Vivek M.

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

14+ years of leadership experience in talent acquisition.
Expert in building diverse, high-performing teams.
Proven track record in driving enterprise-wide hiring strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in building high-performing teams in the tech industry.

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Business NetworkingCRMClient Relationship BuildingCompetitive AnalysisDiversity RecruitmentDiversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI)Employer BrandingExecutive SearchHR ConsultingHR ManagementHR StrategyHeadhuntingHuman RelationsHuman ResourcesInternet Recruiting

About

As Head of Talent Acquisition for Product & Tech at PropertyGuru Group, I lead strategic hiring that powers innovation for Southeast Asia’s leading online property marketplace. My focus is on building world-class teams that accelerate growth, shape technology, and deliver competitive advantage. With an MBA in HR and 14+ years of leadership experience, I have transformed talent acquisition into a business-critical function—designing scalable frameworks, strengthening employer branding, and securing top talent in highly competitive markets. My track record includes driving enterprise-wide hiring strategies at bigbasket and Accruent, and delivering senior and niche hires that fueled business expansion. I am passionate about building diverse, high-performing teams that deliver measurable outcomes and strengthen organizational resilience. Looking ahead, I aim to shape future-ready talent strategies on a global scale—creating ecosystems where people, technology, and business growth align to deliver lasting impact.

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Propertyguru group

Head of Talent Acquisition - ProdTech

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Bigbasket.com

Head of Talent Acquisition

Jan 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Accruent

India Talent Acquisition Lead

Jun 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Arm

5 roles

Global Talent Insights Lead

Sep 2017 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Talent Acquisition Lead

Promoted

Sep 2017 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Early Career Recruiter

Jan 2017 – Apr 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Talent Acquisition Services Lead

Feb 2016 – Apr 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Global Talent Acquisition Services

Sep 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

Part of the global scheduling team which handles all the interview schedules from all ARM offices worldwide.
Worked on documenting the scheduling process to reduce recruitment time and provide a better candidate experience.
Currently supporting the global background verification process for ARM worldwide.
Providing administrative support for our applicant tracking system to Talent Acquisitions key stakeholders at ARM worldwide.
Working along with our key stake holders feedbacks to improve our process to make it user friendly and simple which results in providing a better candidate experience.
Working with the TA team on standard global templates for interview scheduling to maintain uniformity.
Working on Global TA projects with the rest of the team to standardize recruitment process at ARM across all our locations.
Worked on a market research project for leadership hiring in France.
Helped the India TA team in local sourcing of candidates in few positions.
Currently working on couple of positions for India IT hiring.
Worked on a couple of off campus hiring drives for ARM India and achieved a very god success rate.

Wipro

Talent Acquisition Specialist

May 2013 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Working at their Global Strategic Hiring (GSH) Team, in bringing Top Leadership Talent to Wipro Technologies. I am currently associated with the Wipro Consulting Services (WCS) team at US using Just In Time recruiting process to find the right talent that can drive Million dollar business accounts.

Careernet consulting

Associate consultant

Jun 2011 – May 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

Analyse, Scout, Identify, Assess, Brand and Sell.
Complete Understanding of Hardware Job Descriptions
Talent Scouting, Identifying and Assessment
Branding Clients to prospective Candidates
Selling Opportunities
Connecting to a vast and diverse Talent Pool
Candidate to Company Mapping and updating existing profiles
From analysing to placing the candidate with all the formalities included from scheduling interviews, feedbacks, updates, and maintaining transparency with the information flow

Bharat heavy electricals limited

Intern

Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

had done my internship at BHEL (EDN).
had done a project on Training and Development and its effectiveness amongst the employees and how beneficial it is for the company
Studied the various Training methods used in BHEL
Studied the proccess followed in the company for scheduling trainings and trainers and nominating methods used by managers
had suggested various changes to make sure their training was more effective and efficient
assisted the HR department in various HR functions