Akshay Raje

CEO

Pune, Maharashtra, India22 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led HR strategy for 1,800+ employees.
  • Achieved over 300% growth in headcount.
  • Spearheaded employee engagement initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in SaaS and organizational development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyLeadershipPerformance ManagementTeam ManagementOkrPeople AnalyticsHuman Capital Management

Other Skills

Compensation & BenefitCompensation & BenefitsEmployee BenefitsEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployer BrandingFront-end EngineeringGoogle WorkspaceHR ConsultingHR PoliciesHR TransformationHRISHuman Resources (HR)Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Internet Entrepreneur

About

Strategic HR Leader with 20 years of multi-functional, cross-industry experience in driving people strategy, talent development, and business-aligned HR initiatives. Skilled in scaling HR functions, leading large teams, and leveraging technology to enhance employee experience and performance. Strong background in HR, product, and engineering, offering a unique perspective on talent and organizational growth. Passionate about building high-performing, future-ready workplaces.

Experience

Scaler

Head, People & Culture

Oct 2021Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • As Head of People & Culture at Scaler, I led a 25-member team responsible for recruitment; managing people-ops and employee lifecycle; and admin. As a team we developed and implemented HR policies and programs aligned with Scaler's culture, goals, and objectives while ensuring legal compliance and managing employee relations issues. Additionally, my team leads performance management and compensation and benefits programs, while spearheading initiatives to improve employee engagement and organizational culture.
  • Under my leadership, Scaler grew by over 300% in headcount with 1,800+ employees and maintained stellar eNPS and engagement scores with lower-than-industry-average attrition numbers.
Organizational StructureHR StrategyTeam ManagementPeople AnalyticsHuman Capital ManagementLeadership

Wordlift

Team Lead, Products

Jul 2020Sep 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Rome, Latium, Italy

  • As a Products Team Lead at WordLift, I planned and coordinated development tasks to meet business and product roadmap goals. I coordinated development tasks, oversaw releases, increased team productivity, and helped define and achieve OKR targets.
Team ManagementOKRLeadership

Fab.com

2 roles

Vice President Human Resources

Promoted

Apr 2017Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • Heading Human Resources and also lead the front-end engineering managing a team of 5 engineers working on multiple products.Been a part of multiple business pivots after Fab.com, including Pepo, OST.com and Moxie
Team ManagementFront-end EngineeringLeadership

Director Human Resources

May 2013Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • As the Head of Human Resources for the Pune-based technology development center of Fab.com, my role involved providing HR business partnering support to the Founder and CTO based out of Pune; managing compensation revision cycles; implementing employee engagement interventions; and overseeing HRIS and employer branding initiatives.
  • In addition to my responsibilities in India, I also independently led and supported performance management, reviews, and goal-setting processes across all Fab.com offices, including those in New York and Berlin.
Organizational StructureGoogle WorkspaceHR StrategyTeam ManagementPeople AnalyticsHuman Capital Management+1

Ernst & young

2 roles

Senior Consultant, People & Organization

Nov 2011May 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Worked as a Senior Consultant with Performance Improvement – People & Organization (Advisory Services of Ernst and Young) where I supported clients in Automotive, Automotive Component, Real Estate, Metals & Mining, Power and Green Energy sector over a range of functional areas in HR.
  • Worked on delivery of assignments in areas of Organization Design, Performance Management, Compensation & Benefits, Recognition, Communication and HR Diagnostic along with active involvement in Client Management and Business Development.
  • Was part of large HR Transformation assignments and also closely involved in Capability Building of client HR teams during the implementation of new HR Systems and Processes.
Organizational StructureHR StrategyTeam Management

Manager, Human Resources

Sep 2005Nov 2011 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Manager, Human Resources from Oct 2019 to Nov 2011
  • Lead Performance Management process for EY India that included Goal setting, Appraisals and design of guidelines for moderation and career progression. Finalization of compensation ranges using inputs from bench-marking and capacity to pay parameters and design and implementation of variable pay plan. Lead creation of EVP for Great Place to Work (GPTW) application.
  • Assistant Manager, Human Resources from Jul 2007 to Sep 2010
  • Responsible for driving Performance Management Process, Multi-Stakeholder Feedback, Compensation Bench-marking, Engagement Surveys and HR Processes
  • Executive, Human Resources from Sep 2005 to Jun 2007
  • HRBC role of managing about 600 employees in EY Mumbai's Tax practice. Responsibilities included employee life cycle management from Manpower Planning, Recruitment, Performance Management process coordination, inputs for compensation reviews, employee engagement activities, exit management etc.
Organizational StructureHR StrategyPeople AnalyticsHuman Capital Management

Citi

Officer, Human Resources

Mar 2005Aug 2005 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • HR Operations for CFIL, NBFC arm of Citigroup. Responsible for an employee strength of about 400 people for activities like on-boarding, incentives, employee data, payroll management and exit management.
Human Capital Management

Asian paints

Assistant, Plant HR

Apr 2003Mar 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Plant HR role responsible for Payroll, Training coordination, HR Systems, employee communications for Staff and Workmen at Asian Paint's Bhandup Factory. Awarded - “Best Performance in Administration” and Performance Appraisal Award of the category “Super Achievers” at all company level.
Human Capital Management

Education

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

PGD — Human Resources

Jan 2004Jan 2005

University of Mumbai

BMS

Jan 2000Jan 2003

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