Rajesh S.

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led talent management initiatives in high-growth startups.
Successfully drove change management during major organizational transitions.
Passionate about enhancing employee experience and engagement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in the Fintech and Oil & Gas sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementPerformance ManagementOnboardingHr Business PartneringChange ManagementDiversity & Inclusion

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsBusiness AnalysisCareer DevelopmentCoachingCollaborative LeadershipCompensation & BenefitsConflict ManagementEmotional IntelligenceEmployee EngagementEmployee ExperienceEmployee Learning & DevelopmentEmployee RecognitionEmployee RelationsEmployee WellnessEmployer Branding

About

At Scapia, I head the HR function working closely with the founder in shaping the people & culture charter, across various touchpoints that impact the employee experience. We are a travel based fintech start-up on a mission to empower people and offer a great travel experience via our co branded credit card. Prior to this, I was associated with Khatabook, a fintech start-up where I head the talent management function. I invested the early days of my career in a hi-growth startup, InMobi and dabbled with functions across TA, HR Ops, HRBP in global roles. Then, I complemented the startup experience with a stint at GE Oil & Gas leading the HR charter at two of their tech centers, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Here, I had the opportunity to drive large scale change management interventions as we went through a demerger from GE and acquisition of an AI based company in San Francisco. Besides, working with global leaders in a matrix structure amplified my appreciation for systems thinking, building a process mindset while thriving in ambiguity. The exponential growth of tech startups in India amazes me and the variety of problems that gets solved by young India fascinates me. It's an opportune moment of the 21st century as we build cutting edge technology that will shape human behaviour prominently. I'm passionate about scaling teams, shaping practices aligned with culture and coaching leaders to drive business value through people.

Experience

Scapia

HR

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Khatabook

Head Of Talent Management

Nov 2021 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Scaled 0-1 the Talent Management charter leading a 3-member team instrumental in shaping the people & culture agenda.
Lead the Performance Management Charter: half-yearly talent reviews, designing manager toolkits, monthly 1:1s, OKR adoption org wide.
Successfully onboarded over 200 new joiners with a well-defined 30-day experiential onboarding plan. Experience score 4.7/5
Designed and facilitated cohort-based learning for over 60 first time managers in the form of learning capsules and coaching sessions. Experience score 4.6/5
Role based organization: Devising meaningful career journeys providing role clarity and foster career development
Revamped the R&R framework with multiple award categories paced at different intervals of time (spot, quarterly, half-yearly and annual)
Employee Wellness: Partnered externally to offer wellness solutions, sensitizing employees with thematic webinars, and measurement of trends in 1-1 support.
Instrumental in driving a culture of high-performance coaching business leaders and helping them drive P&L mandates via people in the form of talent retention, performance improvement and driving org restructuring exercises.
Employee Experience: design and action-based analysis of half-yearly engagement surveys and facilitating celebration of key work milestones.
Organized Office Olympics, first of its kind Sports Day over a 2-week window, with vibrant participation from over 40% of employees

Talent ManagementPerformance ManagementOnboardingEmployee ExperienceEmployee WellnessChange Management

Ge

Lead HRBP

Jan 2019 – Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

HR Business Partner at the site for the Engineering & Technology function of GE Oil & Gas. Based in Bangalore, site HR leader for the tech centers in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Site HR Leader for 350+ Engg & Tech team during a critical phase of de-merger from GE - including planning of new workplace, rebranding and org makeover.
Led Project OXYGEN, org wide business initiative to communicate and drive adoption of org values using multiple techniques, tools and activities in partnership with leaders.
DE&I: Designed and rolled out the 6-month long Bridge Assignment program aimed at upskilling of women top talent in the MENATI region. This was globally recognized and adopted for global implementation in the Digital Solutions Product Company vertical for a 10000+ large workforce.
As Site HR, meticulously planned and executed org restructuring of the Digital team post signing of external partnership with C3.ai.

HR Business PartneringChange ManagementDiversity & Inclusion

Inmobi

HR Business Partner

Oct 2013 – Jan 2019 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Thrived in a start-up environment dabbling a variety of roles spanning Campus Hiring, HR Operations, L&D, HR Business Partnering. Quite a few of them were 0-1 initiatives and I had the opportunity to work with an inspiring peer group that helped me learn and grow at great pace. Key highlights of the stint include implementing the first HRMS, driving rewards strategy, the experience based referral rewards programs and designing and driving talent management activities.
Majority of this stint was in an HRBP role, as I partnered with Revenue & Operations teams across India and APAC.

HR Business PartneringTalent ManagementHR Operations

Thermax

Summer Intern

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Pune

Benchmark & Analysis of the Diploma Engineer Trainees (DET) program
Studied the business and the HR practices with respect to the DET Program in Thermax Ltd.
Benchmarked the above against Bharat Forge and Sandvik Asia
Identified gaps and made recommendations
Suggested career growth opportunities for the DETs
Worked on the 2012 DET Induction plan and suggested fun games during induction

Axiom academy

Quantitative Aptitude Trainer

Jun 2009 – May 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Chennai Area, India

The role of faculty included designing course curriculum, content development and teaching concepts in logical reasoning and mathematics for students appearing for different competitive exams like TANCET, Bank P.O exams and placement tests.
Besides classroom teaching, the work entailed visits to Engineering colleges across the state of Tamil Nadu.
The role of counselor was a test of inter-personal skills, understanding students’ problems, helping them deal with and constantly motivating them to perform better with time.