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Pooja Singh

Pooja Singh

People Experience
London,United Kingdom

Summary

An enthusiastic & seasoned HR professional with forward-thinking, adaptable & detail-oriented approach to meeting employer requirements. 12+ years of expertise in leading Talent acquisition & DEI, driving HR Strategy, Change Management, Talent development, L&D to foster growth, innovation and organizational effectiveness.

I rely strongly on my client management skills to create customer delight. This is enabled by my passion for creating and managing high performance teams. I believe strongly in thought leadership being a corner stone of excellence, with my views on various HR topics being published in leading HR platforms.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Manager, People Experience

Google
London
09.2015 - Current
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
  • Monitored and analyzed business performance to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments.
  • Developed and implemented business strategies to achieve business goals and stay competitive.
  • Developed and implemented new programs based on leading inclusion and diversity practices using project management principles.
  • Collaborated with leadership to assess and improve policies across board.
  • Advised executives on best practices for employee growth and productivity goals, consistently helping companies improve retention.

Manager, People Partner

HCL
Bengaluru
01.2015 - 09.2015
  • Organizational Effectiveness: Enabled 20 new Leaders to integrate into HCL through continuous touch points, feedback, team-wide initiatives. Proactively worked on creative solutions to retain top talent and curb attrition.
  • Influenced Business Leads to connect with employees through round-tables; regular All Hands and Recognition
  • Performance Management: Managed various Performance cases in partnership with ER
  • Talent Engagement: Designed, Drove & Deployed numerous programs & initiatives to enhance employee connect and
    improve engagement. Significant mentions - Young Leaders Program and Campus Connect
  • Training & Development: Created a toolkit for Leadership Onboarding & Integration. Delivered multiple trainings to people managers and employees on a variety of seasonal & developmental topics
  • Designed & deployed In-house Mentoring and Returnship Program for mid-career women employees at Bengaluru

HR Generalist

IBM
Bengaluru
07.2011 - 01.2015
  • Streamlined HR processes and co-led setting up IBM ATS system for GBS solutions
  • Partnered with hiring teams and led Diversity and PwD efforts across India
  • Lead employee referral programs
  • Exit interviews and survey
  • Set up Learning and development cohorts for IBM ISL labs
  • Conducted workplace compliance training to reduce liability risks and operate effectively.
  • Performed budget analysis to control expenditures and predict future budget needs.
  • Fielded employee inquiries related to insurance, pension plan, vacation, sick leave and employee assistance.

Education

MBA - Personnel Management And Finance

University of Pune
University Of Pune
06.2009 - 07.2011

Skills

Performance Management

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Affiliations & Awards

  • I've Been rated as the Best Manager in the function every year running from 2019 till date
  • Multiple customer delight and collaboration commemorations over the years
  • Awarded the honor for being the Top 5% of the Google talent in an unprecedented reward mechanism in 2020
  • Recognized by the largest Product areas at Google as a milestone contributor
  • Recognized by HCL's CHRO for designing & implementing the DEI Mentorship Program
  • Global Career Development Facilitator (Licensed through 2021)

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Quote

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston S. Churchill

Timeline

Manager, People Experience

Google
09.2015 - Current

Manager, People Partner

HCL
01.2015 - 09.2015

HR Generalist

IBM
07.2011 - 01.2015

MBA - Personnel Management And Finance

University of Pune
06.2009 - 07.2011
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