Built for
hard hires.
Talhive was built for hard hires: leadership, specialist, and India build mandates where the brief is narrow, the market is misunderstood, and the strongest candidates are hard to see. We do not just run searches. We help companies make better hiring decisions.
Started from Pune, helping Indian startups and venture-backed companies build early teams across technology, product, design, and business functions.
Entered international hiring with NBA and began supporting India-based remote team buildouts for companies across the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Headquartered in Pune with an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Talhive supports hiring and team buildouts for companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada, with over 1,200 placements completed.
Built for hard hires.
Not easy traffic.
Talhive improves hiring decisions in markets where the brief is still moving, the stakes are high, and the strongest candidates are not visible through standard recruiting channels. We pressure-test the role before the search begins. We tell clients when the market disagrees with the brief. We bring evidence into the process early, so decisions get cleaner before time gets wasted.
We are not interested in sending more CVs. We are interested in helping companies get to the right answer faster. Retained mandates create the alignment and focus that high-stakes searches require. We commit senior capacity before we see an outcome, and that changes what we are willing to say to a client, what we push back on, and what we refuse to skip.
- A brief that has not been tested against what the market can actually support
- Compensation anchored to internal bands rather than live market data
- Candidate motivation treated as given, not as a variable to be tested
- Process drift: the brief changing silently as interview rounds accumulate
- False market assumptions that narrow the search before it begins
We read the market before we run the search
The search thesis comes before the sourcing. We map where the right candidates actually sit, not where they are easiest to find.
Every shortlist survives scrutiny
Role calibration, market mapping, structured assessment, and pre-offer referencing. Every stage produces a written output. The process is designed to reduce decision risk, not accelerate throughput.
We work with clients, not around them
We measure success by fit and retention, not placement count. That standard determines how we source, assess, and close, and what we are willing to challenge along the way.
Senior oversight
on every mandate.
Som leads Talhive’s strategic direction and business design, with a focus on operating model development, commercial structuring, and international expansion. He works with founders and senior leadership teams on business strategy, execution planning, and organisational decisions that require operating discipline and market judgment.
- Business strategy, systems design, and international expansion
- Background across talent, consulting, and fintech
- Built across Talhive, Vyaparcred, and Woodbox
Pratik leads Talhive’s delivery organisation, covering hiring execution, process discipline, and team buildouts. He works with clients and internal teams on mandate execution and delivery planning where consistency and responsiveness are non-negotiable.
- Hiring execution, process discipline, and team buildouts
- Background across WNS, Profile Options, and WrapZyners
- Grounded in delivery operations and execution reliability
Operating from Pune and Ho Chi Minh City, Talhive supports mandates across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and APAC. Our model is built on market access, structured search, and close client collaboration across geographies.