Earlier, at InMobi, she worked as a Senior Recruiter, managing end-to-end hiring across both tech and non-tech roles. She specialized in niche technical skills such as Machine Learning, Data Science, and Backend Engineering - including roles based in the US. She also enabled Interviewer Training initiatives to improve hiring manager effectiveness and candidate experience. At the start of her career with Basil Advisors (formerly TGC Consulting) as a Client Engagement Manager, she was part of the Apex Team focusing on mid-senior and leadership hiring in the consumer internet space. Nandana is passionate about building high-performance teams and delivering exceptional candidate experiences. She is particularly interested in leveraging AI to transform the talent acquisition function - from sourcing and assessments to process automation and data-driven decision-making. Known for her stakeholder alignment, operational rigor, and ability to close challenging mandates with speed and precision, she continues to explore innovative ways to elevate recruiting impact.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the SaaS industry.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 12 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Technology Hiring
Stakeholder Management
Talent Acquisition
End To End Recruiting

Career Highlights

Built Business Development function from scratch at HyperVerge.
Achieved 25% of company hires in FY24-25.
Leveraged AI to enhance talent acquisition processes.

Work Experience

HighLevel

Talent Acquisition Lead (6 mos)

HyperVerge

Talent Acquisition Lead (5 mos)

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (1 yr)

InMobi

Senior Recruiter (2 yrs 11 mos)

Freelance

Maternity & Child care Break (3 yrs 11 mos)

Basil Advisors

Client Engagement Manager (9 mos)

Assistant Manager (0 mo)

TGC Consulting

Associate Consultant (6 mos)

Larsen & Toubro

Summer Intern, Corporate HR (1 mo)

Tata Consultancy Services

Systems Engineer (2 yrs 9 mos)

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management-Bangalore

B.E. at Government College of Technology,Coimbatore

Nandana SS

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Built Business Development function from scratch at HyperVerge.
Achieved 25% of company hires in FY24-25.
Leveraged AI to enhance talent acquisition processes.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology HiringStakeholder ManagementTalent AcquisitionEnd To End Recruiting

Other Skills

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About

Experience

Highlevel

Talent Acquisition Lead

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

As a Talent Acquisition Lead, I focus on hiring mid-senior and leadership tech talent.
We’re #hiring across our #technology teams with 150+ roles in Engineering!
If you’re looking to build at scale and be part of a hypergrowth journey, check out our openings here - https://lnkd.in/gtS9kfyd

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Hyperverge

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Lead

Apr 2025 – Sep 2025 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Mar 2024 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at HyperVerge(a B2B SaaS company) , I am responsible for:
Leading recruitment strategy for Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Business Development roles.
Managing the full lifecycle of recruitment: talent sourcing, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, and post offer engagement.
Spearheading projects related to Employee Referrals, maximising internal networks for top talent acquisition.
Ensuring TA process adherence, maintaining a streamlined and efficient recruitment workflow.
Prioritising and enhancing candidate experience, ensuring a positive and values-aligned journey for all potential hires.
Managing stakeholder relationships, collaborating with hiring managers and leadership to align recruitment efforts with business goals.
Leading and mentoring a team of two, fostering their growth and ensuring alignment with recruitment objectives.

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Inmobi

Senior Recruiter

Apr 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

As a Senior Recruiter at Inmobi, I am responsible for End-to-End recruitment process for Mid Senior & entry-level roles in both technology hiring and non- tech hiring.
India Region: I have hired (across different levels) for Backend engineers (java), Mobile Developers (Native android), Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Python Developers, SDET (Testing), Analyst/ Sr Analyst(non-tech) and HR Business Partners
North America: I have hired Backend engineers and Data Scientists
I am also part of various TA Projects such as:
Interviewer Training
Post offer engagement tools
Greenhouse Features

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Freelance

Maternity & Child care Break

May 2017 – Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

I was on an extended period of maternity leave to bring up my daughter until she was old enough to start pre-school.

Basil advisors

2 roles

Client Engagement Manager

Jul 2016 – Apr 2017 · 9 mos · Bangalore

As a Client Engagement Manager, I am part of the Apex team at Basil Advisors who brings focus on hiring leadership talent for companies at various stages of evolution in the consumer-internet space. From hiring a co-founder to a CEO, COO, CTO, CPO, CFO and CMO, this business lends top notch skill expertise on industry understanding & talent fitment and enables organizations & talent, work towards creating great companies.
Responsibilities Include:
Understanding the technicalities of the client’s requirement.
Interfacing with clients and candidates.
Preliminary screening of the right profile against the given requirement.
Creating well defined mapping lists

Assistant Manager

Jun 2016 – Jun 2016 · 0 mo · Bangalore

Tgc consulting

Associate Consultant

Nov 2015 – May 2016 · 6 mos

As an Associate Consultant, I am responsible for in-depth research as per the client's requirement for variety of Senior Executives positions across various Industry Segments like IT, Manufacturing, Cloud Computing, Web Search, On-line Products, Internet, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, On-line Digital Media, Embedded, Healthcare, Telecom, Mobile, Networking, Middle-ware, ERP, BFSI, Aviation, Automotive, Civil, Ceramic etc.
Responsibilities Include:
Understanding the technicalities of the client’s requirement.
Preliminary screening of the right profile against the given requirement.
Partnering with senior consultants to create well defined mapping lists.
Interfacing with clients and candidates for scheduling interviews and meetings

Larsen & toubro

Summer Intern, Corporate HR

Apr 2014 – May 2014 · 1 mo · Powai, Mumbai

Successfully completed 2 projects at L&T
Project 1: Country guide: A go-to reference for smoother expat transition
Designed comprehensive country specific guides for 10 high priority countries. This guide provides the employees with sufficient information to make them aware of the possible challenges in the respective host country and how best to face them.
Project 2: Pre-departure Training module for the future expats from India
Designed a pre-departure training module for the employees going abroad on an expatriate assignment. It helped in improving the level of rigor by including cases, role plays, videos etc as recommended in the Mendenhall, Dunbar and Oddou Cross Cultural Training model.

Tata consultancy services

Systems Engineer

Jul 2010 – Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

33 months of experience in the IT industry
Was responsible for maintaining the database of Phoenix, a US based insurance company.
The tasks included
a. Fixing customer issues on a priority basis.
b. Providing enhancements for improving the efficiency of the database usage.
The technology used was Lotus Notes, a propriety product of IBM.
Was also responsible for maintaining the HP Quality Centre, a quality management software offered from the HP Software Division of Hewlett-Packard