Nikitha S Kumar

About Nikitha S Kumar

I’m a Senior HR Business Partner with 8+ years of experience leading HR strategy, workforce planning, organizational scaling and employee effectiveness across high-growth technology and consumer businesses.Currently at Hopscotch, I partner directly with business leadership to drive talent strategy, organizational capability, performance frameworks, and culture engagements while enabling a scalable people model through periods of fast expansion and change.Previously, I’ve led HR roadmaps across SaaS, fashion, and digital retail environments, owning people strategy, talent pipelines, employee relations governance, engagement architecture, performance systems, and HR policy frameworks. Across roles, I’ve been the strategic HR advisor to senior leadership and CXOs, enabling workforce decisions and organizational maturity.Alongside my full-time role, I’m also consulting and supporting hiring initiatives for teams that need help with talent acquisition, pipeline building, or closing roles efficiently.If you’re a hiring manager, founder, or HR leader looking for support on hiring strategy or execution, feel free to reach out to me directly.Happy to explore how I can add value.

Experience

1. Senior Manager Human Resources Operations

   Hopscotch

   Sep 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• University of Mysore

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing/Marketing Management, General

  2014 — 2016

• Bangalore University

  Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Marketing

  2011 — 2014