Varun Bhatnagar

Head of Talent

Delhi, Delhi, India15 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Global HR leader with 15+ years of experience
  • Expert in talent management and leadership development
  • Proven track record in organizational transformation
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent management and organizational development across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementTalent AcquisitionLeadership DevelopmentCareer DevelopmentOrganizational DevelopmentStrategic Hr ConsultingOrganization DevelopmentChange ManagementSuccession PlanningLeadership Capability Development

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsBuilding Organizational CapabilityCareer ManagementClient LiaisonCoachingCoaching & MentoringCommunicationCompetency AssessmentCultural DiversityCultural IntelligenceCultural TransformationDecision-MakingDevelopment PlanningDevelopment ProgramsEducational Psychology

About

Global HR leader with 15+ years of experience driving people strategy, leadership development, and organizational transformation across APAC and EMEA.Proven expertise in building high-performing cultures, accelerating leadership pipelines, and implementing digital HR solutions to align talent with business strategy. Recognized for shaping global people initiatives and coaching senior leaders to deliver impact in complex, multi-market environments.I partner with businesses to enhance, enrich and elevate the people capabilities by delivering and executing on performance, people development and talent initiatives.Core Area of Expertise: Talent Management & DevelopmentSuccession PlanningAssessments & Development Centers Performance ManagementCompetency Framework Design & AssessmentsOrganization Development and DesignLearning and Leadership DevelopmentChange ManagementInclusion & DiversityStrategic Workforce PlanningHigh Team PerformanceNew Manager AssimilationExecutive Coaching

Experience

Hsbc

3 roles

Talent Business Partner IWPB

Promoted

Oct 2025Present · 5 mos

  • I work with the Global and Regional teams to deliver on the implementation of Group’s people strategy of learning and talent solutions such as Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Succession planning & Learning & Capability Development initiatives aligned with business strategy and strategic workforce plans
Talent AcquisitionTalent ManagementTalent Strategy

Global People Capability Lead

Jan 2023Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • I work with the Global and Regional teams to deliver on the learning and talent solutions to address people related challenges
  • Oversee the design and execution of Group Talent Management activities such as Talent Reviews, Talent Identification/Assessments, succession planning, Development and mobilization of incumbents and successors for critical roles
  • Design and deliver targeted leadership development initiatives; Lead implementation of individualized executive development plans
LearningCultural DiversityWorkshopsLeadership ConsultingTalent ManagementExecutive Coaching+55

Global Talent Consultant

Feb 2022Jan 2023 · 11 mos

  • As a part of the Global Talent Management & Career Development CoE, I lead and support the implementation of Enterprise wide strategic talent management propositions of the Group’s people strategy in line with business objectives.
  • Marry business needs with ‘build, buy or borrow’ solutions that address the changing development and talent needs of the client group to ensure its meets its strategic objectives
  • Facilitate talent management, career development & succession planning initiatives while defining and overseeing frameworks that support employee performance management, learning and development.
LearningCultural DiversityWorkshopsLeadership ConsultingTalent ManagementExecutive Coaching+57

Sun life

Senior Manager - Organization Design & Development

Dec 2019Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · India

  • Champion and orchestrate the delivery of talent management processes, programs and practices, ensuring strong and effective implementation (i.e. Performance Management, Talent Review/Succession Management, Leadership Development, New Leader On-boarding, Assessments, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Recognition Programs.)
  • Lead planning, scoping and delivery on key people strategy projects for the Asia Service Centers.
  • Drive the use of data and talent analytics to drive organizational direction on Key initiatives.
LearningCultural DiversityWorkshopsLeadership ConsultingExecutive CoachingMentoring+53

Cargill

APAC Talent Performance Consultant

Feb 2018Dec 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • As an APAC Talent Performance Consultant, I lead and deliver medium-large scale regional and global projects/programs in the field of Talent Management, Learning & Organization Development.
  • I work across various regional and global businesses of Cargill like Food Ingredients & Bio-Industrial, Agricultural Supply Chain, Animal Nutrition, Protein & Salt, Metals & Shipping to deliver strategic HR consulting solutions to businesses
  • The scope of my work includes :
  • Talent Review (Annual Talent Review/Talent Talks), Talent Pipeline and Succession Planning, Talent Development Consulting, Strategic Workforce Planning, Regional Performance Management, Inclusion & Diversity Strategy Implementation, New Manager Assimilation, Change Management, Organization Design/Structures, Culture & Team Effectiveness
  • Some of my key projects include :
  • Formulation and Delivery of the Inclusion & Diversity strategy for various businesses within the APAC Region; currently the SME for Inclusion and Diversity
  • Conducting strategic workforce planning for various businesses and regions within APAC
  • Design and deliver capability building programs to cater to the APAC talent strategy; for example: regional management trainee program, talent management and development programs
  • Drive and Deliver Talent Reviews / Discussions and Succession Planning interventions
LearningCultural DiversityWorkshopsLeadership ConsultingMentoringPeople Management+51

