Ritu Singh Vashishth

Head of Talent

Delhi, India17 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

18+ years of HR leadership experience.
Expert in talent management and leadership hiring.
Led global HR initiatives at HCL Technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent management and organizational culture transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyTalent ManagementChange ManagementPerformance ManagementEmployee Engagement

Other Skills

Global HR LeadershipSales HRLeadership HiringHR Strategy & LeadershipStrategic Employee EngagementHR OperationsCulture Building & TransformationStrategic Human Resource PlanningLeadership DevelopmentStrategic LeadershipExecutive CoachingRetention StrategiesHuman Resource Business PartnerHR HeadTalent Acquisition

About

Whatever you do, do it with Passion ! A seasoned HR leader with 18+ years of experience, I specialize in aligning HR strategies with business goals, fostering a unified & inspiring culture, expert in talent management, leadership hiring , employer branding, employee engagement, capability building for Sales & Tech , across India & APAC region. I am passionate about driving transformational initiatives, partnering with business to build high performing teams, acting as a trusted advisor to senior management from talent management perspective & leadership coaching. Moreover I have led various HR COEs such as Employee Passion, Performance Management, DEI, Employee Engagement at Global Level during my tenure at HCL Technologies! Additionally I have a experience of building & scaling start ups. Adept at change management and fostering collaboration, with certifications from Cornell University in innovation coaching & Strategic HRM. Committed to empowering teams and driving organizational growth through strategic HR leadership and culture transformation.

Experience

Intellect design arena ltd

2 roles

Assistant Vice President - HR (APAC & Strategic Projects)

Mar 2024 – Nov 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

Aligning the HR Strategy with Business Strategy and driving One Intellect Culture in the growth market.
Partnering with the Sales Leaders to attract Talent and build their teams across APAC, ANZ & South Africa.
Designing & managing Performance Management for Sales team
Extensively involved in Talent Management & Leadership Hiring across APAC for Delivery, Solutions & Sales teams.
Ensuring Statutory Compliances across the region
Handling Strategic Initiatives and Change Management for Sales at an org level

Global HR LeadershipSales HRHR StrategyTalent Management

Assistant Vice President- HR

Oct 2020 – Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Heading the HR & devising HR strategies, workforce planning, talent acquisition as well as analyzing key performance indicators for Ecommerce & Retail vertical
Designing & implementing employee engagement, talent management & culture led initiatives
Overseeing career progression & succession planning, employee productivity, attrition control & retention
Boosted employee engagement, resulting in increased productivity & low attrition across the business unit; the platform achieved its milestone growth of 1 lakh crore GMV in FY 21-22 and 2 lakh crore GMV in FY 22-23

Wishfin.com

Head-HR

Feb 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Responsible for the design of the overall people strategy
Developed and established HR policies and processes, performance management system, rewards & recognition and engagement programs for employees across all functions
Responsible for driving HR compliance; dealing with grievances and violations invoking disciplinary action when required ; Anticipated and resolved litigation risks
Implemented a comprehensive onboarding program, reducing new hire ramp-up time and improving employee satisfaction and retention
Ramped up organizational strength in a span of 2 years; facilitated hiring across levels of staff

Sales HRHR Strategy

Hcl technologies

5 roles

Sr. Human Resource Business Partner

Dec 2017 – Feb 2018 · 2 mos

Enabled the Business Heads to achieve bottom line goals by devising & implementing Talent Management strategies for a business unit at global level
Partnered with the business leaders in identification of HIPOs, Proactive Retention and Succession Planning along with COE and drove the execution of diversity and inclusion goals within the business unit

Group Manager - Employee Experience, Diversity & Inclusion, Engagement & Wellness

Jan 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

Improved the Happiness Quotient for more than 30 key accounts of HCL Infrastructure division
Led Diversity & Inclusion initiatives with specific focus on Gender, culture, disability and work life related areas; Helped Infrastructure division increase its women ratio by 1% in 2017
Positioned Diversity as one of the unique differentiators to customers and supported Sales/Delivery Teams in getting the business deals and engaging the customers
Coached Delivery teams on Ideation and helped business generate ideas worth 400 M USD in 2017
Designed & Executed Strategic Surveys as per the business need and enabled the leadership teams with Management Reports/Dashboards
Created Recognition programs, Engagement events to increase Happiness Quotient of Employees and impacting Top Talent Retention

Senior Manager- Change Management & Special Projects

Apr 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

Creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance
Anchored Transport Optimization Project & helped HCL reduce its transport cost by 20-40%
Program managed Attrition Control across HCL and brought down it’s voluntary Attrition to 16%

Global HR LeadershipChange Management

Manager-Performance Management COE

Aug 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos

Responsible for designing & driving Performance Management initiatives like Goal Setting, KPP Deployment, Expectation exchange, Continuous feedback ,Performance Appraisals , Bonus Calculation and Performance Consulting for employees across HCL
Ensured closure of KPP setting to drive few critical behaviors in the organization which would directly impact business results
Computed Year End Bonus for 5K Middle & Senior managers across HCL based on the KPP Framework

Global HR LeadershipPerformance Management

Lead-Employee Passion

Oct 2008 – Jul 2012 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Created EPIC (Employee Passion Indicative Count) a psychometric tool & a year long intervention to identify the top passion drivers of every HCLite
Conceptualized various kinds of reports, Dashboards, guidebook, workshops, automated the system
Ensured action planning at Individual, Team and organization level to enhance PASSION though many innovative campaigns and contests
Successfully positioned EPIC in the external world AIMA, European Media, NASSCOM, CIPD, London Business School etc which resulted in acknowledging the initiative as one of the best organization
innovations by Business world
Designed & implemented 360 Degree Feedback and IDP, created workshops/e Learning modules on various behavioral competencies & Leadership Development

Global HR LeadershipEmployee Engagement

Jindal steel & power ltd.

Management Trainee- Corporate HR

Aug 2007 – Sep 2008 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Delhi Area

Handled Training & Development/Recruitment/Surveys/Psychometric Assessment/Employee Wellness, Employee Grievance

Cnbc-tv18

Summer Trainee

Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 · 0 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Was a part of the Corp HR team and assisted in various Performance appraisal, C&B related activities. Also, completed the project on " Organizational Stress "