HRBP Enablement, Global Tech & Operations @ NIQ

HR · People Analytics · Applied AI

EzhilArasan

HR Transformation · People Analytics · Applied AI

I combine 7+ years of HR domain experience with analytics, automation, and AI-assisted development to turn complex people processes into structured, scalable solutions.

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7+

Years in HR

22K+

Employees analysed

200+

Candidates engaged by TED

~20%

Lower joining drop-off

01 // About

HR transformation, powered by evidence

I work at the intersection of HR transformation, people analytics, applied AI, and workforce intelligence — turning judgment-heavy people processes into decision-ready systems.

At NIQ, I support global HRBP decision-making across a 20,000+ employee environment, covering organisational data, job architecture, performance, succession, workforce movement, and HR data governance.

I have built and operationalised AI-enabled products across sourcing, screening, interview assessment, pre-boarding, employee listening, internal mobility, HR knowledge, and workforce reporting.

  • PG Certificate, Strategic HRM — IIM Tiruchirappalli (2024)
  • MBA, HR & Marketing — Jansons School of Business (2019)
  • B.E., Civil Engineering — Panimalar Engineering College (2016)
  • HR Analytics — IIM Rohtak · Transactional Analysis 101 — ITAA
  • Innovation Award — Intellect (Q4 2023 & Q4 2025)
  • Star Performer — Reliance Jio (Q3 & Q4 2020)

02 // Experience

Where insight became impact

May 2026 — Present

HRBP Enablement, Global Tech & Operations

NielsenIQ (NIQ)

Chennai, India · Global remit

Supporting global HRBP decisions through workforce analytics, organisational data, job architecture, performance, succession, workforce movement, and HR data governance.

  • Support global HRBP decision-making across a 20,000+ employee population
  • Build workforce and organisational analyses across spans and layers, reporting relationships, job levels, job families, and title architecture
  • Conducted workforce-cost and location analysis across 22,000+ employees, segmenting markets by labour-cost profile
  • Investigated HRIS data-integrity issues, including historical terminations attached to active employees and effective-date or reporting-cut-off mismatches
  • Developed reusable dashboards and tracking frameworks across performance, succession, workforce actions, headcount, and organisational movements
  • Partner with geographically distributed Tech & Operations HR stakeholders to reconcile datasets, investigate exceptions, and translate findings into action

Jul 2024 — Apr 2026

AI HR Transformation & People Analytics (COE)

Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Chennai, India

Worked as a hands-on builder in the People Analytics and AI transformation COE, shaping HR problem statements with leaders and operationalising solutions across the talent and employee lifecycle.

Jul 2022 — Jun 2024

Specialist — HR Shared Services & Process Digitization

Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Chennai, India

Built the process-transformation foundation for a move into the AI and People Analytics COE through service analytics, digitisation, and lightweight automation.

Feb 2019 — Jul 2022

HR Business Partner (HRBP)

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd

Madurai, India

Served as HRBP for a regional workforce of approximately 800–1,000 employees across the full employee lifecycle.

