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Deepak Nanda

Deepak Nanda

Bangalore

Summary

Strategic, data-driven recruiting leader with 15 years of experience scaling high-impact engineering and product teams. Expert in technical, product, AI, and data hiring, with a proven record of building and leading high-performing recruiting teams. Passionate about designing future-ready talent strategies and advancing diversity and inclusion.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Employee Recruiting Manager

Salesforce India
10.2020 - Current
  • Led technical and product engineering hiring for high-impact engineering product lines in Salesforce for their Service, Sales, Commerce, and HPS Cloud.
  • Hands-on experience in managing the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from sourcing, screening, and stakeholder management to interviews, offer negotiations, and closure.
  • Owned workforce planning and forecasting discussions to align hiring with business goals, headcount budgets, and quarterly capacity planning.
  • Managed and mentored recruiters, driving strategy and operational excellence.
  • Collaborated with business and technology leaders to drive strong stakeholder engagement and management.
  • Experienced in core product engineering, artificial intelligence, and data analytics hiring.
  • Strong expertise in technical leadership hiring across Principal, Architect, Director+ levels; part of Salesforce’s Tech Leadership Hiring COE, driving bar-raising and hiring excellence.
  • Led and ramped up the entire product engineering hiring for two critical Salesforce product journeys built from scratch.
  • Provided weekly reports to leadership on hiring progress, challenges, and key milestones.
  • Implemented the 'One India Recruitment Model' for process efficiency and consistency.
  • Reduced offer declines through data-driven strategies and targeted interventions.
  • Developed proactive pipelines for principal engineers and architects.
  • Innovated and introduced scaled hiring for quick turnaround to reduce TTH (Time to Hire) and TTF (Time to Fill).

Lead Recruiter

Oracle India
03.2010 - 09.2020
  • Scaled OFSAA analytics product team from 100 to 700 resources.
  • Led hiring for BFSI analytics, risk management, and engineering verticals.
  • Partnered with senior executives and global leadership for stakeholder management.
  • Managed and mentored recruiting teams, fostering high performance.
  • Executed scalable recruitment campaigns using innovative sourcing approaches.
  • Recognized with multiple top recruiter awards.
  • Managed large-scale mass hiring initiatives to support rapid business growth.

Education

MBA - HR

Pune University

Strategic Leadership Program -

IIM Indore

LLB -

Fakir Mohan University

Skills

  • Core Engineering and Leadership Hiring
  • Data-Driven Talent Strategy & Analytics
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Team Leadership & People Development
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Programs
  • Market & Competitor Talent Mapping
  • Offer Decline Analysis & Conversion Improvement
  • Proactive Pipeline Building & Talent Inventory
  • Process Design & Standardization
  • Executive Stakeholder Engagement
  • Employer Branding & Candidate Experience

Affiliations

  • Offer Decline Reduction Project
  • CX & HM Experience Optimization
  • Unified Recruiting Process
  • Lights on Approach (Reactive to Proactive Hiring)
  • Building Efficient Pipeline for Senior Talent
  • Diversity Hiring Strategy
  • Scaled Hiring Standardization

Accomplishments

  • Best Performer Award, Salesforce
  • 2-time Impact Award Winner, Salesforce
  • Oracle Star Recruiter
  • F1 Recruiter Award
  • Club 50 Recruiter
  • Black Belt in Internet Recruiting
  • LinkedIn Certified Recruiter

Timeline

Employee Recruiting Manager

Salesforce India
10.2020 - Current

Lead Recruiter

Oracle India
03.2010 - 09.2020

MBA - HR

Pune University

Strategic Leadership Program -

IIM Indore

LLB -

Fakir Mohan University

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