Headline

HR Leader | Building & Scaling HR for Global Capability Centers (GCC) | Governance, Compliance & Risk| People Ops

About

I build and run HR functions from the ground up — and I've spent the last 20 years doing it across India, the Philippines, and multi-country organizations linked to US leadership. Most recently, I've led people operations for a Global Capability Center (GCC) of a US software company, owning HR policy and compliance frameworks, labor-law audits, and grievance resolution, while partnering with senior business leaders on people strategy and organization effectiveness. Earlier in my career, I set up HR from scratch for a growing India operation — policies, statutory compliance, payroll, and compensation & benefits — and built HR functions at two other companies before that. What I bring: -HR infrastructure build-out for India and Philippines operations, including GCC/captive setups for US parent companies -Governance, compliance & risk management — policy frameworks, statutory and labor-law audits (including Philippines DOLE), and structured grievance processes -Strategic HR business partnering with senior stakeholders across geographies -Talent acquisition, employee relations, and HR metrics-driven decision making -Hands-on use of ADP, SAP SuccessFactors, and AI-enabled HR tools I've led large teams and I care about turning HR into a reliable, high-trust service that the business can count on.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

meta

metaai

openai

Glean

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

People Operations Leader at SolarWinds, Mar 2024 - Sep 2026 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Own GCC (Governance, Compliance & Risk Management) for people operations — maintaining HR policy and compliance frameworks, running labor-law compliance audits, and closing findings through policy refinement and structured grievance resolution, with adherence and audit outcomes tracked through ADP and HRIS reporting. • Lead a team, owning the design, communication, and adherence tracking of HR policies and compliance frameworks, using Microsoft Copilot and Glean to speed up policy and employee-communication turnaround while keeping tone and accuracy consistent across teams. • Supporting the organization's ongoing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) implementation and broader shift toward AI-enabled ways of working, helping translate the transition into HR policy, communication, and compliance readiness. • Lead workplace-culture and employee-engagement initiatives that strengthen inclusivity, psychological safety, and two-way communication channels between employees and leadership. • Run structured grievance resolution and counselling processes, and conduct compliance audits against labor law and organizational standards, refining policies based on findings. • Manage full-cycle HR operations — recruitment, onboarding, exit interviews, and separations/final settlements — with a people-operations focus on consistency and employee experience. • Track policy adherence, grievance resolution turnaround, and audit outcomes using ADP and HRIS reporting, and use the data to drive continuous improvement in compliance and service delivery.

Human Resources Operations Leader at SKS Pvt Ltd (A Subsidiary of The Jackfruit Co.), Apr 2020 - Mar 2024 · 4 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Joined as the first HR hire in India and led the ground-up setup of India operations — building the HR team first, then partnering with that team to hire across all other functions, growing HR to a team of 17 supporting a 250-person organization. • Partnered with Finance to run accurate, on-time compensation operations — salary, variable pay, overtime, expatriate compensation, and special payments. • Benchmarked compensation against market data to structure salary bands and total rewards packages that supported attraction and retention as the organization scaled. • Led annual salary review and performance appraisal cycles, and owned recruitment, induction, and exit formalities including full-and-final settlements. • Formulated HR policies and best practices aimed at employee welfare and retention, and drove engagement activities aligned with organizational goals.

Vice President Human Resources at Techinnews/Techquora Inc, May 2012 - Mar 2020 · 7 yrs 11 mos, Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines, • Joined as one of the first HR hires and built the HR team from the ground up to 40+, owning end-to-end payroll operations for the Philippines entity in coordination with external vendors and ensuring compliance with Philippines labor law (DOLE) requirements. • Formulated and benchmarked HR best practices to build organizational capability against present and future business goals. • Managed the complete recruitment lifecycle, sourcing talent from diverse channels to meet manpower requirements across functions.

HR Leader at Salesify, Inc., May 2009 - Jan 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, • Joined as one of the first HR hires and built the HR team from the ground up, growing it to 40+ while spearheading recruitment for a new Philippines office from inception and scaling company headcount to 100+ employees, in compliance with DOLE regulations. • Ran payroll for managers, officers, staff, and workers, and planned HR requirements in consultation with functional and operational heads. • Handled promotions, transfers, annual revisions, and full-and-final settlements across the employee base.

Education

Master's degree, Human Resources Management and Services, Symbiosis institute of Management Studies

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting and Finance, Pune university