03 // Capabilities

Skill modules online

01

HR & Workforce

People Analytics · Workforce Planning · Organisation Effectiveness

02

Workforce Intelligence

Job Architecture · HR Data Governance · Performance & Succession

03

Talent Intelligence

Acquisition Analytics · Internal Mobility · Employee Experience

04

Applied AI

LLM/RAG · Semantic Matching · Sentiment Analysis · Agentic Workflows

05

Automation & Product Building

Workflow Automation · API Integrations · AI-Assisted Development

06

Data & Technology

Advanced Excel · Power Query · Apps Script · Python · HTML/JavaScript

04 // Selected impact

Initiatives that moved the needle

2026 · Enterprise analytics

Workforce Intelligence

22,000+ employees, decision-ready workforce views

Workforce AnalyticsHR Data GovernanceOrganisation Effectiveness

2024–2026 · Employee listening

PUJA

Always-on signals for earlier HR action

Employee ExperienceSentiment AnalysisAgentic Workflows

2024–2026 · Pre-boarding

Project TED

200+ candidates, earlier joining-risk signals

Candidate ExperienceRisk DetectionWorkflow Automation

2024–2026 · Interview intelligence

NeoHire

Candidate fit and interview quality in one view

Interview AnalyticsCandidate AssessmentApplied AI

2024–2026 · AI transformation

Sorting Hat

Semantic matching for high-volume hiring

Generative AISemantic MatchingTalent Acquisition

2024–2026 · Sourcing intelligence

RecruiterMax

From hiring history to sourcing strategy

Sourcing AnalyticsTalent IntelligenceDecision Support

2024–2026 · Internal mobility

Project Cerebro

Search talent by skills and career history

Internal MobilityTalent DiscoveryApplied AI

05 // Contact

Let's turn people data into action

Interested in HR transformation, people analytics, applied AI, or workforce intelligence? I'm always glad to exchange ideas and explore meaningful people challenges.

Chennai, India

Ezhil Arasan MHR Transformation · People Analytics · Applied AI

HRBP Enablement, Global Tech & Operations @ NIQ

I combine 7+ years of HR domain experience with analytics, automation, and AI-assisted development to turn complex people processes into structured, scalable solutions.

About

I work at the intersection of HR transformation, people analytics, applied AI, and workforce intelligence — turning judgment-heavy people processes into decision-ready systems.

At NIQ, I support global HRBP decision-making across a 20,000+ employee environment, covering organisational data, job architecture, performance, succession, workforce movement, and HR data governance.

I have built and operationalised AI-enabled products across sourcing, screening, interview assessment, pre-boarding, employee listening, internal mobility, HR knowledge, and workforce reporting.

Based in Chennai, India.

Experience

HRBP Enablement, Global Tech & OperationsNielsenIQ (NIQ)

May 2026 — Present · Chennai, India · Global remit

Supporting global HRBP decisions through workforce analytics, organisational data, job architecture, performance, succession, workforce movement, and HR data governance.

  • Support global HRBP decision-making across a 20,000+ employee population
  • Build workforce and organisational analyses across spans and layers, reporting relationships, job levels, job families, and title architecture
  • Conducted workforce-cost and location analysis across 22,000+ employees, segmenting markets by labour-cost profile
  • Investigated HRIS data-integrity issues, including historical terminations attached to active employees and effective-date or reporting-cut-off mismatches
  • Developed reusable dashboards and tracking frameworks across performance, succession, workforce actions, headcount, and organisational movements
  • Partner with geographically distributed Tech & Operations HR stakeholders to reconcile datasets, investigate exceptions, and translate findings into action

AI HR Transformation & People Analytics (COE)Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Jul 2024 — Apr 2026 · Chennai, India

Worked as a hands-on builder in the People Analytics and AI transformation COE, shaping HR problem statements with leaders and operationalising solutions across the talent and employee lifecycle.

  • Built PUJA, an AI-enabled employee-listening and early-warning system that reached 150+ verified employees and routed material sentiment changes to HRBPs
  • Built Project TED for 200+ candidates; engagement signals enabled earlier joining-risk detection and were associated with approximately 20% lower offer-to-joining drop-off
  • Developed NeoHire to assess candidate fit and interview quality using resumes, transcripts, job requirements, and Caliper assessments
  • Built Sorting Hat for semantic screening and candidate prioritisation across high-volume applicant pools
  • Built RecruiterMax to turn historical hiring profiles, skills, source companies, and employee performance into repeatable sourcing recommendations
  • Developed Zero-Touch Analytics and workforce-profile reporting covering approximately 6,000 employee records
  • Built Project Cerebro to surface employees by skills and career history for internal mobility and talent discovery
  • Developed an employee-facing RAG/LLM HR knowledge assistant used by approximately 90–100 employees
  • Built salary-market intelligence for technology talent across Chennai, Gurgaon, and Hyderabad
  • Personally developed HR applications with Google Apps Script, APIs, Python, HTML/JavaScript, LLMs, and AI-assisted development

Specialist — HR Shared Services & Process DigitizationIntellect Design Arena Ltd

Jul 2022 — Jun 2024 · Chennai, India

Built the process-transformation foundation for a move into the AI and People Analytics COE through service analytics, digitisation, and lightweight automation.

