Nitinesh S. — Head of Talent

• I build and scale high-performing mission and IPO critical teams — from 0 to 10 or 100 to 1,000+ — across India, APAC, and global markets. Improvise and Automate. • Translate revenue goals into predictive talent models, pre-empt attrition in critical roles, and build proactive retention playbooks so the business never loses momentum. • Built and led high-performing recruiting teams (30+ across India & APAC) that consistently outperformed targets.- CareerNet → placed the first wave of new-age tech talent (Data Science, ML, Cloud, Product, Analytics) for Microsoft R&D (Srini Koppolu Best Consultant award), Amazon, DE Shaw, Captives/GCCs, many more... Longhouse → closed 50+ C-suite founder-level searches across India & APAC; APAC unicorns + Expanding NCR Business. Paytm (One97 Group) → 8 yrs | 250+ tech/product/business leaders hired | 10K+ feet-on-street merchant hires in 18 months post-demonetisation | time-to-hire ↓40% | women-in-leadership ↑30%+ | owned campus pipelines. Biz2X → leading global TA for fast-growth digital lending | campus hiring for fresh AI/ML grads | 30% efficiency gains via AI sourcing. I’ve coached and mentored many recruiters and leaders over the years — several now hold Senior roles or run their own TA practices. Key Strengths: • Executive search & leadership hiring • Global & diverse talent pipelines. • Employer branding that actually attracts. • Coaching the next generation of TA leaders. • Out of pure interest — guiding students, freshers, and early-career professionals on career readiness and industry expectations. I believe education and industry need stronger alignment on future skills and talent pathways, and I contribute wherever my experience can be useful. #TalentAcquisition #ExecutiveSearch #LeadershipHiring #GlobalTA #DEI #Retention #BrandBuilding #FintechHiring #CareerCoach #ScalingTeams #TALeader

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in Fintech and HR Consulting.

Experience: 21 yrs 3 mos

Skills

Global Talent Acquisition
Leadership Hiring
Equality & Diversity
Employer Branding
Hr Consulting
Executive Search
Talent Acquisition
Niche Talent Acquisition

Career Highlights

Built high-performing teams across global markets.
Achieved significant hiring efficiency through AI tools.
Drove diversity initiatives, increasing women in leadership.

Work Experience

Biz2X

Head of Talent Acquisition (2 yrs 3 mos)

Self-employed

HR Advisory & Consulting | Entrepreneur in Residence (1 yr 2 mos)

Paytm

Vice President - Talent Acquisition (7 yrs 9 mos)

Longhouse Consulting

Leadership Hiring and Talent Advisory (3 yrs 9 mos)

Careernet Consulting

TA lead / Business Manager (9 yrs 9 mos)

Dabur India Limited

Corporate Sales Executive (4 mos)

Education

Masters in Business Administration at Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute

Bachelor of Computer Applications at Doctor Bhim Rao Ambedkar University

Intermediate at Christ Church College, Lucknow

Nitinesh S.

Head of Talent

India21 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Built high-performing teams across global markets.
Achieved significant hiring efficiency through AI tools.
Drove diversity initiatives, increasing women in leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in Fintech and HR Consulting.

Contact

nitinesh.sharma@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Global Talent AcquisitionLeadership HiringEquality & DiversityEmployer BrandingHr ConsultingExecutive SearchTalent AcquisitionNiche Talent Acquisition

Other Skills

Talent ManagementTeam BuildingCareer GuidanceStrategic LeadershipLeadershipClient RelationsInternet RecruitingAccount ManagementData AnalysisCommunicationRecruitmentEmployee RelationsPerformance ManagementCoachingSourcing

About

Experience

21 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Biz2x

Head of Talent Acquisition

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · India · Hybrid

Lead global TA (Tech, Product, Non-Tech, Business, Ops) across India & US.
Designed and executed tier-1 campus hiring strategy (IITs, BITS, NITs, IIITs, top private colleges) for fresh AI/ML, Data Science & Product talent — 50+ offers rolled out in 2024-25 season
Achieved 30%+ increase in hiring efficiency and quality through AI sourcing tools and process redesign
Built global DEI pipelines targeting 40% diverse hires and delivered 25%+ improvement in applicant quality
Drove employer-branding initiatives that lifted inbound quality 30%+ and significantly improved candidate experience scores/NPS.

