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KIRAN BABLESHWAR
HR Professional
Pune
Summary
PROFILE SUMMARY: 23+ years of overall experience, a strong Track record of providing talent acquisition, development & management solutions across Sales & Marketing, Pharma/Healthcare Consulting, IT and Professional services Extensive exposure to Cross-functional/global teams (US, EMEA, APAC) FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE Team & Project Management Built teams from ground up for key global learning projects related to Recruitment, staffing, LMS design, Competency frameworks, Learning paths, Technical/Functional curricula, certification guidelines/policies etc. Institutionalizing People development streams, 9-Grid, Succession planning, employee welfare initiatives etc. Learning & OD, Culture and Employee Engagement Driving Global design & delivery of modules across all levels namely New Employee Orientation, Coaching, Technology boot-camps & Leadership workshops Devising eLearning curricula with multiple sources- LinkedIn, Coursera, Pluralsight, Udemy etc. Global Coaching, Best Practices and Mentoring Apps implementation Design Thinking, Innovation, Virtual Employee engagement, Change management (Covid and beyond) Culture building activities, Well-being etc. Client Services, Resourcing, HR Operations & employee Engagement Additionally responsible for Resourcing Management for Professional Services function Hiring and building a profitable Template COE Shaping insights on Talent metrics, Consulting for CXOs/Senior Management Customer-oriented General Manager with [Number] years of experience focused on increasing revenues and expanding margin. Adaptive and deadline-oriented consistently executes and completes multiple projects in high-stress environments. Meticulous leader and strategic planner with comprehensive managerial acumen, offering vision and motivational acumen.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
GM
Icertis Solutions
Pune
04.2019 - Current
- A Forbes 50 AI Start-Up, Global Leader in Contract Lifecycle management software, provides SaaS based product called ICI-Icertis Contract Intelligence
- In addition to the ICI platform, Icertis also offers applications in the following categories - Business Applications and AI Applications
- Based in Bellevue, Seattle, Washington, USA)
- Engage and provide thought leadership to Senior Executives, manage talent hiring and resourcing across US, EMEA and APAC
- Responsible for all Onboarding/training programs, LDPs across Technical (AI, NLP, Microsoft suite, Azure etc.), Product, Professional and Foundational skills
- Provide governance on learning design and delivery methodologies, eLearning, Certifications etc
- Work with Procurement and Finance for various vendors related to recruitment, Training etc
- Drive Employee engagement and collaborate with HRBPS on other initiatives
- Achievement: Won ET Now award under “Best Training and Organizational Development category in 2019
- Strategic partner with Microsoft for their LXP (Learning Experience platform)
AVP
Accenture Technology Solutions
Bangalore
01.2018 - 11.2018
- Managed a team of Campus, Lateral hiring, Referrals and Alumni for Technologies viz
- Intelligent Platforms, Cloud technologies, Data & Analytics and Accenture products/Services.
