Ashish Kumar

Associate Partner

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over 15 years in talent acquisition leadership.
Expert in building high-performing teams.
Strong focus on organizational effectiveness and employee engagement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with extensive experience in scaling teams across various industries.

Contact

ashish@pocketfm.com LinkedIn

Skills

Other Skills

Benefits NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCompetency Framework DesignEmployee EngagementHR ConsultingHuman ResourcesInterviewingInterviewsJob DescriptionsLeadershipManagementManagement ConsultingOnboardingOrganizational Effectiveness

About

With over 15 years of experience in talent acquisition, I am passionate about building and scaling high-performing teams that deliver value and impact.

Experience

Pocket fm

2 roles

VP - Global Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Head of Recruiting - Global Expansion and India Business

Apr 2024 – Oct 2024 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Zepto

VP - Talent Acquisition

Oct 2024 – Jan 2025 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Even

Head of HR & Talent

Feb 2022 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Even is on a mission to build a new kind of health insurance. One that puts doctors and patients first, not insurers.

Mobile premier league (mpl)

Head of Recruiting & Employer Branding

Jul 2021 – Feb 2022 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Solving for Engineering at scale was crucial outside other tasks. Within engineering Unreal and Unity were critical to game development.

Zomato

Head of Recruitment

Jul 2015 – Jul 2021 · 6 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Zomato as an organisation has grown and scaled multifold over the last few years. Committed to bringing better food to everyone; no matter who they are and what they can afford.
My focus in this role was to drive the search for great talent and build the leadership and cultural values that are the foundation of Zomato's operations.
I lead the talent acquisition teams who are realising the vision of better food for more people by hiring and retaining talent. A team of strong fullstack recruiters advising multiple business heads; continuously scaling current teams and building new businesses.

Futurestep

Project Leader - Recruitment

Jul 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Accountable for service delivery, including strategic and operational management of recruitment solutions (RPO). Ensure the solution is delivering all outcomes and is meeting all continuous improvement initiatives for skill sets varying across Equity research , Investment Banking, Valuation, Credit research, Intellectual Property, Fixed Income and Market research.