Hibob
Karthika Baiju
People Development And Culture
Guildford
Summary
Accomplished VP of People Operations with progressive industry background and a decisive leadership style. Offers strategic planning abilities, background in change management and forward-thinking mindset. Ready for challenges and focused on meeting future demands.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
VP People
OutThink
London
01.2023 - Current
- Seed stage start up- Pre-Series (33 people currently) Organizationally designed OutThink to develop Headcount efficient to below $32,000 to over $75,000 per employee in ARR
- Sole HR Leader
- Implemented a new benefits package
- Lead on organising the company wide Hackathon
- Facilitated successful policy implementation and enforcement to maintain legal and operational compliance.
- Dealt with complex Employee Relations
- Managed new employee onboarding training process for more than 25 employees in 6 months.
- Developed surveys to identify training needs based on projected timelines and processes/ changes
- Developed departmental systems and procedures to better align workflow processes.
- Cooperated with company leaders in change management and talent solutions to gain competitive edge in job market.
- Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
- Sole 360 recruitment of 15 hires. (No agency)
- Reduced expenses by analyzing compensation policies and implementing competitive programs while ensuring adherence to legal requirements.
- Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
- Increased company growth through collaboration with sales and marketing departments.
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Led on org development to maximise utilisation of existing talent and capabilities
- Communicated business performance, forecasts and strategies to investors and shareholders.
- Managed financial, operational and human resources to optimize business performance.
- Represented organization at industry conferences and events.
- Analyzed industry trends and tracked competitor activities to inform decision making.
- Cultivated company-wide culture of innovation and collaboration by aligning the Leadership team and introducing performance leadership.
- Founded performance- and merit-based evaluation system to assess staff performance.
VP People
Vita Mojo
London
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Series B with 150+ people
- Acting interim VP People
- Strategising for the People and Talent function
- Workforce planning
- Building People priorities and roadmap
- Managing a team of 4 direct report and 15 indirect reports currently
- Nominated Top 50 Flexible companies in the world and number 1 in the Super Start up awards
- Key projects -Talent operations – Reporting on workforce planning -Career progression frameworks -Ways of employment for globalization -Zero touch deployment for new starters -Metrics dashboard (created externally)
Head of People
Vita Mojo
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Lead a team of 12 , 4 direct reports. Head of the People and Talent function
- Reduced process gaps while supervising employees to achieve optimal productivity.
- Structured compensation and benefits according to market conditions and budget demands.
- Enhanced team workflows and employee job satisfaction by coordinating communication between managers and employees.
- Established consistent language and methodology for talent discussions, development, and succession.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Negotiated contracts and managed budget for recruiting expenses.
- Promoted increased focus on internal talent mobility and emerging talent across organisation.
- Created effective talent acquisition training materials that supported culture and performance objectives across the globe.
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
- Developed global hiring strategies and implemented employer of Record.
- Developed analytical frameworks, data models and relevant insights to support prioritization, scoping and effective decision-making throughout organization.
- Built and managed processes for tracking and monitoring department performance.
- Created reports, presentations and other materials for executive staff.
Head of People and Operations
Airfinity
London
09.2020 - 03.2021
- Mitigated business risks by working closely with staff members and assessing performance.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
- Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
- Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
- Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
- Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tool that increased operational quality.
Global Head of People
Integrate
London
01.2019 - 08.2020
- Leading a global team (4 Direct reports)
- Implementing HR and talent strategies
- The global company has recently been through M&A, heading up all the change management for the M&A process
- Managed all people transformations and org design
- Budgeting and forecasting for EMEA
- L&D for senior leadership and company-wide c.350+ employees
- Managing EMEA HRIS and data metrics
- Hands on recruitment, managing senior stakeholders and training TA specialist
- Lead on Performance management and people data analysis
- Worked alongside global business leader to deploy new training strategies.
- Conducted performance reviews and provided feedback to managers on employee performance.
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
- Coordinated implementation of people-related services, policies and programs through departmental staff.
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
- Clarified roles, responsibilities and expectations of staff.
- Established performance goals for department and outlined processes for achievement.
- Managed financial, operational and human resources to optimize business performance.
Head of People Operations
Doctor Care Anywhere
London
01.2019 - 06.2019
- Doctor care anywhere, Leading a team of 2 HR and Talent reports
- HR policies and talent pipeline building
- Hands on recruitment strategies and campaigns, building an EVP from scratch.
