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Sarath Chandra
HR Business Partner Amazon
Hyderabad
Summary
SPHRi Certified HR business partner at Amazon for ROW APEX. Leverage rich experience in HR, focusing on strategic HR Business Partnering, Learning & Development, and Talent Management in fast-paced technology environments. Seeking to utilize expertise in strategic workforce planning and organizational development to drive impactful HR initiatives. Responsive Human Resources Business Partner with well-rounded experience in all functional areas of HR, including labor law compliance, employee relations and performance management, leave of absence and ADA accommodations. Supports clients and effectively balances role of consultant and mentor with gatekeeper to control employer-related risks and grow client's management skills. Thrives on mentoring business owners and managers from small to mid-size employers with proven success at understanding unique business needs to establish genuine relationships as indispensable partner.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Human Resources Business Partner
Amazon
Hyderabad, India
01.2025 - Current
- Strategic Workforce Planning: Partner with leadership and global teams to create annual and 3-year people plans, ensuring a healthy staffing funnel.
- Org Health Consulting: Provide guidance on performance management, employee development, retention strategies
- Culture Building & Policies: Champion Amazon’s culture, coach managers on leadership principles, and drive employee engagement through sentiment analysis and policy improvements.
- Compensation Planning: Analyze compensation trends and work with regional COE to adjust compensation strategies and approve exceptions.
- Talent Management: Support performance appraisals and identify growth opportunities for top talent through succession planning.
- Org Design: Conduct assessments to optimize organizational structure, improve spans, and design future roles.
- Employee Engagement Strategy: Designed and executed innovative employee engagement surveys and programs, resulting in a measurable improvement in employee sentiment and retention.
- Leadership Coaching: Coaching senior leaders on career development, performance management and compensation philosophy
- Learning and Development: Partnering with leaders and L&D in designing and executing managerial capability development programs at scale for first time, seasoned and
HR Partner (Amazon Pay)
Amazon
Hyderabad, India
01.2020 - 12.2024
- Employee span: Managed employee population of 700 including tech, non tech, entry level associates for Amazon Pay
- Data reporting: Prepare monthly talent review (MTR, QTR) meetings with multiple metrics including headcount, attrition, promotions, DEI, connections, talent movements and present the insights business leadership
- Talent reviews: Conducted promotion conversations and annual talent review conversations for business
- Performance management: Coached managers on effective employee relations strategies to address workplace conflicts proactively.
- Employee relations: Investigated and liaised with legal department to respond to complaints of harassment, discrimination, employee grievances, and other sensitive issues and prepared investigation summary reports for around 25-30 investigations.
- Underperformance management: Coached employees, managers for effective underperformance management cases. This includes PIP plans, executing Pivot terminations.
- Employee experience: Partnered with legal to execute reduction in force exercises and ensured minimal to no escalations in the process
- Top talent retentions: Conducted top talent retention conversations and exit interviews when failed to retain to gauge the areas of opportunities.
International Transfers Specialist
Amazon
Hyderabad
09.2018 - 12.2019
- Part of Country to Country transfers team to take care of international transfers for APAC and EMEA Region covering 43 countries
- Handled International Transfers for all the businesses in 43 countries spread across APAC &EMEA right from L4 to Senior Management (Until VP)
- Expert on compensation related processes including compensation ratios, comp ranges for various job codes and job levels. Prepared compensation for multiple cross level job changes.
- Partnered with domestic and global compensation teams, HR managers, and hiring managers to develop offer recommendations
Recruitment Coordinator, CS
Amazon
Pune, india
09.2017 - 08.2018
- Experienced in Campus hiring, walk-ins and Internal Job postings for multiple levels
- Walk-ins: End to end process from PI to Offer extension for high volume hiring
- Internal Job postings: Worked with hiring manager, gather requirement, preparing JD, shortlist candidates and scheduling interviews
- Have taken close to 1500 personal interviews in campus and walk-ins
Recruiting Coordinator
Amazon.com
Hyderabad, India
09.2014 - 09.2017
- Was part of EU talent acquisition team supporting interview scheduling and coordination for SDEs, iTEAM and Corp teams
- Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
Technical Recruiter
Pyramid Soft Sol
Hyderabad, India
03.2014 - 08.2014
- Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings.
- Wrote and posted technical job descriptions
- Interviewed candidates using different interview methods and approaches.
- Sourced and selected applicants for technical positions for clients
Education
Bachelor of technology - Information technology
Jawaharlal Nehru Tech. University
Kakinada, AP 04.2008 - 04.2012
Skills
Change management
HR policies development
Grievance handling
Conducting employee surveys
Exit interviews
Diversity and inclusion
Strategic planning
Retention strategies
Timeline
Human Resources Business Partner
Amazon
01.2025 - Current
Senior Professional Human Resources International (SPHRi)
12-2024
HR Partner (Amazon Pay)
Amazon
01.2020 - 12.2024
International Transfers Specialist
Amazon
09.2018 - 12.2019
Recruitment Coordinator, CS
Amazon
09.2017 - 08.2018
Recruiting Coordinator
Amazon.com
09.2014 - 09.2017
Technical Recruiter
Pyramid Soft Sol
03.2014 - 08.2014
Bachelor of technology - Information technology
Jawaharlal Nehru Tech. University
04.2008 - 04.2012
Certification
Senior Professional Human Resources International (SPHRi)
Interests
Books
Volleyball
Profile summary
- HR Business Partner (HRBP) with over 10 years of experience in strategic workforce planning, talent management, and organizational development across global tech environments.
- Expertise in designing and executing employee engagement, leadership development, and DEI initiatives that align with business goals and drive high performance.
- Proven track record of creating and optimizing HR programs, including talent acquisition strategies, performance management frameworks, and compensation planning.
- Skilled in providing actionable insights through HR metrics and reporting to inform strategic decisions and enhance organizational effectiveness.
- Strong background in cross-functional collaboration, coaching senior leaders, and implementing HR process improvements that foster a high-performance culture.
- Led impactful projects like the Career Internship Program (CIP), DEI efforts, and organizational design initiatives, contributing to improved employee satisfaction and retention.