Swarnendu Halder
Trusted Advisor to C-Suite & Boards
Swarnendu Halder
Trusted Advisor to C-Suite & Boards
I operate at the intersection of Executive Search, Talent Strategy and Leadership Hiring, as a player-coach, personally leading critical searches while shaping and scaling talent capability.
With 12+ years of experience, I have partnered with CEOs, Founders and Leadership teams to solve complex hiring challenges across global markets, often in high stakes, zero to one and ambiguous environments.
I stay deeply hands-on where it matters most:
- Leading and closing leadership and niche hiring across AI/ML, Frontier Tech, Data, Product and Business
- Mapping global talent markets and building high quality passive pipelines
- Driving end to end search execution (problem → close)
- Advising on compensation, org design and hiring strategy
Alongside execution, I build and mentor high performing recruiting teams, strengthen in-house search capability, while driving talent outcomes aligned to business goals and long term scaling priorities.
I frequently work in high-stakes, confidential, or turnaround situations, partnering directly with CFOs, COOs, and Founders/Board to deliver leadership outcomes that drive compliance, product velocity, and enterprise transformation.
I have delivered Director+, VP and Specialist hiring across 20+ countries, reducing time to hire for critical roles from 6-10 months to under 1-2 months, while building high quality in-house search capability.
Currently, I operate as a Strategic Talent Advisor at Media.net, leading leadership hiring, stealth builds and new product verticals across AI/ML, Engineering, Data, Product and Growth.
Previously, I have worked across Meta, Metaphysic.ai and Directi, building and hiring teams across AI, DeepTech, Research, Frontier Tech, Gaming, Enterprise and Consumer Tech domains.