Siddharth Narayanan
Talent Partner, APAC @Airbnb
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WORK HISTORY
Talent Partner, APAC @Airbnb
Singapore
Driving talent strategy, org effectiveness, and leadership enablement across APAC to help Airbnb win in markets and scale growth. Partner with senior leaders on transformation, cross-functional collaboration, and high-impact talent initiatives. Hands-on AI builder and adopter—experimenting with emerging tools, creating no-code/low-code solutions, and leading practical AI adoption across my function and extended org to improve productivity, decision-making, and employee experience.
Sr. HR Business Partner @Amazon
Singapore
Regional Human Resources Business Partner @TabSquare
Singapore
Role: I led end to end generalist HR for Tabsquare's Engineering & Tech, Lite Sales and support functions across SEA Problem Solving Dimensions: 1) Navigating through rapid expansion in scale - employees, products, customers, countries etc. and its impact on People policies, processes, organization structure, culture 2) Maximizing employee experience amidst resource and budget constraints 3) Translating founder vision into a compelling call to action for all employees
Independent Consultant @Independent Consultant
Singapore
Focus areas for Problem Solving: 1) People Operations - building multi-country focussed processes 2) Recruitment Strategy - establishing sourcing infrastrucure, assessment frameworks, employer branding strategies 3) Compensation - introducing pay for performance strategy, range building, establishing compensation philosophy 4) Organizational Design - Org. structures focussed on speed, empowerment, accountability 5) Talent Management - Managing top and poor performers 6) People Metrics for Startups
Country Manager, People Services - APAC & India @Arm
Singapore, Bangalore
I led generalist HR for India, Taiwan, Japan and Korea for a high-tech organization of apporx. 1450 employees. I managed a team of 3 HRBPs and 5 Specialists across India, Taiwan and Japan. My key focus areas included - - Conceptualizing and driving country specific People Strategy for India and APAC in partnership with leaders - Ensuring Employee Experience at scale through operational excellence and improvement across regions, functions and processes - Anchoring cultural assimilation through design of scalable interventions such as onboarding experince for new joiners, culture/Arm values workshops, leadership dialogue etc. - Leading Employee Experince based process transformation through global and regional projects - Driving focus towards Talent Management, Development, Performance Management, Culture across the region to enable talent strategy around attraction, growth and retention - Regional Compensation and Benefits Management - lead regional analytics, benchmarking, vendor empanelment etc. and serve as the regional voice for the global Reward team - Manger capability building in the areas of hiring, development, coaching and employee relations - M&A and cultural integration of new sites - Employee Relations across India and APAC
Sr. Specialist - Learning & Development @Amazon
Bengaluru Area, India
Was the L&D partner for 5 business groups in the Amazon Development Center comprising of approx 5000+ employees. Focused in creating scale-able and sustainable mechanisms in the following areas - - Frontline Manager Development - Leadership Development - Culture - OD & Change Management
Regional Manager - Middle Mile South & East (Manager - HR) @Amazon
Bengaluru Area, India
Provided HR generalist leadership for 11 Middle Mile sites in the South and East Regions. Key focus areas were - - Enabled site ramp-up strategy - launched 4 new sites - Pioneered solutions for short-term seasonal hiring for our Sort Centers (inter-state migrant hiring) - Institutionalized a culture of development - Created policy frame-work for career development, performance management and rewards
HR Business Partner - Middle Mile & Corporate Functions @Amazon
Bengaluru Area, India
Setup the HR infrastructure for the fledgling Middle Mile function. Key highlights - 1) Partnered with business leaders to create a People Strategy with focus on scalable mechanisms for growth 2) Delivered solutions in the areas of Org Structure optimization, change management and HR process streamlining 3) Implemented out of box solutions to address pressures of hiring and talent gap during the ramp-up phase 4) Steward of the talent management, performance management and culture for Middle Mile
Head - Talent Management & Development @Bharti Airtel Limited
Indore Area, India
• Lead implementation of Airtel compensation & performance policies in their spirit – creating a performance culture o Transparent target setting, periodic performance dialogues, culture of recognition • Groom talent to assume roles Airtel strategies and future business needs o Identify/segment talent, design & implement capability building interventions – create an internal talent pipeline • Foster a culture of engagement & collaboration o Identify and act upon engagement/happiness levers and promote cross functional teamwork (CFTs)
Head Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning @Bharti Airtel Limited
Indore Area, India
