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HR Leader | 9+ Years Building HR Functions from Scratch | Talent, ER, Performance, Compliance & Startup Scaling

About

At Fasal, we foster a culture where positive work environments and strategic HR alignment are paramount. The education foundation laid by a PGDBM in Human Resources from NMIMS has been instrumental in driving initiatives that focus on talent development and operational excellence. With the help of the team, I mediate employee relations and reinforce performance expectations, which has successfully integrated an OKR culture to enhance organizational performance. Our collaborative approach, coupled with a commitment to integrity, has established a framework for professional growth and team success.

Location

Bengaluru

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Work experience

Senior Human Resources Manager at Fasal - Grow More, Grow Better™, Apr 2026 - Present · 6 mos, - Own end-to-end HR and admin operations — including hiring, onboarding, payroll coordination, compliance, policies, facilities, and vendor management — as the primary hands-on execution owner. - Built Fasal's Southeast Asia (SEA) hiring process from the ground up and own end- to-end HR management for the SEA team, including recruitment, onboarding and ongoing workforce management for the region. - Build and scale HR systems and processes (HRMS, ATS, payroll, SOPs) from the ground up, establishing compliance, cost control and operational stability through headcount growth. - Partner directly with founders and leadership to resolve day-to-day employee relations and workplace issues, balancing speed and pragmatism with employee experience. - Maintain audit readiness and process compliance across HR operations, payroll, vendor management, facilities, and asset governance, with zero compliance escalations. - Drive operational efficiency through HR automation and data, reducing manual processing time by and improving service delivery predictability. - Oversee payroll processing for employees, maintaining 100% accuracy and confidentiality of sensitive compensation data. - Manage employee relations casework, investigating and resolving 99% workplace conflicts to sustain a positive work environment. - Handle employee claims involving performance and harassment incidents, ensuring timely resolution in compliance with POSH and internal policy. - Coordinate professional development programs and workshops for employees at all levels, supporting a culture of continuous learning. - Partner with department heads on workforce planning, aligning hiring and resourcing strategy with company growth goals. - Cut recruitment costs by 32% by building direct sourcing relationships with job agencies and universities, reducing dependency on paid job boards.

Human Resources Manager at Fasal - Grow More, Grow Better™, Feb 2025 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos, - Drive operational efficiency through HR automation and data, reducing manual processing time by and improving service delivery predictability. - Oversee payroll processing for employees, maintaining 100% accuracy and confidentiality of sensitive compensation data. - Manage employee relations casework, investigating and resolving 99% workplace conflicts to sustain a positive work environment. - Handle employee claims involving performance and harassment incidents, ensuring timely resolution in compliance with POSH and internal policy.

Human Resources Manager at Comminent, Sep 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, -Responsibility of managing all HR related activities within the organization including recruitment, employee relations, compensation & benefits, performance management, and compliance with employment laws and regulations. -Closely working with senior management to develop and implement HR policies and procedures that align with the organization's goals and objectives. -Devised recruitment strategies that filled high volume roles reducing average hiring time from 50days to 31days. -Ideated in designing workplace policies to cut-down employee grievance and maintain legal complainces.

Human Resources Manager at Masai School, May 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Supported in formulating objectives of Business head & implementing OKR culture across the organization. - Communicate and manage team performance expectations, reinforcing goals, providing coaching and feedback on performance to organization standards. - Provide clear metrics and data to provide accurate assessment of operational performance on a period basis to all the stakeholder of the organization. - Collaborated with department heads and managers to set and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to align individual and team goals with the organization's objectives. - Working closely with senior stakeholders and exhibiting leadership skills while guiding managers and employees on HR policies and practices. - Conducted training sessions for managers to effectively complete performance reviews and deliver feedback, improving the overall quality of performance discussions. - Headed and managed stakeholders, performance management, payroll, benefits and statutory compliances for full-time and part-time employees - Introduced and managed end to end recruitment and onboarding for new hires (pan India). - Revised and formulated new HR Policies and developed process flows for many key tasks.

Human Resources Associate at Dasra, Apr 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, - Oversee the implementation of the HR Information System to ensure speed, accuracy, availability, and simplification of processes through automation as well as using data based insights for decision making. - Process owner for Payroll, statutory compliance(PF, ESI, PT and others), compensation benchmarking, legal compliances and HR Audits. - Responsible for setting up and managing talent acquisition – resource planning, sourcing strategy and recruitment of high caliber talent within the organization and across sister organizations.

Human Resources Analyst at Dasra, Apr 2019 - Mar 2021 · 2 yrs, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, - Process owner for preparing HR Analytics and monthly HR dashboards. - Work with senior management in formulating and revising HR policies. - End to end employee life cycle management(Hire to retire). - In charge of planning and tech transition for the performance management process.

HR Executive at MSD Telematics Pvt. Ltd., Jul 2018 - Apr 2019 · 10 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, - Onboarding of new hires. - Managed payroll and benefits for the organization. - Process owner for Payroll, statutory compliance(PF, ESI, PT and others) for on-roll and off roll employees - End to end recruitment (pan India). - Admin and Vendor management.

Education

PGDBM, Human Resources Management and Services, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

Master of Arts, Mass Communication/Media Studies, Doon Business School