Nov 2022 – May 2023 · 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Led talent, people, & organization strategies to scale the international education value chain from 0-1 and achieve product-market fit (PMF) in full-stack Premier Counselling.
• Scaled Organization from initial stage to 400+ headcount, hiring 250+ roles across Digital Marketing, Tech & Product, Sales & Support Functions.
• Implemented integrated HR Tech capability stack (ATS-BGV-eAgreements-HRMS)
• Established Governance and statutory framework towards due diligence/ fund raises.
• Designed agile people policies while maintaining a flexible workplace.
• Optimised organisational design for efficient team structures and career progression.

Jul 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• At Udaan, I worked across multiple business portfolios and leaders, driving people and talent management programs, leading culture & employee experience threads for new businesses in the growth/ incubation phase as well as to support people charters for Businesses in different growth trajectories (Incubation to 10-100).
• As HR Leader, and a trusted adviser for the Business leadership teams, I ensured buy-in to key policy and process designs & implementation, that business strategies and priorities are enabled with the right HR interventions. We transitioned to an agile Organization model for HR change programs for the businesses in 0-1 and 1-10 growth trajectories namely:
• As the HR Head of B2C Hyperlocal, we enabled fast scaleup to 35 stores across 2 cities.
• As HR Lead, owned entire Talent planning for Pharma Business Operations & SCM, while leading Organizational Design & remodeling talent strategy & incentives plans.
• We piloted & developed contingency workforce models across the operations and introduced capability models for designing process optimization and customer delivery.

Apr 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Double hatted at group level Leadership role, I shouldered the responsibilities of HR Head for pan-India Stores & Logistics network and Employee Relations Head for the entire Myntra group.
• As HR Head, I owned the end-to-end People and Culture Charter for the entire workforce in the network. We implemented a new OKR-based Performance Management System, building inputs for SCM Career Architecture and people experience programs for the span.
• Alongside compensation & reward parity & payout leadership, I led HRBP function across business & Human Capital teams and worked closely with their internal counterparts for successful planning and delivery of HR programs/ services to the business.
• As the leader of CoE - Employee Relations, Governance & Ethics, we institutionalized corporate governance frameworks and ensured compliance across India. We worked on pre-IPO people mandates and delivered fully compliant SOPs & charters for the entire Myntra group, which was appreciated by Walmart & Flipkart teams.
• As core HR functional Lead, I also advised the team for HR Tech implementation as a use-case across different tech solutions across HR core functions like GreenHouse, BlueTree & 3rd party dashboards.

Aug 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Joined Myntra to scale & build core HR systems & processes while reworking policy guidelines. Of multiple charters, two key HR capabilities were delivered as below:
• 1) Scaled Talent Acquisition (Non-Tech) to pan-India 15 members team.
• 2) Created & built Employee Relations CoE with a 4-member team.
• Accomplishments in this role include - building a capable Talent Acquisition (Non-Tech) team, which closed record 400+ diverse & managerial positions in 18 months, while tapping on talent from Premier BSchools & Tech Schools, attracting & built talent capability of Lean-Kaizen specialists across the SCM ecosystem. We also built a sustainable talent model & stabilized the volume hiring of FTCs, as well as maintained diversity, and hires through the conceptualization of DEI Charter.
• In CoE charter, I set up governance structures, streamlined the audit process, and realigned vendor agreements to address legal loopholes, while giving long-lasting compliant solutions to business teams.
• I was a user-partner for DarwinBox implementation, the suite of Complyglobal, and played a pivotal role in HR Task force for integrating Flipkart-Myntra & Jabong integration.

May 2012 – Jul 2017 · 5 yrs 2 mos

• In the HRBP role at Regional Office, Mumbai, I managed a 6-member team and partnered with a span of 7500 people in 100+ Plants/Sales offices. We steered Performance & Reward cycles with complex multi-cycle promotions, ensured employee life cycle HR services, and led HR operations for payroll & benefits for the span of 2000+ people.
• My tenure highlights included the implementation of a forecasted workforce capability model, where we restructured Org design for speed & customer centricity and aligned a revamped Job architecture.
• We delivered an independent Job family-based Competency mapping for the Region, which culminated with a payout report putting a value on roles & associated work activities.
• My cross-functional team also delivered the execution of Campus Recruitment drives with accountability for the end-to-end completion of the hiring cycle of premier campus (IIT/IIMs) as well as CAs.
• I also led HR Legal Cell for the Region with 100+ live cases in various Courts of Law, ensuring Employment Law compliance & spearheaded committees/ representation for HR Audits & people process committees. I was the youngest Management representative to work long-term settlement with the recognized Union in 2016.

Aug 2006 – Apr 2012 · 5 yrs 8 mos

• I started my HR journey in a geographically important & labor-sensitive Region of the East. During my tenure at Kolkata, I led an 8-member team for the entire East, delivering Performance & multi-cycle promotions, rewards & benefits for 2000+ people. We owned entire HR Operations for entire Benefits, HR Services & Payroll for span of 6500+ people across 120+ Plants/Sales Offices.
• A highlight includes HR Tech implementation of SAP HR for the East (phase I) and in phase II, we migrated to SAP Payroll from Inhouse getting Corporate appreciation for smooth & seamless integration without impacting Payroll for 3500+ people.
• We also executed a newly envisaged Corporate Hiring program for Engineering (IITs and NIITs) & CA Campus and closed more than 600 positions in multi-year hiring programs in different cadres.
• This Region also gave me the opportunity to learn and lead the HR Legal Cell for all people-related litigations and ensured end-to-end compliance across 100+ sites, while at other end I was also representing Management in Union matters.
• My team designed & delivered a calendar of Employee Engagements over the years, including Alumni Service Cell to 2000+ ex-employees across Region, which have been multi-site, multi-cultured and diverse programs.

Apr 2005 – May 2005 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

• Non-Monetary Rewards and Recognition for Sales-force (HR)
• Formulating basket of non-monetary rewards & recognition schemes for frontline sales-force
• Creating flexible reward structure for covering whole of Sales Department at later stages

Jun 2003 – Jun 2004 · 1 yr · New Delhi Area, India

• Development/setting up of Business from scratch. Key projects included:
• > M/s JPS Academy: Training & Skilling academy for Screens.
• > M/s Nikken India: Greenfield project to set up a Manufacturing & Distribution Facility
• > M/s BluePlanet: Piloted setting up of quick check-out superstores