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Kumar Vivek

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Head of People & Culture at TartanHQ
📍 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Kumar Vivek is a strategic people leader with over 13 years of experience scaling FinTech, SaaS, and HRTech startups. As Head of People & Culture at TartanHQ, he specializes in workforce architecture, HR automation, and aligning people strategy with business goals. He holds an Executive Management degree from IIM, Calcutta.

He identifies as a "Lifelong Intern, " showing a deep passion for continuous learning and professional growth. He actively engages with the HR community by attending conferences, sharing insights on workplace dynamics, and discussing emerging trends like modern employee benefits and the practical challenges of implementing new HR technologies.

He has successfully hired entire leadership teams, including a CTO and VP of Product, without using external vendors.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Head of People & Culture
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Kumar shows up

ROI Conscious
Demanding
Hard To Convince

They respond well to confident salespeople. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Priorities

Topics Kumar cares about

HR Tech & Automation
He focuses on HR automation and has written about the challenges of rolling out AI-powered performance management systems, emphasizing the need for strong data discipline.
Startup Culture
As a trusted advisor to founders, he has a proven record of transforming company culture and scaling organizations from pre-seed to Series A and beyond.
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Career

Work history

11-2023
Head of People & Culture
TartanHQ
11-2022 - 11-2023
Head of Employee Experience
Attentive.ai
11-2019 - 10-2022
Head of Human Resources
Edfora
2-2016 - 10-2019
Vice President Human Resources
ConveGenius
4-2014 - 1-2016
Senior Executive Human Resources
TPG
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Executive Management
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
2005 - 2010
BBA.LL.B.
Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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