Tanya D Souza

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Decade of experience in HR business partnering.
Expertise in driving impactful people-centric strategies.
Passionate about enhancing organizational performance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR professional with expertise in organizational development and employee engagement.

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Skills

Core Skills

People Strategy And Business PartneringTalent ManagementBusiness PartneringPerformance ManagementHr OperationsStrategic Business Partnership

Other Skills

AdministrationBusiness Partner SupportBusiness partnering and people strategyCareer developmentCompensationCompensation managementCulture and engagementData AnalysisDriving growth and changeEmployee Benefits DesignEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployee relations and engagementEmployer brandingHR Management

About

I am a psychologist by education, a strategic business partner by profession, and a people-first leader at heart. With a decade of experience in human resource business partnering, I specialize in driving impactful strategies that align organizational goals with employee success. My expertise spans enhancing individual and organizational performance, enabling employees to thrive, and building cultures of growth and efficiency. I work closely with leadership and stakeholders to design and execute initiatives that translate business goals into actionable outcomes. This includes fostering organizational development, optimizing performance, and creating frameworks that empower teams to deliver their best. Throughout my career, I have led key areas of People and Culture, including: • Strategic HR business partnering and organizational development • Performance management to drive business results • Talent management, leadership development, and coaching • Cultivating culture and engagement to support growth • Policy, operations, and change management for efficiency I thrive in dynamic environments where innovation and collaboration drive progress, and I’m passionate about creating workplaces where people and organizations succeed together. Let’s connect to explore how we can create impactful, people-centric strategies that fuel business outcomes.

Experience

Lyric

People Team

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · Remote

Lyric enables organisations to orchestrate, plan, and adapt their supply chains with AI-driven intelligence to deliver better decisions faster.

Appsmith

People Team

Sep 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · Remote

Appsmith is the first open-source low code tool that helps developers build dashboards and admin panels very quickly. It's a platform that helps businesses build any custom internal application within hours.
● People strategy and business partnering
● Organisation design and efficiency
● Talent Management and succession planning
● Leadership coaching and development
● Culture and engagement

People strategy and business partneringOrganisation design and efficiencyTalent Management and succession planningLeadership coaching and developmentCulture and engagementTalent Management

The talent deck

Community

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

The Talent Deck is a curated volunteer led community of People and TA professionals where we leverage the power of community to help each other grow.

Lummo (formerly bukukas)

People Team

Nov 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

At Lummo, we empower entrepreneurs and brands in SEA by giving them the best technology and partner solutions. We help growth oriented entrepreneurs unlock their full potential through our D2C SaaS solutions.
● Business partnering and people strategy
● Performance management
● Career development
● Culture and engagement
● Process excellence
● Succession planning

Business partnering and people strategyPerformance managementCareer developmentCulture and engagementProcess excellenceSuccession planning+1

Recko | a stripe company

People Team

Jan 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Recko is building a platform that empowers finance teams in fast-growing internet businesses with a comprehensive and robust technology stack to build and embed innovative financial workflows.
● HR Operations and business partnering
● Performance management and career development
● Employee relations and engagement
● Driving growth and change
● Employer branding

HR Operations and business partneringPerformance management and career developmentEmployee relations and engagementDriving growth and changeEmployer brandingHR Operations+1

Gsn games

2 roles

People Partner

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

GSN Games is a leading provider of cross-platform entertainment, including social casino games and skill-based cash tournaments designed to fuel every player's inner winner.
● HR operations and payroll management
● Strategic business partnership
● Performance management
● Compensation management
● Internal job levelling
● Employee relations and engagement

HR operations and payroll managementStrategic business partnershipPerformance managementCompensation managementInternal job levellingEmployee relations and engagement+1