Soukarya S.Nayak

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

Proven track record in scaling teams from 0-1 and 1-100.
Expertise in technical hiring across diverse industries.
Strong impact in high-growth and early-stage startups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with a focus on high-growth startups across various industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingStakeholder Management

Other Skills

end to end recruitmentTalent strategyCandidate ExperienceIT RecruitmentVendor ManagementTeam ManagementCampus PlacementPerformance ManagementEnd to End RecruitingOnboardingBrandingCompensation & BenefitsJoining FormalitiesExit FormalitiesSourcing

About

Talent Acquisition & People Operations Leader with 8+ years of experience across VC, Gaming, Healthcare, B2B, B2C and consulting environments. Proven track record of building and scaling Engineering and Product teams from 0-1 and 1-100, driving campus hiring and leading HR generalist functions. Expertise in Technical hiring, Stakeholder management, Talent strategy, Compensation benchmarking and Employee lifecycle management. Strong impact in high-growth and early-stage startups.

Experience

7 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 3 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Hashed emergent

Talent and People

May 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

Leading hiring strategy for HEM, ECC, W2 and other portfolio companies for Web3 ecosystem
Built teams across Engineering, Data, Growth, Marketing, PR, DevRel and KOL functions (IT & Non-IT)
Partnering with founders and stakeholders to scale early-stage startups

end to end recruitmentTechnical RecruitingStakeholder ManagementTalent strategy

Freelance

Aug 2022 – Apr 2023 · 8 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

Delivered hiring for stealth-mode startups, VCs and agencies across healthcare, B2B, and B2C
Specialised in niche and early-stage hiring mandates

Mobile premier league (mpl)

Associate Manager - People, Strategy and Development (Talent Acquisition)

Jun 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru

Scaled organisation from 500 → 1500+ employees across gaming verticals
Built Data Engineering, Data Platform, Data Product and Data Warehouse teams in Pune and Bangalore
Hired across Java, Node.js, Unity, Unreal ecosystems
Improved offer-to-joining ratio from 40% → 90% for key skill sets
Led campus hiring initiatives including workforce planning, college partnerships, hiring calendar creation, structured assessments and onboarding

Candidate ExperienceIT RecruitmentTechnical RecruitingVendor Managementend to end recruitmentTeam Management+2

Acceldata.io

2 roles

Lead People Champion

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Founding HR member; scaled team to 80+ employees
Created foundational teams from scratch by identifying critical skill gaps, implementing tailored recruitment strategies, and fostering a culture of excellence
Developed robust talent pipelines and implementing strategic hiring frameworks to align with organisational goals
Involved in recruitment, talent mapping, operations, administration, payroll, compensation and benchmarking, joining and exit formalities, vendor management, stakeholder management
Customers: GE Digital, PhonePe, Pubmatic, Pratt & Whitney, DBS Bank, and Oracle are some of our customers.

Candidate ExperienceIT RecruitmentPerformance ManagementTechnical RecruitingEnd to End RecruitingVendor Management+3

Recruiter

Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 · 7 mos

Hired for SDET’s, SRE's for professional services team, Backend Engineer, Full Stack Engineer, Product Manager, Platform Engineer, Technical Writers who are familiar with Hadoop and DataOps across our product lines
Fostering innovation-driven teams by curating a blend of technical expertise and cultural fit

Candidate ExperiencePerformance ManagementVendor ManagementStakeholder ManagementOnboardingTechnical Recruiting

Atlassian

Lead Consultant (Wenger and Watson)

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru

- Built and scaled core engineering and product teams for global companies entering India for BU's: Marketplace, IT, Server teams thereby providing the right talent in the market

Candidate ExperienceTechnical RecruitingEnd to End RecruitingStakeholder Management

Athenahealth

Lead Consultant (Wenger and Watson)

Sep 2017 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr · Bengaluru

Established and scaled teams from ground up, driving talent acquisition strategies to build core capabilities aligned with business objectives for Analytics, Platform, Network services and Infrastructure teams
Worked for Leadership hiring and helped them to hire diversified Product managers, Engineering managers and DOE

Candidate ExperienceIT RecruitmentTechnical RecruitingEnd to End RecruitingStakeholder Management

Ittiam systems pvt ltd

Associate Consultant (Wenger and Watson)

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Developed, drove and executed comprehensive search strategies to recruit senior and niche candidates with limited candidate pool size
Effectively recruited candidates through internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, conducting tech talks for passive candidates, X-Ray, recruitment drives
Performed extensive recruiting across all the levels with heavy focus on high end technologies like Video codec, Video codec Arm etc

Candidate Experience