AVP
Learning & Transitions
12.2014 - 01.2018
- Led the Leadership and Capability development team which delivers learning programs for Technology division across India Region
- Key responsibilities:
- Managed a team of 8 Learning Experts and 40 indirect resources to enable training programs for other HR initiatives like Inclusion & Diversity, Ethics & Compliance, Information Security, Safety etc
- Managed Onboarding of an average 1500 Freshers every month
- Partnered with key business stakeholders, Global CoE, HR leadership and functional teams to understand business priorities and consult on best-in-class, scalable and modern training delivery solutions
- Implemented several high value programs namely –
- Accenture Higher Education Program (AHEP) in collaboration with IIM-C
- Accenture Technology Leadership Workshops (ATLW) in collaboration with MIT and Wharton
- RISE Global program for Sr
- Mgrs and MDs
- LEAD Talent for middle level Mgrs
- EVOLVE for first time supervisors
- Yearn to Learn – Transformative campaign to move from “Push” to “Pull learning culture
- Grow Women India Leadership Program (GWILP) to build a strong talent pool for Diversity
- Planned resources including budgets for all learning interventions – Orientation for all Levels and calendar programs
- Managed external training vendors, consultants, subject matter experts and internal employees on curriculum design initiatives
- Spearheaded learning absorption through different Learning Architectures including Classrooms, Gamification, Blended learning, social collaboration (Learning Boards, Learning circles) etc
- Defining, analyzing and implementing learning metrics, objectives, key results and productivity gains that inform the success of the trainings and tools
- Achievements:
- Have contributed to Design Thinking workshops and Business Story Telling
- Designed Industry Group-level specific programs for Orientation, Coaching, Higher Education and High Priority Skillset modules
- Implemented “Yearn to Learn” – an OD intervention for learning culture transformation which increased virtual learning hours by nearly 300%
- Accenture won the National Award for best learning company for 2015 and 2016
- Enabled Diversity program for Women Leaders along with Mentoring framework
Talent Manager
Misys Software Solutions India
01.2014 - 11.2014
- Is at the forefront of the financial software industry, providing the broadest portfolio of banking, treasury, trading and risk solutions available on the market with 1,800 customers in 120 countries
- Responsible for over 1000+ employees
- Operationalizing the Misys Learning & Development strategy and framework within the organization
- Benchmarking/researching best practices within the function and industry related to talent management and learning programs
- Co-developing and managing a robust suite of leadership development programs that include the Management Development/ Leadership Programs
- Analyzing learning activities and identifying appropriate metrics to assess impact of development investments & interventions
- Assessing, designing, delivering, and evaluating management development programs
- Facilitating team meetings and focus groups as needed.
India Training Lead
KJS
Bangalore
08.2012 - 01.2014
- KJSI is a subsidiary of Pipaltree Consulting, -based providing Consulting and Training solutions
- Responsibilities included:
- Engaging business clients and stakeholders effectively for their learning needs
- Identifying training and development needs within organisation through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and HR
- Planning the Budget, considering the training costs, Vendor proposals and ROI of planned programmes and optimization
- Consulting the clients on business priorities and building training curricula for students and faculty in education sector
HR Consultant
ZS Associates India Pvt. Ltd
05.2008 - 07.2012
- ZS Associates is a US based MNC (ranked 2nd globally in the 2011 Vault Pharmaceutical & Health Care Consulting practice area rankings) providing Software Development, IT, Outsourcing solutions and Business consulting to Pharma clients
- Reported to: Global Head- Training
- Responsible for over 1100+ employees spanning four Asia offices namely Pune, New Delhi, Shanghai & Tokyo
- Training & Expertise development
- Collaborated in Campus hiring across India with premier institutes as well as lateral hiring
- Collaborated with European & American L&D Leads to envision a new L&D vision, strategy and roadmaps
- Conducted Skill gap analysis (ADDIE framework) and brand our customized training offerings
- Planned and implemented New Employee Orientation (NEO) in India using global facilitators
- Engaged the Directors/Senior Management for Annual training calendar, budgeting and training metrics
- Contributed to leadership development programs (LDPs), Promotion workshops and new Process Implementation projects
- Helped to build a Business Technology capability/Delivery Centre for the company through a strong trained resource pool in India
