Varun Jain

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India19 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Director at India's fastest search firm.
  • Expert in executive search and leadership hiring.
  • Strong track record in Oil & Gas drilling operations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned executive search and drilling engineering professional in the Oil & Gas sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Executive SearchLeadership DevelopmentTalent ManagementDrilling Engineering

Other Skills

Client ManagementCoachingCompensation BenchmarkingDeepwaterDirectional DrillingDrillingDrilling OperationsEnergyExecutive CoachingExecutive HiringExecutive ManagementFormation EvaluationGasHPHTHiring

About

I am currently working at XL Advisors as Director leading the India's fastest search firm. Co-founded by an IIT Kanpur Alumni, XL Advisors is one of the most revered organizations in the industry today. We extend our end-to-end talent advisory and tailored recruitment solutions to our clients, perfecting several milestones, such as market mapping, compensation benchmarking, functional alignment, org structure, and more. Having a large in-house database of candidates from around the world, along with a team of experts, we help our clients hire faster and resolve a plethora of intricate recruitment cases. Behind our 10-years track record of providing unparalleled service, are our impeccable market know-how, industry experience, uncompromised quality, and nuanced research. Together with our targeted, one-on-one outreach with potential talents, is what has earned us the trust of our clients which include both early-stage startups and fortune 500 companies.

Experience

Leadership tilt

Director

Nov 2023Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Co-founded by alumni of premier institutions such as IIT Kanpur and IIM Ahmedabad, Leadership Tilt is reshaping success through strategic leadership placements.
  • Our seasoned team, with deep expertise in leadership and executive hiring across the US and India, excels at solving complex client challenges and delivering tailored solutions. With a strong global network, customized approach, fast turnaround times, and in-depth candidate engagement, we ensure exceptional leadership placements.
  • We partner with Fortune 500 companies, Big 6 consulting firms, global engineering services, IT services firms, tech startups, and consumer service organizations. Our hiring expertise spans Sales Leadership, Market Makers, Big Deal Executives, P&L Leaders, Domain Experts, Techno-Functional Leaders, Analytics & Architect Leadership, as well as CXO, CFO, CTO, HOD, and CHRO roles across India and the US.
  • We specialize in key leadership roles, including Client Partners, Hunters, Technical Sales, Market Makers, and GTM Leaders. Our expertise spans IT & BPS sales leadership across both industry verticals—Retail & CPG, Hi-Tech, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Auto, Aviation, Telecom, and Manufacturing—and horizontals such as ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and Network Services.
LeadershipExecutive HiringClient ManagementMarket IntelligenceExecutive SearchLeadership Development

Independent valuer

Approved Valuer

Nov 2015Jul 2016 · 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Working as Independent Valuer in Indore/Mumbai. Had almost close to two years of prior experience working with a reputed valuer at Indore. Have done property valuation.

Xl advisors

Managing Director

Aug 2015Present · 10 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • XL Advisors specializes in hiring for Insurance, E-Commerce/Product companies, Retail, BFSI, Banks-Digital, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs). We connect organizations with top talent, enabling them to achieve higher goals and drive business success.
  • As a premier executive search firm, XL Advisors caters to Corporate India’s recruitment needs, leveraging our experienced team, extensive database, and deep market intelligence.
  • Operating at the mid to senior levels globally, we provide customized Human Capital solutions and discreet executive search services for a select group of global and regional clients. Our expertise extends to identifying and placing top leadership across industries.
  • In my role as a strategic partner at XL Advisors, I focus on expanding our reach across different verticals to fuel the company's future growth. Over time, we have built in-house expertise in E-Commerce, Tech/IT hiring for product companies, and captive digital hiring for GCCs.
  • For the past year, my focus has been on senior technology, finance, product, and marketing hiring, particularly within GCCs and digital captives. Our operations in these domains have gained strong market traction, and we continue to strengthen our footprint in this space.
Talent ManagementRecruitment SolutionsMarket MappingCompensation BenchmarkingExecutive Search

Slb

6 roles

Drilling Engineer manager (DEC Manager)

