Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Jan 2022 – Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• Heading the India office for Viscadia, my role is to align talent management with business goals to ensure that our team is best prepared to support our clients' needs and help them solve their most complex problems through the application of insights, analytics and expertise. This translates into the responsibility for a) expertise & career development of 75+ employees, b) innovation, and c) delivery of work across different Viscadia clients.
• As the strategic advisor to CEO, my role extends to leading key initiatives via successful collaboration across different geographies, departments, project teams as well as vendor partners.
• Proud to have led our team to win the following awards for the first time
• 1. Great Place To Work award. Achieved it three years in a row.
• 2. Inc. Best in Business Award. Achieved it two years in a row.
• 3. Inc. Power Partners award. Achieved it two years in a row.
• 4. Vault Best APAC Consulting firm. Achieved it two years in a row, progressing from rank 16 to rank 10
• 5. 'Champion for Data Compliance' Award at the esteemed Bharat Privacy Conference, organized by the DPO Club

Jan 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Multi-faceted role with diverse responsibilities
• 1. Managed engagements to deliver forecasts and actionable insights across multiple therapeutic areas for several clients across the globe
• 2. Set up independent self-managed office and manage the office and operations for a team comprising of 30+ members
• 3. Built the HR department from ground up while managing all HR-related responsibilities
• a) Set up HR policies to deploy Employee HR handbook from scratch and drove their implementation and adoption successfully,
• b) Deployed the ZOHO HRIS to make HR management agile and effective,
• c) Revamped talent acquisition process to ensure pace and scalability while maintaining quality,
• d) Initiated corporate campus relationships with tier 1 engineering colleges
• Demonstrated strong leadership, strategic thinking, and effective communication skills to navigate the organization through the COVID pandemic successfully.

Jan 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Worked with several pharmaceutical and biotech companies in U.S. on successful projects for
• a) Commercial assessments for Business Development & Licensing
• b) Forecasting planning and LE cycle support
• c) Landscape evaluations and asset identification
• Won the CEO award 'Rise to the Challenge' for going above and beyond for a top 20 pharma client and delivering exceptional client service and delight to steer them through a tough situation seamlessly.
• Actively supported a) recruitment, onboarding and ongoing training of new hires, b) India office management
• Provided effective mentorship and continuous improvement opportunities for the team through meetings and one-on-one coaching sessions.

Sep 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

Jul 2013 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Nov 2011 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Jun 2010 – Oct 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India