Rajesh A

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in shaping people strategies for tech growth.
Proven track record in HR leadership and organizational design.
Strong advocate for diversity and inclusive workplace cultures.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in the technology sector with expertise in organizational development and talent management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human ResourcesOrganizational DevelopmentTalent Management

Other Skills

HR strategyorganizational capabilitychange managementworkforce planningHR analyticsemployee relationsdiversity and inclusionHR advisoryperformance managementtalent reviewemployee engagementonboardingStart-upsStrategic PlanningCoaching

About

Visionary yet hands-on HR executive with proven success in shaping and executing people strategies that accelerate business growth, enable organizational agility, and foster high-performing, inclusive cultures in the technology sector. A trusted advisor, coach, and partner to senior leadership on talent strategy, organizational design, and change management. I bring a deep understanding of global HR practices across both large-scale enterprises and fast-paced, dynamic startup environments. Passionate about building future-ready workforces and empowering leaders through data-driven insights, strong leadership pipelines, and a people-first mindset. Key strengths include: * Designing and implementing scalable people strategies that drive growth and cultural transformation. * Influencing, coaching, and developing senior leaders to build organizational capability and resilience. * Building and nurturing great workplace cultures for global and India-based organizations. * Driving excellence in hiring, engagement, and retention of high-performing teams. * Certified Six Sigma and PCMM professional, with a focus on process excellence and continuous improvement. * Highly ethical, self-driven, and committed to creating workplaces that inspire trust, inclusion, and performance.

Experience

Moveworks

Director HR

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Set and led the HR strategy in alignment with organizational goals, driving business performance through people-centric solutions and strategic foresight.
Partnered with executive and senior leadership to influence decision-making, build organizational capability, and sustain a high-performance, inclusive culture.
. Architected and executed enterprise-wide change management and organizational development initiatives to support transformation, scalability, and continuous improvement.
. Championed workforce and succession planning, talent development, and leadership readiness to ensure a strong and sustainable leadership pipeline.
. Steered implementation of India-wide HR initiatives, ensuring alignment with global strategies while addressing local needs and compliance.
. Elevated managerial and leadership capability through targeted coaching, management development frameworks, and continuous feedback mechanisms.
. Provided strategic oversight on complex employee relations, collaborating with Legal and Employee Relations teams to mitigate risk and uphold organizational integrity.
. Leveraged HR analytics and workforce insights to inform strategy, optimize organization design, and enhance talent retention and engagement.
. Directed compensation, benefits, and performance programs, ensuring market competitiveness, internal equity, and a strong pay-for-performance culture.
. Designed and governed enterprise learning and development initiatives to build future-ready skills and foster a culture of continuous growth.
. Oversaw HR operations excellence, including payroll, compliance, and governance frameworks, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to statutory requirements.
. Championed diversity, equity, and inclusion, embedding inclusive practices into leadership behaviors, talent processes, and workplace culture.

HR strategyorganizational capabilitychange managementworkforce planningHR analyticsemployee relations+3

Dremio

Director HR - India

Apr 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · India · Hybrid

Dremio is the easy and open lakehouse platform. Hundreds of organizations, including 3 of the Fortune 5, use Dremio to deliver mission-critical BI on the data lake. As the original creator of Apache Arrow, Dremio is on a mission to reinvent SQL for data lakes and meet customers where they are in their cloud journey.
● Be the trusted advisor for all Business Heads and employee groups in India by providing expert advice, guidance and coaching to managers in all aspects of HR
● Be an active member of the People Leadership team ensuring alignment beyond the local offices and adding value to the broader organization
● Be proactive in identifying people issues and trends within the business and work together with key stakeholders in order to formulate and implement solutions
● Manage talent review and performance for respective business groups
● Work with Leaders, Managers and employees for feedback and improve workplace
experience and engagement activities
● Assess development needs and implement development plans and facilitate training
and other group sessions for managers and employees
● Evangelize internal communication cadence
● Develop and maintain effective relationships through effective and timely
communication
● Manage the full onboarding process to scale with rapid expansion plan
● Responsible for HR Compliance in the country.

HR advisoryperformance managementtalent reviewemployee engagementonboardingHuman Resources+1

Cyware labs

Director HR

Aug 2020 – Apr 2021 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cyware Labs is a product-based cybersecurity provider headquartered in New York, USA. Cyware offers a full-stack of innovative cyber fusion solutions for all-source strategic, tactical, technical and operational threat intelligence sharing & threat response automation.

Instart

HR Director

Aug 2014 – Aug 2020 · 6 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

US based start up Providing intelligent cloud application security solutions that stay ahead of emerging threats .
Instart is funded by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, Stanford, Telstra, and several other notable Silicon Valley investors.
● Built Instart’s Engineering COE in India with a best-in-class, highly effective talent team.
● Implemented scalable People Programs such as Performance Management, Annual Compensation and Equity Reviews, Learning & Development, Rewards and Recognition, that were both consistent with Instart’s US programs and competitive in the aggressive Indian tech market
● Mentored and coached employees and leaders for the unique challenges that come with a geographically dispersed company and played cultural liaison between the India office and US-based teams as needed
● Managed morale and retention issues during a tumultuous period of growth, reductions, and then growth again
● Managed HR & G&A Operations for India, Australia, and Japan