Manisha Sikka

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in HR strategy and organizational development.
Proven track record in talent acquisition and management.
Strong advisory experience to C-level executives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in the technology and oil & gas sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementHuman Resources

Other Skills

Agile Project ManagementArtificial Intelligence for BusinessBusiness StrategyConflict ManagementDigital TransformationDiversity & InclusionDiversity RecruitmentEmployee EngagementEmployee Learning & DevelopmentEmployee RelationsEvent ManagementGenerative AI ToolsHR MetricsHR PoliciesHR Strategy

About

About Seven Lakes Technologies- We're a team of expert professionals (from IITs/IIMs & top US Universities such as MIT, UCLA, North Western, Penn State, Duke, California State, etc.) with extensive experience in Oil & Gas and/or deep technology expertise. The company is a niche technology products & solutions firm offering products and services for the upstream (E&P) Oil & Gas sector. The company's expertise has historically been in services (Business Intelligence / Data warehousing / Enterprise Application Integration, Custom solutions, Mobile applications), and they are currently developing cloud based cutting-edge products, which are revolutionizing the E&P software space. About Manisha- HR professional with strong business acumen and 10 years of overall experience in HR & talent acquisition. Extensive advisory to C-level executives in matters of HR strategy, organizational development, leadership hiring, employer branding, talent & performance management. Hands-on in talent acquisition, running appraisal cycles, employee motivation & rewards, vendor management, HR policy & process designing as well as setting up learning initiatives and start-up teams.

Experience

15 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs

Current Experience

W energy software

Director of HR & Operations

Jun 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Seven lakes technologies

4 roles

Director HR and Operations

Promoted

Jul 2019 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

>Built high-performing engineering, product & marketing teams by attracting talent from top colleges like IITs, NITs, BITs & IIM.
>Program lead for talent management to identify top talent and build a succession pipeline for critical leadership roles.
>Instituted close-knit team culture
>Established human resource processes in the India office right from recruitment to onboarding to performance & talent management to HR operations to exit.
>Vendor Negotiations, Vendor Contract management, and Vendor Evaluation
> Leading entire team performance management

Talent ManagementTeam BuildingVendor ManagementPerformance ManagementHuman Resource ProcessesHuman Resources

Senior HR Manager

Promoted

Mar 2018 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

HR Manager

Promoted

Oct 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

HR Generalist

Sep 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr

Indiavidual learning

HR Generalist

Nov 2014 – Sep 2015 · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Successfully influenced and partnered with leaders to deliver business outcomes by developing right culture, capabilities and engaged team members.
Partnered with in-house & external recruitment teams for more effective sourcing and hiring of candidates by conducting interviews & debriefing sessions.
Developed HR policies and guidelines
Built excellent relationships with all the stakeholders and senior leadership team which enabled me to function with greater ease and effectiveness and ensured stake holder’s satisfaction

HR PoliciesStakeholder ManagementRecruitmentHuman Resources

21st century education pvt. ltd.

Zonal Sales Manager

Nov 2010 – Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Talent Management
Facilitate Talent Development Board discussions for potential assessment of Mid to Senior level employees
Develop succession pipeline in line with talent development interventions
Involved in strategic hiring decisions & plans, manpower forecasting, cost monitoring, etc.
Employee Engagement
Keep a pulse of all employees through one-on-one interactions and employee engagement surveys to ensure that employees deliver excellence.
Design and implement various fun activities to engage employees.

Employee EngagementTalent DevelopmentStrategic HiringTalent Management