Sahana Shetty Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru

As Senior Vice President – Talent & Culture for the Technology Division at ANZ, I play a pivotal role in enabling the organization’s digital transformation journey, working closely with the tech leadership team to align people strategies with business priorities. My focus is on building a future-ready workforce that drives innovation, agility, and sustainable success.Areas of Focus and Impact: • Strategic Workforce Planning: Designing and implementing workforce strategies to meet evolving business demands. • Leadership Capability Development: Building strong leadership pipelines through targeted capability-building initiatives and succession planning for critical roles. • Compensation & Rewards Strategies: Aligning compensation frameworks to attract and retain top talent in the technology space. • Employee Value Proposition (EVP): Strengthening ANZ’s EVP to position the organization as an employer of choice in the tech industry. • Diversity & Inclusion (D&I): Championing inclusive practices to foster a diverse and empowered workforce. • Change Management: Leading large-scale HR transformation projects, ensuring seamless adoption of new processes and technologies. • HR Advisory & Strategic Partnership: Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing insights and solutions to enhance organizational performance and employee engagement.Through close collaboration with the CTO and other senior stakeholders, I aim to integrate cutting-edge HR practices with technology and innovation, positioning ANZ as a leader in the digital era.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Lead the HR function for various lines of business in a matrix environment• Lead culture, risk, and D&I agenda for the organization• Partner with Global HR Leaders to develop and execute the HR strategies that foster the growth mindset• Assess human capital needs and designed & deployed interventions on talent management, Sucessing planning, performance & career management, and leadership development• Design and drive key compensation & benefits strategy and manage the year-end planning process,• Serve as a strategic advisor on all organization restructuring/ rebalancing, workforce planning, and ER management• Risk sensitization and legal and compliance adherenceAccomplishments:• Conceptualized and designed Career Framework for 6000+ people organization and deployed across other regions.• Led a CAO office assignment on Organization re-designs for location strategy and efficiencies.• Part of the core team for blue-sky thinking of the future stage of the HR transformation journey• Led/ Partnered several change management projects for efficiencies and optimization (Automation Project, One HR Agenda, Ownership & Accountability, Risk & Control HR Framework. Functional vs Divisional efficiencies) • Led and successfully deployed Talent Assessment, Succession Planning and Leadership Development Agenda across Global Service Centers.• Designed and Deployed organizational effectiveness programs for higher Employee Engagement and Retention• Championed the Culture and Conduct agenda for the business.• Led D&I initiatives to strengthen the leadership pipeline

Bengaluru Area, India

• Joined JPMC leadership team in June 2012 as Assistant Vice President – HR to support corporate functions for Bangalore location• Promoted to Vice President – HR in Jan’16 to support a team of 2000+ people organization and was designated as the Location Leader for the BU

Bangalore

Achievements:• Talent Assignment in Manila, Philippines for HR Process re-engineering• 100 club Winner – Recipient of this prestigious award at HSBC for service excellence, cost saving or corporate sustainability. This is given to top 100 employees of HSBC Global Resourcing Centers across Asia which has approx. head count of 35,000 people • Led the complex restructuring and re-balancing Project• Redeployment project – (Sales/Acquisition of Business) Key responsibilities as HR Business Partner Leader:• Talent Management & Engagement - Partnered with the business and led the exercise of identification, development, retention of high potential candidates across different bands, roles and businesses. Designed and implemented various talent management and engagement projects/ interventions to ensure the succession planning & leadership pipeline management. Partnering with the business and HR Leaders to build people solutions in annual business planning exercise for multiple businesses. • HR Planning - Capacity utilization and resource planning including hiring & resource re-balancing, Build and execute capability development plan for different employee segments (senior management, top contributors, leadership pipeline) • Partnership with Business Leaders: Key stakeholder management & coaching business leaders in people management strategies. Link talent strategy with rewards, retention and L&OD strategies. Driving change, setting expectation and assisting in implementing existing/renewed HR initiatives/policies. • Partner with the business, design and implement Performance & Total Rewards programs to promote high performing culture. • Led the design & deployment of new BU/location level rewards & recognition programs as well as the deployment of the standard global programs. • Led Disciplinary and Employee Relation Issues at the location level• Championed various learning & organizational development engagements for the organization

Bengaluru Area, India

Bengaluru Area, India

Management Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resource

Bbm, Finance