Merul Shah

Head of Talent

United Kingdom14 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led global talent acquisition for a leading digital banking platform.
  • Managed high-performing recruiting teams across multiple geographies.
  • Expert in executive search and diverse talent acquisition strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Talent Acquisition for Fintech and Healthcare sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Global Talent AcquisitionExecutive SearchStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementFinancial ServicesContract RecruitmentNegotiation

Other Skills

Talent OperationsEmployer BrandingDiversity & InclusionTalent MappingPermanent PlacementSearchIT RecruitmentStrategyE-commerceManagementStart-upsTalent ManagementRecruitment AdvertisingTechnical RecruitingRecruiting

Experience

14 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
2 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Tide

Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Global Head of Talent Acquisition; Jan 2025 - Present
  • Leading Tide's talent acquisition org across all areas including executive search, tech & non-tech recruiting, talent operations and employer branding.
  • Global Head of Leadership & Enablement Recruiting; Jan 2024- Jan 2025
  • Leading the executive search & corporate recruiting team at Tide
  • Tide is a business financial platform and the leading provider of digital business banking services! With a clear mission: to save time and money for people who work for themselves, so that they can get back to doing what they love, running their businesses.
  • https://www.tide.co/
  • https://www.tide.co/careers
Global Talent AcquisitionExecutive SearchTalent OperationsEmployer Branding

Reliance health

Head of Tech Recruiting

Aug 2023Jan 2024 · 5 mos

  • Reliance Health is on a mission to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable in countries where the dominant path to healthcare is to pay at the point of access. Reliance Health uses technology and data science to build an integrated health system that includes affordable health insurance, telemedicine and a combination of partner and proprietary healthcare facilities. This allows them to offer innovative healthcare solutions that meet the needs of the emerging markets.

Meta

Leadership Recruiting Manager

Aug 2018Jul 2023 · 4 yrs 11 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Managing a high performing Product Leadership Recruiting team made up of recruiters & sourcers distributed across multiple geographies (with both in-office and remote), who support the executive hiring for Manager, Director and VP level positions across tech and product disciplines in EMEA and APAC.
  • Partnering with senior stakeholders on hiring strategies to exceed org growth targets, optimizing processes & funnel accuracy to significantly reduce time to hire and increase quality candidate delivery with a key focus on diverse talent. Additionally partnering with branding and events to hold successful networking events and host bespoke events for critical hiring needs.
  • Accountable for the successful delivery of projects and hiring initiatives to improve best practices and improve overarching performance through data and KPIs.
  • Leading the team through self-development & growth by running in-team training and creating a culture of knowledge sharing.
  • Previously hands-on recruiting for exec level positions across product disciplines for multiple regions at Meta.
Stakeholder ManagementGlobal Talent Acquisition

Teksystems

2 roles

Senior Consultant

Sep 2016Aug 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Working as a Senior Consultant for TEKsystems - running 360 searches from sourcing highly skilled candidates to post placement care to increase organisational retention. Hiring across all levels from graduates to CTOs, across industries e.g. start-ups and finance.
  • Building & maintaining key stakeholder relationships, partnering to create seamless hiring strategies, clear branding EVPs to attract the best talent.
  • Experience hiring and leading across tech roles including:
  • Software Engineers
  • Quant Analysts & Developers
  • Non-Engineering positions e.g. UI/UX, PM
Financial ServicesVendor Management

Senior Consultant

Jul 2011Sep 2016 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Finding world class technologists with particular focus on C++, Python and Quants. Our clients range from innovative Start-ups, Software Houses and Technology Blue Chips, through to Hedge Funds, Investment Banks and Proprietary Trading companies. Likewise, I would also be happy to hear from hiring managers interested in a high-caliber IT search and selection service which emphasises quality over quantity.
Contract RecruitmentNegotiation

Education

University of Leeds

Bsc — Geography

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