Soma Sekhar Jena
People Operations Business Partner @W3Global
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WORK HISTORY
People Operations Business Partner @W3Global
Hyderabad, IN
HR Transformation & People Advisory Partner — functioning as the sole people and operations consultant to a US-founded organisation, driving HR reimagination and workforce transformation at CEO advisory level. HR Operating Model redesign — restructured team hierarchies, realigned reporting lines, and redesigned how people services are delivered across the India operation, applying Galbraith\'s Star Model People strategy advisory to the US Founder-CEO — delivering regular strategic updates, interpreting C-suite directives, and building structured execution roadmaps from board-level decisions HR analytics and data insights — presenting people metrics in monthly WBR governance meetings with revenue leadership, informing performance targets and operational directives through attrition forecasting and pipeline analytics Talent management and assessment governance — owning ATS end-to-end, achieving 70% first-filter to final offer conversion with independent top management validation of all rejections HR process and experience design — designing leave policy SOPs, compensation communication frameworks, PIP structures, and cascade communication architecture for policy changes Change management delivery — managing ER through major policy transitions, designing four-tier stakeholder communication architecture, and embedding new behaviours through reinforcement cadences (ADKAR) Workforce transformation — protected AI-displaced sourcing roles through CEO-level advocacy, securing a reskilling transition runway that is currently redeploying sourcers as recruiters Workshop facilitation and capability building — coaching managers on leadership effectiveness, empathy, and objective decision-making; addressing 180+ employee all-hands on organisational change Stakeholder engagement — advising internal and external stakeholders across hiring, performance, compensation, and ER decisions simultaneously
EDUCATION
Chaitanya Engineering College, Chaitanya Valley, Kommadi, Madhurawada,Pin-530041(CC-L6)
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
Postgraduate Degree, Human Resources Management and Services
ABOUT SOMA SEKHAR JENA
HR Transformation professional with 8+ years experience in transforming how organizations design, deliver, and optimize their people function — spanning HR operating model redesign, Global Business Services (GBS), HR Shared Services (HRSS), workforce transformation, and people strategy advisory. At Amazon, I operated within one of the world\'s most sophisticated HR Shared Services environments — leading the end-to-end migration of multiple service lines into the MHLS back-office, redesigning service delivery frameworks, building SOP libraries, and delivering executive HR analytics to VP-level leadership across 7 countries (US, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria). At W3Global, I function as a de facto HR Transformation partner to the US Founder-CEO — advising on people strategy, redesigning HR operating models, leading continuous organization restructuring, governing talent acquisition, and presenting people analytics in monthly business review governance meetings that directly shape business performance targets. Core capabilities : HR Operating Model Redesign — GBS, HRSS, service delivery frameworks HR Process & Experience Design — SOP development, workflow optimization, automation People Technology Strategy — Oracle PeopleSoft, SAP SuccessFactors, Keka, ServiceNow, ADP HR Analytics & Data Insights — Power BI, Tableau, QuickSight, SQL Change Management — ADKAR, Kotter 8-Step, stakeholder communication architecture Workforce Transformation — org redesign, attrition forecasting, workforce planning Workshop Facilitation & Capability Building — L&D design, manager coaching, training delivery C-suite & Senior Stakeholder Advisory — CEO, VP, and HRBP level engagement Frameworks applied: Galbraith Star Model · McKinsey 7S · Ulrich HR BP Model · Prosci ADKAR · Kotter 8-Step · GROW Coaching · Goleman EI · Cialdini Influence Principles.
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