SUSHMITA NAYAK

HR Manager

Gurugram, Haryana, India7 yrs 7 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over 7 years of diverse HR experience.
  • Expert in strategic talent acquisition and employee engagement.
  • Proven track record in building thriving workplace cultures.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR professional specializing in talent acquisition and employee engagement in high-growth environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human Resources (hr)Talent AcquisitionHr ManagementEmployee EngagementTalent Management

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBoolean SearchingBusiness DevelopmentCommunicationDeal ClosureDebatingDisciplinariesDiversityEmployee Benefits DesignEmployee GrievanceEmployee HandbooksEmployee RecognitionEmployee RelationsEmployee WellnessEmployer Branding

About

At 19, while most were figuring out college electives, I was already drafting offer letters and conducting interviews. My HR journey began as an intern — wide-eyed, curious, and eager to understand the pulse behind every successful organization: its people. What started as a college internship soon turned into a full-time passion. By the time I graduated, I already had multiple offers on the table — yet I chose to stay loyal to where it all began: TikTok (Bytedance). Because for me, loyalty, integrity, and impact aren’t just values — they’re principles. From TikTok to Lowe’s to now Thrillophilia, my path has been a mix of learning, leadership, and evolution — from a hands-on HR professional to a strategic Senior HR Business Partner driving people excellence across verticals and regions. 👩‍💼 7+ years in HR have shaped me across every spectrum — 🔹 Talent Acquisition & Talent Retention 🔹 Employee Grievance Handling 🔹 Performance & People Mapping 🔹 Strategic Workforce Planning 🔹 Engagement & Culture Building Today, I don’t just manage HR operations, TA, Grievances, Engagement or limited to Culture building — I partner with business leaders to align people strategy with organizational goals. I’m deeply involved in performance mapping, succession planning, market benchmarking, and ensuring every region I support grows with the right people and mindset. 🎯 Talent Acquisition remains my first love, only now with a strategic twist — focusing on Quality of Hire over Quantity of Hire. Because hiring right isn’t just about filling roles; it’s about shaping culture. I believe in culture-first hiring — making sure every offer rolled out reflects not just skill fit, but soul fit. Whether it’s: ✨ Handling complaints with empathy ✨ Calming chaos with clarity ✨ Driving engagement through Holi, Diwali & offsites ✨ Or setting up entire office spaces from scratch —I’ve always been right at the heart of it, ensuring people not only work for the organization, but belong to it. As a Senior HRBP, my mission is simple — 💡 More on the strategic side than your basic HR - Build teams that thrive. 🤝 Cultivate leaders who inspire. 🏢 Create workplaces people love showing up to. And when I’m not navigating through people and policies — you’ll probably find me ensuring my workspace is spotless (yes, proud cleanliness perfectionist here!) because I truly believe — An organized space leads to an organized mind.

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 3 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Thrillophilia.com

2 roles

Senior HRBP Manager

Promoted

May 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · On-site

  • As an Sr. HRBP Manager, I’m far from a basic & Traditional HR — my mission is to strategise, partner with the business, and help teams perform at their peak so the organisation hits its goals with precision while keeping the culture alive.
  • I drive strategic people partnering, acting as a trusted advisor to leaders and converting business priorities into high-impact people strategies. I champion talent attraction, development, and engagement, ensuring we bring in A-players and help them grow with purpose.
  • As the culture custodian, I fuel a high-growth, high-energy environment where people thrive. I rely on data-driven insights to shape performance systems, feedback loops, and career-growth pathways that strengthen both talent and business outcomes.
  • From onboarding to exit, I own the end-to-end employee experience, building processes that increase satisfaction, retention, and organisational health. I also lead HR operations and compliance, ensuring smooth execution, clean systems, and policy discipline.
  • At my core, I’m a change champion — solving people puzzles, enabling leaders, and keeping the culture strong while the business scales.
Human Resources (HR)Talent AcquisitionNiche Talent AcquisitionEmployee EngagementEmployee GrievanceEmployee Relations+14

