Nidhi Mani

• Facilitate talent mapping and workforce scans across 30+ portfolio companies to enhance early-stage people strategy and hiring decisions.
• Assist founders and internal teams with salary benchmarking for first HR hires across portfolio companies.
• Constructed and activated HR builder network involving 130+ senior HR and people leaders for potential organisational and hiring mandates.
• Streamlined hiring workflows, facilitating the closure of 2 roles (admin and analyst) while advancing an additional analyst mandate.
• Collaborate with 4 hiring managers and 3 external headhunters to enhance pipeline visibility and candidate movement.
• Diagnosed multi-source hiring bottlenecks and championed development of standardized stage-gated recruitment workflows.
• Minimized ad-hoc follow-ups by implementing systematic tracking and proactive stakeholder updates enhancing candidate experience.

• Analysed 21+ job roles for shrm–nsdc green & Digital Skills Report, identifying emerging workforce skill trends.
• Evaluated JD language patterns to inform research regarding India’s movement towards skills-first hiring and capability-driven talent strategies.
• Crafted innovative, modular HRBP-led well-being microsite concept for enterprise application (Accenture use case).
• Facilitated design of learning and development proposal materials for enterprise clients including Wipro and Bosch.
• Executed survey analysis utilizing Julius AI and Rows.ai for SHRM’s GCC Talent Playbook.
• Collaborated on development of learning simulation for TAFE’s L&D program addressing management of multigenerational teams.
• Provided UX feedback for Eubrics LMS from a first-time user lens to improve navigation and usability.
• Researched industry trends and best practices to inform strategic initiatives.
• Collaborated with team members to develop impactful presentations for client meetings, enhancing the communication of key insights.

• Designed and delivered child-centric lesson plans for Grade 2 students, improving literacy and numeracy by 5% (baseline to midline assessments).
• Facilitated teacher capability sessions on SMART TV adoption to enable more interactive classrooms.
• Initiated “Teachers Circle” SEL sessions to improve teacher morale and classroom management practices.
• Coordinated across school leadership, parents, and NGO stakeholders to align school-level goals.
• Raised ₹1,01,060 through event leadership for classroom infrastructure development.