About

Chicho Merin Varghese is a highly experienced Head of Talent Acquisition & Operations currently working at Next Order. With over 13 years of experience, Chicho is passionate about building great teams and practices. He has previously worked at Atlassian and Tesco, where he held senior technical recruiting and technology recruiting roles, respectively. At Atlassian, Chicho was responsible for building a world-class team for Atlassian Marketplace out of Bengaluru. He was deeply involved in attracting, engaging, and hiring passive talent from start-ups, internet companies, and software companies. He was also responsible for deciphering job descriptions into meaningful conversations, hand-holding candidates through the interview process, and extending offers. Chicho provided a personalized candidate journey to ensure that candidates got to know Atlassian better every time, and he planned big welcomes to ensure that new hires had a stellar experience. At Tesco, Chicho was responsible for hiring problem-solvers who had a design way of thinking and were comfortable functioning in a high degree of ambiguity. He looked for candidates who asked the right questions, spoke about scale and complexity, and were die-hard technologists. Chicho believes in setting an incredibly high bar for talent and quality and never compromising. He believes that it's better to grow slowly and have higher quality people. Chicho holds an MBA from Karunya University in Coimbatore and a Bachelor of Technology in IT from the University of Kerala. He is a skilled professional with a proven track record of building great teams and practices. Chicho is a great communicator who can decipher complex job descriptions and turn them into meaningful conversations. He is also an expert at hand-holding candidates through the interview process and ensuring that they have a memorable experience. If you're looking to build a great team, Chicho is the person you need.