Recruitment & Executive Search Partner
Finding People. Building Futures.
For employers
I need to hire.
Specialist recruiters who know your sector, your city and what the market will actually bear, and who will tell you in week one if a brief cannot be filled at the budget.
170+professionals placed
For candidates
I'm looking for work.
We tell you the truth about the role, including the parts a job advert leaves out, and we brief you properly before every interview. Never any fee.
10live roles right now
- 170+
- Professionals placed
- 12+
- Clients onboarded
- 4
- Core sectors
- 48hrs
- First shortlist
Across engineering, finance, design and commercial roles.
From funded startups to established enterprises.
IT, aviation & travel, logistics and financial services.
Typical turnaround on a calibrated, well-briefed role.
Trusted by teams hiring across India
Eight ways to solve a hiring problem.
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01Executive Search
Confidential, research-led search for roles that define a business.
02Headhunting
Approaching the people who are not applying.
03CXO & Leadership Hiring
C-suite and senior leadership appointments, assessed against outcomes.
04Permanent Recruitment
Specialist hiring for professional and mid-management roles.
05Turnkey Recruitment
Whole teams, new sites and new functions, built end to end.
06RPO Services
Your recruitment function, run by us, embedded in your team.
07Staffing Services
Contract, temporary and payrolled talent, compliantly managed.
08Interim Management
Senior operators on short notice, for a defined outcome.
09HR Advisory
Practical HR structure for businesses growing past informality.
Two audiences. Two processes. One standard.
Recruitment fails when one side is treated as inventory for the other. The same four stages, read from both sides of the table.
Brief
A working session on the outcomes the role must deliver, not a list of adjectives.
1OpenCalibrate
We pressure-test the requirement against the budget and tell you in week one if it will not clear.
2QualifyShortlist
Three to five assessed candidates with written profiles. Typically 48 hours on a calibrated role.
3PresentClose
Offer management, counter-offer handling, then check-ins at thirty and ninety days.
4Decide
What you can hold us to
A short list you can actually interview.
Four in five profiles we send should be worth your time. That is the number we manage to, not CVs submitted.
- One named consultant per mandate
- First shortlist typically in 48 hours
- Confidential search as standard
- Support through the first 90 days
- Female-owned business
- Full-service HR consultancy
- Thane · Mumbai Metropolitan Region
4 in 5
profiles worth
your time
Marketing, technology and AI hiring
These three functions account for most of what we place, in India and for employers abroad. They cut across every sector, which is why they sit alongside our industry practices rather than inside one.
Marketing & Growth Recruitment
Brand, performance, content and growth talent across every sector.
- Performance & Growth
- Brand & Category
Technology & Software Recruitment
Engineering, product, cloud and platform talent for any employer.
- Engineering
- Platform & Cloud
AI & Machine Learning Recruitment
AI engineers, ML and data scientists, and applied research talent.
- Applied AI & ML
- Data Science & Analytics
Twelve sectors. Twelve different markets.
Each practice is run by consultants who recruit in that market every week, so the salary bands and the shortlists come from current mandates rather than a database.
ITInformation Technology
Engineering, data, cloud and product talent for software businesses.
BFBFSI
Banking, financial services, insurance and fintech hiring.
HPHealthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Clinical, regulatory, manufacturing and commercial healthcare talent.
MEManufacturing & Engineering
Plant leadership, production, quality and engineering talent.
CRConsumer & Retail
FMCG, retail and consumer brand talent from store to boardroom.
ECE-commerce & D2C
Growth, performance, category and operations talent for online brands.
REReal Estate & Infrastructure
Project, sales, planning and facility leadership for the built environment.
LSLogistics & Supply Chain
Warehouse, transport, planning and network leadership talent.
HOHospitality
Hotels, restaurants, travel and aviation service talent.
PSProfessional Services
Consulting, legal, accounting and advisory firm hiring.
AUAutomotive
OEM, component, EV and aftersales talent across the value chain.
STStartups & Technology Companies
Founding teams, first leadership hires and post-funding scale-ups.
Recruitment expertise wherever you hire
Three different jobs in four regions: hiring into Indian businesses, staffing Gulf employers with Indian talent, and building offshore teams for companies in the US and Australia.
- regions
- 4 regions
- countries
- 9 countries
- cities with their own market page
- 50 cities with their own market page
India
25 citiesHiring in India
Permanent, executive and volume mandates for businesses hiring here. Deepest in technology, BFSI, marketing and consumer.
The Gulf
10 cities · 6 countriesIndian talent for GCC employers
Engineering, projects, finance and operations staff sourced and screened in India for employers hiring across the Gulf.
US & Australia
15 cities · 2 countriesOffshore teams and GCCs
Build an India based engineering, product, marketing or back office team for a business headquartered in the US or Australia.
Evidence, not adjectives
Every case study states the constraint, the approach and a number the client would confirm.
Standing up a new logistics hub team
Template: a warehouse or hub launch where an entire operational team had to be in place before go-live.
