Ashish Dabholkar — Head of Talent

People & Culture Leader representing India at Global Summits with exhaustive experience in - - High-Tech, SaaS based Product Engineering Organizations. - Scaling Early & Mid-Stage startups. - Semiconductor, AdTech, Storage, Security, Embedded Engineering domains. Successfully Building & Leading HR teams across different areas of HR expertise - - Talent Acquisition - Scaling Product Engineering teams, Employer Branding, Candidate Experience. - Employee Experience Programs (OHM, RAG Analysis, New Hire, Connect Sessions, Round Tables). - Global Employee Engagement Surveys (Sirota, CultureAmp) - Actions & Interventions. - Talent Risk Assessment & Performance Reviews and Management aligned to Business Strategy. - Total Rewards - Annual C&B Surveys, Define Pay Ranges, Administer Rewards. - Leadership Development - People Managers, Tech/People Leadership Capability Development - Build scalable people processes like Metrics, Dashboards for Retention, Onboarding, Exits, IJP. - 100% Compliances for Legal, Payroll, Labor Laws, including IPO/Funding round audits. HR Expertise : - Demonstrated ability to drive change and influence the adoption of progressive P&C practices. - Future talent trends, best practices to develop insights and formulate data-driven HR interventions. - Experience working as an internal consultant with strong consultative and diagnostic skills. - Strong program management skills - ability to manage change, deliver in a fast-paced environment. - Able to think strategically and make sound, data-based business decisions. - Excellent knowledge of Presenting, Story boarding backed by data analytics. - Strong stakeholder management, problem solving and project planning abilities. - Excellent interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills. Certifications - - Professional Certified Coach - International Coaching Federation - 2024. - Certified Conscious Business Coach (Fellow) - BetterUp - 2020. - Distinguished HR Analytics Professional - Aon Hewitt - 2018. - Associate Certified Coach - International Coaching Federation - 2017. - Certified NLP Master Practitioner - The 5th Element, Pune, India (Trainer - Anil Dagia) - 2015. - Certified MBTI Practitioner - Anahat Consultants (Trainers - Mahesh CS & Janaki Venkat) - 2013. - Certified Project Mgt Professional - Effective Associates Inc, US (Trainer - Barry Flicker) - 2012.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS HR leader with a focus on talent acquisition and employee engagement.

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 22 yrs 7 mos

Skills

Talent Acquisition
Employee Engagement

Career Highlights

Expert in scaling HR teams for startups.
Proven track record in employee engagement and talent acquisition.
Certified professional coach with extensive HR expertise.

Work Experience

Druva

Senior Human Resources Manager (1 yr 11 mos)

HR Manager (2 yrs)

Human Resources Director (9 yrs 11 mos)

Assistant Manager Human Resources (1 yr 9 mos)

PubMatic

Manager - Talent Acquisition (2 yrs)

Startup

Strategic Hiring Partner for stealth mode, early / mid stage startups (8 mos)

NVIDIA

Sr Regional HR Representative (5 yrs 9 mos)

ZenSar Technologies

Sr Executive HR (3 yrs 4 mos)

Brinks Arya

Management Trainee (11 mos)

Education

MBA at Indira Institute of Management, Pune

at Aptech

Ashish Dabholkar

Head of Talent

Pune, Maharashtra, India22 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in scaling HR teams for startups.
Proven track record in employee engagement and talent acquisition.
Certified professional coach with extensive HR expertise.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS HR leader with a focus on talent acquisition and employee engagement.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionEmployee Engagement

Other Skills

SourcingRecruitingConsultingPerformance ManagementCompensation & BenefitsEmployee Experience ProgramsGlobal Employee Engagement SurveysTalent Risk AssessmentTotal RewardsLeadership DevelopmentPeople ProcessesComplianceData AnalyticsStakeholder ManagementProblem Solving

About

Experience

22 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Druva

4 roles

Senior Human Resources Manager

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

HR Manager

Apr 2018 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs

Human Resources Director

Promoted

Jun 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 11 mos

Assistant Manager Human Resources

Jun 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

Pubmatic

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Jun 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Hiring Engineering positions (IC & Leadership).
Work on new initiatives for sourcing & screening to optimize hiring efforts & timelines.
Mentor junior members on recruiting strategies, plans & processes.

Startup

Strategic Hiring Partner for stealth mode, early / mid stage startups

Oct 2013 – Jun 2014 · 8 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Partner with engineering teams to build core teams from scratch.
Worked with Co-Founders of start-ups to help them identify key talent for engineering teams.
Worked in different domains like Database Virtualization, Networking and Big Data/Data Analytics.

Nvidia

Sr Regional HR Representative

Jan 2008 – Oct 2013 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Pune

Employee Engagement & Business Partnering
Single point contact for all employee queries/guidance on policies and procedures.
Ensure employee communications from Management in the form of All Hands and team meetings.
Regular sync ups with employees to understand employee pulse & resolving issues/grievances.
Planning & conducting events for improving employee morale & building teams.
Conduct Employee Satisfaction Surveys & analyze trends for employee engagement Initiatives.
Conduct Exit Interviews & analyzing attrition trends.
Learning & Development
Own & drive Learning & Development Initiatives for employees.
Support Management & Leadership Development Programs.
Facilitate & drive New Hire On-boarding & Integration Programs.
Performance Management
Work with Business heads to facilitate Annual Performance Review process
Working with Managers for ongoing & annual feedbacks to employees.
Work closely with managers to identify & create development plans for top talent.
Compensation & Benefits
Provide inputs for C&B surveys (Market Validation) with the help of expert consulting firm.
Conduct salary revisions for annual, mid-year market adjustments based on market movement.
Implement recognition programs for top talent - Spot Bonus, Peer Awards & Annual Awards.

Zensar technologies

Sr Executive HR

Sep 2004 – Jan 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

SPOC driving End to End Recruitments for Embedded, Product Engg & BFSI groups.
Understanding requirements viz. business criticality, skills required, the numbers, timelines, location, cultural difference and planning for servicing the requirements.
Expertise in sourcing niche skills through Internal & External sources.
Pre-screen candidates, conduct HR interviews & negotiate offers to ensure culture fitments.