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Manan S.

CEO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India19 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 18 years of HR experience in tech industry.
  • Led organizational transformations in high-growth startups.
  • Expert in employee engagement and talent management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in the tech industry, specializing in organizational transformation and talent management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyBusiness StrategyEmployee EngagementHr Operations

Other Skills

C SuiteMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)IPO Due DiligenceChange ManagementPerformance ManagementPolicy FormulationL&DEmployee ReSOX ComplianceLabor LawsHR AuditsEmployee Engagement SurveysCompensation and Benefits designRecruitment/RetentionLabour Compliance

About

With over 18 years of experience in creating and implementing effective HR strategies and solutions, I am a seasoned HR professional who in the most recent assignment has lead the HR and Admin team for a group of highly motivated engineers working at the cutting edge of AI's HW and SW solutions at Blaize. I am passionate about empowering, engaging, and enabling talent to achieve excellence and innovation in the AI domain. I leverage my internationally recognized certifications in executive and life coaching, learning and development management, HR analytics and metrics, and strategic HR to design and deliver impactful HR programs and initiatives that align with the business goals and vision. I also mentor and consult with startups, MBA colleges, and NGOs on their product, service, and process offerings, as well as their people angle. I choose my assignments based on the magnitude of challenge and learning they bring to me.

Experience

19 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs
Average Tenure
8 yrs
Current Experience

Stealth

Business and People Strategy Advisor to C Suite

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad · Hybrid

  • At the heart of a high-growth, $120M funded startup, I lead a comprehensive organizational transformation project—realigning its operational backbone and redefining what “people-first” could mean at scale.
  • Operational Excellence: Spearheaded a restructuring effort that boosted efficiency by 30%, enabling leaner execution during a volatile market phase.
  • Legal Risk Mitigation: Advised on complex State and National compliances, helping the company cut legal exposure by 80%, and instill regulatory confidence across stakeholders.
  • Leadership Continuity: Architected a robust succession planning framework, nurturing 5 high-potential leaders for mission-critical roles.
  • Talent Stability: Designed and executed a workforce strategy that slashed attrition in critical functions by 80%, anchoring team stability during strategic pivots.
  • Culture-Led Investor Confidence: Orchestrated a cultural transformation initiative that didn’t just energize employees—it boosted investor confidence by 50%.
  • CEO Alignment & Market Adaptability: Acted as a strategic partner to the CEO, ensuring leadership alignment during a complex market repositioning.
  • Policy Modernization: Revamped legacy HR policies, leading to an 18% improvement in employee morale—and reintroducing trust into the system.
  • Compensation Intelligence: Led end-to-end compensation advisory, achieving an under 20% offer drop rate, even in a hyper-competitive talent market.
  • Risk & Compliance Protocols: Designed preemptive risk frameworks that reduced litigation threats by 20%, offering legal peace of mind to the board.
  • Global HR Expansion: Charted and operationalized HR strategy across multiple new global markets, laying the groundwork for compliant, culture-sensitive scaling.
Business StrategyC SuiteHR StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)IPO Due Diligence

Blaize

Director and Country Head of HR & Admin, India

Nov 2019Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

  • Heading the India HR and Admin team for a group of highly motivated engineers working at the cutting edge of AI's HW and SW solutions.

Freelance

HR Consultant

May 2018Present · 8 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Working with Startups, MBA colleges and NGOs as an HR consultant. I bring my industry proven expertise in Employee Engagement, Performance Management, HR Operations, Policy Formulation, HR ROI, L&D and Disciplinary Interventions to the table. I also consult with MBA colleges to make their graduates market ready and employable. I choose my assignments on the basis of the magnitude of challenge and learning they bring to me.
Employee EngagementPerformance ManagementHR OperationsPolicy FormulationL&D

Soctronics

Group HR Head

Nov 2016May 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Haded HR for INVECAS, SoCtronics, VEDA IIT and Makuta VFX

