LONIKA SINGH SERAIK

Dassault Systèmes, Pune, India
• Scope: 5,000+ employees | 3 business entities | India
• Leading a team of 6 HR professionals responsible for Organization Development, Culture, Employee Experience, Leadership Enablement, Change Management, Health & Wellbeing and People Strategy.

Selected Achievements
Organization Transformation
• Partnered with global leadership during a strategic brand acquisition to redesign workforce planning and talent integration strategy, achieving 90% fulfilment of critical technical positions in India while improving retention of key talent by 18%, strengthening India's position as a global R&D hub.
• Led a culture transformation program using the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), retaining 83% Key Performers while improving employee sentiment ('Feel Good' Index) by 23 points in a key and business critical brand.
Leadership & Organization Development
• Designed and launched ELEVATE program, an end-to-end manager capability framework covering leadership effectiveness, coaching, communication, employee engagement and people management. Improved Manager Effectiveness Index by 23 points, with the framework later selected for global adoption.
• Developed globally scalable Manager Improvement Plan (MIP) and Team Improvement Plan (TIP) toolkits to improve leadership capability and organizational health.
Employee Experience & Organizational Health
• Redesigned employee engagement strategy through a five-pillar employee experience framework integrating executive listening forums, focus groups, pulse surveys and action planning. Results included:
• 32% increase in employee engagement touchpoints
• 24-point improvement in employee “Care sentiment”
Human Capital Strategy
• Led annual Performance Management and Compensation Review governance for 600+ employees across 3 brands, achieving 100% on-time completion while contributing to:
• 7% improvement in retention of top performers
• 10% increase in employee perception of compensation fairness

Wellbeing Transformation
• Designed India's 3 Lens holistic wellbeing operating model using Advisory, Preventive and Responsive lenses, which cut across 5 wellbeing pillars for employees Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Financial and Social. Results:
• 92% employee satisfaction
• 35–48% employee participation across each pillar
Employee Relations and Compliance
• Acting Member and Nodal Officer- Internal Committee (POSH) for all 3 India entities. Successfully resolved all reported cases without litigation.

• Led multiple enterprise transformation initiatives focused on employee experience, onboarding, organizational capability and employer branding.
• Key Achievements
• Designed XorrySpotter, India's first gamified onboarding experience at Xoriant, reducing onboarding time from one day to 90 minutes.
• Recognized among NASSCOM's Top 10 HR Practices.
• Designed organization-wide competency architecture covering 40+ roles enabling structured career pathways and internal mobility.
• Led Great Place to Work strategy for five consecutive years, helping the organization consistently rank among India's Top 50 IT/ITeS workplaces.
• Introduced executive HR dashboards supporting strategic workforce decisions.

• Led employee engagement interventions improving satisfaction by 18%.
• Increased gender diversity by 18%.
• Redesigned induction experience.
• Built digital employee learning portal.
• Designed Hitch-a-Trip, an internal mobility and ride-sharing platform solving employee commuting challenges.

• Established HR operations for a new Pune delivery center.
• Built digital learning ecosystem reducing training costs by ₹4.5 lakh.
• Redesigned HR policies and communication strategy reducing policy-related queries by 25%.