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Amitha Nishanth

@amithanishanth

Strategic HR and People Partner building scalable recruiting, performance, and people systems in fast-growing organizations.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a people-partner role where I can build scalable HR systems—global hiring, performance frameworks, and compensation/employee relations—using workforce data and clear change execution to improve engagement and retention.

I’m a strategic HR and People Partner with over a decade of experience building and scaling people functions across fast-growing, evolving organizations. I bring a system-driven approach to aligning people strategy with business priorities, from hiring and performance to organizational design.

At PeepalDesign, I built and scaled end-to-end recruiting for global UX roles, negotiated competitive offers, and strengthened inclusive hiring practices. I integrated global talent acquisition post-acquisition, established people policies consolidated into an employee handbook, and introduced an HRIS/HRMS to streamline payroll, onboarding, off-boarding, and compliance readiness.

I’m known for embedding cultural values into daily HR practices—strengthening succession planning, employee engagement, and learning systems. I also lead performance frameworks, manage compensation and benefits with pay benchmarking, and formalize employee relations governance with clear reporting, redressal, and escalation mechanisms, backed by disciplined compliance and steady change delivery.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Manager HR

PeepalDesign

Dec 2018 - May 2025 (6 years 5 months)

Built and scaled end-to-end recruiting and inclusive hiring practices for a global UX team, from intake alignment through offer acceptance. Owned post-acquisition talent integration, performance and people-policy frameworks, compensation and benefits, employee relations governance, and HRIS/HRMS rollout.

Talent Acquisition Performance Management Compensation Benefits Employee Relations HRIS Succession Planning Organizational Design Change Management

Senior Manager HR

ZipGo

Sep 2015 - Apr 2016 (7 months)

Built foundational HR workflows for employee lifecycle management while supporting early-stage agility. Led hiring across multiple functions, coordinated HR operations during rapid scale-up, and established core processes including offer management, onboarding, payroll setup, and offboarding.

HR Operations Talent Acquisition Onboarding Payroll Offboarding Employer Branding Training Delivery Stakeholder Management

Manager Human Resources

ZoomCar

Nov 2014 - Jun 2015 (7 months)

Joined as the second HR hire to support headcount expansion for India’s self-driving car rental platform. Recruited for key engineering, sales, fleet, and customer support roles; established end-to-end HR operations processes; and helped transition fleet/customer support payroll to a third-party model.

Recruitment Workforce Transition Payroll Operations Training Stakeholder Management

Recruiter

Capgemini

Apr 2012 - Oct 2014 (2 years 6 months)

Completed Capgemini’s Recruits Program and supported two business units to meet annual hiring targets. Managed recruitment cycles from scheduling through offer acceptance and coordinated large-scale university recruiting across multiple campuses.

Scheduling Offer Management University Recruiting Boolean Searches Talent Pipeline!

Executive Recruiter

Sasken

Dec 2010 - Mar 2012 (1 year 3 months)

Provided executive recruitment support during the period leading up to the next HR leadership role. Delivered recruitment and selection activities as part of broader talent acquisition needs.

Executive Recruitment Talent Acquisition Candidate Sourcing Interview Coordination Support Stakeholder Management