Betty Patnaik Mehra
Hyderabad
Summary
Over 20 years of experience in HR, specializing in Career Development, Organizational Effectiveness, and Talent Engagement. Proven track record in shaping organizational culture and implementing strategic HR initiatives. Expertise in managing talent development programs, leading global teams, and overseeing financials for employee benefits, DEI, and CSR activities. Strong understanding of human behavior enhances ability to drive impactful outcomes for organizations.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global lead- Vendor management Services
Accenture
03.2024 - 07.2025
- Served as a strategic advisor to senior management and business leaders to develop and implement internal, external & community outreach programs. Used applied psychology and behavioral science to guide effective change and communications interventions that achieve sustainable outcomes for business and society through CSR activities aided by external vendors.
- Led the execution of the leadership’s vision on AI, by translating strategic goals into actionable learning and capability development initiatives ensuring the right skills and knowledge were built across the organization.
- Spearheaded 2 crucial global project lifecycles from project governance to communicating the same to stakeholders to support Accenture’s transformational goals. Deployed vendors who provide wellness programs.
- Managed Talent Analytics, People Insights & People Operations including mentoring teams across regions. As a Talent Lead I led the Global Initiative on CPM (Continuous Performance Management) and was a crew member for conceptualizing and implementing Technical Career Pathing and Succession Planning.
- Defined the vendor strategy to enable smart build-versus-buy decisions, ensuring alignment with long-term capability goals thereby, increasing efficiency and saving multi-millions.
Manager- Organization Effectiveness; DEI Co-chair for India
Epiq Systems
02.2021 - 02.2024
- I led learning and development for APAC. Took ownership of all Talent Assessment (tools, practices, policies, frameworks) for all aspects of Talent Management and related communication campaigns.
- Co-created policies to implement a talent management framework (Career Hub) related to performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and aligned it with learning and development offerings to enable outstanding capabilities.
- Enabled crowdsourced Recognition programs and built an employee portal that helped in fostering team connections and transformed the company into a proper digital workplace to track and boost engagement, employee recognition, and internal communication to ensure that everyone was informed and valued, especially during the pandemic period.
- As the DEI Co-chair, my role was to oversee duties of the Leadership Council for the local chapter and create opportunities to build consciously inclusive environments. I designed and implemented DE&I framework ensuring promotion of regional, gender and other diversities.
Manager- Career Growth & Development
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2015 - 08.2020
- Held the governance and approval authority in order to ensure consistency with HR processes, performance –total rewards are aligned with L & D for the Audit function.
- Developed strong relationships with business unit, regional and functional leaders to understand varying organizational maturity and tailor integration plans regarding employee career paths.
- Coached and groomed senior executives on communication and behavioral nuances and help them prepare their Value propositions.
Manager - Organization Effectiveness
Franklin Templeton IFSC
06.2014 - 03.2015
- Led the OD strategies, implementation and HR projects e.g. workforce planning, engagement, internal communication and onboarding. Partnered with L&D teams across the global business locations. Responsible for associate selection processes and assessments, leadership development programs, and organizational development and change initiatives across teams.
Assistant Manager Training
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2011 - 05.2014
- Contributed to strategic organizational redesigning for the USI TAX function by getting involved in regional capability analysis, talent recruitment, onboarding, and testing/go-live deployment of offshore Shared Services. Delivered large scaled behavioral, professional and leadership development programs globally in the capacity of a Development CoE specialist.
- Co-authored and delivered the Culture Navigator framework and trained HR and non-HR personnel on its use and application.
Proprietor and Lead Trainer
The Lexicon
01.2005 - 02.2011
- This was my first successful entrepreneurial venture, during which I bagged a contract for delivering a 2-year long training roadmap for 3 business verticals in Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. I also built structure and frameworks for Learning & Talent team and change implementation strategies for various clients.
Assistant Manager Training
HSBC Data Processing India Pvt.Ltd.
01.2001 - 08.2004
- Liaised with the business and training departments in UK to maintain consistency of procedure & training manuals. Migrated 3 banking procedures. Initiated procedural updates to enable seamless communication of procedures, across the sites. Managed a period of intense growth transition, responsible for recruiting and setting up a new learning team in Bangalore and Vizag operation centers.
Education
Masters -
Psychology
Organization Development ODCP -
TISS/ ODA
Bachelor of Science - Botany, Zoology, Chemistry
Diploma in Computer Management -
National Institute of Information Technology
Skills
- Talent strategy design and implementation
- Employee engagement deployment
- EdTech innovation and future work concepts
- Coaching and facilitation expertise
- Inclusive environment creation
Certification
- ICF (International Coach Federation) certified Workplace Coach. Level-1
- Certified Transactional Analysis professional.
- NHRD Certification program for HR staff.
- Certified Instructional designer by Clarks Institute USA.
- Accredited facilitator for DISC, MBTI by Thomas Profiling
- Practitioner certifications in 6D-principles for designing, 6 Thinking Hats, 7 Habits, Situational Leadership, etc.
Timeline
Global lead- Vendor management Services
Accenture
03.2024 - 07.2025
Manager- Organization Effectiveness; DEI Co-chair for India
Epiq Systems
02.2021 - 02.2024
Manager- Career Growth & Development
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2015 - 08.2020
Manager - Organization Effectiveness
Franklin Templeton IFSC
06.2014 - 03.2015
Assistant Manager Training
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2011 - 05.2014
Proprietor and Lead Trainer
The Lexicon
01.2005 - 02.2011
Assistant Manager Training
HSBC Data Processing India Pvt.Ltd.
01.2001 - 08.2004
Masters -
Psychology
Organization Development ODCP -
TISS/ ODA
Bachelor of Science - Botany, Zoology, Chemistry
Diploma in Computer Management -
National Institute of Information Technology