Nikhil Ballal

Recruiter

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India4 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

Built teams impacting $10M ARR.
Achieved 185% of annual billing target.
Created SOPs for streamlined talent acquisition.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in building high-performance teams in the Tech industry.

Contact

nikhil.ballal@arcticwolf.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingStakeholder ManagementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsContent CreationCritical ThinkingCross-functional CoordinationGoogle AdsInterviewingNegotiationNotion Productivity SoftwarePublic SpeakingSalary NegotiationsScreeningSourcingStrategic PlanningStrategic SourcingTeam Leadership

About

Career Ninja 🥷 recruit[in]g diamonds in the rough. Half a decade’s worth of striking gold. Ambitious, driven, enthusiastic, invested and deft at building high performance Engineering, Design and cross-functional multi-disciplinary teams for global multinational leaders and startups alike. Formidable opponent and faithful friend. I got beyond borders and boundaries to achieve a desired outcome💡

Experience

Arctic wolf

Talent Acquisition Partner

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

🌀 Spearheading R&D hiring in India
Single point of contact for engineering leaders across 4 continents to influence, improve and implement effective hiring practices
Strategic Talent Acquisition
Owning end-to-end requirements from 6 critical business units (MR, MDR, EE, EngOps, ADS, Access Control, MSP, AI-ML, SRSD, IDR) which are top engineering initiatives
Built the MSP team from scratch (14 members) resulting in a business impact of $10M ARR
45+ prospects hired in 6 months
Revamping and improving the efficiency + efficacy of recruitment processes country-wide
Breaking stereotypes with holistic detailed feedback loops & improving interview process efficiency

Stakeholder ManagementCritical ThinkingNegotiationTechnical RecruitingStrategic SourcingScreening+4

Proximity works

Founding Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jul 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

↳ End-to-end Tech, Non-Tech & Design recruitment, interview coordination, negotiation and closure.
↳ Business units - Proximity Labs (USA & India - IT consulting), Studio Proximity (multi disciplinary design studio) & Thread (in-house SaaS product).
↳ Founding T.A Specialist and critical contributor to requirement gathering, job posting, budgeting, role delegation, interview scheduling and role fulfillment.
↳ Managed 4 recruitment partners effectively and efficiently.
↳ Engaged in panelist onboarding, NDA creation & stakeholder management.
↳ Collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Design, Product & Engineering to gather requirements, modify, tailor and streamline interview processes.
🌀 Created a standard operating procedure (S.O.P) for talent acquisition as a function.
↳ Conducted weekly and monthly interactions with hiring managers, executives and leadership teams to discuss and analyze hiring requirements at all stages of the recruitment life cycle.
↳ Hands-on experience maintaining full-cycle candidate pipelines across requirements on Notion & Workable (ATS) while fostering strong candidate relations and gathering market insights.

Stakeholder ManagementSourcingScreeningSalary NegotiationsVendor ManagementInterviewing+3

Upgrad enterprise

2 roles

Recruitment Consultant - L2: Technology & Digital Transformation.

Promoted

Aug 2021 – Jun 2022 · 10 mos · On-site

Built high performance tech teams across domains such as E-commerce, OTT, Banking & Finance, Supply Chain & Logistics, Healthcare and Management Consulting.
🌀 Achieved 100% of the annual billing target set within the first 5 months and subsequently 185% within the first year.
Received a performance-based promotion and recognition within 6 months.
Managed stakeholders within 6 months and mentored an ad-hoc team of 5-7 recruiters.
Built multiple mission-critical teams for clients including ANZ, Walmart, Zee5, Eli Lilly, PayPal, Apna.co, EagleView, Viacom18, DevRev, and Maersk.

SourcingStakeholder ManagementScreeningInterviewingNegotiationRecruitment

Recruitment Consultant - L1

Feb 2021 – Jul 2021 · 5 mos · On-site

Conducted face-to-face interviews to onboard new recruiters.
Strong understanding of technology hiring that pertains to Data roles (Engineer, Analyst and Scientist), Web Application Development (Backend, Frontend and Full-stack), Mobile Development (Android and iOS) and entry-level leadership (Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer) etc.

SourcingScreeningSalary NegotiationsRecruitment

Bonito designs

Talent Acquisition Intern

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 · 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Interviewing multiple technical and non-technical candidates across
roles for Bonito.
🌀 Recognised by the CHRO and CDO due to exceptional zeal and
performance.
Worked with the former India Talent Acquisition Head and CHRO to successfully deliver and execute various human resource management practices while overseeing employee engagement.
Screening and shortlisting candidates across Interior Design, Admin & IT Support roles.
Conducted telephonic and face-to-face interviews.