Mysmartprice.com

Head of HR

Sep 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Setting Up HR Practices, Polices and Procedures
  • Employee Engagement and well-being
  • Performance Management
  • Compliance
  • Vendor Management
  • Staffing and Recruitment
  • Campus Relations
  • HRMS vendor selections and Setup
  • Employee Grievance Redress
  • Rewards and Recognition Programs
  • Compensation Decisions
  • Managerial Counseling
  • Headcount Planning
  • Investor Pitches
  • Disciplinary Interventions
  • Fraud detection and Avoidance
  • Diversity and Inclusion initiatives
  • Employee Assistance Programs and Insurance

Nvidia

Site HR, Senior HR Generalist and L&D Specialist

Mar 2012Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad

  • Employee Engagement
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Activities for the Site
  • Adviser to the SW and HW Directors at the site
  • New College Graduate On-boarding and Assimilation (Both Design and Execution)
  • New Employee Orientation (HR, Legal and Payroll related)
  • Intellectual Property and Patent process Awareness training for Engineers.
  • Work Place Harassment awareness and reporting training.
  • Attrition Management
  • New Manager's Training
  • Managerial Counseling on handling Top and Bottom Performers, Disciplinary and Motivational Issues.
  • Compensation Bench-marking and Decision Making.
  • Capacity Planning and Headcount Forecasting
  • Performance Management: Promo Recommendations for Engineers and Senior Managers
  • MIS: Re-conciliatory, Forecasting and other HR Indicator driven report-outs.
  • Training Design: Communication Skills, Performance Management, Professional Development etc.

Amazon development centre

HR Business Partner

Oct 2010Jan 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Employee Grievance handling
  • Adviser to the Head of Operations for the Business Unit.
  • Employee Engagement Survey: (Design, Administration, Evaluation, Report-out, Focus Group supervision, Action Items list, report-out of closure etc.)
  • Policy Creation and Administration.
  • Project on automation of 1 on 1s for employees and managers
  • Fun at Work program
  • MIS: HR Metrics dashboard for 4 Business Units
  • Managing AIESEC interns, acting as Single Point of Contact for all international interns
  • Labour Compliance SPOC
  • Rectification and Re-validation of Job Descriptions for the Business Unit
  • Campus Recruitment
  • Design and Execution of Rewards and Recognition program
  • Attrition Control
  • Disciplinary Investigations and report-outs

Genpact llc

Employee Relations Manager

Apr 2007Oct 2010 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Employee Engagement
  • Front ending HR record Audits in the Third Party Environment.
  • Supporting 5 different Service Delivery Leads of Assistant Vice President and Above designations
  • Sarbanes Oxley Compliance control owner for HR
  • Only HR manager to have cracked the flagship Genpact Operational Leadership Development Program in the Class of 2010-2011
  • Ranked 3rd in the class of 67 fast track leaders in the above leadership development program
  • Attrition Control for a Key Account
  • MIS in the Outsourcing context
  • Designing and Conducting Internal assessments for managerial and technical leadership roles
  • Succession Planning for Business Critical Positions
  • Shift Utilization calculations for the site
  • Work From Home policy design and Administration
  • Use of Internal Job Movements as tools of Attrition and Cost Control for Business Unit.

Convergys

Technical Support Associate

Feb 2005Jan 2006 · 11 mos

  • Technical Support: Active Directory, ISPs etc for Microsoft and AT&T

Education

Great Lakes Institute of Management

PGPM — Human Resource Management and Marketing Management

Jan 2006Jan 2007

WHRB (HRCI accredited)

Fellow — Strategic HR

Jan 2018Jan 2019

IET MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP

B.Tech — Computer Science and Information Technology

Jan 2000Jan 2004

Aligarh Muslim University

Senior Secondary School Examination — Senior Secondary School

Jan 1996Jan 1998

Our Lady of fatima higher secondry school, Aligarh

Higher Secondary School

Jan 1991Jan 1996

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