Pooja P.

HR Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India7 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

University topper with a B.E. in Production.
Specialized in talent management and performance-based rewards.
Aspiring ICF coach focused on relationship and grief coaching.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR professional with expertise in talent management and organizational development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr Business PartneringTalent ManagementTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

HR Project ManagementHR StrategyObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)HR AnalyticsHR COECoachingNiche Talent AcquisitionTalent ScoutingTalent PipeliningStakeholder ManagementLife CoachingRecruitingHuman Resources (HR)

About

A University topper (B.E. Production – Mumbai University, 2015) and a district-level swimmer turned strategic HR professional, I bring ~6 years of experience across pharmaceuticals, ITes, and B2C sectors. As an HR Business Partner & HR CoE, I specialize in talent management, performance-based rewards, organizational development, and culture-building initiatives that directly enable business outcomes. Certified in OKRs and proficient in market mapping, compensation benchmarking, and recognition frameworks, I’ve helped organizations strengthen engagement, attrition management, and drive talent pulse and effectiveness. My passion lies in designing open yet accountable people practices that balance empathy with performance. Alongside my HR career, I am an aspiring ICF ACC coach deeply drawn to relationship and grief coaching, mental health and self-awareness practices. Over the next decade, I aspire to launch my own independent practice to support individuals in navigating relationships, loss, and personal growth. Outside of work, I find joy in Indian mythology, painting, and of course, spending time with dogs. Reach me at poojapradhanraheja@gmail.com if you’d like to connect on HR, coaching, or simply over a virtual coffee.

Experience

7 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Shaadi.com

3 roles

Manager - HR Business Partner

Promoted

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Launched a pioneering career ladder pilot for the Design organisation, delivering clear career
progression and succession planning for future leadership roles. Proposed similar initiatives for other
niche skills and departments
Designed and implemented a rewards and recognition (RnR) program aligned with core company
values and industry benchmarks, fostering a high-performance culture
Identified, validated, and addressed training needs in collaboration with Learning & Development
(L&D) and business units to close skill gaps
Leveraged OKR certification to coach stakeholders on critical metrics for achieving business goals and conducted feedback sessions to build robust reporting relationships
Proposed a scientific performance evaluation framework for an objective data-driven approach to
performance evaluations, reducing biased assessments
Created data-driven presentations for the HR Head, sharing key HR insights and trends with
cross-functional leaders to drive strategic decisions.

HR Project ManagementHR StrategyObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)Talent ManagementHR AnalyticsHR Business Partnering

Associate Manager - HR Business Partner

Apr 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Seamless execution of p-Devs & e-Devs program to ensure that the campus joinees have a value-adding first 6-months in the org. & subsequent project allocations to drive exponential growth across various pods & guilds.
HR Induction, Senior Management Connect – meets with the key HR,
cross-functional leadership connects to share the Company Vision & the overall expectation-setting along with Initiatives like Centre Visits for VoC to understand the customer journey, offering experience & avenues for process improvements, gamified core values & leadership principles for better understanding & integration of a new joinees in the org.
Employer Branding – Engagements on LinkedIn & tech platforms through Blogs, Posts, & experience sharing of Employees to attract the right talent & showcase the org. in a positive light
Identified, collated & validated Training needs in collaboration with L&D & Business for skill gap
closures
Regular connect calls with new joinees over 30,60,90 days & with tenured employees capture the employee wellness & areas of concerns paired with a continuous listening tool followed by a deep dive into the core concerns, plan of action, improvement plan, overall scope of implementation, with periodic tracking of scores, relevant data points & dashboards in place to see tangible impact on employee experience
To proactively identify the potential attrition cases & drive skip-level conversations for Hi-Pots to facilitate retention

HR Business PartneringHR COECoachingHR AnalyticsHR Project ManagementTalent Management

Associate Manager - Talent Acquisition

Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Specialties: Product & Sales Hiring, Analytics & Special projects
Hiring Strategy & Market Mapping – Creating a healthy pipeline for critical roles identified in the
organization across Market Development, Technology, Product & Marketing departments by adopting a
proactive approach to recruitment. Acquiring market information by understanding various parameters
across Consumer Tech space to provide an edge to the overall process leading to successful offer releases for the present open Leadership roles
Alternate Hiring Channels – Identifying various sourcing channels including campuses, institutional hiring, consultants, social media for the organization for both Technology, Market Development & Customer Support Service hiring to freeze on the role v/s source metrics
Special Projects revolving around salary benchmarking & infant attrition to ensure the compensation is at par with the market standards along with necessary interventions to retain High-Potential Talent for the organization