  • Analysed employee-service ticket patterns and built self-service FAQ and chatbot workflows for repetitive demand
  • Digitised benefits, documentation, and recurring employee-service processes to reduce manual effort and improve consistency
  • Developed practical automation and web-app solutions within the Google Workspace ecosystem

HR Business Partner (HRBP)Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd

Feb 2019 — Jul 2022 · Madurai, India

Served as HRBP for a regional workforce of approximately 800–1,000 employees across the full employee lifecycle.

  • Supported talent acquisition, onboarding, performance, engagement, learning, retention, succession, and exits
  • Analysed exit trends during Jio Fiber expansion and designed a data-backed capability and mentorship intervention with business leaders
  • Redesigned high-volume recruitment processes, contributing to a 17% reduction in time-to-hire
  • Introduced lightweight automation for employee milestone communications and recurring HR workflows before the emergence of generative AI

Selected initiatives

Workforce Intelligence

2026 · Enterprise analytics22,000+ employees, decision-ready workforce views

Built workforce and organisational analysis across job architecture, spans and layers, reporting relationships, location, and labour cost while strengthening HRIS validation and global HRBP reporting.

Focus areas: Workforce Analytics, HR Data Governance, Organisation Effectiveness.

PUJA

2024–2026 · Employee listeningAlways-on signals for earlier HR action

Built an AI-enabled employee-listening and early-warning system that managed conversations, maintained longitudinal happiness signals, re-engaged incomplete interactions, and surfaced material sentiment changes for HRBP review. It reached 150+ verified employees in an initial 600+ employee population.

Focus areas: Employee Experience, Sentiment Analysis, Agentic Workflows.

Project TED

2024–2026 · Pre-boarding200+ candidates, earlier joining-risk signals

Built an AI-enabled pre-boarding engagement and risk-detection workflow used across 200+ candidates. Engagement signals were associated with approximately 20% lower offer-to-joining drop-off; candidates completing three or more interactions showed roughly 80% observed likelihood of joining.

Focus areas: Candidate Experience, Risk Detection, Workflow Automation.

NeoHire

2024–2026 · Interview intelligenceCandidate fit and interview quality in one view

Developed an AI-driven assessment system used across hundreds of candidate evaluations, combining resumes, interview transcripts, job requirements, and Caliper assessments while independently evaluating interview relevance, coverage, and gaps.

Focus areas: Interview Analytics, Candidate Assessment, Applied AI.

Sorting Hat

2024–2026 · AI transformationSemantic matching for high-volume hiring

Built a semantic screening and candidate-prioritisation solution that bulk-processed applicant pools, ranked candidates against job requirements, and provided deeper technical-stack matching for large hiring drives and inbound volumes.

Focus areas: Generative AI, Semantic Matching, Talent Acquisition.

RecruiterMax

2024–2026 · Sourcing intelligenceFrom hiring history to sourcing strategy

Linked historical hiring profiles, skills, source companies, and subsequent employee performance to recommend target employers, keyword combinations, and Boolean searches for recurring and backfill roles.

Focus areas: Sourcing Analytics, Talent Intelligence, Decision Support.

Project Cerebro

2024–2026 · Internal mobilitySearch talent by skills and career history

Built an internal talent-search solution to surface employees by skills and career history, supporting internal mobility, opportunity discovery, and talent identification across the organisation.

Focus areas: Internal Mobility, Talent Discovery, Applied AI.

Skills

Education & Credentials

Contact

Email: ezhilarasan1618@gmail.com

Location: Chennai, India

Phone: +91 8098833777

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