Akhila M.R profile photo 1 on Tal

Akhila M.R

Global HR Leader | Senior HR Business Partner | Talent, Performance & Retention | Employee Relations & HR Governance | Multi-Country HR | SHRM-SCP ✅ | Hiring across India, US, UK, ANZ and Canada

India

9+ years of work experience

Scrut Automation
Apr 20251 yr 8 mosPresent

Remote

Senior HR Business Partner driving end-to-end people strategy across global markets including India, UK, US, ANZ, and Canada, supporting high-growth business expansion. • Partner with leadership teams on workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy aligned to business growth • Drive talent management, succession planning, and performance frameworks to strengthen leadership pipelines • Lead employee relations, performance management, and complex people decisions across geographies • Design and implement retention and engagement strategies to improve workforce stability and experience • Drive Learning & Development initiatives focused on leadership capability and organizational readiness • Ensure HR governance, compliance, and risk management across multi-country operations • Contribute to HR transformation initiatives, building scalable HR systems and processes for growth
Scrut Automation
May 20223 yrs 1 moMay 2025

Human Resources Manager - Founding HR Member Built and scaled the HR function from the ground up in a high-growth environment, owning HR, IT administration, and governance frameworks. • Established end-to-end HR function including talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, and employee lifecycle processes • Led workforce planning and hiring strategy to support rapid business scaling • Designed and implemented HR policies, governance frameworks, and compliance structures • Managed IT administration and workplace operations, ensuring seamless employee experience and infrastructure readiness • Built performance management and talent development frameworks to drive capability and growth • Launched employee engagement and retention initiatives to strengthen culture and stability • Partnered with leadership on organizational design and scaling strategy
Omnify, Inc
Feb 20211 yr 3 mosApr 2022

Mountain View, CA

Managed end-to-end HR supporting global teams operations across functions. • Led talent acquisition and onboarding across technical and business roles • Partnered with stakeholders on workforce planning and performance management • Supported employee lifecycle processes including engagement and retention initiatives • Ensured HR compliance, policy implementation, and governance standards
Freelance
Jun 20191 yr 7 mosDec 2020

Remote

• Supported over 200 projects in setting up HR systems and SAP HR implementations for clients • Worked on process optimization and HR data management • Enabled HR operations through system-driven efficiencies
MSI
Jun 20171 yr 5 mosOct 2018

• Led talent acquisition across India(closed 40+ profiles in a quarter) and supported hiring for US(20+ roles in a month), managed insurance process and onboarding new hires. • Designed and delivered training and development programs for employees across India • Drove employee engagement initiatives to strengthen culture and workforce experience • Partnered with business teams to align hiring and training with operational needs
Hucon Solutions
Jun 20161 yr 1 moJun 2017

• Managed a portfolio of 10+ clients, delivering on recruitment targets and service expectations • Consistently achieved hiring quotas across multiple roles and client accounts • Coordinated with field HR teams and client stakeholders to ensure smooth hiring processes • Groomed and prepared candidates for interviews, improving selection success rates • Supported end-to-end recruitment and onboarding activities

Akhila’s AI Stack

claude
claude
codex
codex
grok
grok
lovable
lovable
notebooklm
notebooklm
ChatGPT
ChatGPT

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Shillong

Post Graduate Program, Human Resource Management

Indian Institute of Management, Shillong

20231 yr2024

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

AMC Engineering College - India

Join Akhila and 10k+ other professionals on

Tal Boss

Tal is the app where bosses meet engineers & builders directly, without middlemen

Download Tal Boss

Akhila M.R on Tal

Headline

Global HR Leader | Senior HR Business Partner | Talent, Performance & Retention | Employee Relations & HR Governance | Multi-Country HR | SHRM-SCP ✅ | Hiring across India, US, UK, ANZ and Canada

About

I've built HR functions from the ground up and scaled people strategy across India, US, UK, ANZ, and Canada — recognized among HR 40 Under 40 for it. What that's actually meant, day to day: designing org structures before they're needed, catching retention risk before it shows up in exit interviews, and building compliance frameworks that hold up across very different regulatory environments — not just policies that look good on paper. Over 8+ years, I've gone from building HR as a founding team member (owning HR, IT, and governance from scratch) to leading multi-country HR strategy at Scrut Automation today — partnering with leadership on workforce planning, talent development, and the operational realities of running HR at scale. I care most about the parts of HR that don't get talked about enough: getting the details right — proration logic, compliance edge cases, final settlements — because that's often where trust with employees is actually built or lost.

Location

India

AI stack

claude

codex

grok

lovable

notebooklm

ChatGPT

Work experience

Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Scrut Automation, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Remote, Senior HR Business Partner driving end-to-end people strategy across global markets including India, UK, US, ANZ, and Canada, supporting high-growth business expansion. • Partner with leadership teams on workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy aligned to business growth • Drive talent management, succession planning, and performance frameworks to strengthen leadership pipelines • Lead employee relations, performance management, and complex people decisions across geographies • Design and implement retention and engagement strategies to improve workforce stability and experience • Drive Learning & Development initiatives focused on leadership capability and organizational readiness • Ensure HR governance, compliance, and risk management across multi-country operations • Contribute to HR transformation initiatives, building scalable HR systems and processes for growth

Human Resources Manager at Scrut Automation, May 2022 - May 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Human Resources Manager - Founding HR Member Built and scaled the HR function from the ground up in a high-growth environment, owning HR, IT administration, and governance frameworks. • Established end-to-end HR function including talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, and employee lifecycle processes • Led workforce planning and hiring strategy to support rapid business scaling • Designed and implemented HR policies, governance frameworks, and compliance structures • Managed IT administration and workplace operations, ensuring seamless employee experience and infrastructure readiness • Built performance management and talent development frameworks to drive capability and growth • Launched employee engagement and retention initiatives to strengthen culture and stability • Partnered with leadership on organizational design and scaling strategy

Company HR at Omnify, Inc, Feb 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos, Mountain View, CA, Managed end-to-end HR supporting global teams operations across functions. • Led talent acquisition and onboarding across technical and business roles • Partnered with stakeholders on workforce planning and performance management • Supported employee lifecycle processes including engagement and retention initiatives • Ensured HR compliance, policy implementation, and governance standards

HR and SD SAP Consultant at Freelance, Jun 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos, Remote, • Supported over 200 projects in setting up HR systems and SAP HR implementations for clients • Worked on process optimization and HR data management • Enabled HR operations through system-driven efficiencies

Corporate Recruitment and Training Specialist at MSI, Jun 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos, • Led talent acquisition across India(closed 40+ profiles in a quarter) and supported hiring for US(20+ roles in a month), managed insurance process and onboarding new hires. • Designed and delivered training and development programs for employees across India • Drove employee engagement initiatives to strengthen culture and workforce experience • Partnered with business teams to align hiring and training with operational needs

Human Resources Executive at Hucon Solutions, Jun 2016 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo, • Managed a portfolio of 10+ clients, delivering on recruitment targets and service expectations • Consistently achieved hiring quotas across multiple roles and client accounts • Coordinated with field HR teams and client stakeholders to ensure smooth hiring processes • Groomed and prepared candidates for interviews, improving selection success rates • Supported end-to-end recruitment and onboarding activities

Education

Post Graduate Program, Human Resource Management, Indian Institute of Management, Shillong

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, AMC Engineering College - India