Ahmad Muneeb

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 10+ years in HR leadership roles.
  • Expert in Total Rewards and Organizational Effectiveness.
  • Proven track record in driving cost optimization strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader specializing in Total Rewards and Organizational Effectiveness in high-growth tech environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Total Rewards StrategiesOrganizational Effectiveness

Other Skills

Executive Compensation PlanningEmployee ExperienceMarket BenchmarkingCompensation & BenefitsProgram ManagementBenefits ManagementIncentive ProgramsSoftware EngineeringProject ManagementBusiness DevelopmentConsultingTelecommunicationsUnix Shell ScriptingPerlOracle SQL Developer

About

Ahmad is a seasoned HR leader with 10+ years of experience driving Total Rewards (Compensation. Benefits & Equity) strategies, Organisation design & effectiveness, HR strategy across hyper growth companies like Zepto, Meesho, Mercer & Cognizant. He has partnered with CEOs, CHROs, CFOs and business leaders to build competitive reward ecosystems that fuel retention, performance, and cost optimisation. He brings strategic leadership, strong stakeholder alignment, and a data-driven approach to transform how organisations reward and develop talent. Proven track record delivering: -> Strategic Total Rewards frameworks that reduced cost leakage, improved retention and make the organisation IPO ready -> Market benchmarking & grading systems aligned with markets -> Executive Compensation and Bonus & Equity Plan Design -> Organisation Effectiveness initiatives that increased productivity & leadership capability -> Performance, calibration, and executive compensation programs with business impact -> Experienced working with global brands and fast-scaling Indian tech firms

Experience

10 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs
Current Experience

Zepto

2 roles

Vice President - HR Centre of Excellence (CoE)

Promoted

Oct 2025Present · 7 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

  • Total Rewards Strategies
  • Executive Compensation & IPO Readiness
  • Organisation Design & Effectiveness
  • Performance Management
  • Employee Experience
  • People Analytics
  • Program Management
Total Rewards StrategiesExecutive Compensation PlanningOrganizational EffectivenessEmployee Experience

Senior Director - HR COE

Apr 2024Sep 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Meesho

3 roles

Rewards Leader & Senior HR Business Partner - Product

Promoted

Nov 2023Apr 2024 · 5 mos

Senior Manager - Rewards & Corporate HR Business Partner

Promoted

Jul 2022Nov 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

Rewards Lead

Sep 2021Jul 2022 · 10 mos

Mercer

2 roles

Senior Rewards Consultant

Apr 2021Sep 2021 · 5 mos

Rewards Consultant

Jul 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • High-Tech Industry
  • 1) Responsible for designing and delivering solutions for High-Tech Industry clients (IT
  • Services, IT Products, Internet / E-commerce and Global Inhouse captives) in the
  • ambit of Total Rewards
  • 2) Deliverables include Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking, Title Benchmarking, Pay Band design, Compensation Structure Benchmarking, Skill or Technology based framework development for compensation management, etc.
  • 3) Responsible for delivery of Mercer’s Industry Consortiums for Rewards and
  • ensuring year on year engagement and renewal of Services
  • 4) Identifying business opportunities and undertaking business development activities with Senior HR and C&B professionals
  • 5) Stakeholder Management with a focus to foster enhanced client relationships

Cognizant

Senior Executive HR - India Compensation, Total Rewards CoE

Apr 2018Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Developed cost models and implemented annual merit pay and Bonus pay compensation programs for close to 1.9 lac associates from India region
  • Supported Digital Business units to support strategy ensuring a market competitive, fair and compliant compensation program.
  • Supported the Mergers &Acquisition CoE in aligning the acquired Compensation structures
  • Supported Talent Managers in market pricing of hot skills for arriving at the skill based pay
  • Partnered with Campus recruitment team to design new hire compensation grids for various Business units
  • Worked closely with all Businesses to manage compensation budgets throughout the year
  • Monitored the in house payroll interface for over 2 lac associates to ensure compliance
  • Developed presentation materials to be presented to stakeholder and leadership teams

Cipla

Project Intern

Aug 2017Nov 2017 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Designed dynamic costing Model, Recruitment Guide for managers and grievance redressal mechanism for employees in Manufacturing Plants

Genpact

Summer Intern

Apr 2017May 2017 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

  • Learning & Development Function(Digital Learning)
  • Developed a deep understanding of internal transition process and its digital learning tools for knowledge capture
  • Designed and developed enterprise wide playbooks on digital tools and new age learning methodologies and platforms
  • Created value proposition by identifying potential digital tools and delivering detailed playbook for global clients
  • Assisted the corporate training team in comparative analysis of tools for content curation as per learning needs

Prerna social development & welfare society

Social Intern

Feb 2017Feb 2017 · 0 mo · Delhi Area, India

  • Profile preparation of BVVS scheme highlighting the Aims & Objectives, salient features and beneficiaries.
  • Devising and Executing the CSR campaign for “Balika Vidya Voucher Scheme”.
  • Visiting and addressing the grievances of “Rain Baseras” (Homeless Shelters) in New Delhi.

Aditya birla retail limited

HR Intern

Nov 2016Jan 2017 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Responsible for:
  • Designing and developing an HR-Delegation of Authority
  • Designing and Developing a Living ABG Value
  • Compensation bench-marking for front end employees
  • Study of retailers on Talent Management Programs to deliver finest store managers and articulating the same for ABRL.

Landmark group

HR Intern

Nov 2016Jan 2017 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Designed Competency Framework for Assistant Store Managers and Store Managers
  • Designed Training and Development Program for Assistant Store Managers and Store Managers

Netcracker

2 roles

Associate Software Engineer

Sep 2014May 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • I was with Netcracker Technology Solutions Private Limited from September 2013 to May 2016 (33 months) as a Software Developer in the Product Development portfolio. Some of my accomplishments are as follows -
  • Enhanced the build process to reduce the run time by 77.7%(9 hrs to 2 hrs)
  • Improved operational efficiency by successfully identifying and resolving gaps in the IT operating model adhering to up to 95% of the Standard TRT(Target Resolution Time)
  • Designed and Developed a new Charging process for a Canadian Telecom Major
  • Carried maintenance work of 8 critical releases of RBM to ensure customer satisfaction
  • Acted as a point of contact of a 15-member team for coordinating regression testing
  • Performed Unit and Regression testing to streamline the release of Rating & Billing Manager
  • Assisted the 8 member Quality Assurance team in Systems Solution testing
  • Coordinated daily touchpoint meetings to address production issues with business stakeholders
  • Worked in R&D department Online Charging team as C++ developer on Rating and Billing Manager Product.
  • Involved in Various DCUT (Design Coding and Unit Testing) and Regression Test Performing Activities.
  • Coding Experience in C/C++, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting while working on platform like linux, Solaris, Aix ,HP-UX (Itanium).
  • Exposure to development tools using CM synergy tool(Third Party Project Repository Tool), RAT(Review Automation Tool)

Graduate Engineer Trainee

Sep 2013Aug 2014 · 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Forward R&D Business Unit.

Education

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

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — HR

Jan 2016Jan 2018

Jamia Millia Islamia

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Electronics & Communications

Jan 2009Jan 2013

Indian School Muscat

Jan 1996Jan 2008

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