- Recruited and managed a 4 member-Global Delivery Services team for smooth training coordination, scheduling through LMS
- Formulated appropriate guidelines on Certification, external training/seminars, or Outbound workshops
- Reviewed Training assessment metrics and calibrated the content to fit each BU needs
- Designed, developed and rolled out training content/aids using multiple learning modes:
- Ensured evaluation of training effectiveness using Kirk Patrick’s model and customized Reporting
- Identified and validated SMEs, high quality training partners/vendors for soft skills and technical skills
- Facilitated training sessions on soft skills like Professionalism, Team building, Communication, Project management, US Visa etc
- Led the training design projects on Domain Go-to- Market strategies, Pharma trends, Business Analytics, Cognos, Informatica, SAS, Excel based analysis and many other Domain expertise modules
- Achievements:
- Instrumental in scaling from 150 to over 1000 employees over 4 years smoothly across India, China and Japan
- Enabled skill development for employees in Shanghai and Tokyo offices
- Implemented the ZS University (our Learning Management System) in Asia-Pacific region
- Developed and implemented online training materials, Job Aids, Cheat sheets, voiceovers etc
- For quick Onboarding
Competence Development Manager
ABB India Corporate Research
05.2006 - 05.2008
- HR Head
- Responsible for training initiatives for Swedish Technocrats, scientists and Indian Technical specialists
- Also served as Program Manager for PCMM implementation program (an OD initiative) successfully
- Competence Development
- Took charge of Training, built Competency Mapping and Career development programs
- Translated the organization's strategic objectives into training department objectives
- Established policies to focus training activities and guided decision-making
- Created strategic and operational training plan and developed a strategic training budget to support organizational objectives
- Created process documents, flow charts and competency-based assets for Training & Development
- Recruited and mentored two team members to manage the training cycle
- Managed the needs analysis process and consolidated the skill gaps across technical and soft skills
- Identified, validated and built solid training partners and Internal SMEs
- Designed and co-facilitated Mid/Senior Level workshops for Departments on change management and ABB Leadership competencies
- Achievements:
- Planned and executed PCMM Level 3 implementation project for the company
- Liaised with Lead PCMM Appraiser for necessary Action plans and internally with many employees/process groups
- Achieved all Training goals as per the Management Goals framework year after year
Recruitment Specialist
APC India Pvt. Ltd
08.2005 - 04.2006
- Managed recruitment for Engineering & IT business managers for 3 divisions
Consultant
ESP Consultants
11.2004 - 07.2005
Associate Consultant
Adecco People One Consulting
02.2004 - 10.2004
- Involved recruitment for Telecom and Office Automation clients
Sales Executive
Legrand
03.2002 - 02.2004
- Handled complete sales-cycle right from prospecting to collection for Corporate, Institutions, dealers, Retail-customers.
Graduate Engineer Trainee
Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd
10.1997 - 10.1999
- Managed the QA process, Testing and customer inspections for electronic products and distribution transformers
Education
MBA - Marketing
ITM Bangalore
Bengaluru 05.2000 - 03.2002
B.E - Electrical Engineering
MNIT Jaipur
Jaipur 10.1992 - 10.1996
Skills
Client account management
undefinedAccomplishments
- 1992-1996 –First Class B.E (Electrical) from NIT, Jaipur 2000-2002 –MBA with Distinction, ITM-B’lore 2000-2002 - MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, USA
- Certifications:
- People CMM Competency assessment/Auditing
- CMMi Auditing
- Behavior Evidence Interview (BEI) Certification
- Talent management certification in Singapore
- Technical skills:
- Multiple Apps and HR tools evaluation, validation & implementation expertise
- HRIS, Camtasia, ZoomIt, SharePoint, MS Teams etc.
Certification
Certified Design Thinking facilitator
Interests
Work Availability
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Timeline
GM
Icertis Solutions
04.2019 - Current
AVP
Accenture Technology Solutions
01.2018 - 11.2018
AVP
Learning & Transitions
12.2014 - 01.2018
Talent Manager
Misys Software Solutions India
01.2014 - 11.2014
India Training Lead
KJS
08.2012 - 01.2014
HR Consultant
ZS Associates India Pvt. Ltd
05.2008 - 07.2012
Competence Development Manager
ABB India Corporate Research
05.2006 - 05.2008
Recruitment Specialist
APC India Pvt. Ltd
08.2005 - 04.2006
Consultant
ESP Consultants
11.2004 - 07.2005
Associate Consultant
Adecco People One Consulting
02.2004 - 10.2004
Sales Executive
Legrand
03.2002 - 02.2004
MBA - Marketing
ITM Bangalore
05.2000 - 03.2002
Graduate Engineer Trainee
Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd
10.1997 - 10.1999
B.E - Electrical Engineering
MNIT Jaipur
10.1992 - 10.1996
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