Oct 2023 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · India · Hybrid

• As a global leader, our ambition is to unlock human potential by making wonderful sound a part of everyone’s life, and our 12,000+ colleagues globally, in 125+ markets, help us do that every day.
• Formed in 2019, through the merger of Sivantos and Widex, WS Audiology combines over 140 years of experience in pioneering better solutions to help people with hearing loss. With a passion for impact, our employees are committed to achieving our purpose: wonderful sound for all.
• With brands like Signia, Widex, Audio Service, Rexton and Vibe, and with diverse assets across wholesale, retail, online, managed care and diagnostic solutions, we are active in over 125 markets. Going beyond together, we achieve annual revenues of around EUR 2.4 billion.
• I am responsible for HR across our Commercial and Global functions- Finance, IT, and R&D located in India, closely partnering with the India leadership and global teams on our People Strategy.

Nov 2020 – Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Key member of the India Leadership Team and responsible for the design & delivery of the HR strategy for the market across HR Business Partnering & Talent Management functions reporting into the Global SVP of People.
• Responsible for talent management, employee relations, performance management, & workforce design and mobility, rewards & recognition for the newest offices in the India market for Condé Nast across Chennai & Bengaluru.
• Supporting a diverse workforce- technology, finance & operations, commercial & revenue departments and managing a direct team of 4 HRBPs across both cities.
• Acting as strategic HR Business Partner to senior leadership & business/people managers, by embedding key people priorities, providing professional HR support, advice, ensuring people and organisational capabilities required by the business in the mid and long term are understood and actioned.
• Focus Areas/Expertise: Talent Management, HR Business Partnering, Employee Relations & Compliance, Organisation Development, Employee Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion

Apr 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Played the role of Regional People Business Partner responsible for the India market, reporting into the Global Director of HR (Employee Base: 50-100)
• Responsible for serving as a strategic liaison between the business, employees, and the organisation during a significant period of change across the global organisation across key people priorities.
• Driving and executing all talent processes with Business Leaders e.g., Talent management programs, Annual performance reviews, Succession Planning
• Fostering high performance culture by effectively managing the performance management system,
• Understanding People data to understand key organisational dynamics & HR initiatives to be built for the future.
• Focus Areas/Expertise: Organisation Development, Talent Management, HR Business Partnering, People Operations, Payroll & Benefits Management, Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion

May 2018 – Apr 2019 · 11 mos

• My role involved partnering closely with Operating Leaders/On-shore Stakeholders/Various verticals. Handled 8 different business units across Finance & Operations and was reporting into the Senior Manager HR. Ensuring rigor around GE HR Best Practices & accountable for the end to end employee lifecycle management- Onboarding through exit formalities (Employee Base: 500-1000)
• Talent Management: Performance Management, Career Pathing & Promotions, Internal Jobs programme, Personal Development Plans
• Business Partnering: Employee Grievances & Redressal, Retention & Talent Metrics reporting, Coaching business stakeholders through change, Compensation Management
• Employee Engagement: Planning for & executing engagement programs across the year including managing welfare budgets, Planning & managing the Rewards & Recognition budgets for the year, Designing & Executing the monthly, quarterly, half-yearly,
• and annual R&R programmes.
• Focus Areas/Expertise: Talent Management, HR Business Partnering, Learning & Development, People Operations, Employee Relations Compliance, Rewards & Recognition, Diversity & Inclusion

Jul 2017 – Apr 2018 · 9 mos

• My role focused on supporting Operating Leaders/On-shore Stakeholders/Various verticals to ensure effective HR operations for the AIG Finance Center based in Bangalore, India
• Handling 5 different spans across the AIG Finance Center- Treasury Ops, Actuarial- Life & Non-Life teams, Reinsurance Operations, Predictive Modelling- Resource Optimization Team, Model Validation (HC: 200)
• Lead for Employee Engagement in for the Bangalore Site- this involves leading the engagement committee across planning & executing engagement programs across the year, this also involves planning & managing staff welfare budgets for the Bangalore site, working with Sourcing, Logistics, Administration, and Finance teams for all activities/events
• Lead for Rewards & Recognition for India FC- this involves planning & managing budgets for R&R across the year for the Finance Center, planning & executing the monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual end to end R&R programs, working with payroll & HR shared services teams to ensure timely payments of R&R, working with engagement leads to ensure timely rewards for programs/activities/milestones, leading panel evaluations in collaboration with operations to discuss nominated employees for awards
• Focus Areas/Expertise: Talent Management, HR Business Partnering, Learning & Development, People Operations, Employee Relations Compliance, Rewards & Recognition, Diversity & Inclusion

