Saket Khanna
Gurgaon
Summary
Culture evangelist with progressive experience for two decades in driving Human Resource practices & initiatives with diverse industries and organizations. Proven experience in driving people strategy focused on business growth. Extensive experience in leading in a complex and multi-cultural environment.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Director People Operation
Razorpay
10.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Razorpay is India’s leading and most valued($7.5 billion) fintech organization
- Razorpay is a platform that enables businesses to accept, process, and disburse payments with its product suite
- It's an online payment gateway and a one-stop platform for all money movement needs of businesses
- Leading the People charter across Razorpay (Business, Product & Tech Orgs) and acquired entities for around1500+ FTEs with a team of20 senior members
- Recognized as a Senior HRBP leader and a partner to founders,CXOs, CPO, CTO, and GMs to facilitate organizational changes like organizational restructuring, redesign & mergers
- Lead the people practice integration for our acquired entity and scaling team in SEA
- Leading the people Ops Center of Excellence functions like Compensation and Engagement
- Leading People Advisory and acting as a coach to the managers and leaders
- Led Talent sourcing to help build my business org: Partnered with managers/leaders and extended TA team to create Annual operating plans, help assess culture fits in their teams & raise the bar in line with open mandates, especially for the leadership roles
- Responsible for driving closures
- Driving L&D Intervention - Collaborating with managers/ leaders to identify learning needs and interventions for my organization
- Partnered with extended TD team to drive leadership development and managerial effectiveness interventions
- Designed and implemented Org-wide People Ops Transformation Projects like designing and implementing Top talent retention programs
- An exhaustive HRBP competency framework is adaptive with a focus on building HRBP capabilities
- The HRBP1:1 & FGD framework ensures a sustainable approach to our people conversations today
- Defined compensation philosophy and led the Annual perf and comp cycles
- Designed comp & stock grant frameworks/models followed with the merit and stock budgets
- CXOs Stock models to provide our CXOs & key Org Leaders, with a long-term roadmap of wealth creation
- Revamped the performance management and Recognition frameworks
- Formulating and driving voice of Razors initiatives like Engagement surveys, “Candid Chat with leaders”, Monthly BU All hands, and Company-wide Town halls
Associate Director People Operations (Head Global Talent Management)
GreyOrange Inc.
02.2019 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: GreyOrange is one the global (India, US, EMEA & Japan) leading supply chain automation firms that design, manufacture, and deploy advanced robotics systems for automation and creating flexible warehouses
- Designing and implementing Global Talent Management Strategy/Charter for700+ global workforce with a team size of12 members
- Leading People Advisory around practices like Organizational Design, Workforce and Succession Planning, Employee Engagement, and retention, Performance, and Change Management
- Designing & driving culture-building programs and acting as a coach to the managers
- Global Operational Excellence and unified Employee Experience by transforming HR Tech & benchmarking our Employee Value Proposition & people practices
- Formulated and Implemented the Engagement Strategy and charter to foster employee connects, engagement, and retention
- Driving Top Talent retention @90%
- Designed and driving Global Engagement and employee satisfaction surveys to enhance eNPS
- Designing & driving Comp practices and frameworks to attract the best from the market, retain hypos, and steer performance culture
Senior Manager People Operations
Hike Messenger (Rush & Vibe now)
05.2015 - 02.2019
- Company Overview: Launched globally in Dec2012 and led by Kavin Bharti Mittal, Hike is India’s first and fastest-growing social messaging platform (Product and engineering Startup valued @ $1.4 B)
- Led HR and Talent Management initiatives across the board with a team size of4 members to help scale from70 employees to400 across two locations
- Designed & implemented the entire HR Tech platform across Payroll, HRIS, Expense management, ATS, Comp and benefits, Performance management, R&R, and Engagement Surveys
- Steer people operations initiatives to devise and enforce policies & procedures for400+ employees
- Spearheaded HR Scope on companywide M&A – Led the integration of Employee Benefits, Compensation, Payroll Transitions, and HR audits
- Led Organisational Restructuring and Redesign initiatives in line with strategy changes
- Designed and implemented the entire performance framework (OKRs and CFR framework)
- Led the participation in Great Places to Work and secured recognition as one of the best Startups to work in2017
- Benchmarked our comp practices to formulate and implement an aggressive variable pay plan & ESOP framework
- Designed and launched comprehensive employee benefits like Healthcare and other wellness initiatives
- Revamped our Global Onboarding to create an awesome signature experience
- Institute compliance initiatives such as background verification, Code of Conduct, and POSH compliances
General Manager HR & Admin (Head HR)
Mindlance Inc.