Global Talent AcquisitionEquality & DiversityTalent ManagementLeadership hiringTeam Building

Self-employed

HR Advisory & Consulting | Entrepreneur in Residence

Jan 2023 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · India · Hybrid

Took deliberate time off after 8 intense years at Paytm to explore entrepreneurship outside core HR – tested a non-HR venture that didn’t scale, learned fast, and shut it down cleanly.
Delivered paid, non-confidential HR research & consulting via GLG Insights – the world’s largest expert network – advising global investors and corporates on talent trends, executive compensation, and scaling strategies across APAC fintech and tech.

HR ConsultingExecutive SearchLeadership hiringCareer Guidance

Paytm

Vice President - Talent Acquisition

Mar 2015 – Dec 2022 · 7 yrs 9 mos · Noida · Hybrid

Group-level TA owner for 15+ business verticals (Payments, Banking, Mall, Insurance, Wealth, Lending, Games, Travel, etc.)
Scaled tech, product & business leadership hires from <50 to 250+ across the group
Cut group-wide time-to-hire by ~40% via ATS implementation and early AI screening tools
Drove women-in-leadership from single digits to 30%+ through deliberate DEI frameworks
Led turnkey project of building 10K+ field sales, merchant acquisition teams in 18 months post-demonetisation.
Owned campus hiring pipelines that fed pre-IPO talent pools
Built CXO hiring playbooks and compensation benchmarking for new verticals
Handled extreme ramps during demonetisation, Payments Bank launch, regulatory pivots, and pre-IPO chaos
Partnered with C&B to achieve lowest attrition among critical hires in Indian fintech

Global Talent AcquisitionEquality & DiversityNiche Talent AcquisitionStrategic LeadershipTalent AcquisitionLeadership hiring

Longhouse consulting

Leadership Hiring and Talent Advisory

Jun 2011 – Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 9 mos · India

Longhouse Consulting is a specialized Executive Search and Advisory firm with diverse expertise across functions and industries. Over the last many years, Longhouse has been advising companies on defining and acquiring the right leadership talent, in a confidential and time bound manner.
I have been instrumental in execution of many key searches in technology start-ups, IT Product Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services, and General Management. Worked with Indian startups, Global Internet and Global Enterprise Companies.
Have interacted and assessed CXO level professionals and advised clients on leadership hiring, talent management and providing up-front and ongoing market/industry perception analysis.
Mentoring and coaching research team for market mapping and coming out with search execution strategy.
Client expectations management with market data. Stakeholders at Founder and Business head level.
Successfully executed senior executive mandates
Internal and Client appreciations for timeline adherence and quality.
Maintained strong search ratios.
Account management and farming.

Global Talent AcquisitionNiche Talent AcquisitionLeadershipClient RelationsInternet RecruitingCareer Guidance+1

Careernet consulting

TA lead / Business Manager

Jun 2005 – Mar 2015 · 9 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Responsible for senior executive searches (Leadership Hiring), service delivery for key clients across India. Team Management and RPOs. Account Manager for major RPO clients pan India.
Engaging with key staffing and business partners in order to understand the needs of clients and its hiring to enable effective sourcing and resource identification.
Develop, drive and execute comprehensive search strategies designed to recruit senior and niche candidates within limited candidate pools. (i.e. competitive research, industry profile development, networking, direct sourcing, etc.)

Account ManagementNiche Talent AcquisitionData AnalysisTalent AcquisitionCareer Guidance