Sergio Martínez

Think what you feel and feel what you think. HR professional with 10 years of experience in team management in the world of basketball who wants to make his passion (people management) his profession.

Ikigai Talent Group (2026-07 – Present)

Comprehensive management of talent acquisition processes and specialized recruitment for technology, digital, sales, and executive roles. Defining candidate profiles in collaboration with clients, searching for and attracting talent through sourcing and headhunting, competency-based screening and interviews, assessing technical and soft skills, and compiling shortlists. Supporting candidates throughout the selection process, coordinating interviews, tracking applications, and providing guidance on hiring decisions.

Managing relationships with clients, hiring managers, and candidates, while providing market insights and talent analysis.

Openchip & Software Technologies (2025-02 – 2026-01)

Specialize in recruiting highly skilled professionals across key domains, including:

• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (ML engineers, data scientists, AI researchers)
• Microelectronics & R&D Engineers
• VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog Specialists
• QA & Test Automation Engineers
• During this year, I closed more than 70 positions, working with a huge volume of positions at the same time.
• Time spend by position 2 weeks. Closed positions per month: Between 7 and 10.
• Recruiting all over the world, so English was mandatory (America, Europe, India...)

Melza Agile Tech HeadHunters (2022-05 – 2024-12)

Partnering closely with hiring managers to assess their talent requirements and facilitate a successful hiring process. I lead end-to-end recruitment processes for specific clients within different industries (Healthcare, e-commerce, retail, start-ups), providing support in a wide variety of roles, such as:

• Software Engineering Roles [.Net,.Net Core, Golang, PHP Core (& Frameworks: Symfony, Laravel), Python, React, Angular... (Always looking for candidates oriented towards Best Practices: Clean Code, Clean Architecture and SOLID Principles).
• iOS Engineer (Swift, Objective C) Android Engineer (Kotlin).
• Working at the same time between 4-8 Positions.
• Time spend by position 3 weeks. Closed positions per month: 2.
• Recruiting all over Europe, so English was mandatory.

Degree in labour relations and human resources – Universitat de Barcelona (2014 – 2019)

Master in HR, group management and talent detection – IL3 Barcelona (2020 – 2020)