Kartik Arya

About Kartik Arya

I’m a strategic HR leader with over 10 years of experience driving people-centric growth, scalable HR systems, and compliance excellence. I currently lead HR at BeatO, where I’ve built the function from the ground up—doubling the workforce, reducing recruitment costs, and improving employee satisfaction and Glassdoor ratings significantly.I specialize in aligning people strategy with business goals. Whether it\'s automating HR with platforms like Keka and Zappyhire, achieving 100% ISO audit compliance (9001, 27001, 13485), or enhancing culture through structured onboarding and engagement initiatives—I focus on measurable impact.Passionate about HR transformation, governance, and building future-ready teams.Focus Areas: HR Strategy | Talent Acquisition | ISO Compliance | HR Tech | Employee Engagement Let’s connect if you’re building a strong, scalable HR function or exploring people-first transformation journeys.

Experience

1. Associate Director Human Resources & Adminitration

   BeatO

   Apr 2024 — Present · New Delhi, IN

   Established HR function from scratch, creating a strong foundation for all the HR operations including talent acquisition, employee engagement and compliance. • Collaborating closely with CXOs and senior leadership to develop and deploy HR plans and strategies that are aligned with business needs and drive employee engagement and productivity. • Managing a dynamic team of 250+ employees, ensuring seamless end-to-end HR delivery.• Responsible for identifying, attracting, recruiting, and retaining top talent during the rapid growth of 500+ employees.•Implemented Keka HR for managing employee life cycle by automating and simplifying all HR processes.•Initiated Learning and Development efforts by conducting a preliminary skill gap analysis, and curating training programs aligned with business needs.• Ensured successful internal and external audit readiness, contributing to ISO certifications compliance and enhanced organizational governance.• Managed complex employee relations issues, fostering a culture of trust, respect, and open communication.• Responsible for the end-to-end performance management with the business leaders.• Driving employee engagement initiatives and addressing employee grievances at all levels.• Implemented around 12 HR policies like Team outing, attendance policy, WFH policy, PIP policy, Reimbursement policy, Flexi Benefit Plan (Payroll policy), robust exit policy, probation policy, POSH policy, salary advance policy, and TA Policy• Managed a company-wide restructuring effort resulting in a seamless transition, minimal disruption to business operations.• Currently managing a team of 1 HRBP, 1 TA, 1 HR Ops, 1 Admin and 1 IT team members.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

  Professional Certificate Program in HR Management and Analytics

  2021 — 2022

• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing & International Business

  2012 — 2014

• Rajasthan Technical University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Ppc
• Training
• Interpersonal Skills
• Research
• Sql
• Microsoft Office
• Client Services
• Teamwork
• Management
• Time Management
• Analysis
• C
• Team Coordination
• Google Adwords
• Client Relations
• Market Research
• Social Media Marketing
• Marketing
• Public Speaking
• Html
• C++
• Wordpress
• Competitive Analysis
• International Business
• Vendor Management
• Facebook Fan Page Creation