HR Manager

May 2023May 2025 · 2 yrs · On-site

  • > Responsible for HR operations, recruitment, Employee Relations for Tech & Non Tech LOBs.
  • > Promote alignment and collaboration across the organization, driving synergy and perspective, demonstrate common process and consistent messaging.
  • > Understand the business and its challenges to help address the organization and peoples' ask.
  • > Assist with the change in process as the company meets the challenges of hyper-growth and the need to scale.
  • > Partner with L1 Managers to tackle business problems.
  • > Deliver short-term solutions while also solving for long-term problems by addressing immediate challenges and underlying causes.
  • > Use/Fetch data to measure success: learn, iterate, and improve; analyse trends and develop proactive actions to further support business objectives.
  • > Manage, Own and Maintain all communication and records required for Statutory compliances.
  • > Own/formulate HR policies and directives and ensure smooth implementation across the firm.
  • > Build talent pipelines for current and future job openings.
  • > Coordinating with hiring managers to identify staffing needs.
  • > Plan interviews and selection procedures, including screening calls, assessments and in-person interviews.
  • > Sourcing potential candidates through online channels (e.g. social platforms and professional networks.)
  • > Develop a network of potential future hires (e.g. past applicants and referred candidates).
  • > Measure key recruitment metrics, like a source of hire and time-to-hire.
  • > Oversee all stages of candidate experience (including application, interviews, and communication).
  • > Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates.
  • > Use metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement.
  • Hiring for Tech & Non Tech Open roles.
  • 360 HR whenever required for the organisation.
LeadershipTechnical RecruitingLinkedIn RecruiterEmployee EngagementEmployee GrievanceHR Management+21

One digital entertainment

Assistant Manager HR

Jan 2023May 2023 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • One Digital Entertainment, the flagship brand of New Media Holding is a global media organization with 9 offices in ASIA, SOUTH-EAST ASIA, EUROPE, MENASA and SRI LANKA.
  • Asia's largest network certified creator and digital video network with an unbeaten repertoire of thousands of creators including some of the biggest global youtubers, musicians, artists, brands and publishers, clocking over 3 Bn+ views per month through a network fan base of a whopping 1.6 Bn+ . We are known to cater to our talent’s every single need, from planning and strategizing content to production, syndication, distribution and monetization of the same.
  • Through our robust presence in the creator economy (a term that came into existence much after we were years into this business), we've expanded our portfolio into a number of stand-alone businesses in the space of merchandising, podcasts, sports innovation, AI & Robotics, publishing platforms like Blush, Being Indian, Instant Bollywood, etc. and even a multi-million dollar project backed by Nasa called Space Hero which is going to be the biggest web casting reality show in the world, the winner(s) of which gets to fly to the International Space Station.
  • For more information visit - www.onedigitalentertainment.com
Deal ClosureTechnical RecruitingLinkedIn RecruiterCommunicationEmployee EngagementTeam Management+18

Lowe's india

2 roles

Global HR - Specialist ACC (For US Canada & Mexico Region)

Dec 2021Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

Deal ClosureLinkedIn RecruiterCommunicationSourcingRequisitionsScreening+2

Talent Advisor - Tech/IT Hiring (India based end to end Recruitment & Candidate Experience)

Mar 2021Dec 2021 · 9 mos

  • Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 31 home improvement company serving more than 17 million customers a week in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
  • Talent Acquisition Partner for IT Digital Team of LOWE'S :
  • Developing recruitment strategies/plans for hiring cycles across multiple levels.
  • Analysing hiring trends and proposing modifications based on current trends and future projections.
  • Vendor Management, Stakeholder Management and also leading the digital space & business.
  • Market driven sourcing.
Deal ClosureTechnical RecruitingLinkedIn RecruiterCommunicationFull Life Cycle RecruitingSourcing+9

Tiktok

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Partner

Feb 2020Mar 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Plan and drive recruitment process based on business requirements: managing end-to-end recruitment process.
  • Maintain and develop recruiting channels, source candidates, facilitate referrals, IJPs, and ensure talent pipelines running well.
  • Handle Full-cycle recruiting procedure, including sourcing, interviews, on-boarding, improve stakeholders and candidates recruiting experience.
  • Provide an efficient and high-touch experience for every candidate from application stage to offer, evaluating skill level, driving the interview process and offer process, including reference checks, salary recommendations and closing of candidates.
  • Partner with global stakeholders, manage reporting and collaborate on projects taking place that will drive impact and improve the capability of recruiting.
  • Implement Company's Hr Project, while building up and continuously optimizing local HR Functions, including training, cultural construction, employee relationship, local welfare etc.
Deal ClosureLinkedIn RecruiterCommunicationTeam ManagementFull Life Cycle RecruitingSourcing+9

HRBP - Intern

Sep 2019Feb 2020 · 5 mos

  • Understanding several aspects of the HR activities.
  • Helping the team in the recruitment process.
  • Assisting in daily sourcing/hiring and support the team.
Deal ClosureCommunicationSourcingRequisitionsScreeningInterviewing+3

Crosstab it consulting

Human Resources Intern

May 2019Jun 2019 · 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • 1. Undertaking detailed research and analysis for demographic information like for jobs and candidates
  • 2. Designing a recruiting strategy with well-defined benchmarks
  • 3. Researching and crafting job descriptions
  • 4. Maintaining up-to-date market knowledge and expertise in various recruitment trends and practices, providing guidance and support as needed to recruiting leads
  • 5. Recruitment marketing and account management
Deal ClosureCommunicationSourcingRequisitionsScreeningInterviewing+3

