Milind Shandilya

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in sourcing top engineering and product talent.
  • Proven track record in closing high-impact roles.
  • Strong stakeholder management and data-driven hiring strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the SaaS industry with a focus on engineering and product roles.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic SourcingTechnical RecruitingStakeholder EngagementEngineering Recruiting

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsApplicant Tracking SystemsBoolean SearchingBudgetingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningCustomer SatisfactionData-Driven Decision MakingEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployee TrainingHR ConsultingHRISHuman ResourcesHuman Resources (HR)

About

Hi, I’m Milind, a Talent Acquisition pro with 8+ years of experience connecting businesses with top talent. From building strong candidate pipelines to ensuring a VIP hiring experience, I specialize in sourcing the perfect fit—whether it’s tracking down elusive unicorns or tapping into hidden talent pools. With a keen business acumen and strong stakeholder management skills, I focus on aligning talent strategies with business goals, ensuring seamless collaboration and long-term success. I’m passionate about creating a candidate experience that excites and drives the right hires. If you’re looking for someone who can make hiring efficient, stress-free, and even fun, let’s connect. No spam, I promise!

Experience

Celonis

All About Hiring

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • 1️⃣ Hiring the Top 10% Talent in India — Partnering with business and tech leaders to identify, attract, and close exceptional talent across engineering, data, and product functions. Focused on quality hires over volume, ensuring long-term cultural and performance fit.
  • 2️⃣ Building Leadership Foundations — Setting up strong engineering leadership structures by hiring Principal and Staff-level talent who become the backbone of product scalability and innovation.
  • 3️⃣ Data-Driven Stakeholder Management — Enabling stakeholders to make smarter hiring decisions through market insights, compensation benchmarking, and data-backed hiring strategies. Translating ground-level market realities into strategic talent decisions.
  • 4️⃣ Partnering with Top Industry Minds — Collaborating closely with some of the sharpest technical and product leaders in the ecosystem, driving discussions that shape organizational talent strategy.
  • 5️⃣ Niche and Impact Roles Closed — Successfully closing complex and high-impact roles like Principal Enterprise Architect, Staff Product Data Scientist, Staff Product Analytics Engineer, and Data Architect across multiple geographies.
  • 6️⃣ Setting Up New Verticals — Established the entire Business Apps Product Management vertical from scratch, driving hiring for 30+ specialized roles — one of the rarest and most challenging talent markets.
  • 7️⃣ Continuous Learning Mindset — The recruitment world evolves daily, and so does my curiosity. Still a learner, still a student — passionate about decoding the ever-changing world of talent.
  • 8️⃣ Niche Role Strategy & Market Mapping — Deep experience in sourcing and mapping hard-to-find talent pools across Product, Engineering, Data, Business and Value Engineering and Enterprise Architect functions. Building proactive pipelines for future needs through research-driven recruiting and storytelling.
Strategic SourcingStakeholder EngagementLinkedIn Talent InsightsTechnical RecruitingInternet RecruitingNegotiation+1

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Vmware

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Nov 2021Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Learned to manage multiple Business units and Stakeholder
Engineering recruitingTechnical RecruitingProduct HiringBoolean SearchingLinkedIn RecruiterSourcing+3

Target

Engineering Recruiter - India

Oct 2019Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

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Uipath

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Dec 2018Nov 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • learned how to sail through mess in startups, Did anything and everything

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Dec 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr · Bangalore

  • Learned how to manage Client, Learned selling candidates

Freecharge

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Jul 2017Dec 2017 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Tech Product Hiring !! Building Freecharge team!!

Unify technologies pvt ltd

Talent Acquisition

Mar 2015Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · On-site

  • Learned Selling and client acquisition

Education

Poddar Institute Of Management and Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Adarsh vidhya mandir churu

Senior secondary — Science

Jan 2007Jan 2009

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