Jul 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Apr 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Develop and implement the company's human resources strategy in line with the overall business strategy.
• Lead the company's human resources efforts, including talent acquisition and management, performance management, employee relations, and compliance.
• Drive employee engagement and retention by identifying and addressing key employee needs, and by fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Manage the company's human resources budget, and ensure that resources are allocated effectively.
• Build and manage a team of human resources professionals, and ensure that the team is equipped with the necessary skills and resources to deliver results.
• Act as a strategic advisor to the CEO and other senior leaders, and provide guidance on human resources matters.
• Stay current with industry trends and developments, and provide thought leadership on human resources best practices.

Dec 2021 – Mar 2022 · 3 mos

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos

• Responsible for overseeing and strategically driving all functions of HR for India and US locations.
• Introduced new Performance management strategies to build a culture of high performance, timely rewards and recognition programs, competitive compensation, and benefits designed to retain talent.
• Designed and implemented Employee Engagement Surveys which serve as an excellent strong pulse check and feedback mechanism to help define actions forward for the leadership.
• Ideated, Planned and Implemented various TM Initiatives like Real-time Business Head Dashboard, Automated Attrition Analysis, HR Connect, Skip levels, TM Buddy, BU level AHM, Neomate, Chatbot, KYC (Know Your Colleague)
• Proud contributor to the company's growth from 210 to 600 Headcount in a span of 2 years

Jul 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Head entire HR for the India office.
• Responsible for overseeing and strategically driving all country-based operations and growing software development, innovation, and services capabilities at CloudMoyo, India. My role includes partnering with business groups to develop their capabilities, resulting in greater synergies and collaboration across units, leaders, and employees.

May 2014 – Jul 2019 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Pune Area, India

• Responsible for the overall design, implementation, and monitoring of Talent, Learning & Development, and OD processes for a 1200 workforce.
• Strategic Talent partner and HR business advisor to the leadership team, line managers, and HR verticals across locations.
• Conceptualized and led WFMG Work Force Management Group) and PAI People Analytics and Intelligence)
• Owner of all talent processes, including talent reviews, promotions, performance management, succession planning, and long-term org planning that enables us to have a sufficient talent for the future.
• Have been a part of change management and a key contributor to the company's growth from 320 employees to 1000

Aug 2012 – May 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · Pune Area, India

• HR Business Partner for one of the BU in Calsoft -
• HR generalist support to one of the key business units
• Caters to all requirements of employees post their selection till exit
• Educates and responds to employee queries related to policies and guidelines
• Partners with Delivery head and first line managers in the business unit to develop their teams through performance management, coaching and feedback, allocation of rewards during focal, learning and development initiatives etc.
• Employee Relations
• Regular interaction with the employees for grievance handling and conflict resolution
• Employee Engagement
• Designing & implementing activities to engage the employees across the organization
• Interacting with all the employees on a periodic basis to have a pulse on the 'Voice of the Employee'
• CSAT Initiatives: Launching special process related campaigns and creating posters and hype for the same.
• Organize team event for the business unit on Project basis under the umbrella of “HAPPY HOUR HR“
• Vendor Coordination
• On boarding (Joining Formalities)
• Responsible for the joining formalities.
• Provide the heartfelt experience to the new joining
• Performance Management
• Plan, organize and facilitate timely appraisals for the BU
• Analyze results, recommend changes, rationalize salaries, process results, set new KRA
• Coordinating and organizing appraisals in a timely manner
• Organizational Development
• Planning and Handling the Performance Management System for all the employees. Reviewing through (Standardized) Key Result Areas, Performance Standards, Applying & Developing Competencies, Coaching for performance.
• People Development (Training & Development)
• Co-ordinate activities for the identification of training needs of employees for upgrading their Behavioral, Soft skills and Technical skills.
• Plan for organizing and conducting training and development programs, in association with the external/internal trainers and consultants.

Jun 2011 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune

• Worked with multiple Hi-Tech, MFG, and Automobile clients as an Independent HR Consultant
• Some of the key projects delivered -
• Provide Cost Effective Hiring Solutions to the clients
• Play the role of functional consultant and help startups and mid-size organizations find the right ER/HRMS tool for them
• Work as a Consultant and find out Key areas of improvement for the organization to improve process efficiencies
• Provide Soft Skill and Behavioral training (Psychometric assessments like MBTI) for middle management.
• Conduct Training Need Analysis for the organization and work on the complete training cycle from Pre Assessment to Post Assessment
• Conduct Organization Effectiveness Survey for organization and prepare Individual Development Program

Oct 2010 – Jun 2011 · 8 mos · Pune

• Sourcing & Recruitments
• Responsible for all functions in Pune, talent acquisition & successfully recruited more than 40+ employees in the span of 6 months
• Recruiting through Internal Sources, Head hunting, Consultants and through online job portals across all functions. Working for competitive recruitment plans thereby reducing recruitment costs for the Organization.
• Designing and conducting of Joining Formalities, Induction & Orientation programme for newly recruited employees.
• On boarding (Joining Formalities)
• Responsible for the joining formalities.
• Responsible for drafting Offer Letter, Appointment Letter, Confirmation Letter etc.
• Provide the heartfelt experience to the new joining
• Employee Engagement
• Designing & implementing activities to engage the employees across the organization
• Conducting employee satisfaction surveys to assess general trends regarding employee satisfaction in Company.
• Ensuring resolution of employee grievances.
• Employee Training & Development
• Conducting Induction and refresher training programs for Mid-managerial employees.
• Identifying training needs of employees in terms of domain and soft skills / competencies required for the role.
• Conducting / facilitating conduction of trainings.
• Assessing training effectiveness through post-training assessments.
• HR Operations
• HR Operations handled for over 130 employees
• Successfully driven the process of preparing & regularly updating Organization Charts
• Preparation of Monthly HR MIS report

Jun 2008 – Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Worked as HRBP for one of the Business Units in Infosys with an employee strength of 1800
• Managing Induction of new hires, making them aware of their duties and responsibilities, code of conduct, and their KRAs
• Performance Management - Conduct training on the usage of PMS tool for BU.
• Attrition Forecasting - Designing an Early Warning Sign tracker and using it to track and forecast attrition on a monthly basis to line managers and analyze attrition data to cull out section-wise trends.
• Infosys Certified Corporate Trainer on soft and behavioral skills
• Lean Six Sigma certified - Did 2 projects and saved around $10k per month for the BU.