Satish Polekar

Satish Polekar

Director, People - India @ Tala

About

Strategic HR Leader with 18 years experience of building and scaling global people functions. Expertise across organizational design, M&A integration, culture transformation, total rewards, compliance & governance. Recognized for driving measurable engagement growth and enabling scaling of businesses.A self-starter with a keen bias for action and a high achievement orientation, I have helped conceptualize, deploy and scale people processes from scratch. These have spanned multiple industry domains, cultures and geographies.

Country

India

City

Pune District

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Corporate Governance, HR Business Partnering, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), People Management, Payroll Administration, Labor and Employment Law, Compensation & Benefits, Leadership Development, Succession Planning, Employer Branding, HR Policy Formulation, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Manpower Planning and Resourcing, Learning and Development, HR Operations, Human Resources, Talent Management, Strategic HR

Experience

Tala

Director, People - India

Tala

LinkedIn
2024-8 - 2026-2 · 1 yr 7 mos

# For India, I have had to conceive, build and sustain all the people processes and systems from scratch in line with industry benchmarks and the global roadmap whilst balancing employee needs and business objectives.

Tala

Regional Director, People - India & Philippines

Tala

LinkedIn
2023-8 - 2024-7 · 1 yr

# In addition to India, I provided HR leadership and advisory support for Philippines as well. I also lead 6 members of the people operations, talent acquisition and & business partnering teams for both the regions whilst supporting an overall span of 200 employees.

Tala

Senior Manager, People - India

Tala

LinkedIn
2021-7 - 2023-8 · 2 yrs 2 mos
Tala

People Business Partner - India

Tala

LinkedIn
2021-2 - 2021-6 · 5 mos
Mastek

Head, Business HR, India

Mastek

LinkedIn
2018-4 - 2019-10 · 1 yr 7 mos

Mumbai Area, India

# As the Head – Business HR for all sites in India, I partnered with the Business Leaders to create and implement the people strategy whilst providing HR operational & consulting support. Span - 1400 employees

IDeaS Revenue Solutions

Head - Human Resources

IDeaS Revenue Solutions

LinkedIn
2016-11 - 2017-11 · 1 yr 1 mo

Pune Area, India

# As the Head HR for the India Technology Center, I was responsible for the strategic as well as operational design and application of all aspects of the HR function governing the entire employee life cycle. Span - 250 Employees

Tech Mahindra Business Services

Senior Manager - Human Resources

Tech Mahindra Business Services

LinkedIn
2015-5 - 2016-2 · 10 mos

# As Lead HR Business Partner for multiple Lines of Business, I was responsible for the application and administration of all aspects of HR policies and programs as well as lead enterprise-wide initiatives from conception to implementation. # Led a team of 12 direct reports supporting a span of 2000 employees for the Business Units of Services Care & Tech support for 3 UK as a client.

Tech Mahindra Business Services

Senior Manager - Human Resources

Tech Mahindra Business Services

LinkedIn
2014-1 - 2015-4 · 1 yr 4 mos

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

# Led a team of 5 direct reports supporting a span of 1100 employees for the Business Units of Sales, Collections & Complaints for 3 UK as a client.

Tech Mahindra Business Services

Senior Manager - Human Resources

Tech Mahindra Business Services

LinkedIn
2012-10 - 2013-12 · 1 yr 3 mos

Mumbai Area, India

# Led a team of 2 direct reports supporting a span of 800 employees for the business units of Sales, Tech and Data Support for Vodafone Australia as a client.

Orange Business

HR Business Partner

Orange Business

LinkedIn
2010-8 - 2012-10 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Mumbai

# As the HR site lead for the Mumbai service centre, I was responsible for policy formulation, implementation of site-specific projects for process improvements and provide HR support for greater employee satisfaction. Span - 450 employees.

RBS

HR Delivery Manager

RBS

LinkedIn
2008-11 - 2010-7 · 1 yr 9 mos

Mumbai

# As the HR Business Partner for 2 of the flagship branches in Mumbai, I was responsible for resourcing, attrition management, employee engagement, HR operations and performance management. Span - 200 employees (Retail & Commercial Banking)

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited

Regional HR Manager

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited

LinkedIn
2007-10 - 2008-11 · 1 yr 2 mos

Mumbai

# As the HR partner aligned to Sales & Support functions for the Western Line, Mumbai, I was responsible for Employee Relations, Recruitments, process compliance, operational delivery and need based training interventions. Span: 750 people (Sales and Support functions)

Genpact

Employee Relationship Manager

Genpact

LinkedIn
2006-5 - 2007-8 · 1 yr 4 mos

Hyderabad

# As the ERM aligned to my specific business, my primary ask was employee retention and attrition control (Sub 30% target for 2007) along with compliance to Client CTQs like accuracy, productivity, unscheduled absenteeism. Span: 150 people

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

LinkedIn

Human Resources, Marketing

2004 - 2006 · 2 yrs

Summer placement project on Knowledge Management at Patni Computers (Received a pre-placement offer for the same) Core member of the Media Relations Committee

Satish Polekar's Contact Information

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