Jay Menon
Founder
Founded by Jay Menon, FutureA4 is committed to serving as an invaluable partner to client companies, offering expertise in employer branding, talent attraction strategy, and seamless execution of the entire talent acquisition process. With a remarkable 35 years of global talent acquisition experience, Jay has held pivotal roles at prestigious organizations such as Polaris Consulting and Services (currently Virtusa), Mastek, and Intelligroup Inc.(later acquired by NTT Data) in India, serving as the Global Head and Senior Vice President of Talent Acquisition. Furthermore, his illustrious career encompasses key positions in manufacturing companies like Diamond Cements and Lakshmi Cements. Drawing from this extensive expertise, Jay founded FutureA4, a specialized venture dedicated to talent acquisition across diverse sectors including banking, financial services, insurance, airlines, manufacturing, engineering, semiconductor industries, as well as healthcare institutions.
FutureA4 is a boutique search firm that specializes in leadership and lateral hiring, with a focus on specific domains including BFS, Airlines, Manufacturing, Engineering, and for Hospitals, Healthcare & Wellness centers in India, as well as technologies like Digital, Data, Cloud, and Analytics. Its main verticals are IT & non-IT and WHH (Wellness, Hospital & Healthcare services), under which it provides leadership and lateral hiring for specific technologies or roles. Notably, it offers critical hiring services for medical colleges and hospitals in areas such as oncology, gynecology, registrar positions, and ICU staff, while refraining from mass hiring or contract hiring/staffing, acknowledging the presence of other major players catering to such needs.
The company provides recruiter onsite or RPO process assistance at no cost, offering its recruiters to customers. This service helps to streamline communication and coordination between candidates and customers, leading to faster decision-making. It is especially useful for small companies, startups, and large customers with special hiring projects. FutureA4 also specializes in various hiring initiatives for corporates, such as diversity hiring, second
career hiring or positions related to specific domains or technologies. Additionally, the company helps customers fill confidential leadership positions by working directly with the leadership team/CXOs.
Jay says, “Our philosophy at FutureA4 as well as tagline ‘Unlocking Possibilities’ revolves around being the catalyst between a candidate or a customer and to improve their future A4 sheet, as the A4 sheet holds great significance, such as being an offer letter, training document, or a purchase order, etc. We aim to enable the best opportunities for both”. Their VP and Head of Delivery, Balasubramanian adds, “Our unique screening process includes multiple levels of assessment, competency-based checks, self-ratings, and candidate elevator pitches. We provide comprehensive candidate information to customers before interviews, ensuring candidates are well prepared and minimizing last-minute surprises. In the post-offer stage, we maintain close communication with candidates and provide the customer with a weekly renege report and a weekly dashboard to track candidate progress with information on conversions, Our team follows a philosophy called TIQ (Transparency, Integrity, and Quality) approach to foster long-term relationships with our customers and candidates”.
The team at Future A4 is under the leadership of Balasubramanian and consists of three AVPs in Customer Success, namely Arjun PT, Arathi Nair, and John Benedict. Additionally, the team includes a Senior Vice President, Jagdish Iyer, who possesses over two decades of experience in HR processes, having previously worked in the Gulf region and in the Airline Domain. The team is predominantly composed of individuals holding engineering degrees, MBAs, or both. Notably, the company places a strong emphasis on gender diversity and actively provides opportunities to highly educated women from remote villages. Undoubtedly, the strong organizational culture at the company, which prioritizes employee growth and customer connectivity, serves as the cornerstone of its operations.
“Our team has a mandatory fun session every Friday. We also offer flexible office hours and organize regular training to meet customer requirements. Our strong organizational culture and rigorous training enable us to address the evolving technology needs of our clients effortlessly” says Arjun, AVP Customer Success. “FutureA4 has already implemented AI-based sourcing and candidate ranking tool and also training its team in new-gen technology to stay updated with industry trends”, asserts Arathi Nair.
Growth & Future Roadmap
Today, FutureA4 positioning itself as a search firm for leadership and lateral hiring in India, catering to an extensive customer base spanning across India, encompassing metropolitan regions in the north and south. It includes clients from versatile sectors such as IT, ITES, Airlines, Banking, Insurance, major Hospitals, and engineering firms.
