PRIYANKA KADAMBANDE
Pune
Summary
HR-ER partner| POSH & DEI Practitioner | DEI | Labor law | NHRD member | Employee Engagement & Workplace Culture.
Innovative HR professional with 9+ years of extensive expertise as an HR subject matter expert across India, APJ, EMEA, and USA regions. Skilled in HR operations, including pre- and post-merger and acquisition due diligence and integration (people and process alignment). Proven experience in workforce reduction aligned with business budget objectives, developing line managers, and implementing policies in close consultation with business unit leaders. Strong focus on enhancing employee experience through automation, continuous process improvement, and HR digitization. Successfully managed and mentored two junior HR advisors. Enjoys working with Diverse workforce & understand the nuances of multi - cultural workforce.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Employee Relations Business Partner
Compucom
Pune, India
12.2025 - Current
- Manage end-to-end Employee Relations cases, addressing employee queries and advising managers on complex issues including PIP, performance concerns, role misalignment, sucession planing, appraisals.
- Handle absenteeism, sickness, absconding, and policy violations, ensuring fair, compliant, and consistent disciplinary actions.
- Investigate and resolve employee disputes, misconduct, and grievance cases, including sensitive matters such as harassment, and sexual harassment (POSH).
- Support reduction in force (RIF) activities with proper documentation, communication, and adherence to employment laws.
- Provide employee counselling and coaching, driving performance improvement, and fostering positive workplace behaviour.
- Lead ER projects, automation initiatives, and employee feedback analysis, leveraging data and Excel to improve processes, governance, and employee experience.
- Partnering with leaders and senior HRBP to align HR strategies with business objectives.
Sr HR Biz Advisor (Global HR process partner)
Veritas Software Technologies (Arctera)
Pune, Maharashtra
01.2016 - 05.2026
- Act as a trusted HR process partner supporting all HR employee life-cycle processes.
- Close partnering with SR HRBPs, business unit leaders, and the HRIT team to drive elements of the talent management strategy using the 9 Box model.
- Assist HR leaders in ongoing employee retention, counter offers, promotions, reorganisations, employee engagement, and workforce planning.
- Counsel and investigate Employee Relations matters, including POSH cases, to ensure fair treatment and grievance resolution.
- Analyze bi-annual employee pulse survey results and provid insights to leadership and people managers, highlighting strengths and recommending focus areas for improvement.
- Led a global operations team of three junior HR advisors, administering daily HR activities.
- Manage the day-to-day HR operations of a fast-growing organisation, overseeing a team of HR professionals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement HR software systems, resulting in streamlined processes and increased data accuracy.
- Serve as Veritas HR (SPOC) for ongoing India statutory compliance processes, partner with UCS for personnel information sharing, and ensure 100% adherence to India labour compliance norms.
- Partner with the Rewards team to amend pay rates for shift and on-call allowances for India GTS staff in Q2/Q3 FY'23.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy AI chatbots for employee query resolution, improving HR service response time and employee satisfaction.
- Support all leader-led activities to achieve a high-performing organisation.
- Support managers in making promotions and pay decisions for employees. Managed annual bonus and increment cycle.
- Lead KAIZEN initiatives in the HR operations team to track project status and enhancements.
- Implementation of HR policies and procedures, resulting in increased compliance with labor laws.
- Benefits awareness initiative for India employees.
HR Assistant
Wipro
Pune, Maharashtra
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Supported the HR department in various HR functions, including leave management, Workday data maintenance, terminations, trainings, payroll assistance etc.
- Managed full-cycle HR operations process post hiring until employee leaves.
- Developed and implemented 40 processes from Accenture to Wipro as a SME.
- Trained 20 HR professionals on Workday.
- Streamlined HR procedures, introducing automated systems to improve efficiency and reduce administrative burdens
Education
Labor law certification -
University of Pune-2014
BBA - Human resource management
University of Pune 2009-2012
MBA - Human resource management
University of Pune- 2012-2014
University Of PuneSkills
- Veritas-Cohesity acquisition and merger: due diligence, aligns policies and culture, workforce transitions and compliance, communication and employee engagement, work force reduction etc
- India Return-to-Office Initiative: Collaborating with leaders, legal team & HRBP outlining clear policies, workplace safety, employee morale, retention etc
- JIRA/JSM tool launch and testing: HR ticketing tool
- Workday migration: From Veritas to Arctera- Employee records, Org data, Comp details, Benefits and payroll, time tracking, leave balances etc
- Core member of LGBTQ support team: Awareness training, enhance employee experience and retention, colaboration with Dwight cook etc
- Employee physicle files management project with Iron Mountain team
- Automation to streamline workflows: Shift Differential automation, Tuition Reimbursement, OTP, Clawback, Employment Verification, and Onboarding to reduce costs through faster, error-free, and consistent onboarding
- HR Chatbot Launch: Validated and clearly defined the prompts and the implementation process for the chatbot, ensuring the process is stored and structured in a way that enables the chatbot to operate in the most effective manner
- AI in current job- Automation in onboarding, employee engemnet survey, dashboards for BU leaders, chatbot, automation in few benefits processes
- Passport and Blood Group Declaration Project
- Member of India Covid Taskforce
- Key member of Global and Pune site 'Culture Champions' initiative
Accomplishments
- Awarded with WOW recognition 45+ times by business leaders, HR team and stakeholders for working as One Team and demonstrating Veritas values.
- Recognized as a high-performing team member in All Hands meeting.
- Achieved a 90% global CSAT score, surpassing the 70% benchmark.
TOOLS/TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
Workday / HR VHelp / PowerBI / Glint/ Learn central/ New ServiceNow WFR tool / Microsoft Excel/ Oracle 12/ Procaire
LinkedIn profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-kadambande-74704268
Certification
- Artificial Intelligence General Awareness by Veritas
- Leading Projects by LinkedIn
- HR as a Business Partner by LinkedIn
- Project Management Foundations by LinkedIn
Timeline
Employee Relations Business Partner
Compucom
12.2025 - Current
Sr HR Biz Advisor (Global HR process partner)
Veritas Software Technologies (Arctera)
01.2016 - 05.2026
HR Assistant
Wipro
01.2015 - 01.2016
Labor law certification -
University of Pune-2014
BBA - Human resource management
University of Pune 2009-2012
MBA - Human resource management
University of Pune- 2012-2014