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Priya Yadav

Gurgaon

Summary

HR professional with 12 years of experience in high-growth organizations, specializing in HR Business Partnering, Talent Management, and strategic HR initiatives. Proven track record of driving organisational change, boosting employee engagement, and delivering impactful, business-aligned HR solutions.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Consultant, Employee Relations

Agoda
Gurgaon
02.2026 - Current
  • Acted as strategic advisor to managers on complex employee matters, policies, and risks.
  • Led investigations and ER cases, ensuring fair and consistent outcomes.
  • Partnered with HR and business leaders to mitigate ER risks and enhance employee experience.
  • Coached managers on performance and conduct issues, fostering leadership effectiveness.
  • Leveraged ER analytics to identify systemic risks and trends, informing targeted interventions.
  • Translated ER insights into actionable recommendations, enhancing policies and processes.
  • Led transformation of performance management and offboarding processes using data-driven insights.

Sr. Regional People Manager

The Knot Worldwide
Gurgaon
02.2023 - 01.2026

HR Business Partner

  • Advise leadership on workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy aligned with business priorities.
  • Drive performance and talent management agendas, coaching leaders on feedback, development, and talent decisions.
  • Lead regional talent reviews, translating global talent strategies into locally relevant people priorities and interventions.
  • Partner with HR COEs to deliver integrated talent, learning, and leadership capability initiatives that strengthen manager effectiveness and employee experience.

Compensation & Rewards

  • Partnered with Total Rewards on compensation planning, market benchmarking, local leveling, merit cycles, benefits optimization, and out-of-cycle adjustments to ensure competitive and equitable rewards.

Organizational Change & Strategy

  • Led regional organizational transformation initiatives, including workforce restructuring, Return-to-Office, and talent strategy implementation across global and local priorities.

Employee Relations & Compliance

  • Manage employee relations cases, including grievances, performance management (PIPs), terminations, and workplace issues. Partner with Legal & Compliance to interpret and reinforce local labour policies and procedures

Employee Engagement

  • Drive employee engagement survey related action planning, initiatives, and local employer branding to foster a positive employee experience

Regional Strategy Support

  • Act as a consultant to Total Rewards, Talent Management, and People Operations by representing the region's voice in program design, execution, and change management

Assistant Manager

Zomato Ltd.
Gurgaon
10.2015 - 09.2022

HR Business Partner (India & Middle East)

  • Partnered with leadership to align people strategy with business growth and priorities
  • Shaped workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy across rapidly scaling businesses
  • Drove performance, talent, succession, and leadership agendas to strengthen organizational capability
  • Led organizational transformation and change initiatives across evolving business and operating models

Policy Design & Implementation

  • Redesigned the India leave policy to ensure compliance with diverse state-level regulations
  • Developed and implemented a gender-inclusive parental leave policy offering equal benefits to all parents
  • Created comprehensive HR policies and employee benefit frameworks for operations across the Middle East

Strategic HR Projects

  • Led regional transformation initiatives, including workforce restructuring and talent strategy implementation to meet business priorities
  • Led HRIS implementation, including custom development of onboarding, offboarding, and document management modules
  • Designed the framework and core functionalities for an in-house performance rewards tool

HR Executive

Evry India
Mohali
03.2014 - 10.2015
  • Managed employee life cycle processes for around 500 employees, focusing on onboarding, induction, engagement, training, and performance management.

HR Executive

LinguaNext Technologies
Pune
04.2013 - 02.2014
  • Managed HR operations and employee life cycle to enhance workforce engagement

HR Intern

Aviva Life Insurance
Pune
04.2012 - 06.2012
  • Recruitment and onboarding for an insurance sales channel

Education

MBA - Human Resources and Finance

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
Pune
03-2013

BA - Economic Honours and Psychology

DAV College, Punjab University
Chandigarh
03-2011

Skills

  • HR business partnering
  • Workforce strategy
  • Talent & Performance Management
  • Employee relations
  • Leadership development
  • Organizational transformation

Languages

English, Hindi

Timeline

Senior Consultant, Employee Relations

Agoda
02.2026 - Current

Sr. Regional People Manager

The Knot Worldwide
02.2023 - 01.2026

Assistant Manager

Zomato Ltd.
10.2015 - 09.2022

HR Executive

Evry India
03.2014 - 10.2015

HR Executive

LinguaNext Technologies
04.2013 - 02.2014

HR Intern

Aviva Life Insurance
04.2012 - 06.2012

MBA - Human Resources and Finance

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

BA - Economic Honours and Psychology

DAV College, Punjab University
Priya Yadav