FutureA4 carved out a space for themselves in identifying candidates for niche and specialized roles. Jay emphasizes that FutureA4’s future focus lies in expanding into the manufacturing and engineering sectors, extending its WHH (Wellness, Hospitals and Healthcare domain) presence from south India to the northern parts of India and nationwide particularly, which will be driven by Jagdish Iyer and John. “Its vision entails establishing the firm as one of the leading hospital and wellness recruiters in India, while simultaneously extending its reach to major GCCs and Gulf Countries” says Jagdish Iyer. Furthermore, it endeavors to broaden its footprint in the IT industry, especially targeting core IT engineering companies to help them identify candidates for niche areas. Nonetheless, it is imperative to underline that its expansion strategy prioritizes depth over breadth, aiming to secure a position among the top five partners in specialty hiring for each of its clients. This approach emphasizes building enduring client relationships, thus becoming an integral part of the clients’ ecosystems.
Jay Menon, Founder
A boutique search firm providing leadership search, lateral hiring for IT, non-IT, BFS, Insurace, Hospitals, Healthcare, Wellness, Retail domains
Jay says, “Our philosophy at FutureA4 as well as tagline ‘Unlocking Possibilities’ revolves around being the catalyst between a candidate or a customer and to improve their future A4 sheet, as the A4 sheet holds great significance, such as being an offer letter, training document, or a purchase order, etc. We aim to enable the best opportunities for both”. Their VP and Head of Delivery, Balasubramanian adds, “Our unique screening process includes multiple levels of assessment, competency-based checks, self-ratings, and candidate elevator pitches. We provide comprehensive candidate information to customers before interviews, ensuring candidates are well prepared and minimizing last-minute surprises. In the post-offer stage, we maintain close communication with candidates and provide the customer with a weekly renege report and a weekly dashboard to track candidate progress with information on conversions, Our team follows a philosophy called TIQ (Transparency, Integrity, and Quality) approach to foster long-term relationships with our customers and candidates”.
FutureA4 positions itself as a boutique search firm for leadership and lateral hiring in India, catering to niche & specliased roles
The team at Future A4 is under the leadership of Balasubramanian and consists of three AVPs in Customer Success, namely Arjun PT, Arathi Nair, and John Benedict. Additionally, the team includes a Senior Vice President, Jagdish Iyer, who possesses over two decades of experience in HR processes, having previously worked in the Gulf region and in the Airline Domain. The team is predominantly composed of individuals holding engineering degrees, MBAs, or both. Notably, the company places a strong emphasis on gender diversity and actively provides opportunities to highly educated women from remote villages. Undoubtedly, the strong organizational culture at the company, which prioritizes employee growth and customer connectivity, serves as the cornerstone of its operations.
“Our team has a mandatory fun session every Friday. We also offer flexible office hours and organize regular training to meet customer requirements. Our strong organizational culture and rigorous training enable us to address the evolving technology needs of our clients effortlessly” says Arjun, AVP Customer Success. “FutureA4 has already implemented AI-based sourcing and candidate ranking tool and also training its team in new-gen technology to stay updated with industry trends”, asserts Arathi Nair.
Growth & Future Roadmap
Today, FutureA4 positioning itself as a search firm for leadership and lateral hiring in India, catering to an extensive customer base spanning across India, encompassing metropolitan regions in the north and south. It includes clients from versatile sectors such as IT, ITES, Airlines, Banking, Insurance, major Hospitals, and engineering firms.
FutureA4 carved out a space for themselves in identifying candidates for niche and specialized roles. Jay emphasizes that FutureA4’s future focus lies in expanding into the manufacturing and engineering sectors, extending its WHH (Wellness, Hospitals and Healthcare domain) presence from south India to the northern parts of India and nationwide particularly, which will be driven by Jagdish Iyer and John. “Its vision entails establishing the firm as one of the leading hospital and wellness recruiters in India, while simultaneously extending its reach to major GCCs and Gulf Countries” says Jagdish Iyer. Furthermore, it endeavors to broaden its footprint in the IT industry, especially targeting core IT engineering companies to help them identify candidates for niche areas. Nonetheless, it is imperative to underline that its expansion strategy prioritizes depth over breadth, aiming to secure a position among the top five partners in specialty hiring for each of its clients. This approach emphasizes building enduring client relationships, thus becoming an integral part of the clients’ ecosystems.
Jay Menon, Founder
A boutique search firm providing leadership search, lateral hiring for IT, non-IT, BFS, Insurace, Hospitals, Healthcare, Wellness, Retail domains
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