Nikhil Pandey

Recruiter

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India10 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 9 years of IT recruitment experience.
Specialized in hiring for top tech talent and executive leaders.
Proficient in strategic hiring for high-impact leadership roles.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic IT recruiter specializing in high-growth tech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

It RecruitmentTechnical RecruitmentCandidate Management

Other Skills

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About

I’m a passionate and result-driven IT Recruiter with over 9 years of experience in hiring top tech talent and executive leaders for high-growth internet product companies. I specialize in technical recruitment across domains like software engineering, DevOps, SRE, data science, product management, and cloud platforms. From early-stage startups to unicorns and global product firms, I’ve helped build high-impact teams that drive innovation and scale. In addition to hands-on tech hiring, I’ve led CXO-level recruitment, successfully closing roles such as VP Engineering, CTO, Head of Product, and Director-level leadership positions.

Experience

Recroots

3 roles

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Over 9 years of recruiting experience with hands-on experience in IT Recruitment.
Specialized in hiring for product-based tech companies, ranging from early-stage startups to unicorns.
Strong Knowledge in a product and service-based company
Closed high-impact leadership roles with top-tier candidates.
Built engineering teams from scratch for new product lines.
Led strategic hiring for Head Of Engineering, CTOs and Director-level roles across domains like Fintech, SaaS, E-commerce, and AI.
Proficient in LinkedIn Recruiter, Resdex, Instahire and ATS platforms (Zoho Recruit & Weekday).
Hands-on experience in hiring for roles such as: Backend, Frontend, Full-Stack Developers, SRE, DevOps, Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers and AI/ML Specialists.

IT RecruitmentTechnical RecruitmentLinkedIn RecruiterResdexInstahireATS platforms

Talent Acquisition Manager

Promoted

May 2017 – Jan 2025 · 7 yrs 8 mos

Experience in Technical Recruitment for Top Internet Software Product Development companies.
Handling end to end recruitment cycle.
Sourcing candidates from different Job Boards like Naukri, LinkedIn, Social Media, etc.
Positions handled –Software Developer, Product Managers, Technical Lead, Engineering Manager, Head Of Engineering, Digital Marketing Analyst, SEO Manager, CISO, Operations Head.
Designing Job Description documents.

End to End RecruitmentSourcing CandidatesJob Description DesignTechnical RecruitmentCandidate Management

Senior Executive-Recruitments

Aug 2015 – Sep 2023 · 8 yrs 1 mo

Headhunting and providing recruitment support to well established as well as start-up software & Internet product development companies Located in India and US.

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