• Manpower planning a circle of approx. 700 employees • Hiring from Officer to DGM levels for all functions (Sales, CS, HR, Marketing, SCM, Finance, OE and Legal) • Ensure a planned supply of talent as per business requirement and complying with standards of quality of hire and TAT • Create a culture of continuous learning and identify and implement capability building initiatives across levels
Campus Relations Manager @RPG Enterprises
Mumbai Area, India
• Design and execute campus branding strategy in b-schools to attract high calibre talent to RPG Group • Recruitment of interns and management trainees as per requirements for all RPG Group companies • Talent management of management trainees through the RPG program – “Group Management Resource”
Mangement Trainee - HR @RPG Enterprises
Mumbai Area, India
RPG Group MT Stint 3: Group HR • Design of PMS based on the concept of “Hoshin Kanri” with the President HR and Sr. VP, Corporate Quality • Joint design of workshop/training formats, content development and deployment of workshops • Deployment across 6 Group companies - delivery of workshops and hand-holding across levels - CEOs to junior management • Deployment touching 5000+ managers
Management Trainee - HR @RPG Group
Mumbai Area, India
RPG Group MT Stint 2: Corporate HR Stint • Talent management process implementation review - development action plans, high flier program, CT program and succession planning • Standardization and documentation of HR policies and procedures across 9 SBUs and all project and plant locations - for manager and officer cadre
Management Trainee - HR @RPG Group
Halol, Gujarat
RPG Group MT Stint 1 - Plant HR Stint Self-Managed Team (SMT) implementation at CEAT Tyre’s 150 TPD green field facility in Halol, Gujarat • Assisted in design and implementation of interventions in the areas of Performance metrics, Rewards and recognition • Designed an “end to end” On the Job Training (OJT) module for a “3 man” production process • Designed a “grow-from-within” Career Path Policy to internally develop “front line” managers • Proposed redesign of talent acquisition, development and engagement strategy for 500 + machine operators
Summer Intern (RPG Group Human Resources) @RPG Group
Mumbai Area, India
• Modified the employee exit process to improve employee engagement levels and the prevalent rates of attrition • Utilized the employee exit process as a tool for evaluating organizational processes and employer branding • Implemented across KEC International, covering 1000+ members of the managerial cadre • Judged the “Best internship project” across functions in RPG Group and awarded the Arjuna Award • Competed with 45 interns across functions from top B-Schools, representing all group companies • Awarded with a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) and INR 1,00,000
Marketing Coordinator @IMS Learning Resources (Goa)
Margao (Goa)
• Planned and implemented marketing activities across the state of Goa and Southern Maharashtra • Coordinated marketing operations with 3 business centers and led a team of 20 • Designed and delivered training programs for new joinees in sales and marketing and faculty • Center "in-charge" - Margao Learning Center
Client Support Specialist @Ernst & Young
Bengaluru Area, India
• Offered corporate taxation and tax compliance services to a varied clientele of fortune 500 companies • Liaised with officials of the Central Board of Direct and Indirect Tax and represented client interests • Analyzed and prepared transfer pricing reports for several MNC software majors
EDUCATION
XLRI Jamshedpur
PGD-PMIR · Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
SKILLS
ABOUT SIDDHARTH NARAYANAN
I'm an HR leader with 15+ years of experience leading teams in matrixed organizations across global roles based in APAC. I'm passionate about enabling organizations to "Win in the Market" by adding value from the People Lens. Over the last 15+ years, I've had the opportunity to solve for problems in diverse setups including start-ups, early stage ventures, high growth MNCs and stable conglomerates across B2B, SaaS, high-tech, ecommerce and telecom sectors. While I've held diverse generalist roles, I specialize in regional business partnering / country management in globally matrixed organizations. My Key Strengths: 1) Business Partnering: Consulting across levels including regional MDs, VPs (business strategy enabled by People focus) 2) VUCA - Thriving in ambiguity and high pressure environments 3) Solving Problems of Scale - I have successfully enabled rapid scaling in areas across HR functions and businesses 4) Regional Focus, Global Outlook - I have extensive APAC experience in People Strategy which I deliver while maintaining Global imperatives 5) Culture - The intentional approach to define, foster and grow Culture at the Workplace What excites me: 1) Being able to shape and impact business outcomes 2) Talent Management - aligning talent strategy to business outcomes 3) Employee Experience - The "North Star" for all of HR 4) Culture - the "secret ingredient" that makes the seemingly ordinary do the impossible 5) HR Transformation - how HR will enable the workplace of future Interests: 1) Pro-bono Consulting: I help early stage startups navigate through the complexities of a growing team and the need to step a more structured HR philosophy, policies and processes 2) Religion - Its potential to be the "call to action" to achieve the impossible 3) Wildlife 4) Trekking & Hiking 5) Fiction Novels!
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