With over a decade of experience across infrastructure, airport operations, and shared services industries, Kiruthiga Prabakaran has led initiatives to scale organizational design, culture, and talent strategy across regions and time zones. She specializes in translating business goals into people practices that create measurable impact in workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance and rewards, leadership development, and change management.

She uses modern HR technologies to provide actionable insights into workforce capabilities and strategy, helping align people decisions with business objectives. Her experience includes building resilient teams through disciplined pipelines, structured assessments, and innovative hiring approaches. She has also designed and implemented performance models that emphasize accountability, fairness, and continuous improvement.

Kiruthiga equips leadership with actionable dashboards highlighting key workforce metrics, such as time-to-hire, succession coverage, engagement, and learning momentum, to support timely, data-driven decisions. She is passionate about fostering people-first practices that streamline processes, strengthen culture, and drive sustainable business success.

Outside of work, she is an avid travel planner and amateur photographer. A delayed flight once inspired her “Day-Zero readiness” checklist, now a staple of her onboarding playbook, reflecting her belief that solving small frictions early creates outsized outcomes for teams.

She leads with clarity and precision, shaping culture, empowering people, and driving lasting business value.