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Archana Rajeshwar

Austin,TX

Summary

Experienced leader of Talent Management with strong background in strategic human resources planning and execution. Possess strengths in developing talent management strategies that align with organizational goals. Skilled at fostering high-performance teams, driving culture change, and implementing innovative talent acquisition initiatives. Previous work highlights include transforming talent management processes and leading successful leadership development programs.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Vice President, Talent

Huge
02.2023 - 05.2025
  • Leading global Strategic People Operations for a 1,000+ employee organization across U.S., UK, Canada, and Colombia. Overseeing HR operating model and service delivery, employee relations, legal and compliance, sticky performance issues, grievance and discipline, HR technology, strategic operations, compensation and rewards, workforce analytics, audits, and people strategy.
  • 1) Rehauled the HR Operating Model to support Huge post the reorganization from regional studio based model to global craft based matrixed organization.
  • 2) Refined workforce planning, reducing payroll costs by 15% and improving gross margins by 2 percentage points, working alongside finance and peer HR teams.
  • 3) Conceptualized and executed the ‘Future Fit’ assessment, readiness and 3-6-9 months action plan for the Consultative Sales/Client Partnership team in alignment with the reimagined GTM strategy.
  • 4) Minimized merit planning cycle from 3 months to 1 month by introducing analytics and compensation benchmarking through team-driven process improvements.
  • 5) Executed predictive analytics, driving a 10% decrease in regrettable attrition of top talent through collaboration with HR teams.
  • 6) Digitized talent reviews, reducing promotion processing time by 70% and increasing internal mobility through increased visibility of opportunities through ‘a day in the life’ sessions, cross-functional training and lateral role alignments.
  • 7) Minimized gender-based pay variance by 90% through equitable compensation strategies developed in partnership with finance teams.
  • 8) Led governance processes for HR systems and programs, ensuring audit readiness and alignment with global compliance standards in accordance with SOX Compliance standards (as being part of listed company - IPG Group)
  • 9) Custodian of HR Data room and led HR due diligence during the acquisition of Huge by AEA Partners
  • Team under management: 7 People specialists.

People Director

Designit (A Wipro Company)
01.2022 - 02.2023
  • Led HR function for the US and spearheaded global post-acquisition integration of two design agencies, focusing on HR process transformation, job architecture, and talent strategy, ensuring alignment across leadership and HR teams.
  • 1) Minimized hiring time by 40%, closing 50+ strategic roles within 25–28 days cycle time through a coordinated recruitment and hiring team effort.
  • 2) Increased employee engagement by 10% through culture-building initiatives and deep listening programs facilitated across teams.
  • 3) Collaborated and coached front line managers to minimize voluntary turnover by 15% through targeted succession planning and career pathing strategies.
  • 4) Coached front line managers through complex performance issues. Led and managed a high performing HRBP team.
  • 5) Spearheaded workforce planning, organizational structuring, and role-rate alignment strategies in collaboration with business leaders, contributing to significant margin improvement, optimizing workforce costs and ensuring the right talent in critical roles.
  • 6) Executed a 100% digital performance management system, streamlining reviews and improving transparency through collaboration with HR technology teams.
  • 7) Engineered high-potential leadership pipeline, ensuring succession readiness for 70% of critical roles through joint efforts with business leaders and talent development teams.
  • Team under management - 5 (2 People specialists, 2 HRBP, 1 DEI specialist)

Global People Lead

Wipro US
03.2020 - 01.2022
  • Managed a $200M business unit with 2,000 employees across four continents. Spearheaded organizational change, talent transformation, and workforce analytics through cross-functional team leadership.
  • 1) Designed a new talent strategy, improving operating margins by 15%, leveraging business and HR team expertise for a technology studio focused on digital transformation.
  • 2) Redesigned the org structure for the largest consulting team to improve leadership effectiveness, clear communication channels and decision agility by defining the clear second line, optimal span of control, effective role stacking and identified succession plans.
  • 3) Designed and implemented manager effectiveness initiatives improving the satisfaction score for the team by 10 percentage points and support satisfaction score for new managers by 50%.
  • 4) Scored with function heads to increase team’s goal attainment by 20% through structured OKRs and performance-driven leadership coaching.
  • 5) Enhanced real-time feedback systems, improving feedback sentiment by 80% and reducing year-end review workload by 60%, working closely with employee engagement teams across 3 consulting teams - ~2000 employees globally.
  • 6) Partnered with leadership teams to increase employee engagement scores by 10%, Net Promoter Score (NPS) by 15%, and employee referrals by 20% as an indirect measure of workplace satisfaction through strategic communications and leadership coaching.
  • 7) Spearheaded restructuring initiatives, ensuring 100% compliance and mitigating legal risks in collaboration with legal and HR compliance teams.
  • 8) Led change management plan loosely based on the ADKAR Prosci model during the creation of the Global Consulting group. Focused on new ways of working, what success looks like, KPI alignment, incentive proposal and what’s in it for me communications for the Consulting organization.
  • 9) Advised on and strategized a highly skilled talent retention plan through phased investment in talent in the form of compensation, incentive and training dollars for the only Product team (Airlines Industry) in Wipro to align with the product development roadmap and delivery schedule for a few large clients that had come through. A total investment of USD 700K over a period of 3 years for a team of 50 engineers, product and support professionals.
  • Team under management : 5 People Business Partners

