Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · New South Wales, Australia · Remote

• At tlnt, we are experts in connecting game-changing talent with top venture-backed companies, guiding them through every stage from inception to IPO. Our team consists of experienced and trustworthy operators who excel at assembling the team you envision.
• We offer a comprehensive suite of services to assist founders, executives, and organizations with their talent acquisition and talent management requirements. Our offerings encompass retained searches, HR advisory services, strategic hiring across various functions, and comprehensive team building solutions. Moreover, we provide interim, fractional, and advisory services to ensure a holistic approach to managing your talent effectively.

Oct 2020 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Singapore, Singapore · Remote

• Building careers and leading culture @ LeadIQ!
• I lead Human Resources at LeadIQ and help build a remote first company with employees across 30+ Countries. LeadIQ's prospecting platform helps you to discover emails and contact information, enrich data with company information and social profiles, and syncs to your CRMs with a single click on a button.
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May 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Singapore · On-site

• I was responsible to build Gojek Singapore and contributed to scale Engineering, Product, Design, and the Data Science teams across Singapore and South East Asia.
• Gojek is South East Asia’s leading on-demand, multi-service tech platform providing a wide range of services including transport, payments, food delivery, logistics, and a dozen other services. We are the only South-East Asian company featured on the Fortune 50 companies that changed the world list (20', 19' & 17')
• Gojek is now GOTO and is a publically traded company in Indonesia valued at over 25 Billion in Market Cap.

Dec 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India · Hybrid

• I was hired as a Business Partner @ Hike!
• Hike’s simplifying how people connect and interact with content and services on mobile. Hike believes that messaging will do for mobile what the browser did for the desktop times a 100.
• Hike is an Indian internet company by users. 100 Million users, exchange 40 Billion messages per month and spend over 120 mins. per week on Hike. Now, hike is diversified into Gaming
• My responsibilities included"
• » Spearhead strategic HR programs, integrating robust performance metrics, enabling career mobility, and achieving a high level of employee recognition and satisfaction.
• » Implemented a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy that reduced time-to-hire by 25%, leveraging advanced recruiting software and data analytics to identify and attract top-tier candidates across diverse business units.
• » Designed and implemented a comprehensive employee engagement program that increased overall employee satisfaction scores by 25% within one year, utilising tools such as surveys, feedback sessions, and performance metrics analysis.
• » Strategised and implemented training sessions for people managers on effective management practices, utilising HRIS tools, leading to improved team performance and cohesion.

May 2014 – Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Fractal Analytics is a boutique Predictive Analytics services firm specialising in Data Science & Analytical services for Fortune 500 firms worldwide.
• As a leader in the People & Culture team, I was responsible
• » Directed comprehensive capability development programs, introduced people principles, enhanced total rewards, and restructured organisational processes, achieving improved efficiency and inclusion in the GPTW Top 50 India list.
• » Implemented HR tech stack, HR Analytics & Operations to solve People problems.
• » Deploying HR tech stack, HR analytics, and operations solutions to address people issues, achieving a 40% uplift in ENPS and 67% turnaround time adherence.
• » Directed strategic talent acquisition, elevating Fractal’s employer brand and driving cohesive engagement and recruiting endeavours across roles and sectors, leading to a 25% decrease in recruiting cycle time.
• » Implemented comprehensive employee engagement programs that increased overall employee satisfaction, utilising feedback tools and regular surveys to track progress and identify areas for improvement.
• » Improving our candidate experience and helping us work toward our vision of creating the same type of experience we provide to our clients.

Nov 2012 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurgaon, India · On-site

• As a Global recruiting leader, my role was to identify Research & Analytics talent across different geographies around CRM, Market Research and Marketing Effectiveness. I was responsible for leading full-service HR with a specific focus on Staffing, Employee Relations, Talent Management, Leadership Development and People Strategy.
• » Led and managed the talent strategy
• » Ensured the consistent application of HR Policies, processes and use of HR systems
• » Partnered with Marketing to build the Employer Brand, people messaging, and candidate-facing recruiting tools
• » Led competency mapping across business units and creating a HiPo Program
• » Optimised human capital through the use of workforce planning methodologies
• » Established and tracked metrics to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the recruiting team, hiring managers and referrers
• » Managed a team of 8 across different areas of specialisation and led the talent acquisition team and talent management function, including the learning & development team
• » Work with the founders and COO and senior leadership to drive the people strategy

Apr 2009 – Oct 2012 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

• ★ India Business Partner and Global Recruiting Leader (APAC Focus)
• Responsible for Business Partnering; Talent Management & People Strategy.
• » Overall Responsibility for Asia Pacific recruiting operations
• » Partner with the business to attract and engage talent. Leverage industry and functional knowledge to address workplace priorities, assess risk and determine solutions to address people priorities using best practices and industry knowledge.
• » Ensure that our people priorities are met by identification, selection and assessment of professionals for the Analytics and Technology practice.
• » Lead challenging resource management activities across dunnhumby to ensure people movement across the business are on track, relevant to the individual to accelerate people and organisational development by engaging talent
• » Roll-out of satisfaction surveys to assess and engage talent. Champion strategies to improve satisfaction scores to drive retention. Provide constructive feedback to line managers and employees to enhance performance
• » Lead, motivate, guide and leverage global teams to create a high performing team and ensure business objectives are met. Monitor team performance and provide ongoing feedback and guidance to help overcome barriers to success. Share knowledge across the team and lead by example
• » Provide metrics to aid team performance and organisational goals
• » Champion Global HRMS Implementation & Talent Review Process
• » Successfully created a Recruiting Toolkit that was implemented as a best practice across dunnhumby globally!

Nov 2006 – Mar 2009 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• As a founding member, I was responsible to build a start-up from the ground up, right from Talent acquisition, HR Management, Performance Management & Employee Relations.
• BrainMatics specialized in providing Enterprise-wide Risk Management Solutions, Pricing Solutions for Derivatives, Performance Analysis and Portfolio Optimization Solutions.

Aug 2004 – Nov 2006 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Aug 2002 – Jul 2004 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Planman Consulting is a consulting firm that specialized in providing manpower solutions across different industry including Media / Television (Television, Radio, Publishing & Online Media), IT Services, IT Consulting, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate, Retail / CPG / FMCG, BPO, IT/ITES, Aviation, ecommerce, Travel / Tourism & Hospitality, Automotive, BFSI / NBFC, Education & Shipping & Analytics Recruiting for (BFSI, Risk Managment & CRM / Marketing Analytics).
• I was responsible for Account Management and Service Delivery for clients across Industries and was responsible for P&L for my business areas / Verticals.
• Team management of 20+ Recruiters and a sourcing team.