Meena Kumari R
VP & Global Head HR | Top 10 HR Leader, Asia 2025 @ Hiver
About
Global HR Leader | Remote Work Pioneer | Architect of Thriving Cultures With 18+ years of transforming HR landscapes in tech unicorns and SaaS disruptors, I don’t just build teams I ignite ecosystems where people flourish. 🏆 People Innovator: ETHR HR Leader of the Year 2025 ETHR Emerging Young Leader 2022 | HR 40 Under 40 IBC’s 50 Most Influential HR Leaders 2024 🌍 Remote work evangelist and digital transformation geek. I’ve built global, distributed teams that feel connected even across time zones. My superpower? Turning chaos into clarity. Crafted cultures of trust in 100% remote workplaces. Coached leaders to navigate change, foster collaboration, and bridge cultural gaps. Scaled teams from 20 to 350 in a year (without burning anyone out). Currently steering global HR at Hiver, shaping a SaaS powerhouse where every employee’s voice fuels innovation. Yesterday: Built Airmeet’s culture from scratch into a GPTW-certified gem (89% Trust Index), redefined talent strategies at Circles.Life, and engineered Capillary’s global HR practices. When I’m not obsessing over employee happiness metrics, you’ll find me hosting The HR Folks a global community where HR leaders exchange stories, spark ideas, and laugh about the wild world of "adulting at work." Fun fact: I’ve made “Stay Interviews” a retention game-changer. Spoiler: It works better than free snacks. 🚀 👉 Let’s connect if you believe HR isn’t a department; it’s the heartbeat of every breakthrough.
India
Bengaluru
Internet
Cross-team Collaboration, Thought Leadership, Executive Coaching, Employee Engagement, Performance Management, Talent Management, Human Resources, Recruiting, Change Management, Onboarding, Strategy, HR Policies, Screening, Analysis, Vendor Management, Succession Planning, New Hire Orientations, Project Management, Resource Management, Business Analysis
Experience
VP & Global Head HR | Top 10 HR Leader, Asia 2025
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hiver is the world’s first help desk built for Google Workspace. We help teams deliver fast and empathetic customer service, right from the tool they are already familiar with - Gmail. This means they can assign, track, and collaborate on customer emails, as well as run the most advanced analytics and automations from the Gmail interface, without sacrificing any time on learning new software or switching tabs. Hiver helps over 1500 companies - ranging from new-age unicorns to traditional enterprises - deliver a better experience to their customers. Companies like Canva, Vacasa, Flexport, Pluralsight, Oxford Business Group, and Upwork, among others, are powered by Hiver.

Director of Human Resources
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Airmeet - The Events Platform for Professionals Airmeet is an all-in-one platform for communities & organizations to host interactive & immersive events, meetups & workshops online with a redefined networking experience. Virtual Events, Real Connections! Roles and Responsibilities: As Global head of HR : Develop hiring strategies to attract the best talent, effectively structure performance & rewards program to retain top talent for a fully virtual / remote org. Coach and Mentor Leadership team. As strategic business partner : Develop, execute people plan in alignment with business priority. Build a merit driven high performance culture.

People and Culture Country Lead
Singapore & Bangalore
Circles.Life is an MVNO based in Singapore and is Asia’s first fully digital telco and consumer company. Since its launch in 2016, it has become the fastest-growing telco in Singapore My role: Head HR for India and Lead HR Partner for Tech in Singapore. Responsible for Culture Integration, Talent Attraction, Partnering with the Business, Talent Review, Succession, Retention Planning, Leadership coaching and Change Management.

Head HRBP People Practices for SEA, China & EMEA
Bengaluru Area, India
Capillary is a SaaS based tech startup offering cloud solutions to Retailers & brands across India, South East Asia, EMEA and China. Solution offerings include Retail CRM, Marketing cloud, Loyalty suite & Ecommerce solutions. -Heading BP funtion for international locations. Handled India, SEA / APAC - Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, South Korea as well as EMEA: Dubai, Saudi & Turkey. -Adhere to local regulations, compliance of legal legislation, HR Policies, Rules and Guidelines. Employee Engagement, Comp and ben. - Revamped and launched gamified employee recognition initiative and responsible to lead global total reward strategy, job leveling, salary structure, performance bonus, sales incentive plan, retiral benefits, time-off benefits and cross regional Comp & Ben related matter. -Conducted salary study and bench-marking activity through Mercer to support recommendations on compensation structure that aligns to the industry range. - Working closely with BU heads globally in workforce planning and actively contribute to succession planning through Talent review board & Performance Calibration. -Instrumental in Org Development, change management - Develop / create competency-skill architecture, learning frame work, competency models, skills assessment, learning maps to enhance technical capabilities and productivity - Efficiently carve learning paths through blended learning approach, alternative / gamified learning methods such as certifications, knowledge forums, nugget sized learning and shadowing of projects to support workforce development - Responsible for training needs analysis, skill gap analysis, content development, rolling out training calendars, conducting soft skills training and working closely with business heads to create individual development plans. -Strengthening leadership capability of managers by identifying high potentials, drive participation of leadership/mentorship programmes.

Asst Manager HR
Bengaluru Area, India
• Manpower Planning and selection: involved in designing human resources requirements, strategizing talent acquisitions, designing the selection process, ensure TAT is met and business commitment are not hampered. • Design, implement and manage the Organizational Development and HR processes, policies, systems and metrics to attract, retain and develop current and future employees and leaders. • Work with Business Leaders to define employee development needs in order to implement Learning and Development plans and programs to meet the organization's strategic goals and objectives. • Designed and implemented selection process using Behavioral Anchored Rating Scale for both lateral & Campus Recruitment • Liaise with the Business Managers and effectively handle Talent Management, develop and implement Engagement and Retention Strategies. • Responsible for Total Rewards, developed reward strategies to effectively drive performance. Encourage Mangers to reward and appreciate generously with the help of non monetary benefits to scale up the Morale amongst the workforce. • Played a Key Role in driving Employee Engagement initiatives through clear feedback channels to support strong organizational communication that includes open door practices, employee opinion surveys, Skip Interviews, Stay Interviews, Pulse checks etc • Accountable for building a robust Talent Pipeline and have a progressive plan on succession planning. • Instrumental in analyzing Skill Gap and designing comprehensive training programs for employees and support scalability of manpower

Asst. Manager - HR
Bangalore
HR Generalist Role: • Policy writing, Policy implementation, amendments and filling the gap in existing policies; provide strategic input on employee friendly policies and improve them to industry standards • Involved in selection process based on behavioral HR interviews for both Lateral & Campus Recruitment • Induction, Orientation and on-boarding formalities • Employee Relations & solve Employee Grievance • Employee Engagement activities, conducting events and monthly / yearly activities. Am an active part of the “CoreEL Fun Club”, founded the same • Planning & Administering Performance Management System & Performance Improvement Plan • Based on attrition analysis Conduct Pulse check & Stay Interview at strategic intervals and provide suggestions on retention to management • Handling Exit Formalities , conduct exit interviews, maintain Attrition Report • Maintain thorough MIS Reports & present monthly HR Report to the Management • Played a key role in imparting soft skills to new joiners especially from campus • Manage the Rewards and Recognition program • Organization Development, Restructuring or re-engineering the organization and giving Strategic Input as when required • Key role in Audit on Behalf of HR Team to fulfill the needs of Monthly Audit, Re-certification Audit • Adhering to local employment laws.
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