Apr 2015Aug 2015 · 4 mos

  • As Drilling Engineer manager, I was supervising entire India operations for Schlumberger. My team was supporting the operations in North East India, Rajasthan, Gujrat, Mumbai High, Karaikal and Rajahmundry.
  • My work involve Well design and planning, BHA design and drilling tool/bit recommendation, Survey program and anti-collision analysis, BHA hydraulics and Torque & Drag analysis, preparation of Directional Drilling rig packs.
  • Daily updating of database and well monitoring as well is drilled. Troubleshooting and provide 24 x 7 support to wellsite operations. I am working for Oil India and ONGC projects in Assam, Mizoram etc.
  • I also train mid-career hire directional drillers and evaluate their progress in the company by constant evaluation. I am actively involved in service quality meetings, failure investigations and technical sales of directional tools based on the client requirement.
  • I also designed the training programme for the mid-career hire directional drillers and have high proficiency in drilling office software. I am involved in intra segment solution centre where client's issues are addressed on a combined basis. Recently, I have completed 6 Wells horizontal drilling project which involved drilling, liner hanger design and execution and completions.
Well DesignDrilling OperationsTrainingDrilling Engineering

Senior Drilling Engineer

Jul 2014Mar 2015 · 8 mos

  • I am working as Senior Drilling Engineer handling entire north east operations for Schlumberger. My work involve Well design and planning, BHA design and drilling tool/bit recommendation, Survey program and anti-collision analysis, BHA hydraulics and Torque & Drag analysis, preparation of Directional Drilling rig packs.
  • Daily updating of database and well monitoring as well is drilled. Troubleshooting and provide 24 x 7 support to wellsite operations. I am working for Oil India and ONGC projects in Assam, Mizoram etc.
  • I also train mid-career hire directional drillers and evaluate their progress in the company by constant evaluation. I am actively involved in service quality meetings, failure investigations and technical sales of directional tools based on the client requirement.
  • I also designed the training programme for the mid-career hire directional drillers and have high proficiency in drilling office software. I am involved in intra segment solution centre where client's issues are addressed on a combined basis. Recently, I have completed 6 Wells horizontal drilling project which involved drilling, liner hanger design and execution and completions.
Well DesignDrilling OperationsTrainingDrilling Engineering

Drilling Engineer

Promoted

Jun 2012Jun 2014 · 2 yrs

  • I am working in India as Drilling Engineer handling entire north east operations for Schlumberger. My work involve Well design and planning, BHA design and drilling tool/bit recommendation, Survey programme and anti-collision analysis, BHA hydraulics and Torque & Drag analysis, preparation of Directional Drilling rig packs. Daily updating of database and well monitoring as well is drilled. I have worked with ONGC for Mumbai High projects.
  • I also train mid-career hire directional drillers and evaluate their progress in the company by constant evaluation. I am actively involved in service quality meetings and technical sales of directional tools based on the client requirement.
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Well DesignDrilling OperationsTrainingDrilling Engineering

Directional Driller

Promoted

Oct 2010May 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • I worked as a Directional Driller doing horizontal, J-type and S-type wells in India. I was actively providing services using Mud motor and Rotary steerable tool without any Non-productive time and HSE related issues.
  • Drilled wells from the platform with kick-off using gyro services in the top hole section followed by Rotary Steerable tools for drilling and achieving geological/drilling targets

General Field Engineer

Aug 2009Sep 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • I was working on Deepwater rig for ONGC in KG Basin. I was not involved in any Service Quality and Safety incident on the wellsite. I was working as a team leader and acting as client interface on the site, running all the modern LWD tools.

Senior Field Engineer

May 2006Aug 2009 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • I worked in Australia for over 3 years and was mostly working on different offshore rigs off the north west coast. It was a great experience in terms of work ethics and culture. During my tenure in Australia, I was actively involved in tool mobilization, calibrations and training and development. On the wellsite, I worked as lead engineer for offshore/onshore projects. My major clients were Chevron, BHP Billiton, Conoco Phillips, Woodside, Santos, ARC Energy and ORION Energy.
  • Achieved zero (CM) NPT due to Engineer error or lack of preparation. Mentored and trained four engineers to acquire the needed competency to carry out the requisite services. Project coordinator for the implementation of job planning and shipment software called “eTrace Base”, a backend software for faster turnaround of the tools. It acted as the important link between operations and workshop.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Bachelors of Technology — Civil Engineering

Jan 2002Jan 2006

Shri J.G. Higher Secondary School

Schooling — Schooling

Jan 1990Jan 2002

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