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title: "Muthu Makesh R - Director Talent Acquisition Partner in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Muthu Makesh R, I help organizations scale technology hiring with AI-powered recruitment engines | Open to conversations on leadership roles & AI in recruitment based in Greater Bengaluru Area. AI stack includes claude, gemini, and hermes agent."
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# Muthu Makesh R on Tal

## Headline

I help organizations scale technology hiring with AI\-powered recruitment engines \| Open to conversations on leadership roles & AI in recruitment

## About

Three years ago, one team I inherited had a 17% fill rate\. Within three years, it was 95%\. That's not a fluke — it's what happens when you stop running recruitment on gut feel and start running it like an engine: clear SOPs, real KPIs, and automation where it actually removes friction, not where it looks impressive on a slide\. Over the last 2 decades , I've built and rebuilt technology hiring functions from the ground up — across EY, Sagility, Ola, and now McLaren Strategic Solutions — closing 274\+ niche technology and healthcare\-tech roles, cutting early attrition from 19% to 3%, scaling DEI hiring from 2% to 19%, and reducing vendor dependency to 5% through in\-house sourcing capability\. Most recently, I've designed and built custom, in\-house multi\-agent AI workflows for recruitment — not off\-the\-shelf tools — to handle intake, screening, coordination, and reporting\. It's given my teams back time and given leadership real visibility into what's actually happening in the pipeline\. I work with three kinds of people: TA and business leaders looking for someone to build or fix a hiring function, founders who need hiring feasibility and talent strategy support for growth, and recruiters/TA folks who want to talk shop about where AI genuinely helps \(and where it doesn't\)\. If any of that's you — DM me\. Always happy to talk shop, opportunities, or how I built the AI workflows\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude

gemini

hermes agent

n8n

notebooklm

opencode

## Work experience

Director Talent Acquisition Partner at McLaren Strategic Solutions \(MSS\), Nov 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Building McLaren's TA function from ground up with systems, AI workflows, and delivery model for scaling technology hiring\. ▸ Designing the TA operating framework, SOPs, and ATS structure \(Zoho\) to move hiring from ad hoc to repeatable ▸ Building custom in\-house multi\-agent AI workflows that cut manual effort in screening, coordination, and reporting ▸ Partnering with sales and delivery on hiring feasibility and proposal support for AI, Cloud, and Data Engineering deals ▸ Leading a 5\-person recruiter team across premium, niche\-skill service lines, end to end

Director Talent Acquisition at Sagility, Aug 2022 \- Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Refined the hiring engine into a high\-performing one — across two countries\. ▸ Fill rate: 17% → 95%\. Early attrition: 19% → 3%\. Recruitment NPS: 3\.1 → 4\.2 ▸ Scaled tech DEI hiring from 2% to 19% — 3 of 7 leadership hires from diverse talent ▸ Closed 274 niche technology & healthcare\-tech hires across Data & Analytics, App Dev, Infrastructure, and Enterprise Apps ▸ Cut vendor spend to 5% by building in\-house direct\-sourcing capability ▸ Led ATS migration to Workday; standardized sourcing and reporting across India, US, and the Philippines \#SoarWithSagility

Talent Acquisition Manager at Ola, Apr 2022 \- Aug 2022 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, ▸ Led strategic mid\-to\-senior hiring for critical product and technology roles, partnering directly with business leaders

Assistant Manager \- TA² at EY, Dec 2021 \- Apr 2022 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Scaled EY's Advisory hiring practice from a single skill line into a multi\-domain engine\. ▸ Anchored SAP hiring, then expanded into Data & Analytics — grew the MS Dynamics practice from 11 to 54 hires in 6 months ▸ Hired across Digital & Emerging Tech, AI/ML, Cybersecurity, and Risk & Compliance for MENA and Non\-MENA regions ▸ Led a 3\-recruiter team; contributed to the Avature ATS rollout and adoption

Assistant Manager \- TA² at EY, Jan 2020 \- Nov 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Talent Attraction And Acquisition to build a better working world by offering a window into the world of EY Consulting Strategic focus hiring for Technology Consulting Digital & Emerging Technologies\| Data & Analytics \| AI/ML \| Product Development An exceptional career in Consulting\. It’s yours to build\. Reach me @ Muthu\.R@gds\.ey\.com

Consultant \- TA² at EY, Oct 2018 \- Jan 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, EY Global Delivery Services is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and Advisory services\. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over\. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders\. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients, and for our communities, Handling end to end recruitment lifecycle for TAX & Advisory SL of EY GDS in MENA & NON \- MENA region\. SAP , Microsoft \(MS Dynamics , AX\), Technology Hiring Analytics ASA AEF Join us in Building a Better Working world

Delivery Manager \(Deputed to Tech Mahindra\) at RADAR TECHNOSOFT INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, Feb 2018 \- Sep 2018 · 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, ▸ Owned recruitment delivery for a multi\-account portfolio — PwC, Continental, ServiceNow, Flipkart ▸ Acted as SME on sourcing strategy, assessment, and stakeholder reporting across accounts

Assistant Manager at Hapstive, Dec 2016 \- Jan 2018 · 1 y 1 mo, Calicut

Executive Recruiter at Allianz Technology, Jun 2013 \- Jun 2016 · 3 y, Trivandrum

Senior Consultant at IBM, Dec 2006 \- Feb 2013 · 6 y 2 mo, Chennai

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, International Business, Annamalai university

B\.Tech, Bio\-Technology, Anna University Chennai

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