Moretasks

Hr & Operations Specialist (Intern)

Jan 2019May 2019 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • 1. Recruitment and talent acquisition.
  • 2. Assisting in the daily tasks of other departments such as analytics, operations, and business development.
Deal ClosureCommunicationSourcingRequisitionsScreeningInterviewing+3

Increvenue

2 roles

HR Generalist

Aug 2018Dec 2018 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • Handling the complete recruitment cycle from job-opening creation to closure of the open position for Managerial & Leadership roles
  • Recruitment and Solving Hr Grievances
  • Preparation of Job Description
  • Fun at work & Engagement activities
  • Formatting Offer & Appointment letter
  • Compensation & Break-up fitment
  • Attendance Management.
  • Policies & Compliance
  • Background Checks
  • Vendor Management
  • Employee Motivation
  • Exit Management
Deal ClosureCommunicationSourcingRequisitionsScreeningInterviewing+3

HR Generalist Intern

Jun 2018Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • 1. Understand several aspects of the HR activities.
  • 2. Help the team in the recruitment process.
  • 3. Assist in daily sourcing/hiring and support the team.
  • 4.Placing job advertisements on job sites.
  • 5.Collecting and updating our database with new hire information. (e.g. employment forms and contact information)
  • 6.Preparing MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents.
Deal ClosureCommunicationSourcingRequisitionsScreeningInterviewing

The fourth dimension

Human Resources Intern

May 2018Jun 2018 · 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • ➢ Receiving the job specifications from various clients & understanding the requirements based on their expectation.
  • ➢ Identification of potential candidates and short listing them through various mediums like jobsites (Naukri, Monster, Times Jobs) and social networking sites like LinkedIn.
  • ➢ Interacting with candidates to evaluate their communications skills, their suitability and fitment for applied position.
  • ➢ Submitting the short listing candidates to the client on corresponding requirement. Scanning the profile & calling the concerned person & explaining the job profile.
  • ➢ Mail the complete JD along with the Company profile to the candidates.
  • ➢ Follow-up with the HR’s regularly for short listing, feedback, Scheduling Interviews through Mail, Telephone and fixing an appointment with the HR for the interview.
  • ➢ Then keeping a follow-up of the selected candidates till their joining.
  • ➢ Experience in entire Recruitment life cycle from sourcing, screening, selection, salary negotiation, data mapping for projects, company mapping.
Deal ClosureCommunicationSourcingRequisitionsScreeningInterviewing

Tryst, iit delhi

Campus Ambassador

Feb 2018May 2018 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

CommunicationSourcingScreeningInterviewing

Iems global

Human Resources Intern

Dec 2017Feb 2018 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • ➢ Handling End to End Recruitment for Middle Level to Top Level Management.
  • ➢ Experience in entire Recruitment life cycle from sourcing, screening, selection, salary negotiation, data mapping for projects, company mapping.
  • ➢ Coordinating between the candidate and the client till joining of the candidate in the company.
  • ➢ Learned and implemented various sourcing techniques in my career span so far and still trying to innovate new ways including building the 'market intelligence', source mapping for each technical skill/product based on the criticality and availability in the market
  • ➢ Goal-Oriented professional with standard educational background & good knowledge of MS-Office, especially on Excel & Power point.
  • ➢ High-level integrity, trustworthiness and approachability with ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality
  • ➢ Good listening, Convincing and influencing skills with ability to balance business needs with employee advocacy.
CommunicationScreening

Du times

Social Media Coordinator

Jan 2017Dec 2017 · 11 mos · Greater Delhi Area

  • Creating and maintaining the social media plan and strategy Developing and managing online partnerships to expand social audiences and support content strategies.
  • Lead a team of social media coordinators who research, write and manage our daily social content publishing.
  • Identifying, evaluating and recommending social media management tools.
  • Experimenting with new and alternative ways to leverage social media activities
  • Monitoring trends, strategies and best practices in market and applying knowledge to DU social media initiatives.
  • Tracking and monitoring the effectiveness of social initiatives (i.e. reach, engagement, referrals), and oversee development and distribution of reports
  • Educating staff around the implementation of new social media tactics, trends and technologies.
  • Ensuring continuity in social channels and messaging across all teams and contributors
  • Ensuring error free posts and maintaining the brand values of Delhi University across all platforms.
CommunicationSourcingScreeningInterviewing

Education

Delhi University

Bachelor's degree — Economics

Jan 2016Jan 2019

London Metropolitan University

Postgraduate Degree

Jan 2020Jan 2022

Salwan Public School

Graduation of Class XII

Jan 2015Present

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