Kiren Sidhu
Summary
Emotionally intelligent Lead Engineering TA with 15+ years of experience delivering hires across in-house, RPO, and agency environments. Proven track record of hiring across Engineering, Commercial, and Corporate Functions, often in fast-paced, high-growth settings. Skilled at both hands-on delivery and empowering teams to achieve ambitious hiring goals. Also enjoy implementing HR and TA projects with a collaborative leadership style that aligns recruitment strategies with organisational goals to drive success.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Talent Partner
Montu
04.2026 - Current
- Re-joined Montu to lead the Talent function as they expand through Europe.
- Workforce planning EMEA, leading a team of 4 Talent Partners hiring across EMEA, direct Executive hiring.
- Managing TA for HiLabs our Engineering hub in Ireland.
Senior Talent Partner
Arbor Education
02.2026 - 04.2026
- 6+ hires a month, high volume hiring, Python & PHP Engineers at all levels in the UK.
- Creating robust engineering hiring processes, daily reporting and business partnering with the hiring team.
Senior Talent Partner
Montu UK
07.2025 - 02.2026
- Delivered 5+ hires monthly, private healthcare startup / scale up, across Engineering and Corporate functions, all direct hiring during a hyper growth / scale up phase.
- Established interviewer training, implemented ATS system with HRIS integration, responsible for training all new starters in TA, upskilling team members.
- Worked with Engineering department to streamline interviewing across all hubs.
Head of Resourcing
Matchr
02.2025 - 07.2025
- Delivered 4+ hires monthly for internal projects. Hired multiple Engineers on a contingent basis for US clients in specialist and hard-to-fill roles.
- Reduced time to offer by over 50%, by streamlining intake meetings, interview process, interviewer training, approval process, contract process and refining ATS & Data usage and tracking.
- Established and embedded a comprehensive internal resourcing and HR workspace,consolidating policies, competency frameworks, salary banding, and recruitment tools to enhance operational clarity and enable scalable delivery across the organisation.
- Developed and delivered upskilling programmes for TAPs on sourcing techniques, stakeholder engagement, and project-specific challenges, significantly improving recruitment capability and client outcomes.
Lead Talent Partner
Confidential Consultancy via Elements
05.2024 - 11.2024
- Established an offshore call centre in Eastern Europe, managing a TA team of 15–25 across EMEA and Asia, delivering 30+ bilingual customer service hires monthly.
- Personally responsible for end-end delivery on Engineering positions for a different part of the consultancy, delivered 4+ Software Engineering hires monthly.
Lead Talent Partner
Elements
01.2019 - 11.2024
- Led and developed high-performing Tech TA teams across six projects, managing 25 team members, whilst directly hiring for organisations like Spotify, Tamara and Tech Mahindra.
- Won a Board pitch to create Elements Advisory, defined and executed this directly with leadership.
- Created internal Tech TA training programmes and collaboration initiatives to share learnings across Engineering hiring projects.
Lead Talent Partner
Tamara via Elements
10.2023 - 05.2024
- Lead TA team across Engineering, Sales, and Corporate Functions.
- 100% Direct sourcing, I delivered 7 hires monthly on average, utilising market mapping, Boolean logic, AI tools and ran effective internal referral programmes. Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Mobile, Machine Learning and Executive Hiring.
- Led the Engineering Competency Framework project, Associate Product Manager Programme, and 18-month rotational internship programme across our offices.
- Defined and created an 18-month rotational internship programme across multiple business units to nurture emerging talent across KSA, UAE, and the United Kingdom.
Interim Director of Talent Acquisition
Tamara via Elements
07.2023 - 10.2023
- Paternity cover during rapid growth, targeting 580 hires across multiple functions.
- Reduced time-to-hire to 29 days and improved LinkedIn response rates by 50%, achieving an 82% candidate satisfaction rate.
- Introduced ATS enhancements, real-time dashboards, and GDPR-compliant processes and documentation to streamline hiring.
Lead Talent Partner
Spotify via Elements
08.2022 - 04.2023
- Led Engineering recruitment across EMEA, NYC, and Boston, consistently delivering 4+ Staff/Principal hires per month.
- Used advanced sourcing methods (Boolean, X-ray, market mapping) to identify top-tier talent at pace.
- Drove sourcing sprints to boost DE&I pipelines and championed mental well-being initiatives to support team performance.
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Recruitment Ninja Ltd (Self-Employed)
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Delivered recruitment for global clients such as Zalando, Backbase, and UBER, focusing on data-driven executive and technical hiring across multiple regions
Lead Talent Partner
Spotify via Elements
01.2019 - 04.2021
- Lead Managed the Platform Engineering team and made 4+ hires consistently.
- Trained internal team on Workday, post implementation, through workshops & drop-in sessions.
- Helped write clear processes for TA / HR systems
Education
LLB (Hons) - Law
The University of Surrey
06.2010
Skills
Commercial Acumen
Delivery Focussed
Data Driven
Stakeholder Engagement
Previous Experience
Recruitment Ninja Ltd (Self Employed) 07/2015 - 12/2018
Worked as a Lead TA on the following projects:
Klarna 3/18 – 12/ 18
5+ monthly Backend, Mobile Engineering hires.
Schibsted Media Group 8/17 – 2/18
Mix of Engineering & AdTech Sales hiring, 7+ hires monthly.
TalkTalk 1/17 – 4/17
6+ hires monthly IT Operations, Networking, and Infrastructure hiring.
Skyscanner | 8/16 – 12/16
4 + hires monthly Mobile Engineering, Product Management, and Design hiring. ATS migration (Taleo to Greenhouse), integrated Tableau and JIRA for reporting.
ASOS | 4/16 – 8/16
10+ hires monthly, Contract Engineering & Executive Hiring, reported to CTO, implemented Lever and Codility.
Yahoo! Inc. | 7/15 – 4/16
5+ AdTech Sales & Engineering hires monthly, lead EMEA wide team, UAT on Taleo.
Additional Information
British Citizen
Full UK Driving License
Linkedin - https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/kiren-sidhu/24/838/b18
Charitable Trustee for Forever Family - A charity focussed on re-building our communities
Timeline
Lead Talent Partner
Montu
04.2026 - Current
Senior Talent Partner
Arbor Education
02.2026 - 04.2026
Senior Talent Partner
Montu UK
07.2025 - 02.2026
Head of Resourcing
Matchr
02.2025 - 07.2025
Lead Talent Partner
Confidential Consultancy via Elements
05.2024 - 11.2024
Lead Talent Partner
Tamara via Elements
10.2023 - 05.2024
Interim Director of Talent Acquisition
Tamara via Elements
07.2023 - 10.2023
Lead Talent Partner
Spotify via Elements
08.2022 - 04.2023
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Recruitment Ninja Ltd (Self-Employed)
06.2021 - 06.2022
Lead Talent Partner
Elements
01.2019 - 11.2024
Lead Talent Partner
Spotify via Elements
01.2019 - 04.2021
LLB (Hons) - Law
The University of Surrey