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title: "Sangram Matkar - Lead Recruiter - EPDA & GTM in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Sangram Matkar, Lead Recruiter @ Wayground (formerly Quizizz) & Skillet based in Bengaluru."
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# Sangram Matkar on Tal

## Headline

Lead Recruiter @ Wayground \(formerly Quizizz\) & Skillet

## About

I have built high\-performing, founder\-aligned teams across Engineering, Product, Analytics, and Design\. At Wayground \(formerly Quizizz\), I helped scale the company from \~40 → 350\+ employees, building the entire Product organization from scratch and scaling Engineering from 25 → 100\. I partnered closely with founders and VPs to close critical leadership and niche roles that shaped product direction and team culture\. My work spans defining hiring strategy, designing evaluation frameworks and leadership selection processes, and elevating candidate experience and employer branding to attract top\-tier global talent\. Wayground is reimagining learning for 80M\+ monthly active users and 7M daily active users across 150\+ countries, with products used by \~90% of teachers in the U\.S\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Lead Recruiter \- EPDA & GTM at Wayground \(formerly Quizizz\), Jul 2026 \- Present · 4 mo, Bengaluru, \- One of the founding recruiters at Skillet for GTM Hiring\. Skillet operates under the Wayground brand with its own dedicated focus and mission\. Skillet is AI roleplay, manager coaching, and call prep for life sciences commercial teams\. When it comes to practicing high stakes conversations, realism drives results\.

Lead Recruiter \- EPDA & GTM at Wayground \(formerly Quizizz\), Dec 2025 \- Present · 1 yr, Bangalore Urban, \- After fully owning EPDA hiring, expanded scope to also working on GTM hiring, with an initial focus on Product Marketing, RevOps and Sales hiring\. \- Managing and mentoring a recruiter, driving scale and quality in hiring\. \- Building employer branding to position Wayground as a top talent destination

Community Member at The Shape of Work, Sep 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Lead Recruiter \- EPDA at Wayground \(formerly Quizizz\), Jun 2025 \- Nov 2025 · 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, \- Leading hiring across Engineering, Product Management, Analytics and Design functions driving Wayground’s product growth\. \- Built the Product Management team from the ground up, defining hiring strategy, evaluation frameworks, and leadership selection process\. \- Partnering with founders, VPs, and function heads to plan, prioritize, and close leadership and niche roles\. \- Driving employer branding initiatives such as Beyond the Buzz, a first\-of\-its\-kind community event that strengthened Wayground’s visibility among product talent\. \- Implementing data\-driven initiatives to improve hiring funnel efficiency and candidate experience across high\-bar roles\.

Senior Recruiter at Wayground \(formerly Quizizz\), Jul 2023 \- May 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, \- Joined as the third recruiter and among the first 60 employees; instrumental in scaling the organization from 40 → 350\+ employees globally\. \- Owned and executed hiring across Engineering, Product, Analytics, and Design, establishing team structures and leadership layers across these functions\. \- Collaborated with VP of Engineering and Product leadership to build consistent evaluation systems, leveling frameworks, and hiring benchmarks\. \- Closed key leadership roles across engineering and product that shaped team and product direction\. \- Ensured alignment between hiring strategy and business objectives during rapid scale\-up\.

Talent Acquisition at Amazon, Aug 2020 \- Dec 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, GlowRoad \(acquired by Amazon\) is the fastest\-growing Social Commerce startup in India and is building a network of active resellers who sell products directly from manufacturers and wholesalers in their neighbourhood and social network\. It is the \#1 Reseller Network across 26,000 zip codes \(covers 1000\+ cities and towns\)\. We are proud to empower 10,000,000\+ resellers on our platform\. We are the fastest growing startup in India to achieve profitability in the social commerce space\. Responsibilities: \- Sole recruiter leading the entire process for: Tech: Backend, Frontend, Android \(Kotlin\), QA, EM, Non\-Tech: Product Analyst, Product Manager, Designer, VP\-Supply, Director of Product, BDM, BDE, Manager\- Business Operations, Content Writer, Key Account Manager

Human Resources Intern at Payoja, Jul 2019 \- Jan 2020 · 7 mos, Pune Area, India, Led a team of 7 interns owning the end to end recruitment for an early stage consultant\.

Talent Acquisition Coordinator at Payoja, Jul 2019 \- Oct 2019 · 4 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, Progressive Education Society's Modern College of Engineering

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Progressive Education Society's Modern College of Engineering

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