11.2013 - 05.2015
- Company Overview: $200 M Revenue Generating Multinational US Staffing Firm with an Employee base of400+ across3 locations
- Responsible for India HR, US HR (Onboarding, Background verification, and Drug test team), and admin function with a team size of15 members
- Responsible for effectively driving end-to-end talent acquisition
Service Manager HR Shared Service
Aon Hewitt, India
06.2009 - 10.2013
- Company Overview: Leaders in HR Outsourcing and Consulting with an Employee base of10000+ across9 locations
- Led HR Operation solution - PAN India for10000+ employees with a team of12 members
Manager Human Resources
Carlson Wagonlit Travel India
09.2007 - 06.2009
- Company Overview: CWT is one of the world’s largest travel management companies with an Employee base of1500+ across6 locations
- Led HR Operations, Employee Relations, and engagement with an8-member team across sites for1500 employees
Team Lead Human Resources
Travel Port (Technovate Esolutions Pvt Ltd)
08.2006 - 08.2007
- Led HR MIS and employee engagement for1100 employees with a team of4 members.
HR SPECIALIST
Global Vantage Pvt. Ltd
05.2003 - 08.2006
- As an HR generalist was responsible for driving HR Ops and employee engagement initiatives.
Education
SHRM- SCP Senior Certified Professional -
Society of Human Resource Management
01.2021
MBA - Human Resources
Symbiosis Institute of Management
01.2005
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Dyal Singh College, Delhi University
01.2003
PGDCA - Computer Applications
DOEACC-India
01.2002
Skills
- HRIS: SAP: Success Factors, People Soft90, People Strong, Bamboo HR & Adrenalin, Zoho
- Recruiting: Taleo, Lever, & Greenhouse
- Performance management: Global Performance System, TRS, Small Improvements &7geeeze
- Compensation & ESOP management: Comp Link, Zen equity, Qapita
- Recognition: Winning Edge, Bonusly & Recognize Advantage Club
- Engagement & Pulse:Facebook @ workplace,Office Vibes & Glint
- Expense Management: Expensify
- Survey Tools: Get feedback, Survey Monkey & Mentimeter
- Learning Management System: Courseplay & AON learning management system
- Project Management & Video conferencing tools like Jira, Asana, click up, Confluence, Google Hangout & Zoom
Timeline
Senior Director People Operation
Razorpay
10.2021 - Current
Associate Director People Operations (Head Global Talent Management)
GreyOrange Inc.
02.2019 - 09.2021
Senior Manager People Operations
Hike Messenger (Rush & Vibe now)
05.2015 - 02.2019
General Manager HR & Admin (Head HR)
Mindlance Inc.
11.2013 - 05.2015
Service Manager HR Shared Service
Aon Hewitt, India
06.2009 - 10.2013
Manager Human Resources
Carlson Wagonlit Travel India
09.2007 - 06.2009
Team Lead Human Resources
Travel Port (Technovate Esolutions Pvt Ltd)
08.2006 - 08.2007
HR SPECIALIST
Global Vantage Pvt. Ltd
05.2003 - 08.2006
MBA - Human Resources
Symbiosis Institute of Management
Bachelor of Commerce - undefined
Dyal Singh College, Delhi University
PGDCA - Computer Applications
DOEACC-India
SHRM- SCP Senior Certified Professional -
Society of Human Resource Management
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