Senior HR Professional - Startup
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Visionary, yet hands-on HR leader with experience designing and implementing People strategies and programs for scale
● Deep understanding of global HR practices in large companies as well as fast-paced, dynamic startup environments
● Influencer, Partner, Coach, Adviser and Developer of Senior Leaders
● Experience building and nurturing great workplace cultures for global and India-based organizations
● Excellent track record in hiring and retaining high performing teams
● Certified Six Sigma & PCMM professional
● Highly ethical, self-driven, mature HR professional
Dremio India - HR Director , May 2021 - Till date
Dremio is the easy and open lakehouse platform. Hundreds of organizations, including 3 of the Fortune 5, use Dremio to deliver mission-critical BI on the data lake. As the original creator of Apache Arrow, Dremio is on a mission to reinvent SQL for data lakes and meet customers where they are in their cloud journey.
● Be the trusted advisor for all Business Heads and employee groups in India by providing expert advice, guidance and coaching to managers in all aspects of HR
● Be an active member of the People Leadership team ensuring alignment beyond the local offices and adding value to the broader organization
● Be proactive in identifying people issues and trends within the business and work together with key stakeholders in order to formulate and implement solutions
● Manage talent review and performance for respective business groups
● Work with Leaders, Managers and employees for feedback and improve workplace experience and engagement activities
● Assess development needs and implement development plans and facilitate training and other group sessions for managers and employees
● Evangelize internal communication cadence
● Develop and maintain effective relationships through effective and timely communication
● Manage the full onboarding process to scale with rapid expansion plan
● Responsible for HR Compliance in the country.
Cyware Labs, Bangalore - HR Director , Aug 2020 – April 2021
Cyber security product development startup company with headquarters U.S. with Engineering center in India.
● Responsible for end-to-end HR function in India. ● Doubled the headcount in 6 months.
● Increased efficiency of onboarding process
● Introduced Employee engagement survey and participated in Great Place to Work Survey. ● Champion of Employee new benefits.
● Revamped HR Policies
● Driving Impactful communication system
● Created HR Dashboard and made for leaders
● Evaluated and implemented HRIS for the Organization
Instart, Bangalore - HR Director ,
Aug 2014 – May 2020
U.S.- based Digital Experience Security startup delivering faster, safer and more profitable online experiences to retailers and enterprise companies
● Acting as Strategic Partner for the Business to grow Organizational capability by developing suitable Systems & Strategies.
● Identify, define and nurture the culture of the organization.
● Envisage the business growth trajectory and help the leadership in building their teams and organization for future
● Accountable for complete People spectrum - attract, engage, develop and retain best talent for the organization.
● Build systems and process in the organization to attract the best talent in an efficient and predictable manner
● Own Performance Management: support and develop line managers in driving a performance culture through coaching, facilitating talent.
● Spearhead Compensation & Benefits program to be competitive in the market.
● Champion Talent Development programs – Learning & Development, Succession planning,
Retention programs to meet current and future demand of the organization.
● Design need based engagement initiatives to improve employee engagement.
● Be a - trusted advisor to the leadership team, providing them objective and balanced advice on various people priorities
● Custodian of HR governance to ensure compliance of all employment laws & other statutory requirements.
● Lead the Human Resource team including recruitment team by providing sense of direction and guidance.
● Built an employer brand to attract quality talent in the market.
Independent consultant , Feb 2014 - Aug 2014
● Set up HR Processes for start-up organizations including Talent Acquisition practices and process, Compensation, Statutory Compliance, and Employee Engagement and Rewards Programs
Opera Solutions, NCR Region - Talent Manager , Dec 2012 – Jan 2014
A US Based Bigdata & Data Analytics product development company .
● Built the R&D and Engineering teams in India
● Established a global Performance management system
● Designed and implemented all People Practices including Talent Management,
Performance Management, Recognition, Learning and Development, Succession Planning,
and Retention programs
● Partnered with senior leadership to build an in-house training program to develop
Technical, Behavioral & Leadership skills
● Designed various talent management metrics & dashboards to increase efficiency
Shell , Bangalore - HR Manager, Sep 2006 – Nov 2012
Research & Development center of Fortune 3 Shell Oil Company.
● Understanding global business strategy and further develop the design of country Business HR strategy to deliver all aspects of human resources support including: recruitment, on boarding, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations, and organizational development.
● Manage the complete HR life cycle of employees by designing, defining & implementing appropriate HR policies & procedures in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Compensation, Employee Engagement, Learning & Development, Succession planning etc.
● Actively involved in all Employee engagement activities; Employee survey, Team Interventions, Offsite meetings, Town halls, Communication with staff.
● Manage 360-degree feedback, Skip level meetings and other employee communication. ∉ Ensure implementation of effective learning and development practices by defining, mapping and tracking skill metrics across the organization with a goal to upskill resources on a periodic basis.
● Design & implement Performance Review and Rewards & Recognitions programs. ∉ Coordinate all Compensation related activities on benchmarking, data analysis, merit proposal etc.
● Build people and leadership capability - Identifying Hi pots, Succession Planning, Retention strategies, Individual development plans and programs.
● Responsible for driving the culture inside the organization by ensuring right Onboarding, Induction into the organization and to respective teams.
● Change Management for the transition of New businesses / COE’s into the country ∉ Managing Payroll for the organization
● Coaching and influencing key stakeholders and managers with best people practice, enabling them to manage their teams effectively.
● Work closely with CSR projects to improve employee engagement
Honeywell , Bangalore - Human Resource Business Partner Aug 2002 – Aug 2006
Research & Development center
● Built the organization from 300 to 3000+
● Manage full cycle HR for 4 business units (1000+ employees) ● Key member in PCMM Certification for the organization
● Implemented Six Sigma in HR Function
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bangalore University
