Robin J.

Vice President - Employee Relations @ DBS Bank

About

I help organizations build workplaces where ethics, performance, and people thrive together. With 15+ years in HR, I’ve navigated everything from tough Employee Relations cases to shaping organizational behaviour at scale. My work spans Risk Culture & Conduct, Culture Integration, and embedding compliance-driven values in a way that inspires—not just instructs. I’ve worn many hats—Employee Relations specialist, Talent Management strategist, HR Business Partner—and each has strengthened my belief that culture isn’t a “nice-to-have,” it’s a business imperative. I’m passionate about partnering with leaders to turn values into everyday actions, creating workplaces people are proud to be part of.

Country

India

City

Chennai

Industry

Banking

Skill

Labor and Employment Law, Labour laws, Employee Relations, Organizational Development, Organizational Learning, Recruitments, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Resource Management, Compensation & Benefits Programs, Relationship Management, Human Resources, MIS, Strategic HR, Screening, Performance Appraisal, Talent Acquisition, HR Policies, Benefits Negotiation, HRIS

Experience

Vice President - Employee Relations

DBS Bank

2023-7 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Country Lead- Employee Relations, Risk culture & conduct, Regulatory Compliance, Investigations, Disciplinary process, POSH, Labour codes, Grievances Handling.

Vice President - Talent Management & Organisational Development

DBS Bank

2021-6 - 2023-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Country lead of Talent Management, High Potential identification and development, Succession planning, Org design, Talent Strategy, M&A led Culture integration, Performance and development framework implementation, People Practises integration and Policy Harmonisation

Lead TAG Transformation

DBS Bank

2019-6 - 2021-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Mumbai

TA Transformation , TA Strategy, Diversity, Tech Projects, Employer Branding, TA Analytics & Reporting, TA Governance, Campus, Ecosystem Partnerships, TAG Lead Consumer Banking and Technology & Operations, Leadership Hiring

TA Lead - Retail Bank, Technology & Operations, India

Standard Chartered

2016-4 - 2019-6 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible to deliver high volume hiring mandates for the Bank. Leadership Hiring Drive efficiencies and deliver on cost mandates Ensure governance as per laid down policies and processes Ensure team alignment to strategic priorities Lead -Talent Acquisition for the Retail Bank in India. TA TOM migration to the Recruiting Hubs Plan and Strategize high volume recruiting journeys

Sr.HRBP-Payments & Credit Cards

HDFC Bank

2012-11 - 2016-3 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

HR Business Partner for the Payments Business of HDFC bank, with an employee base of over 800+ spanning across Products & Portfolio , Sales, Credit & Risk, Analytics & BI and Support Functions. * Project - SAP implementation HR Business Partner for the Retail Assets team, with an employee base of over 600+ spanning across Sales, Credit and Collection teams. Managing entire employee lifecycle from hire to retire.

Executive HR- Learning & Development

MRF

2010-9 - 2012-10 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

- Learning & Development SPOC for Pan India sales team of over 3000+ staff - Drive needs assesments for the organisation - Create the training budgets and ensure delivery in lines with the organisations learning plan - Conducted post learning assessments to map the outcomes and performance shifts

Student Volunteer

Govt School Kantatoli

2008-4 - 2009-3 · 1 yr

Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Volunteered to steer the learning process in selected subjects for the Government school, by way of introduction of new delivery and learning techniques.