Nivedita Nayak

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

12 years of experience in talent acquisition for tech startups.
Expert in building teams from scratch to scale.
Passionate about the intersection of people and technology.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition leader specializing in SaaS and tech startups.

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Benefits NegotiationBlack BeltCandidate EngagementCandidate ExperienceCollaborative Problem SolvingContract RecruitmentCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Diversity HiringEmployer BrandingFull-life Cycle RecruitingGathering Marketing InsightsHeadhuntingHuman ResourcesIT RecruitmentInternet Recruiting

About

Talent Acquisition leader with 12 years of experience in building and scaling high-performance teams for SAAS product startups and tech companies. I have helped the founders and leaders to build the team from scratch (0 to 1), scaling them (1 to 10), and expanding further (10 to 200+). My expertise lies in creating impactful hiring strategies that align with business goals, partnering with business leaders, and leveraging market data insights and automation to drive efficient and sustainable growth. Many of my past hires have built their start-ups. I'm passionate about assisting organisations in building successful teams and collaborating with businesses to craft scalable recruitment strategies. I have a deep-seated passion for the intersection of people and technology. 💡Recruiting Specialties & Roles Hired For:🔹 Engineering Leadership – VP Engineering, Technology Director, SaaS/Cloud Architect🔹 AI & Data Science – ML Architect, Lead ML, Data Engineer, NLP, Big Data, Python, R🔹 Software Development – Fullstack Engineer, UI Developer, Backend Developer (Java, Scala, Node.JS, GO, Python)🔹 Cloud & DevOps – Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, DevOps🔹 Product & Engineering Management – Product Manager, Engineering Manager🔹 Front-End & UX – JavaScript, React.JS, Next.JS, HTML, CSS, UX Designer🔹 QA & Automation – QA Engineer, Test Automation

Experience

Orbitronai.com

Senior Talent Partner

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

At OrbitronAI, we are shaping the future of enterprise-ready agentic AI solutions. As we scale our R&D center in Bangalore, we are looking for smart, curious, and passionate individuals to join us in building cutting-edge AI innovations.
Explore our open positions here: https://orbitronai.com/career or reach out directly to me nivedita@orbitronai.com

Code and theory

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Lead

Promoted

Sep 2023 – May 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

TA Consultant

May 2023 – Sep 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Zomentum

Talent Acquisition Lead

Jan 2021 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Joined as the first member of the recruiting function.
Owned end-to-end recruitment life cycle for all positions across levels.
Collaborated with Founder, Co-Founder & business leaders to understand recruiting priorities to fulfill overall hiring needs in a timely manner.

Colortokens, inc.

2 roles

Team Lead Recruitment

Jun 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

Senior Staffing Partner

Jun 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

Joined as a first member of the technology hiring team. I built the founding team.
Employee no 29 in India and been instrumental in scaling up the core engineering team to 150 employees.
Have built the Application Security team from scratch to 30 members team.
Strong sourcing skills/ Ability to start individually and independently.
Partnered with business leaders to build a high-quality tech team

Practo

Sr Talent Acquisition Specialist (Through Sutra HR)

Oct 2014 – Aug 2015 · 10 mos · Bangalore

Drove and improved the process for screening of candidates and scheduling face to face interviews with respective panels.
Collaborated with hiring managers to understand the hiring needs and trends.
Assessed candidate information, including resumes and contact details.
Designed job descriptions and interview questions that reflect each positions requirement.

Quess corp limited

Consultant

Jan 2011 – Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

Organized end to end recruitment process for the contract staffing for BFSI Clients and catered the requirements for different LOB of JPMC and RBS. Coordinated with infrastructure division of RBS. Accountable for enticing candidates for jobs and matching them to provisional or enduring positions with client companies. Worked effectively within complex/ ambiguous situations, building trust-based partnerships with key business leaders and HR Business partners to understand the business and deliver effective talent solutions.