Feb 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Core Area: Strategic HR business partnership to Digital and Tech business units (Zee5 India, Zee5 Global, Hipi) by ensuring seamless implementation of HR strategy, policies, systems and processes and driving HR interventions and initiatives across.
• Responsibilities -
• Head HR for all digital products and platforms including Zee5 India, Zee5 Global, Hipi as well as Product, Technology and Data teams across the Zee enterprise
• Partner with business leaders to translate strategic business needs and capabilities into talent requirements and lead initiatives to attract, retain, and motivate a skilled and diverse workforce
• Serve as a strategic adviser on all departmental restructuring, workforce planning and business realignments.
• Act as a change-agent and drive internal transformation initiatives with the Digital business

Aug 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Core Area: Responsible for establishing the HR function at Saavn globally and successfully transitioning the department into a business critical function aligned to company strategy.
• Manage the entire people and culture vertical and align the people strategy to business needs and outcomes.
• Contribute to the business strategy by helping leaders identify, prioritize and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures, and processes
• Hire a team of best in class professionals to create the next round of growth for the organization through differentiated strategies for cross functional hiring across Product, Engineering, Content and Marketing
• Serve as a strategic adviser on all departmental restructuring, workforce planning and business realignments
• Design the Performance Management System to understand performance levels and create a path for high and low performing areas
• Ensure effective employee communication and engagement directly contributing to organization alignment, employee experiences and belongingness

Nov 2008 – Jul 2016 · 7 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Core Area : Business partnership, Organisation wide employee engagement diagnostics and action planning, Engagement enablers like recognition platforms, benefits and employee communication platforms
• Responsibilities:
• HR lead: Lead the HR function for 7 different brands – Youth (MTV, MTV Indies), Nickelodeon franchise, Vh1, Comedy Central, Viacom18 Motion pictures, Consumer Products, Digital Media and Integrated Network Solutions. Voot - Digital Ventures and Colors Infinity (Latest additions to the profile). Partner with Business to create and drive HR strategy aligned to business goals and ensure successful execution of the plan.
• Head Talent Engagement: Drive Viacom18’s employee engagement through levers like recognition, creative employee benefits, interaction and internal communication platforms. Have led the organization’s participation in the best employer’s survey such as Great Place To Work and Aon Hewitt’s Engagement Survey and successfully attained ranking in Best Place to work in Media and Top 50 Companies to work across industries.
• Achievements:
• Great Place to Work 2010: Ranked 1st in Media & 26th across industries
• Great Place to Work 2012: Ranked 7th across Companies with employees less than 1000
• Global HR Excellence Awards 2015: Award for Leading HR Practices in Quality Work-Life
• Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2015: Dream Companies to Work For
• Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards 2015: Silver Medal for Best Advance in Employee Engagement

Jul 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Core Area: Management Development Programs and Content Development
• Assessment Center cycles for Turn Bands: Led the design and execution of managerial and leadership assessment centers.
• Development Centers for entry level Managers: With a view to provide inputs for continuous growth opportunity and development to entry level managers, led the design of an assessment platform which mirrored the assessment center framework for managerial behaviors
• Business wise structured correlation analysis of the assessment center output to aid Training Need Analysis for mid and long term development of managerial and leadership bench-strength of the organization. Designed and developed content for a workshop to aid managers in successful development planning for their team members inbuilt with an action planning and post workshop completion plan.

Jun 2006 – Jul 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

• Associate Management/ Employee relations