Astha Chachra
Senior HR Leader | HR Business Partner & Shared Services Transformation since 15 Years | Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner | Jombay 100 Under 40 HR (2025) | Indian Convention Women Achiever (2025)
- Role
- Senior Manager - Business Partner & People Success at Publicis Sapient
- Location
- Delhi, DL, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Astha Chachra
I am an HR leader with 15 years of experience across HR Business Partnering, Global HR Shared Services Transformation, and HR Technology in large, matrixed organizations. At Publicis Sapient, I partner closely with senior business and delivery leaders to support a 1,500+ employee engineering and consulting workforce in India for American healthcare clients, aligned to a €200M business portfolio. I advise leaders on talent management, succession planning, workforce growth, retention strategies, and organizational effectiveness.In parallel, I bring deep expertise in building and transforming global HR shared services - designing scalable delivery models, strengthening governance, and leveraging automation and AI to enhance efficiency and employee experience across employees globally. I am a committed ally to the LGBTQ+ community and actively contribute to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE & I). As a thinking partner to our Business Resource Groups, I collaborate to shape initiatives and experiences that further our DE & I agenda. I am passionate about building future-ready organizations by blending people strategy, technology, and product thinking - while staying grounded in empathy, inclusion, and measurable business outcomes.
Experience
Senior Manager - Business Partner & People Success
Aug 2025 — Present
HR Business Partnering & Talent Strategy - HR Business Partner for a 1,500+ employee workforce in India supporting American healthcare clients; aligned to a €200M portfolio - Partner with senior leaders on talent management, succession planning, workforce growth, and retention strategies - Drive organization design, capacity planning, and leadership effectiveness - Champion DE & I initiatives, including leading the Rainbow Internship Program for LGBTQ+ inclusion and Viva Women for women empowerment and gender equity AI Upskilling & Workforce Transformation - Lead the AI Upskilling POD, designing role-based capability programs across engineering, product, design, and consulting - Enable AI adoption aligned to client needs and future skills strategy HR Product & Digital Strategy - Product Strategist for AMIGO, an AI-powered HR chatbot, evolving it into an agentic solution capable of resolving end-to-end HR journeys - Partner with engineering, design, and HR teams using agile methodologies to improve employee experience Shared Services & HR Transformation - Lead global HR shared services transformation across India, North America, and EMEA - Manage a team of 40 Associates, Senior Associates and Managers, fostering growth, optimizing performance, and driving process excellence
Education
Faith Academy Senior Secondary School
HSC, Science
1990 — 2005
IMI Delhi
PGDM, Human Resources
2009 — 2011
Cornell University
Strategic Human Resources Leadership
2020 — 2021
Maharshi Dayanand University
B.E., Information Technology
2005 — 2009
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