Ankita Yajnik — Technical Recruiter
🚀 I help companies build their most important teams — from the ground up. With ~9 years of experience spanning corporate IT and talent acquisition, I bring a rare combination of technical fluency and human-centred recruiting. I've spent the last several years as a Senior Sepcialist, Recruiter at Mastercard (Pune) and before that at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, hiring for some of the most competitive roles in tech — Product Management, AI/ML, Software Engineering, Cloud, Networking, and Digital Transformation. What I do best: ▸ Building Business Units from scratch — org design, job architecture & foundational hiring ▸ Presenting hiring strategy & market intelligence to CTOs and senior leadership ▸ Leading & mentoring recruitment teams to deliver quality at speed ▸ Niche IT hiring — AI/ML Engineers, Data Scientists, Full Stack, Platform & NLP roles ▸ Driving D&I pipelines and running targeted diversity hiring drives ▸ Reducing TAT & CPH through data-driven sourcing and Power BI dashboards I've built teams across Pune, Bangalore & Gurgaon, and collaborated with TA leaders in the USA, Europe and Singapore. I care deeply about candidate experience, market intelligence, and hiring strategies that actually move the business forward.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech recruitment specialist with a strong focus on diversity and data-driven hiring strategies.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 10 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Technical Recruiting
- Team Management
- Talent Acquisition
Career Highlights
- Expert in building high-performing tech teams from scratch.
- Proven track record in diversity and inclusion hiring.
- Strong analytical skills driving data-driven recruitment strategies.
Work Experience
Mastercard
Senior Specialist Technical Recruiter - South Asia (1 yr 2 mos)
Specialist Technical Recruiter - South Asia (2 yrs 10 mos)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Technical Enterprise Recruiter (3 yrs 2 mos)
HDFC Bank Limited
Digital Marketing Intern (3 mos)
NTT DATA Americas
Mainframe Developer (3 yrs)
Software Engineer Trainee (4 mos)
Allegis Group
Sourcing Specialist (3 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at ICFAI Business School, Pune Official
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) at S.J.C. Institute of Technology