Hi, I’m
Omkar Pradhan
Gurgaon,HR
Summary
Seasoned HR leader adept in strategic planning and people management. Excelled in enhancing talent acquisition and retention,skilled in HR analytics and organizational development, total rewards managemenr along with a proven track record of aligning HR initiatives & program management with corporate goals for substantial growth across E-commerce, Ed-Tech & Consulting Organization's
Overview
10
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Gokwik Commerce Solutions Pvt Ltd
Director - People Success
12.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Developed a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy for attracting top-quality candidates from diverse backgrounds.
- Continuously monitored and reported on key recruitment metrics to executive leadership, driving data-based improvements in Talent Acquisition strategies.
- Collaborated with senior management to align HR initiatives with organizational goals.
- Created a strong employer brand by promoting company values and showcasing positive work culture both internally and externally.
- Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
- Conducted thorough compensation analyses to ensure market competitiveness while managing total rewards costs effectively.
- Assisted in the development of total rewards strategies that effectively balanced compensation and benefits packages within the organization''s budget constraints.
- Ensured legal compliance in all HR practices, mitigating potential risks related to employment law violations or disputes.
- Enhanced employee satisfaction by implementing streamlined HR processes and tools.
- Designed performance management systems that supported employee development and organizational success.
- Established HR analytics capabilities to enable data-driven decision-making for talent acquisition, retention, and succession planning strategies.
- Implemented Entire HRMS Module KEKA & automated all manual process across Performance Management,Onboarding,Hire,Payroll, Hiring, Asset Management.
- Designed Offer to Onboarding Journey for Offered Candidates - Thereby also predicting Probability of Joining through a Tool - which helped bring down Offer backout by >30%
- Played pivotal role along with Finance team in handling 1st Ever Secondary ESOPs Buyback done in the Organization.
Aakash Educational Services Limited
Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition
09.2020 - 12.2021
Job overview
- Established Talent Acquisition function at AEPL [Digital Subsidiary of AESL] & Successfully transitioned it into a business-critical function, Scaled Headcount across Org from 250 to 900
- Headed Hiring for Technology, Product,Design,Program & Strategy Function(s) specifically at AESL. Scaled Headcount in 3 Months by 50% in TPD & 75% in Program & Strategy
- Defined, Designed & Implemented all the Processes, Work-Flow's, Policies pertaining to Talent Acquisition
- Implementation of Darwin Box (ATS)
- Redesigned Evaluation for Academics Hiring & Automated it with digital solutions, which further helped in
increasing Efficiency by > 50% - Built scalable recruitment selection model(s) using the past interview trends & feedbacks to predict tendency of selection & shortlisting levers.
- Designed & Implemented Candidate Experience Mechanism which was Instrumental in deriving NPS of teams &
employees involved in Hiring Process & NPS of over all organizations - Designed Alumni Program from Ex-Employees to comeback
- Managed End to End Employer Branding on LinkedIN from Setting up Official Page to taking it about 25k Followers
in 10 Months
UpGrad Education Private Limited
Manager - Leadership Hiring
04.2019 - 08.2020
Job overview
- Setup the Entire 1st Layer of Leadership Team (Founder's Minus 1)
- Brought Vendor Cost down by 100% - By Hiring all the Leadership roles internally - which included roles from Associate Director to Presidents & CxO levels. (For Both Business & Technology/Product Domains)
- Hired 900 People in 3 Months for Across Sales/BD Functions
- Single Handedly established - One of the best performing Sales Unit (FOS - Field Sales, Unit) in upGrad from Talent standpoint
- Designed & Implemented Objective Oriented Hiring Process - which quantified overall hiring process - which was linked to Competencies
- Implemented Darwin - Box Recruitment Module
UpGrad Education Private Limited
Assistant Manager - TA & HR Program Management
11.2017 - 04.2019
Job overview
- Worked on 2 Broad Aspects - i.e Talent Acquisition, Campus Hiring & Compensation Benefits - HR Shared Services
- Handling End to End Talent Acquisition Activities for TPD [Technology,Product & Design], Program, Marketing, Operations, Learning Experience & Support Function [Legal,HR,Finance & Admin]
- Successfully Managed the complete Campus Hiring for the 1st time as an Organisation – Hired 40 people across campus with 80% Offer to Joining Ratio
- Played a Pivotal Role in Onboarding - ATS for Managing the Recruitment
- Stabilised Sales Incentives - Made it Monthly Payout vs Payout once in 2/3 Months
- Managed Entire HR Audit with External Auditors from Big 4
- Redesigned Compensation by Introducing tax friendly compensation structure
PlatOz HR Private Limited
Senior Lead – Talent Acquisition Specialist
04.2014 - 11.2017
Job overview
- Managing End to End Recruitments, inclusive of sourcing candidates, conducting initial screening and interviews in
accordance with job descriptions received from the Clients. - Role includes end to end - sourcing and recruitment of supervisory, mid-level, senior and managerial/leadership
levels. - Involved in end to end Client Management & Stakeholder Management (Business Manager’s) and meetings for various recruitment needs.
