Jagannathan Sekar
HR Services Director -APAC I XLRI AstraZeneca l Ex-Flex, Infosys, Siemens I Regional HR Service Delivery I Business Partnering I Employer Branding l Change management
- Role
- HR Services Director-apac at AstraZeneca
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jagannathan Sekar
Versatile Enterprise HR leader with a balanced portfolio of HRBP, Shared services, and Digital Transformation experience across APAC markets. Adept at shaping service strategy, steering payroll and regulatory governance, enhancing workforce experience, and accelerating internal talent pipelines in competitive skill markets. Focused on enabling efficient, compliant, and insight-driven people operations through structured service design, strong stakeholder partnering, and operational excellence frameworks. Builds scalable HR service ecosystems that support business transformation and long-term workforce sustainability.
Experience
HR Services Director-apac
Jul 2024 — Present · Chennai, IN
Leads regional HR shared services and Advisory across multiple APAC markets, ensuring high-quality employee services, payroll governance, workforce compliance, and digital enablement across distributed delivery teams. Responsible for shaping the future-state HR operating model, embedding governance frameworks, strengthening service performance discipline, and steering self-service maturity through AI-enabled platforms. Acts as a strategic partner to regional and country leadership, supporting decision-making on people operations, workforce architecture, talent processes, and complex regulatory interpretations within a global business services environment.
Education
XLRI Jamshedpur
PGCHRM, Human Resources Management and Services
2020 — 2021
Annamalai University
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
1999 — 2003
IndSearch, Pune
Masters in Personnel Management , Human Resources
2003 — 2005
Skills
- Screening
- Recruiting
- Benefits Negotiation
- Talent Acquisition
- Management
- Sourcing
- Strategic HR
- Recruitments
- HR Consulting
- Talent Management
- Hris
- HR Policies
- Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
- Performance Appraisal
- Human Resources
- Organizational Development
- Employer Branding
- Change Management
- Onboarding
- Personnel Management
- Technical Recruiting
- Job Descriptions
- Employee Engagement
- Succession Planning
- HR Transformation
- Performance Management
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