Suraj Devaiah

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

18+ years as HR Business Partner across diverse industries
Expert in coaching and talent management strategies
Recognized for impactful culture transformation initiatives

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR professional with expertise in coaching and talent management across Healthcare and E-commerce sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

CoachingTalent ManagementLeadershipHr StrategyCulture TransformationHr ConsultingTraining

Other Skills

Business ProcessCareer DevelopmentCommunicationCompetency ManagementConflict ManagementCorporate CommunicationCulture ManagementDiversity & InclusionEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsHuman ResourcesInterviewsLife SkillsManagementMentoring

About

Summary: In my journey as Human Resource Business Partner for 18+ years, I have worked with companies from Healthcare, e-commerce, and Multi-Cloud domain. In these years of partnership, I have co-created people solutions with business and coached leaders on Culture Transformation, Strategic Workforce planning, Talent Management and Building Leadership Capabilities. Key HR Partnering Capabilities: Coaching, Leadership Partnering, HR Strategy, Culture Transformation, Workforce Planning, Capability Management, Talent Management, Performance Management and Solution as One HR. I am currently pursuing coaching certification from International Coaching Federation (ICF) to be more effective as coach.

Experience

20 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Broadcom

HR Business Partner

Sep 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore · On-site

In my current role, I coach leaders and people managers on manager capabilities. The core coaching areas include Workforce Planning, Manager Capabilities, Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance Management, Culture and Conflict Management.
Some of the unique experiences I have gained so far in VMware is to transition as a Coach. I have co-created ‘Manager Capability’ framework, develop scorecard to see capability move for managers, toolkit for HR Partners to coach and identify areas to coach managers. This has created positive impact on the business and being recognized by leadership team.

CoachingWorkforce PlanningTalent ManagementDiversity & InclusionPerformance ManagementCulture Management+1

Flipkart

Lead HR - FK Corp

Feb 2016 – Sep 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore

I was leading a team of HR Business Partners to coach business on people management related track. I could test my mentoring and people management skills. Below are some of the initiates which created impact to the business during my tenure.
Projects/ Initiatives:
● Strengthening the product team by enhancing product management capabilities at department and individual level.
● Mentoring program for product managers.
● Career track for ‘Individual Contributors’ for sustainable career growth in Design team (first for the Industry).

MentoringPeople ManagementCareer DevelopmentTalent ManagementLeadership

Philips india limited

Senior Manager - HR

Mar 2007 – Feb 2016 · 8 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

I had opportunity to learn, grow and create impact as Business partner HR. I was responsible to co-create people strategies and execute them to achieve organizational goals for Healthcare R&D teams. I was recognized by Philips India leadership for role modeling ‘Philips Behaviors’ and ‘Taking Ownership’. Below are some of the initiates which created impact to the business during my tenure.
Projects/ Initiatives:
Accelerate culture transformation.
Transition to ‘Safe’ agile way of working with implications on HR.
Create ‘Competency Management’ framework to build technical & domain knowledge.
On-boarding employees at site and business (Healthcare).
Create career ladder for employees to choose (one to multiple).

People StrategiesCulture TransformationCompetency ManagementHR Strategy

Hp

Delivery Support Lead & SME

Oct 2005 – Mar 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore

As a ‘Delivery Support Lead’, I was responsible to understand the training needs of various businesses from Delivery manager, plan training programs, publish them and report relevant metrics to stakeholders. My key learnings in this job were: Introduction to corporate world, Basics of corporate communication, Personal development, Team building skills and Networking skills.

Training Needs AnalysisCorporate CommunicationTeam BuildingHR ConsultingTraining