Imran Anwar

Co-Founder

Dubai, United Arab Emirates12 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Scaled Careem's team from 5 to 500.
Founded a successful tech recruitment firm.
Attracted top talent from Silicon Valley.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Tech Recruitment Leader with expertise in scaling teams for high-growth startups.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionExecutive SearchTeam ManagementHeadhunting

Other Skills

Full-cycle RecruitingManagementNetworkingSearchSourcingTalent ManagementTechnical Recruiting

About

Tech recruiter/leader with over 15+ years of experience in an in-house and agency setting. Helped scale engineering and product teams at multiple hyper-growth start-ups in EMEA. Led the efforts to scale the Engineering & Product teams at Careem by 10x [5 > 500]. I was responsible for all senior and executive hiring across Dubai, Berlin, and Pakistan. I managed to attract some of the best tech talents from Silicon Valley to Dubai, Pakistan, and Berlin. Founded Talent Seed in 2021, a boutique search firm specializing in scaling tech companies, both venture-backed and private. We give you access to our networks, built over 17 years within the tech ecosystem. I also advise and support tech companies in scaling, stabilising, and improving the performance of Engineering and Product Teams. In addition, I recruit tech leaders as an executive search specialist and partner to provide recruitment solutions that best suit your situation. https://talentseed.tech/

Experience

Talent seed

Founder - Executive Search Head - Tech Advisor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Dubai - Riyadh - Doha

Talent Seed is a curated search partner for high-growth technology companies — from venture-backed start-ups to ambitious private scale-ups. With nearly two decades of embedded experience, we give our partners direct access to trusted networks and hard-to-reach talent. We live and breathe the world of start-ups, scaleups, and everything in between.
We’re proud to have helped shape the founding and leadership teams of some of MENA’s most exciting and impactful tech companies — from pre-seed pioneers to Series D disruptors, bootstrapped ventures to publicly listed players.
Our model is built around the evolving needs of fast-moving, tech-fuelled businesses. Transparency, agility, and true collaboration aren’t just values — they’re how we operate. Above all, we’re relationship-driven. That’s why our partnerships often begin before a role is defined and continue well beyond a key hire joining the business.
https://talentseed.tech/

Technical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionExecutive SearchHeadhuntingTalent Management

Careem

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager & Executive Recruiter

Feb 2016 – Feb 2021 · 5 yrs · Dubai, Berlin, Karachi, Cairo, Riyadh · On-site

★ Joined Careem as the first tech recruiter in 2016.
★ Led the efforts to scale the engineering and product team by 10x [5 > 500] across Dubai, Berlin and Pakistan.
★ Built and managed a Tech Talent Acquisition team of ~10 recruiters across 3 geographies.
★ Successfully helped shape Careem's recruitment strategy and employer value proposition that helped attract top tech talent from Silicon Valley and Europe.
★ Hires included Directors & VPs from Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvdia and Tesla
Senior Technical Recruiter - Feb 2016-July 2016
Talent Acquisition Manager - July 2016 - June 2017
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager - June 2017 - October 2018
Principal Exec Recruiter - October 2018 - Feb 2021
Careem is the region’s everyday Super App operational in 13 countries and over 100 cities. The Super App provides a host of daily services that people need to move around, to order things and transfer money in one unified smartphone app.

Technical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionExecutive SearchHeadhuntingSourcingManagement

The adecco group

Principal Tech Recruiter

Feb 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Headhunted to join as Principal Tech Recruiter for Adecco Middle East - The largest recruitment agency in the world and a Fortune 500 company. Relocated to Dubai HQ.
Managed and led a small team while responsible for all exec hiring within IT & Telecoms.

Technical RecruitingHeadhuntingTalent Acquisition

J-com resources

Tech Recruitment Manager

Jan 2007 – Feb 2014 · 7 yrs 1 mo · London Area, United Kingdom · On-site

After 7 years of progressive growth as a Trainee Recruiter, I was entrusted with the opportunity to open and lead a new permanent sales office in London, which I managed for my last 2 years and grew to 4 billing consultants before leaving to relocate to Dubai.
Successfully helped scale the engineering and product teams of some of Europe's biggest tech start-ups. JustEat, Blinkbox, Tesco.com, JustGiving, 7Digital, Huddle, BBC, Friends ReUnited, MoonPig, LoveFilm, LastMinute.com, etc
Top biller in the company from 2009 to 2013. Billings ranged from £250,000 - £365,000 per year.

Technical RecruitingTalent Acquisition