Sowmya Krishnan

Technical Recruiter

Hyderabad, Telangana, India17 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in HR strategy and organizational design.
  • Passionate about leadership development and talent management.
  • Proven track record in driving organizational transformation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources expert with extensive experience in consulting and organizational development.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr Strategy ConsultationCoachingOrganizational GrowthPerformance ManagementOrg DesignLeadership DevelopmentHr StrategyLeadership CoachingCampus HiringRecruitment Strategy

Other Skills

research writingchange managementdata analyticsemployee engagementevent managementTalent ManagementHR PoliciesPerformance AppraisalCareer DevelopmentRewards ProgramsTalent AcquisitionCareer ManagementEmployee RelationsCareer CounselingEmployee Engagement

About

Sowmya has strong HR Business Partnering and Advisory experience across various business groups in the Consulting, Pharma, Tech and Telecom industry. She has worked with business leaders in Modem, Connectivity, IT, Commercial Services, Technology Consulting, Financial Advisory and Strategy Consulting, with focus on developing and executing the HR strategy in alignment to the business priorities. Passionate about Leadership development and Talent management, she has been the HR business partner and advisor on these aspects, amongst several other HR matters. She has been instrumental in enabling a significant headcount growth by collaborating with the business function and facilitating a culture of ownership and empowerment. She has also been pivotal in accelerating a huge global transformation, through focus on change management and organization design. Currently practicing as an independent freelancer, she utilizes her versatile talent and skills, in the areas of research writing, HR consultation, coaching & mentoring young talent, teaching dance, and guiding & empowering the uninformed about personal finance. She integrates her 15 years of cross industry corporate experience with a wide range of interests, to shape young minds for a brighter future. Areas of HR expertise - Organization Design, Leadership Development, Performance Management, Talent Management and Relations, Talent Acquisition, Coaching and facilitation, Compensation reviews Areas of interest - Equity Investing, Career & personal counseling, HR strategy consultation, Student mentorship, Classical dance, Carnatic violin, Energy healing, Vedic Astrology

Experience

17 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Self-employed

Independent Consultant

Jun 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Coach students and working professionals to establish a successful career trajectory
  • Provide consultation to start ups on HR strategy, process set-up, benefits and policies
  • Work on varied research writing projects in diverse fields like arts and allied domains
HR strategycoachingresearch writingHR strategy consultation

Google

People Consultant

Sep 2021 – May 2022 · 8 mos

  • In the role, consulted the Device & Services and Platform & Ecosystems teams on org growth & stabilization, integration & assimilation, structure, alignment and reorgs. Provided insights, advisory and coaching to leaders and managers on mobility, performance management, compensation, wellbeing and workplace concerns.
organizational growthperformance managementcoaching

Qualcomm

Sr Mgr, HR

May 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • As a HR Business Partner, responsible for:
  • Org design and Strategy – Succession planning, optimizing span of control
  • Diversity & Inclusion – Part of the D&I India team and recipient of the BCWI Avtar Top 100 companies
  • Leadership and Talent Development - Building future ready leadership pipeline, focused interventions to ensure long term career investment, and developing mid and senior level talent
  • Performance Management & Retention of key Top talent
  • Change management – Enabling a culture of change to accelerate assimilation of new policies and systems
  • Data Analytics – Leveraging outcomes of manager feedback and pulse surveys as a feed into various programmatic interventions
org designleadership developmentchange managementdata analytics

Novartis

HR Business Partner

Jul 2015 – Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • HR Business Partner
  • Work in tandem with the business and align HR strategies to drive business outcomes
  • Drive organization transformation through change management and org design and development
  • Develop early Talent strategy to prepare for business growth
  • Leadership coaching and development
  • Facilitate people development, career development, performance management and compensation processes, and enable the attraction and retention of key Talent
  • Support and maintain a high performance culture, through reward and recognition strategies and other interventions
HR strategychange managementleadership coaching

Deloitte

2 roles

Talent Business Advisor

Promoted

Jun 2010 – Jun 2015 · 5 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

  • 5 years of Business Advisory and HR Generalist experience for a large Technology Consulting group and for Financial Advisory Services.
  • Strategic planning : Designing and implementing HR strategy in alignment to the business priorities
  • Performance management and Talent development : Focus on performance reviews, succession planning, managerial effectiveness and leadership development
  • Employee engagement and relations : Hands on experience as a HR Generalist across the gamut of HR activities
  • Compensation : Review and planning of compensation fitments and defining position mapping for new and niche skills
HR strategyperformance managementemployee engagement

Talent Acquisition

Jun 2008 – May 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Managed B-school campus hiring for Enterprise risk services, Strategy & Operations, Talent and Financial Advisory Services. Designed the campus branding and hiring strategy to achieve eminence partnership and brand position with top B-schools.
  • End to end lateral recruitment for Human Capital, Strategy & Operations and Financial Advisory Services
  • Conceptualized and executed events and campaigns for referrals and inclusion hiring
campus hiringrecruitment strategyevent management

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

MBA — PMIR

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008

Osmania University

BE — ECE

Jan 2001 – Jan 2005

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