Nov 2015 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Ensuring rigor around GE HR Best Practices by jointly driving the agenda with the business. My role involved partnering closely with the business leaders and handled accounts located in 4 locations: Bangalore, Noida, Dallas, & London (Employee Base: ~500) and was reporting into the Senior Manager of HR for the function
• Primarily focused on Performance Management, Employee grievances, Compensation related activities like increments, promotions, corrections, & special incentives.
• Providing reports on the health of the account from a people management standpoint- Attrition, Bench, Recruitment etc.
• Responsible for partnering with the talent acquisition team & HRIS teams to achieve business requirements
• Drive Engagement Initiatives including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Employee Activities, Rewards & Recognition
• Initiatives I have been part of in this role: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Employee Engagement, Rewards & Recognition, C&B (Promotions, Operating Plan, Budgeting, Band Mix), Performance Management Systems- Appraisals, Promotions, Increments end to end

Jun 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Joined the organization in June 2014 as part of the campus hire batch from the Young India Fellowship program (https://www.ashoka.edu.in/YIF)
• Reporting to the Global VP of HR for the BFSI vertical and supporting all the relevant stakeholders across the function to drive the HR &Training agenda for the year. My role was focused on partnering with the
• Recruitment team on all things talent, working with Operating Leaders and HR Leaders of all verticals to provide function wise HR reporting, providing timely updates and escalations to the Senior Leadership
• Providing MIS support by publishing & calling out trends and red flags in key metrics like attrition, bench, C&B
• Working out action plans and conducting periodic reviews with the HR Leaders and the VP's of HR for the functions
• Blueprint Initiative- Hiring of Sales/LSA/SME’s –Tracking & complete ownership of Taleo requisitions until onboarding for all Leadership hiring
• Leading Employee Engagement events with the communications teams like All Managers Meet, Strategy Meets, All Hands Meet etc.
• Coordinate & help manage the Appraisal Cycle for overall BFSI (8,000+ employees) by coordinating with relevant stakeholders to get ratings, creating review decks, and organizing moderations to finalize ratings and ensuring end to end performance management closure is complete.
• Ensuring increments, promotions, MSS changes etc. happen in a timely and orderly fashion

Jun 2011 – May 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Taught in a low income/under-resourced school in Pune for 2 years. The mission of TFI is to bridge the educational inequity gap in India.

Sep 2010 – Dec 2010 · 3 mos · New York, USA

• Established 30 community and business relationships for the agency and increased sponsorship on Long Island.
• Utilized social mediums to increase awareness and reach a larger audience.
• Developed membership benefits and schemes for the agency.
• Learned how to organize and quantify goals on a timely basis and ensured group was meeting deadlines.
• Published in the NEW YORK CAMPUS COMPACT; a NY state-wide publication highlighting service experience in higher
• education.

Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 · 2 mos

• Developed an individual project based on the Indian Defense Offsets Program.
• Created 6 Presentations and a final Report on the Indian Defense Offsets Program.
• Researched the related government policies and procedures and how Tejas benefitted from this Program.
• Gained insight into how major corporations function and how tasks are executed.

Jun 2009 – Jul 2009 · 1 mo

• Completed a project on Retail Service Development.
• I learned about, did some research, and created 8 presentations on the various areas under Retail Service Development such as Cost Reduction, Customer Relationship Management, Franchising and Leasing, House Brands, Product Lifecycle Management, and Project Management.

Sep 2008 – May 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos · United States

• End to End People Management for the South Team (~50 people on rotation) as part of the Residential Safety Program of the university in alliance with the SBU Police