Vandna Tyagi

Strategic Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of experience driving enterprise-wide HR strategy, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Organization Effectiveness, Culture Transformation and Learning across multinational organizations including HCL Technologies, PepsiCo, Sapient and Prescient Healthcare. A trusted advisor to senior leadership with proven expertise in aligning people strategy with business objectives, building high-performing organizations, developing leadership capability, driving organizational transformation and creating inclusive, performance-driven cultures. Experienced in partnering with CXOs to strengthen workforce capability, improve organizational effectiveness and accelerate business growth.

Recognized for leading large-scale HR transformation initiatives across global organizations, developing future-ready talent pipelines, improving employee engagement and implementing scalable HR processes that enhance organizational performance.

HR & Organization Transformation Advisor - Consulting

(2020-04)

Partner with founders, CEOs and leadership teams to design people strategies, leadership frameworks and organizational capability models supporting business growth.

• Partnered with business leaders to align people strategy with business objectives.
• Led Performance Management, Talent Reviews and Career Development.
• Designed enterprise onboarding strategy.
• Developed leadership capability programs.
• Built Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.
• Led employee engagement initiatives improving retention.
• Introduced analytics to measure learning effectiveness and workforce capability.
• Supported incentive and performance-linked reward strategies.
• Influenced HR policy development and organizational change.

Head – Talent Management & Culture - Prescient Healthcare Group

(2019-01 - 2020-12)

• Led enterprise Talent Management and Leadership Development strategy.
• Built succession planning and competency frameworks.
• Integrated performance management with development planning.
• Designed HR policies supporting organizational growth.
• Led employee engagement, retention and culture transformation initiatives.
• Partnered with business leaders to strengthen organizational capability.
• Drove managerial capability development through structured assessment and coaching.

Lead – Talent Development & HR Business Partner - HCL Technologies

(2014-01 - 2019-12)

Supported the Finance organization with responsibility for Talent Strategy, Leadership Development and Organizational Capability for over 1,500 employees.

• Partnered with business leaders to align people strategy with business objectives.
• Led Performance Management, Talent Reviews and Career Development.
• Designed enterprise onboarding strategy.
• Developed leadership capability programs.
• Built Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.
• Led employee engagement initiatives improving retention.
• Introduced analytics to measure learning effectiveness and workforce capability.
• Supported incentive and performance-linked reward strategies.
• Influenced HR policy development and organizational change.

Global Learning & Development Manager - Sapient

(2012-01 - 2014-12)

Managed global Learning Operations supporting consulting and technology businesses across geographies.

• Managed annual learning investment exceeding ₹100 million.
• Led global capability development programs.
• Partnered with senior executives to identify future capability requirements.
• Developed competency frameworks and learning architecture.
• Automated executive reporting dashboards.
• Implemented learning technology and governance models.
• Managed vendor partnerships and enterprise learning operations.

Training Manager & PMO - PepsiCo International

(2006-01 - 2012-12)

• Managed enterprise training operations.
• Improved service delivery, operational efficiency and governance.
• Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to support capability development.
• Led learning projects from planning through execution.
• Managed operational reporting, governance and performance metrics.

Diploma - Training and Development - ISTD (2014-01 - 2015-12)

Executive MBA - Marketing and Systems - IMT (2006-01 - 2008-12)

MCA - IGNOU (2000-01 - 2003-12)

Post-Graduation - Public Administration - Annamalai University (1996-01 - 1998-12)

Bachelor of Science - Delhi University, Miranda House (1993-01 - 1996-12)