- Sourcing candidates through multiple sources such as Job portals like Naukri, Monster, Timesjob, IIM Jobs, Hirist, LinkedIn, Facebook & references from various sources.
- Full life cycle recruitment – sourcing, interviews, salary negotiations, offers, deployment and onboarding.Interview coordination and handled travel reimbursements.
- Providing daily, weekly & monthly recruitment status to senior management & maintaining and updating various MIS related to the same.
- Ensure high offer –to join ratio by ensuring excellent candidate experience and post offer engagements.
Education
IIM Calutta, Kolkata, India
Executive Program in Strategic HR from Human Resources & Business Strategy
03.2025
NMIMS, Mumbai
MBA from Human Resources Management
07.2022
XLRI, Jamshedpur
PGCHRM from Human Resources Management
07.2017
Welingkar Institute of Management , Mumbai
Diploma in Human Resource Management from Human Resources
06.2014
University of Mumbai, Mumbai
Bachelor of Commerce from General Studies
05.2013
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- People Management
- Organizational Development
- Program Management
- Hiring and Retention
- Talent Acquisition
- Performance Evaluation and Monitoring
- Change Management
- Compensation strategy
- Rewards Program Design
- HR analytics
- Human Resource Management Software HRMS
Accomplishments
- Created an Internal WhatsApp Chatbots with help of Product Team specifically for HR - Which helped in both Internal & External communications.
- Won Marquee R&R "The Special 26" at GoKwik
- Scaled Home-Demo (Field Sales) function at AEPL from 200 to 700 within 3 Months of Joining with 90%
Hiring done through No Cost Channel. - All the Leadership positions from Associate Director, Director,Vice President, President & CXO's were hired Internally saving upwards of 2-2.5 Cr of Hiring cost for upGrad during 2018-20
- Revamped complete Sales Incentives scheme at upGrad in 2019
- Closed about 200 + odd positions in a span of 3 years (Highest in PlatOz)
Certification
- Certified Talent Acquisition Professional - From AON
- Certification in Recruitment Management - From TISS
Timeline
Director - People Success
Gokwik Commerce Solutions Pvt Ltd
12.2021 - Current
Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition
Aakash Educational Services Limited
09.2020 - 12.2021
Manager - Leadership Hiring
UpGrad Education Private Limited
04.2019 - 08.2020
Assistant Manager - TA & HR Program Management
UpGrad Education Private Limited
11.2017 - 04.2019
Senior Lead – Talent Acquisition Specialist
PlatOz HR Private Limited
04.2014 - 11.2017
IIM Calutta
Executive Program in Strategic HR from Human Resources & Business Strategy
NMIMS
MBA from Human Resources Management
XLRI
PGCHRM from Human Resources Management
Welingkar Institute of Management
Diploma in Human Resource Management from Human Resources
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Commerce from General Studies
- Certified Talent Acquisition Professional - From AON
- Certification in Recruitment Management - From TISS
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