Debjani Baidya

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

14+ years of HR experience in global organizations
Expert in employee engagement and organizational transformation
Proven track record in talent management and succession planning

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources expert with a focus on employee engagement and organizational development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human ResourcesTalent ManagementEmployee Engagement

Other Skills

Leadership DevelopmentOrganizational DesignProcess ImprovementEmployee Life Cycle ManagementPerformance ManagementEmployee Engagement SurveyHR MetricsData AnalysisPolicy FormulationHR ProcessesStandard Operating ProceduresSurvey DesignTechnical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionPre-sales

About

As a Global HR Business Partner and Head of Employee Relations India at NetApp, I leverage my 14+ years of experience to design and deliver effective people solutions for a global division with over 1700 employees. I am passionate about enabling organizational transformation, org. design, leadership development, enhancing employee engagement, and fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. In my previous role as Vice President, HR Business Partner at Goldman Sachs, I was a trusted advisor and counsel to senior management and employees on a broad range of human resources issues and decisions. I successfully implemented talent review and succession planning, leadership and cultural integration, reward strategy, and process improvement initiatives. I also have a strong academic background in PM & HRD and Labour Laws & Labour Welfare from Indian Institute of Modern Management and University of Pune.

Experience

16 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr

Current Experience

Adobe

Director, Employee Experience Business Operations | EX Business Partner

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Netapp

Global HR Business Partner | Head Employee Relations India

Jul 2020 – May 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Strawberry fields group - house of kraft

Founder

Jan 2019 – May 2025 · 6 yrs 4 mos

Goldman sachs

Vice President, HR Business Partner

May 2013 – Aug 2018 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Business Partner responsible for design and delivery of People Strategy for a division with 1700+ employees.
Trusted Advisor and counsel to management and employees on a broad range of human resources issues and people decisions
Identify, analyse and recommend solutions on job productivity, job efficiency, providing counsel on company policies and procedures and overall employee satisfaction.
Assess organisational needs and provide diagnosis and interventions for change management
Drive employee engagement and organisational health
Talent review and succession planning of key roles
Leadership and cultural integration
Developing and retaining diverse talent in the division through specific initiatives and projects
Drove implementation of key processes and people practices including business planning, performance appraisal and talent assessment, promotions, compensation, and employee relations activities.

Employee EngagementHuman ResourcesTalent ManagementLeadership DevelopmentOrganizational DesignProcess Improvement

Itc infotech

Assistant Manager - Business HR

Apr 2010 – May 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Employee Life Cycle Management including On Boarding, Performance Management, Reward & Recognition, Communication & Employee Exit.
Design, Implementation and analysis of the Organisation Wide Employee Engagement Survey in 2009 & 2010.
Collaborate with business to create Focused Schemes for Niche Projects – Retention bonus schemes, HR interventions enabling managers drive high performance.
Creation of HR Metrics and Dashboards to improve intelligence on attrition causes and implement corrective measures.

Employee Life Cycle ManagementPerformance ManagementEmployee Engagement SurveyHR MetricsHuman Resources

Itc infotech india ltd

2 roles

Assistant Manager, Corporate HR

Jul 2009 – Mar 2010 · 8 mos

Policy formulation and amendments based on on-going review to build employee friendly policies.
Industry Best Practices benchmarking exercise to analyse gaps and necessary action for process improvements.
Streamlining of internal HR processes through formulation and documentation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Policy FormulationHR ProcessesStandard Operating ProceduresHuman Resources

Project Intrenship

Sep 2008 – Oct 2008 · 1 mo

Carried out an Employee Engagement Survey including data collection, Questionnaire formulation, conducting the survey, Data analysis post survey and coming up with Key findings on the basis of which presented recommendations.
Received a Pre-placement offer at the end of my internship, to join the firm full time.