HR Director

Piramal Glass
01.2019 - 02.2020
  • Oversaw full-spectrum HR operations for 500 employees (union and non union) across 2 manufacturing plants, 1 distribution/logistics center and corporate offices, partnering with HR teams to enhance policies and practices.
  • 1) Achieved a 20% reduction in employee relations escalations through proactive HR interventions and leadership coaching.
  • 2) Executed workforce analytics, leading to a 10% improvement in retention rates through collaboration with HR data teams.
  • 3) Aligned the OKRs/KPIs and the incentive plans for the front line sales team in collaboration with the corporate compensation management team thereby improving the talent retention and new talent attraction rates. Closed open sales roles in record time of under 4 weeks.
  • 4) Partnered with the CFO to ratify the collective bargaining agreement for 500 unionized employees across 2 manufacturing facilities. Negotiation points included inflation adjustments, shift premiums, health plan coverage, upskilling in the face of automation. CBA was ratified within the estimated budget for inflation and rise in healthcare cost. New CBA terms led to reduction in skilled labor attrition by 15%.
  • 5) Co-led the proposal and blueprint for an HR shared services model for all Piramal group of companies in the US and submitted it for project approval to the corporate office.
  • Team under management: 2 (1 Union Specialist, 1 Corporate functions)

Payroll Consultant

ADP
08.2017 - 01.2019
  • Managed multi-state, multi-thousand payroll operations across various industries, ensuring compliance and efficiency through coordinated efforts with finance and HR teams.

HR Business Partner

Wipro India
07.2011 - 03.2013
  • 1) Designed and executed a leadership transition strategy, achieving 95% alignment between senior team members and new leader through structured onboarding initiatives.
  • 2) Developed and rolled out the rhythm of the business initiatives with a view to increase transparency, promote open communication, foster intentional connections efforts improving the employee satisfaction scores around leader, manager and team.
  • 3) Partnered with business heads on Talent Reviews for critical roles and Succession roadmaps.
  • 4) Program managed the coaching series for identified hi-potential successors in talent review pipeline.
  • 5) Facilitated new manager ramp up series setting them up for success in their roles as people manager. Covered 150 new managers over several promotion cycles across Wipro.

Management Consultant

Cerberus Consulting
10.2010 - 06.2011
  • 1) Diagnosed productivity and perceived over capacity issue by identifying gaps in the field sales models, improving conversion rates by 30% for a national P&C insurer.
  • 2) Reduced attrition of front line field agents by 25% through job redesign and competitor benchmarking in collaboration with sales leadership for a property & casualty insurer in India.
  • 3) Conducted a compensation and benchmark survey and an employee engagement survey, analysis and action plan coaching for an OEM client for their management and non management employee groups.
  • 4) Completed competitor analysis for compensation, benefits, job design, job evaluation and incentive plans for a startup in the clinical trial technology space.
  • 5) Developed a career framework for a vehicle finance organization.

HR Business Partner

IFMR Trust
01.2010 - 10.2010
  • 1) Ran the hire to retire employee journey for the company along with employee satisfaction survey and action planning.
  • 2) Program managed the campus recruitment drives for full time and internship hires.
  • 3) Architected the internship onboarding journey specifically emphasizing cultural assimilation keeping in mind the international identities of our interns.

Adwords Representative

Google India
05.2007 - 06.2008
  • 1) Campus recruited to be an Adwords representative in the Google Hyderabad office.
  • 2) Successfully supported Adwords policy reviews.
  • 3) Moved on to supporting advertisers via live chat on policy compliance for Google Ads.

Education

MBA - Human Resources Management

MDI Gurgaon
India
01.2010

Bachelor of Science - Animal Science & Biotechnology

PSG College of Arts & Science
India
05-2007

Certification

  • SHRM-SCP (2020)
  • Certified Payroll Professional (2018)

Languages

Languages - English || Hindi || Tamil

Timeline

Vice President, Talent

Huge
02.2023 - 05.2025

People Director

Designit (A Wipro Company)
01.2022 - 02.2023

Global People Lead

Wipro US
03.2020 - 01.2022

HR Director

Piramal Glass
01.2019 - 02.2020

Payroll Consultant

ADP
08.2017 - 01.2019

HR Business Partner

Wipro India
07.2011 - 03.2013

Management Consultant

Cerberus Consulting
10.2010 - 06.2011

HR Business Partner

IFMR Trust
01.2010 - 10.2010

Adwords Representative

Google India
05.2007 - 06.2008

MBA - Human Resources Management

MDI Gurgaon

Bachelor of Science - Animal Science & Biotechnology

PSG College of Arts & Science
Archana Rajeshwar