Niche Talent AcquisitionTalent ScoutingTalent PipeliningTalent Acquisition

Rebel foods

Assistant Manager - People & Culture

Jan 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Specialties: Technology Hiring & HR Business Partnering
Responsibilities:
Hiring Strategy – Creating quick hiring & quality onboarding through optimization of various channels (traditional, non-traditional sources – HackerEarth, third party hiring channels – upGrad, Coding Ninjas & campus hiring) in sync with the manpower plans & allocated budgets
Hiring NPS – Tracking & analysis of the recruitment process through objective scores & bridging gaps identified with a constant 85-90% NPS
Scaling up the technology team across verticals & designations by 2.3x collectively in 2 quarters & ongoing by effectively creating talent pipeline, regular connect calls with multiple stakeholders & pre-joining engagements
Employer Branding – Engagement on Glassdoor & LinkedIn platforms through blogs, post & new joinee, employee verbatim to attract right talent
Stakeholder Management– Maintain continuous connects with Recruitment agencies, assessment agencies, contract agencies & third party avenues for getting new talent onboard.
Employee On-Boarding – Pre-joining goodies along with HR Induction, Senior Management connects & new joinee feedback analysis (30-60-90 days) to ensure steady footing for the new joinee with appropriate hand-holding for achieving better learning outcomes
Employee Experience - Quarterly organization wide survey & employee calls to understand the overall pulse, collate various data points & analyze it to provide realistic business & HR suggestions which(Induction feedback, 30-60-90 days feedback, DarwinBox pulse report& YER); Improvement in YER Scores
Employee Engagement & Wellness – Fun activities to foster employee connect in a WFH setting, RnR for best performers & suggestions for better work culture leading to significant impact on the quarterly survey % & timely course correction with appropriate interventions for both Tech & Product orgs.
Highlights:
Recognized as one of the "Mountain Movers" in for all the efforts in Tech Hiring

Niche Talent AcquisitionHR Business PartneringHR AnalyticsHR StrategyTalent Acquisition

Maq software

Recruitment Associate

Jan 2019 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Specialties: UX Hiring by exploring various platforms & Talent mapping across the competitor organizations
Responsibilities:
Handles end to end recruitment for both lateral, campus & JIT hiring for open positions within the documented TAT
Successfully built a team of 11 UI/UX Designers by recruiting A-Players
Released 4 offers for two managerial level roles by targeted sourcing & recruiting through the competitor organizations
Handled & cleared the ISMS Audit for the Mumbai location
Responsible for the onboarding formalities for new joiners & off-boarding formalities for the exiting employees
Drafted the SOP for engagement activity & follows the same for the monthly engagement activity
Recognized & received appreciation from the senior management for consistent performance
Highlights:
1. Spot Awardee winner within a month of joining for releasing 5 offers for a niche profile
2. Management recognition for building the first ever design team at an org-wide level

Talent ScoutingNiche Talent AcquisitionTalent Acquisition

Cipla

2 roles

Associate

Jul 2018 – Jan 2019 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Specialties: Supply Chain Hiring & Talent Mapping across Top-10 Pharma organizations
Responsibilities:
Handles the TA gamut from sourcing to reference checks for the SCM function
Closed positions from Asst. Managers to Associate Director levels within TAT for multiple roles in SCM with effective cross functional coordination with different stakeholders
Additional responsibility of Tech Campus hiring for Manufacturing & Quality functions
Contributed on the documentation & medical checks coordination over & above the current responsibilities

Intern

May 2017 – Jun 2017 · 1 mo · Vikhroli

Responsibilities:
Built a Talent Pipeline for Quality Function to reduce the Lead time in the overall TA Process
Closed positions of Sr. Executives (Quality Control & HR) for Sikkim Plant
Sourced for Diverse Profiles (R&D Quality, HR, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs)

Ceat tyres limited

Intern

Dec 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 mo · Worli, Mumbai

Responsibilities:
Conducted a Dipstick Survey for the Continuous Feedback System launched org. wide to generate awareness
Helped in digitalization of Learning Maps & Career Maps

Siemens

Intern

Jul 2014 – Dec 2014 · 5 mos · Airoli, Navi Mumbai

Responsibilities:
Identified gaps in the Value Chain using Value Stream Mapping
Remodeled the Assembly line by eliminating the Non Value added time with reduced inventory
Designed lifting tackles, shaft storage & snap gauge boxes using ZWCAD