Preeti Bellunke

About Preeti Bellunke

I am a Strategic HR Leader with a proven track record of partnering with founders, executives, and cross-functional leaders to align people strategies with long-term business goals. My career spans building scalable HR frameworks, driving employer branding initiatives, and delivering workforce strategies that fuel both growth and retention. I specialize in:•Strategic HR Leadership – Designing HR strategies that enable sustainable scaling, profitability, and innovation.•Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding – Building consultative recruitment functions from scratch, creating proactive pipelines, and positioning organizations as employers of choice.•People Operations – Streamlining HR processes, compliance frameworks, and HRIS systems to enhance governance and productivity.•Performance & Growth Enablement – Translating business priorities into measurable goals while fostering leadership capability and continuous improvement.•Culture & Engagement – Embedding organizational values into daily operations and cultivating inclusive, transparent, and high-performance cultures.•Learning & Development – Implementing leadership and capability-building interventions tailored to organizational needs.•Policy, Compliance & Diversity – Developing policies aligned with labor laws, while championing equity, inclusion, and diversity as drivers of innovation and engagement.•I thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments, balancing strategy with execution to create impactful people solutions that accelerate business outcomes while enhancing the employee experience.

Experience

1. Human Resources Manager

   Deltek

   Mar 2021 — Present · IN

   As a Strategic HR and Talent Acquisition Leader, I collaborated with founders and executive teams to craft and implement people strategies that supported global expansion. I built and scaled HR and TA operations across India and North America, delivering measurable outcomes in workforce readiness, cost efficiency, and employer brand enhancement. Key Achievements:•Global Talent Acquisition Team Development: Built and expanded a high-performing talent acquisition team, operating successfully across India, the Americas, and India•Leadership hiring excellence: Designed executive search models and filled critical CXO and senior positions—such as CFO, CMO, and department heads—in Product Management, Quality Assurance, Enterprise Sales, and Customer Success functions.•Employer Branding Transformation: Led digital-first employer branding campaigns across platforms such as LinkedIn and events, generating a 40% rise in digital hires and significantly broadening the company’s candidate reach.•Workforce Analytics & Pipeline Expansion: Partnered with senior executives to conduct workforce analytics and capacity•Planning, resulting in a 20% increase in talent pipelines aligned with strategic growth areas.•Strategic HR Collaboration: Collaborated with Global HR Business Partners and business leaders to deliver strategic workforce planning, address HR challenges, and contribute actionable talent insights for business decisions in India.•Talent Planning & Employee Engagement: Played a pivotal role in talent and succession planning initiatives, while driving employee engagement programs to support organizational development.•Capability Building & Upskilling: Supported organizational capability-building and upskilling programs, ensuring talent readiness for dynamic business needs.

Education

• Mangalore University

  MBA, HR

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Management
• Performance Appraisal
• Talent Management
• Bpo
• Human Resources
• Ites Leader Ship Hiring
• Personnel Management
• Internet Recruiting
• Sourcing
• Leadership
• Organizational Development
• Team Management
• Hris
• HR Policies
• Training
• Vendor Management
• Employee Relations
• Screening
• Hiring
• Interviews
• Recruiting
• Mis
• Employee Engagement
• Recruitments
• HR Consulting
• Technical Recruiting
• Consulting
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Salary Negotiation
• Executive Search