HR Manager with 9+ years of experience building and running HR functions from the ground up, including full ownership of HR operations for a fast-scaling organization. Proven track record of leading the HR function end-to-end — from designing a company's first HR policy framework to managing performance calibration, compliance audits, and HR teams — while reporting directly to C-level leadership. Known for building the systems a growing business needs before it needs them, and running HR as a function that drives business outcomes rather than just supporting them.
Core strengths:
🔹 HR function leadership — policy design, HR operations, POSH compliance, and organizational governance
🔹 Team management — led HR operations teams and mentored early-career HR professionals
🔹 HRIS ownership — implemented and administered Zoho People and Keka HR (expert level) across multiple organizations
🔹 Full employee lifecycle management — recruitment, onboarding, performance management, engagement, and offboarding
🔹 Compliance & audit management — ISO 27001, CMMI Level 3, SOC 2, and labor law compliance across multiple audit cycles
🔹 Vendor & budget management — HR tools, insurance, and compensation benchmarking
Key achievements include joining an early-stage startup as its first HR hire and single-handedly building HR, operations, and administration from scratch; leading a Zoho People HRIS implementation that reduced manual HR effort by ~30%; and redesigning onboarding for a large, fast-growing company from a short informal orientation into a structured multi-day induction program.
