Aravind S.

Head of Talent

Palo Alto, California, United States14 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building early-stage startup teams.
Strong focus on global talent acquisition strategies.
Proven track record in leadership hiring.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert specializing in early-stage startups and global hiring strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Global Talent AcquisitionTalent StrategyCommunity-led GrowthLeadership HiringTalent AcquisitionTeam BuildingHr TransformationStrategic Human Resource PlanningTalent ManagementFull-life Cycle RecruitingTechnical Recruiting

Other Skills

AdvisorAgile MethodologiesBenefits NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentCandidate ExperienceContract StaffingCrisis ManagementData-driven Decision MakingDiversity RecruitmentDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmployee EngagementEmployee ExperienceEmployer BrandingExecutive LeadershipHR Business Partnering

About

I work with founders and early-stage startups to build the first teams that shape the company. My focus is on 0→1 and early-scale hiring across Product, Engineering and GTM - especially when roles are high-impact or business-critical. Over the years, I’ve partnered with Founders, Operators, and VCs to: > Build early teams from scratch > Hire across both India and the US from a single base > Set up hiring strategies, processes, and people practices for growing startups > Support critical leadership and first-of-its-kind hires If you’re a founder building your first team or scaling across markets, I’d be happy to help. Outside work, I spend time travelling, experimenting with my mom’s recipes (fusion chef in progress), reading about history and civilizations, and following football and F1 - a diehard Liverpool FC and Red Bull Racing fan.

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Risa

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May 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid

Here to hire the best humans to propel the AI revolution forward.
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Loop ai - delivery intelligence platform

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Apr 2025 – May 2025 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Murf ai

Senior Manager - Global Talent Acquisition & Strategy

Jan 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Worked closely with the founders, driving global talent acquisition and process setting.
Hired Research Scientists in Speech & Computer Vision, Engineering, Sales, Growth & Computational Linguistics in USA, Europe & India geographies.
Set up the entire processes and employee onboarding from hire to retire for the USA entity, drafted employee playbooks and policies.

Leadership HiringGlobal Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingHR Business PartneringHR PoliciesUS Hiring+2

Stealth (venture capital)

Scout, People Advisor

Nov 2023 – Jan 2024 · 2 mos · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · Remote

Helped a young VC firm to build an A team.
Learned a lot along the way!

Various startups

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Sep 2023 – Jan 2024 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Kula

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Jul 2023 – Sep 2023 · 2 mos · Remote

The talent deck

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Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

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Lummo (formerly bukukas)

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May 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore/Jakarta · Hybrid

Scaled up, slimmed down, let go, and waved goodbye.

Employer BrandingGlobal Talent AcquisitionPeople and CultureTeam ManagementLeadership Hiring

Fam

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Mar 2020 – May 2020 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Advisor to the founders for hiring top-notch Gen Z talent for Creative, Community, and People functions.

Okcredit

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Nov 2019 – Feb 2020 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Worked closely with the founding team to hire and onboard early Product, Engineering, Analytics, Design, and People teams.

The quartile company

Manager - Talent & People Advisor

Oct 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Had an amazing time working closely with high-growth startups, founders, and VC firms, helping them find top talent and build their early teams.

Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingLeadership HiringTalent StrategyProgram Management

Thakral one solutions

Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition, Partnerships & Delivery

Feb 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Led and managed a dynamic team of headhunters and researchers to excel, driving results for both service and key accounts, all while taking charge of the bottom line across tech, non-tech, consultant, and leadership roles for permanent and contract staffing needs.

Al basti & muktha llc (abm group)

Senior Human Resources Officer

Jul 2015 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Transformed heavily process and documentation driven HR and finance functions into fully digital systems (digitization), all the while streamlining recruitment and related operations.
Chaos > Clarity > Concluded

Team BuildingP&L ManagementHR Transformation

Akamai technologies

Talent Acquisition Partner

Jul 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr · Bangalore, India · On-site

Managed the RPO engagements and partnered with key stakeholders and leaders to bring on board early teams in Engineering and Marketing to drive internet technologies into the future.

Strategic Human Resource PlanningTalent StrategyTechnology and ToolsTalent ManagementCrisis ManagementHR Operations+2