Padma Ramanathan

About Padma Ramanathan

Director at Mercer Consulting | Global Work & Skills Program Lead | Principal - Talent Advisory, Future of Work | Ex-Fellow - World Economic Forum | Global Talent Mobility Practice Leader (India, SL, Bangladesh )| Rewards Consulting (Compensation & Benefits, International Human Resources )| HR Generalist I am dedicated to helping companies with a people advantage through expertise in future of work insights, talent strategies, global talent mobility and global rewards programs. With significant experience in working with India HQ and global multinational companies, I enjoy working closely with business, leaders and human resource professionals to contribute to overall local and global talent priorities. With breadth of expertise across career consulting, talent mobility & international workforce strategy matters, compensation, benefits & total reward programs, policy design - I aim towards partnering closely on aligning talent and business agenda. Having led global mobility practice vertical as a country leader along with a great team & also established cross-industry forums - my career experience spans consulting, data and technology support across sectors (with specific experiences in automotive, manufacturing & conglomerate sectors). I have also personally led & presented at internal and external conferences & client events towards insights & partnering. As a recent Project Fellow at the World Economic Forum, shaping insights & actions critical to Preparing for the Future of Work agenda in a post pandemic world, I am especially keen on people sustainability/ESG matters and hope to have a larger purpose in building a cohesive and equal society. While rooted in psychology and humanities by academic inclination, on the technology side, I’m fascinated by innovation and newer models of working to support a human-centric workplace. My areas of work to reach out to include future of work insights & advisory, talent consulting matters across career vertical, people policies & practices, people sustainability, expatriate program design inbound and outbound, local and global compensation & benefits, managing integrated and distributed workforces, talent research & insights etc.

Experience

1. Director - Global Transformation Services

   Mercer

   May 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Masters, Industrial Psychology

  2002 — 2004

Skills

• Performance Management
• Strategic HR
• Employee Engagement
• Deferred Compensation
• Global Sourcing
• Compensation & Benefits
• Employee Benefits
• Personnel Management
• Hris
• HR Policies
• Sourcing
• Human Resources
• Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
• HR Consulting
• Performance Appraisal
• Team Management
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Management
• Compensation & Benefit