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Nightfall AI is seeking a Talent and People Lead to establish and manage the full talent and people function for its Bengaluru office. This is a high-ownership regional leadership role responsible for recruiting, onboarding, people operations, and office management across the India team.
You will own full-cycle recruiting for technical and product roles including software engineers, QA engineers, technical support engineers, DLP/endpoint security specialists, and product managers. You'll source, screen, interview, and close candidates independently while maintaining quality and speed. You'll manage external recruiting agency relationships, set expectations, review sourced candidates, and hold partners accountable for pipeline quality and SLAs.
Beyond recruiting, you'll own the complete onboarding experience from offer acceptance through day one and beyond, partnering with Nightfall's US People Lead and controller to ensure consistency across regions. You'll serve as the primary people partner for the Bengaluru office, supporting employee relations, culture initiatives, and people programs. You'll also manage day-to-day office operations including vendor relationships, facilities, and team support.
You'll collaborate closely with the US People Lead on hiring strategy and process consistency, work with the controller on headcount planning and offer approvals, and partner with hiring managers across engineering, product, and technical teams to move pipelines quickly.
Nightfall AI is an AI-native data loss prevention and insider risk management platform protecting sensitive data across SaaS apps, GenAI tools, email, and endpoints. The company is backed by leading VCs including Bain Capital Ventures, Venrock, and WestBridge Capital, with advisors including founders of Okta and Mandiant.
Required qualifications: 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting in SaaS/technology with experience hiring in cybersecurity, DLP, endpoint security, or data security (startup/high-growth preferred). Experience hiring across technical roles, managing external recruiting agencies, hands-on people operations/HR experience, strong cross-timezone collaboration skills, self-starter mentality, proficiency with AI tools (Claude/ChatGPT) in recruiting/people operations, and ATS experience (Ashby a plus).
