Thanika Athirstaraj

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India4 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a mentorship program matching 100+ employees.
Built Kickdrum University with 85% intern conversion.
Drove performance assessments for 80+ employees.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS HR professional with expertise in performance management and employee engagement.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr Business PartneringPerformance ManagementEmployee RelationsTalent ManagementTraining And Development (hr)

Other Skills

Mentorship ProgramEmployee Learning & DevelopmentTalent acquisitionOrganizational ScalingLeadership TrainingLeadership hiringOKRTechnical RecruitingThird-Party Vendor ManagementOnboardingLabor RelationsAnalytical SkillsTeam LeadershipManagementBusiness Administration

Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Nurix

Human Resources Business Partner

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Partnered with founders to define foundational HR policies, structured onboarding and exit processes, and improved compliance timelines.
Ran performance assessments from start (defining OKRs) to leadership calibration to sharing feedback with employees.
Led technical recruitment for crucial leadership roles, coordinated with vendors for HRMS and recruitment, ran engagement surveys to understand employee needs, and curated floor activities and engagement initiatives.

HR Business PartneringPerformance Management

Kickdrum

Human Resources Generalist (HRBP)

May 2022 – May 2025 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Joined with less than a year of HR experience and spent 3 years figuring everything out - and I mean everything.
Started by defining foundational policies, planning off sites people actually looked forward to, and learning to be the voice for employees with leadership while solving grievances with care. Quickly learned to independently own performance assessments end-to-end from initiating cycles in the PM tool to driving leadership calibrations to closing feedback discussions with 80+ employees.
Then came the systems I'm most proud of. Drove a growth-focused mentorship program (not the consulting model) — matching 100+ employees with skillset-correlated mentors, defining the what and how for both sides, and ensuring every pairing was intentional about development.
But my favourite part was building Kickdrum University (KDU) - from sourcing talent that fit our culture, to designing structured training and mentorship, to converting 50+ interns into full-time hires at 85% conversion. That work earned me the Drummer Award twice (2023 and 2024).
Watched the company scale from 40 to 100 people while I grew from a generalist learning the ropes to someone independently driving business partnering strategy. Three years of learning, building, failing, iterating, and real impact - it's been the most wholesome ride.

Employee RelationsTalent Management