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About the Group

ExoTalent

Together, our businesses span AI-led recruitment, CxO platforms, and executive search, with a shared commitment to quality, technology, and scale.

Company Overviews & USPs

ExoTalent – AI-Enabled Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

ExoTalent is a full-service RPO firm with over 11 years of track record, serving 100+ enterprise clients across 11 industries. Known for delivering scalable and intelligent hiring solutions, ExoTalent is trusted by CHROs and business leaders to close mid-to-senior level hiring mandates with speed and precision.

What Sets Us Apart:

• 🧠 AI-Powered Talent Mapping: GenAI tools + multi-source crawlers for high-relevancy candidate matching
• 👥 Advanced Candidate Management System (CMS): Smoother pre-onboarding, exit support, and lower drop-offs
• 📊 Proven Impact: Reduced hiring costs by 55% and improved TATs by 33%
• 🌍 Pan-India presence (Navi Mumbai HQ + Noida, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai) and international offices in Netherlands & South Africa
• 🔧 Deep domain focus in automotive, manufacturing, pharma, infra, and tech

LinkCxO – The Exclusive Platform for Senior Leaders & CxOs

LinkCxO is a premium, AI-powered platform dedicated to senior and C-suite professionals. With over 30,000 verified members, we aggregate high-quality leadership jobs, curated events, and AI-personalized insights—creating India’s most focused leadership ecosystem.

What Sets Us Apart:

• 💼 10,000+ Live CxO/Senior-Level Jobs across industries
• 📅 CxO-Centric Events & Webinars in one consolidated platform
• 🧠 AI-Aggregated Business Insights from thousands of trusted sources
• 🤖 Targeted Leadership Mapping for companies hiring senior professionals
• 🌐 A one-stop platform to hire, engage, and retain leadership talent

LeadersEdge – Executive Search & AI-Based Talent Mapping

LeadersEdge is a premium executive search and leadership advisory firm, driven by data and powered by AI. We work with boardrooms, promoters, and CHROs to solve complex leadership hiring challenges through insight-led search, talent mapping, and market intelligence.

What Sets Us Apart:

• 🎯 AI-Based Talent Mapping: Target-company-led, location-specific, role-focused search
• 🌍 Global execution experience for C-suite and leadership roles
• 🔬 Assessment-driven approach to talent identification
• 🤝 Trusted by top industrial, infra, and new-age tech firms for confidential leadership hiring
• 💡 Expertise in succession planning, diversity hiring, and cross-border leadership searches

Leadership Team

• 👔

  Rajesh Padmanabhan

  – Group Chairman | Ex-CHRO Capgemini, Vedanta, Welspun | Global HR Leader
• 💡

  Gyanesh Kumar

  – Co-Founder & CEO | ISB (PGPMAX), IIM-A | 20+ years in talent-tech & consulting
• 🧠

  Hema Gupta

  – Co-Founder | 17+ years in executive search across industrial, infra, and core sectors
• 🎯

  Satyajit Iyer

  – Senior Partner | 25+ years in global HR leadership | Ex-Capgemini, RIL, Coca-Cola
• 📊

  Sumit Jha

  – Chief Analytics Advisor | IIT KGP, IIM Shillong | AI/ML leader, 18+ years in data and strategy
• 🎓

  Amitabh Kumar

  – Strategic Advisor & Executive Coach | 800+ hours of coaching | Trusted advisor to CXOs & promoters

Role Overview

Group CHRO

build a future-ready workforce, nurture a high-performance culture, and drive talent strategies that align with our growth vision

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR Leadership

• Define and implement the

  group-wide people vision

  , culture, and talent strategy.
• Partner with the leadership team on organizational design, workforce planning, and succession management.
• Lead diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across all entities.

HR Operations & Compliance

• Oversee end-to-end HR operations: onboarding, payroll, HRMS, contracts, audits, and statutory compliance.
• Establish

  group-level HR policies and governance frameworks

  ensuring legal and regulatory adherence across geographies.

Talent Acquisition & Development

• Drive leadership hiring, succession planning, and high-potential talent programs.
• Implement robust

  PMS, competency frameworks, capability building, and leadership development programs

  .

Culture & Organization Building

• Foster a

  performance-driven, collaborative, and innovation-oriented culture

  .
• Champion employer branding and internal communications to position the group as an employer of choice.

Who You Are

• ✅ 12–20 years of progressive HR leadership experience, with

  5+ years in a senior HR leadership role

  (CHRO, VP-HR, or equivalent)
• ✅ Proven track record in

  multi-entity, multi-location HR leadership

• ✅ Expertise in

  strategic HR, leadership hiring, HR operations, and change management

• ✅ Strong business acumen, people-first mindset, and ability to influence at board level
• 🎓 MBA in HR from a Tier-1/Tier-2 institution (mandatory)

What We Offer

• 💼 A

  strategic, high-impact

  leadership role at the intersection of HR, leadership, and technology
• 🌍 Opportunity to lead HR for a

  multi-brand, multi-sector global group

• 📈 Career-defining scope to

  shape people practices and build organizational legacy

• ❤️ Culture of trust, autonomy, and high accountability