- 00
- Roles filled
- 00
- Days to go-live
- 00%
- Offer acceptance
A confidential CFO appointment
Template: a senior finance appointment that could not be signalled to the market while the incumbent was in place.
- 00
- Candidates mapped
- 0
- Shortlisted
- 00
- Weeks to offer
Embedded recruitment for an engineering scale-up
Template: an RPO engagement where a funded company needed to hire continuously without building an internal team.
- 00
- Hires in 6 months
- 00
- Days average time-to-hire
- 00%
- Reduction in cost per hire
Marked Template, structural scaffolding only. Replace with real engagements in src/data/case-studies.ts before launch.
Roles we are hiring for right now
We reply to every application, including when the answer is no.
Senior Product Manager
Own a revenue-generating product line at a Series B SaaS business, working directly with the founding team.
- Location
- Bengaluru
- Experience
- 6–10 yrs
- Compensation
- ₹45-65 LPA
- Reference
- NM-PM-1041
Head of Finance
Lead the finance function for a fast-growing NBFC, covering controllership, FP&A and regulatory reporting.
- Location
- Mumbai
- Experience
- 10–16 yrs
- Compensation
- ₹55-80 LPA
- Reference
- NM-FIN-1027
Plant Head
Full operational ownership of a precision engineering plant in the Chakan industrial belt.
- Location
- Pune
- Experience
- 15–22 yrs
- Compensation
- ₹40-60 LPA
- Reference
- NM-MFG-1019
Sales Director, North
Lead the northern region for an established consumer brand across general and modern trade.
- Location
- Delhi NCR
- Experience
- 12–18 yrs
- Compensation
- ₹50-70 LPA
- Reference
- NM-SLS-1033
Senior Data Engineer
Build and own the data platform for an enterprise analytics team working on cloud-native pipelines.
- Location
- Hyderabad
- Experience
- 5–9 yrs
- Compensation
- ₹28-42 LPA
- Reference
- NM-DAT-1048
HR Business Partner
Partner with operations leadership across a multi-site logistics business in the Mumbai region.
- Location
- Thane
- Experience
- 6–10 yrs
- Compensation
- ₹18-26 LPA
- Reference
- NM-HRB-1052
Practical guidance on hiring well
Written by the consultants doing the work, about the things that actually determine whether a hire lands.
Why your shortlists keep failing (and it is usually the brief)
Most hiring processes break before the first CV arrives. A practical guide to writing a brief that a recruiter can actually fill.
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Interview preparation that actually works
Most interview advice is generic. A practical preparation method for experienced professionals interviewing in India.
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Notice periods are the hidden variable in every Indian hiring plan
A ninety-day notice period turns a four-week search into a five-month wait. How to plan hiring timelines around India's notice conventions.
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How to read a salary benchmark without being misled by it
Salary reports quote wide ranges built from mixed data. A guide to using benchmarks properly when setting a compensation range in India.
ReadQuestions, by who is asking
Permanent recruitment is charged as a percentage of the candidate's annual fixed compensation, payable on joining, with a replacement guarantee. Executive search and turnkey programmes are retained. RPO is a fixed monthly fee. Staffing is billed monthly on a rate card. Terms are always confirmed in writing before work begins.
Yes. Every permanent placement carries an agreed replacement period during which we re-run the search at no additional professional fee if the candidate leaves or is exited. The specific period is set out in the engagement letter.
Not for permanent recruitment, which can be contingent. Executive search and turnkey programmes are retained and therefore exclusive, because they involve committed research effort before any candidate is presented.
The job description, the realistic compensation range, the interview process and decision-makers, and a thirty-minute conversation with whoever the role reports to. That last item is the one that most improves shortlist quality.
Yes, and it is a common starting point. We will usually want to revisit the brief before starting, because a role that has been open for months is frequently a brief problem rather than a market problem.
Candidate profiles are shared only with explicit consent for a specific role, and candidates are always told which company their details are going to. We do not circulate CVs speculatively.
No. NM never charges candidates for registration, placement or any part of the recruitment process. Our fees are paid by employers. If anyone contacts you asking for payment in NM's name, please report it. See our fraud alert page.
Your profile is reviewed by the consultant covering your function and added to our talent network. If there is a live role that matches, you will hear from us directly. If not, your profile stays on file and is reviewed against new mandates as they open.
No. We never share your profile with any employer without your explicit consent for that specific role, and we will always tell you the company name before sending your details anywhere.
It varies by role and employer, but a typical process runs three to six weeks from first conversation to offer. We will give you the expected timeline and the number of stages at the outset, and tell you honestly if it slips.
Yes. Before every client interview we brief you on the interviewers, the format, what they are assessing and the questions they typically ask. We also give you feedback after each stage, whether or not you progress.
Our core coverage is India. We do support international mandates for clients with operations abroad, and these are listed on our jobs page where they exist.
Whichever side of the table you are on.
Employers
Tell us what you are hiring for
Two short steps, routed to a specialist consultant. A calibration call within one working day.
Candidates
Send us your profile
It goes to the consultant covering your function, and stays on file for the searches that are never advertised.