Swanand Bhanej
India HR Leader @ Rocket Software | ISTD Certification | Labor Law & Statutory compliance
- Role
- India HR Leader at Rocket Software
- Location
- Pune Division, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Swanand Bhanej
With over 23 years of progressive HR experience across global software organizations, I bring a deep and strategic understanding of people operations, business partnering, talent acquisition, organizational development, and cross-cultural HR integration.In my most recent role as Senior Manager / HR Leader, People Operations (APAC) at Rocket Software, I led strategic and operational HR support for over 800 employees in India and 200 employees in Australia, China, Japan, and Singapore. My core strengths include building and executing people strategies, compensation benchmarking, performance evaluation process, employee engagement, end-to-end talent acquisition and post-merger HR integration and harmonization.Throughout my career, I have successfully:• Designed and implemented HR policies that align with business and compliance goals.• Spearheaded campus engagement programs to strengthen the early talent pipeline.• Facilitated leadership development workshops.• Managed employee benefit programs and implemented wellness initiatives.• Conducted retrenchment processes with empathy, transparency, and legal compliance.• Collaborated with global HR COEs and deployed Oracle HCM Cloud and Workday systems.I have also played a pivotal role in promoting diversity hiring and creating psychologically safe workplaces through POSH awareness and compliance programs. My approach combines operational excellence with a people-first mindset in fast-paced, multicultural environments.
Experience
India HR Leader
Sep 2020 — Present · Pune, IN
Education
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
Bachelor of Science
Savitribai Phule Pune University
MBA, HR
1999 — 2001
Baroda High School, Bagikhana, Baroda
Higher secondary schooling, Science
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Post Graduate Diploma in Labor Laws, Labor Laws
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