The boston consulting group (bcg)

Team Leader - Organization Development

Jan 2017Feb 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • The scope of my work is to drive, design and develop the Organization Development imperatives like Learning & Development, Change Management and Strategic HR initiatives within the organization
  • Select, develop, apply and support appropriate content development and delivery mechanisms for senior leadership programs like executive coaching and mentoring
  • Partner with key stakeholders across the consulting business and within the Learning & Development team to provide ongoing active learning, measure learning effectiveness through training parameters
Leadership ConsultingPeople ManagementStrategic PlanningPerformance MetricsL&D StrategyHR Business Partnering+37

Janalakshmi financial services

Sr. Manager - Talent Management

Feb 2016Jan 2017 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Currently in process of setting up Talent Management, Succession Planning Strategies and Assessment frameworks for over 12,000 employees across 300+ branches for a financial institution servicing the micro-finance needs of Urban India, with a market-oriented focus with a vision to institutionalize banking operations
  • Successfully created and communicated of the behavioral competency model for 15000+ employees; conducted competency cascading workshops; created an integrated Talent Management Framework
  • Envisioned and Designed Career Management Framework for over 15,000+ employees of the Organization over a mobile application by leveraging digital technology
  • Streamlining Talent Acquisition processes like Internal Job Postings, Interview Protocols and Employee On-boarding processes
Cultural DiversityWorkshopsLeadership ConsultingPeople ManagementL&D StrategyHR Business Partnering+29

Ey

4 roles

Senior Consultant

Promoted

Sep 2015Jan 2016 · 4 mos

  • The scope of my work in the People Advisory Services entailed conducting Talent Management, Leadership Development, Competency Framework Creation, Assessment & Development Centers, Organization Design & Development, Workforce Planning / Human Resource Planning and Change Management initiatives for clients
  • Some of my projects include :
  • Creation of competency frameworks for a Development Bank in the Middle-East
  • Conducting structured process of competency framework creation, success profiling and assessments for leadership hiring for an EPC organization dominant in the Power Sector to get a comprehensive view on the leadership capabilities of candidates
  • Designed a structured leadership assessment program by launching an online assessment framework for ~1,700 senior leaders based on the organizations competency framework; also created Individual Development Plans for all participants
LearningCultural DiversityWorkshopsLeadership ConsultingPeople ManagementStrategic Planning+51

Consultant

Promoted

Sep 2013Sep 2015 · 2 yrs

  • Performance Improvement - People & Organization - Leadership Capability Development and Talent Management
  • Core Area of Expertise:
  • Talent Management
  • Leadership Capability Development
  • Competency Modelling & Assessment- 360 Degree Feedback, Assessment & Development Centers
  • Organization Design
  • Organizational Development
  • Change Management
  • Workforce Planning/Manpower Planning/Human Resource Planning
  • Culture Shaping and Employee Value Proposition Initiatives
  • Multi Stake Holder Feedback
  • Competency Framework (Behavioral and Technical)
  • Creation of tools, techniques and assessment methods to measure employee competencies
  • Envisioned, Designed and Developed the Assessment Construct on Sports Psychology, a first in India, to assess and recruit 2500 + candidates and performed 250 + Assessment Centers for one of the leading manufacturers of Textiles, Yarn and Paper ranging from graduates to mid-level executives
  • Designed and Conducted Development Centers for a major electronics player to gather a comprehensive view on the functional and behavioral capabilities of ~260 sales professionals in meeting and exceeding their role requirements. In addition, Identify gaps and put together a robust individual development plan for each professional; conducted talent reviews
Performance MetricsL&D StrategySoft SkillsPresentationsStakeholder ManagementStakeholder Engagement+14

Associate Consultant

Promoted

Jun 2012Sep 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Risk Advisory Services - Technology, Communications and Entertainment
  • The scope of my work included - Internal Audits in the fields of Marketing, Sales, Service Delivery, Commercial, Human Resources, Networks as well as Revenue Assurance Outsourcing, Customer Life Cycle Management and SOX compliance for the Technology and Communications Industry
Soft SkillsStakeholder ManagementTalent StrategyCommunicationEnglish

Analyst

Jun 2010Jun 2012 · 2 yrs

  • Risk Advisory Services - Technology, Communications and Entertainment.
CommunicationEnglish

Education

INSEAD

Management Acceleration Program 2017

Jan 2017Jan 2017

Indian School of Business

Post Graduate Diploma Certificate

Jan 2011Jan 2013

University of Mumbai

Master’s Degree

Jan 2010Jan 2012

JAI HIND COLLEGE, MUMBAI

B.com

Jan 2007Jan 2010

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