Venu Padmanabhan
Global Talent Supply Chain Leader | Internal Staffing Strategist | Enterprise Transformation - Building High-Performing Talent Ecosystems | Design Thinker
- Role
- Vice President, Global Talent Supply Chain at Cognizant
- Location
- Coimbatore, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Venu Padmanabhan
Richard Branson captured the essence of the symbiotic relationship between talent and enterprise: “Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t have to.” For me, talent strategy isn’t just about filling roles—it’s about unlocking potential, driving business outcomes, and creating environments where people and organizations thrive. By balancing data-driven decision-making with a people-first mindset, I have helped businesses build high-performing workforces while ensuring employees grow, evolve, and succeed.With over twenty years of experience in talent management across the US and India, I have led large-scale workforce transformations, helping organizations scale from thousands to hundreds of thousands of employees while maintaining agility and efficiency with a human-centric approach.As VP, Global Talent Supply Chain at Cognizant, I oversee strategy and enablement of internal mobility and talent deployment:Enabled Cognizant’s workforce scale from to by evolving internal talent strategies for rapid growthLed a 350-member international team, driving global workforce management initiatives Built a talent inventory system used by hiring managers, improving placement efficiency for incumbent employees.Led enterprise-wide transformation, creating scalable, future-ready solutions :Talent Supply Chain & Workforce Utilization – Building agile, cost-effective staffing strategiesInternal Talent Mobility & Redeployment – Maximizing workforce potential, reducing hiring costsWorkforce Analytics & Strategic Planning – Driving talent decisions through dataEnterprise Transformation & Change Management – Leading large-scale workforce evolutionBeyond my work, I am constantly learning—whether from life’s challenges, reading up on diverse topics or solving complex puzzles. Raised in a family that valued hard work, humility, compassion and resilience, these principles continue to shape my leadership and talent philosophy. Let’s connect to unlock human potential and build the future of work together.
Experience
Vice President, Global Talent Supply Chain
Oct 2021 — Present · Coimbatore, IN
Transforming the global talent ecosystem by doubling down on internal hiring and building a positive talent culture.
Education
University of Madras
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics
1991 — 1994
University of Madras
Master of Arts (M.A.), Social Work
1994 — 1996
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