ERP Staffing & Market Entry
in the GCC, by TalentIQ.
Built quietly, in the Gulf, for the Gulf.
TalentIQ is an independent, founder-led ERP staffing and market-entry firm headquartered in Sharjah, UAE, with a decade of dedicated focus on the six GCC nations. We exist for one purpose: to put the right enterprise IT talent into the right room — and to do it without the noise.
"Our work is judged on the quality of the next conversation we open —
not the volume of the last email we sent."
Six principles that shape every mandate.
Integrity Above Volume
We measure success in placements that last, not CVs forwarded. Every recommendation is one we would stake our own reputation on.
Specialism First
Generalists serve nobody well in enterprise IT. Our consultants live inside the SAP, Oracle, and Dynamics ecosystems they recruit for.
Long Relationships
Our oldest client and oldest candidate relationships both span over a decade. We are built for the second mandate, not the first.
GCC Native
Cultural literacy across UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman is the difference between an offer accepted and a deal lost.
Quietly Excellent
We avoid noise — no spam outreach, no auto-blasted CVs, no inflated promises. Senior buyers can tell the difference.
Bridge Builders
We connect international vendors to the GCC and GCC enterprises to global talent — moving capability across borders with discretion.
A decade in the GCC.
Founded in Sharjah
TalentIQ began as a specialist SAP search practice serving a single GCC oil & gas major.
Multi-platform expansion
Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics practices added; first ten-strong delivery team mandate executed in KSA.
Talent network at scale
Crossed 2,000 actively-vetted ERP professionals across the six GCC countries.
Market entry practice launched
Began representing international ERP and SaaS vendors as their on-the-ground GCC commercial extension.
Network exceeds 5,000
98% retention milestone reached. Verified Scorecard formalised as the standard candidate deliverable.
The trusted regional partner
Working with leading GCC corporations, sovereign-backed enterprises, and global vendors entering the Gulf.
People who answer the phone.
TalentIQ is owner-operated. Senior directors are accessible to clients and candidates directly — not gatekept behind account managers.
Sunil Varghese
Two decades in GCC enterprise IT and ERP delivery, with deep relationships across the regional CIO community in oil & gas, government, and financial services.
Practice Directors
Each ERP practice is led by a senior director who has personally implemented the platform they recruit for, ensuring technical conversations carry weight.
GCC Operations
An in-country operations team handles the back-office of every contract engagement — sponsorship, payroll, and labour-law compliance across all six GCC nations.