- People metrics to the board monthly
- Developing and leading on Diversity and Inclusion
- L&D for the company c.100 and building performance management tools and implementations/ training
HR and talent transformation consultant
3M, Babylon Health
10.2018 - 01.2019
- Leading a team of 3 HR and Talent reports
- Leading HR and Talent people/ change transformation projects to globalize and centralise systems
- Running the employment branding campaigns to hire diverse talent and leading the ATS and HR system change
- The GP contract and compensation offering revised
- 90+ hires with in the team since implementation in 3 months, £500K in savings across the business
Lead Org Design Consultant
EWI Life Sciences
07.2016 - 03.2017
- People and talent strategy consultant (RPO)
- Organisational Design for Blue Chip organisations
- Modelling and forecasting for employee costs
- Building productivity metrics for 4 large blue Chip clients
- Quarterly presentations to clients on progress
- Advising on TUPE
- Complex ER
- Talent development
Lead People Consultant
Clinical Professionals
London
04.2015 - 07.2016
- RPO
- Providing training to junior People and talent consultants
- 4 direct reports
- Managing people analytics, L&D, engagement
- C-level stakeholder management
- Hands on recruitment and sole HR generalist for client side Managed full strategic org design implementation
- Clients: Top 10 pharmaceutical and scale up Biotech
- Lead talent RPO consultant
- Promoted in 6 months
- RPO onsite consultant
- Hands on 360 recruitment as well as building people policies
- Key RPO leader in visa management
Recruitment and People Consultant
Edenbrooks
01.2014 - 04.2015
- Reporting to MD
- Professional services, Insurance and Insurtech
- 360 recruitment
- Promoted to Senior recruitment consultant in 6 months.
- Training junior consultants
- Professional services clients.
- Building on New Business - presenting organisational development models
- Leadership training delivery
Sales trainer and field consultant
Annecto
02.2013 - 12.2013
clinical trials assistant
CTA
07.2012 - 01.2013
Education
MCIPD - Human Resources Management
CIPD
09.2018 - 09.2020
Bachelor Of Science - Biomedical Sciences
UCL
London 09.2011 - 09.2013
Master Of Science - Organisational Psychology
UCL
London 09.2013 - 09.2014
Skills
LeadershipMulti-lingual
Project and change management (CCMP)
Employee relations mattersUK Employment law
L&DLeadership development
360 Talent acquisition strategy and recruitmentLinkedIn recruiter and campaignsStakeholder relations, board levelPeople learning analyticsCapital projectsEmployment brandingPerformance metrics analysis
HR processes
Compensation management
Organizational Design and Development
Start up and Scale up Operations
Accomplishments
- Years of advanced People and Talent leadership
- MCIPD
- A bio-medical graduate (BSc) and Organizational Psychology (MSc Hon.) who has led global teams in both the people and talent side
- Head of People I have worked in international teams, worked in companies that have gone through M&A and developed leading guides in People development
- Built Diversity and Inclusion Policies
- Strong background in People transformation projects
- I have worked with predominantly fast growing start up to scale up business’ funded A-D, leading on due diligence.
Software
Workday
Greenhouse
Lever
BambooHR
SAP
Certification
Licensed Predictive Index practitioner
Timeline
VP People
OutThink
01.2023 - Current
Mental Health First Aider
09-2022
VP People
Vita Mojo
07.2022 - 01.2023
Head of People
Vita Mojo
03.2021 - 07.2022
Licensed Predictive Index practitioner
09-2020
Head of People and Operations
Airfinity
09.2020 - 03.2021
Global Head of People
Integrate
01.2019 - 08.2020
Head of People Operations
Doctor Care Anywhere
01.2019 - 06.2019
HR and talent transformation consultant
3M, Babylon Health
10.2018 - 01.2019
MCIPD - Human Resources Management
CIPD
09.2018 - 09.2020
Lead Org Design Consultant
EWI Life Sciences
07.2016 - 03.2017
Lead People Consultant
Clinical Professionals
04.2015 - 07.2016
Recruitment and People Consultant
Edenbrooks
01.2014 - 04.2015
Master Of Science - Organisational Psychology
UCL
09.2013 - 09.2014
Sales trainer and field consultant
Annecto
02.2013 - 12.2013
clinical trials assistant
CTA
07.2012 - 01.2013
Bachelor Of Science - Biomedical Sciences
UCL
09.2011 - 09.2013