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About Pawan Joshi — Global HR Leader & Remote Hiring Strategist

About

People are not resources. They are the competitive edge.

Ten+ years leading recruitment, performance, and compliance across Nepal, the Philippines, Australia, and the United States. One conviction holds it together: the right people, in the right roles, within the right culture, build organizations that outlast every trend.

Why HR

I came into HR because I kept noticing the same thing in every team I worked with — what people achieve has less to do with talent and more to do with whether they feel seen, supported, and set up to do their best work. That's the work I care about: building the quiet systems behind teams that actually trust each other. Less policy, more people.

How I work with founders
01

I work as a partner, not a service desk.

Founders get the most from me when I'm in the leadership conversation — comp, org design, hiring strategy — not when I'm taking notes after the decision is made.

02

Recruiting is a system, not a heroics drill.

I build the scorecards, pipelines, and hiring loops that keep working after I'm gone — so the team isn't dependent on one person to close roles.

03

Operations is what makes culture survive scale.

Onboarding, performance, comp, compliance — the boring layer is where culture either compounds or quietly breaks. I fix the plumbing first, then the strategy holds.

HR isn't a back-office function. It's the quiet architecture behind every team that actually works.
Pawan Joshi — On the craft of HR
Experience

A global career built on real people impact.

From remote talent operations across the US to multi-country HR leadership across Asia-Pacific — a career built on diverse industries, geographies, and organizational challenges.

Jun 2025 — Present · 1 yrKathmandu, Nepal

HR & Operations Manager

Novelty Technology · Full-time

Leading HR and operations strategy — human resource development and strategic HR planning to support organizational growth and operational excellence.

OutcomeStanding up the people operating system for a US–Nepal team scaling its first global hires.

Human Resource DevelopmentStrategic HR PlanningHR OperationsPeople Management
Jul 2024 — May 2025 · 11 mosSydney, Australia

HR & Operations Manager

Get Blys · Hybrid

Spearheaded HR operations across Nepal, the Philippines, and Australia — optimizing recruitment, performance management, and compliance across three distinct regulatory and cultural environments.

OutcomeUnified one HR playbook across 3 countries — single performance cadence, localized compliance, distributed onboarding that scaled.

Human Resources (HR)Multi-Country HRPerformance ManagementComplianceRecruitment
Apr 2022 — May 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mosNew York, US · Remote

Manager — Talent Strategy & Marketing (Global Recruitment)

Takeo.AI · New York · Remote

Led the full recruitment lifecycle from junior through executive across finance, operations, and engineering — sourcing in Nepal, India, the US, and beyond. Designed the talent-marketing engine behind every offer.

OutcomeClosed senior engineering, finance, and exec roles fully remote from NYC across 4 countries — built the inbound pipeline from zero.

Global RecruitingTalent MarketingExecutive RecruitmentNepal · India · USA
Apr 2018 — Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 1 moMinnesota, US · Remote

Talent Acquisition and Development Manager

3D Investment Family · Minnesota · Remote

Recruited across Sales, Marketing, and Engineering in the US, Nepal, and India for a remote-first investment firm. Built talent acquisition and L&D frameworks from scratch.

Outcome0→1 hiring engine for a remote-first firm — the first formal interview loop, scorecards, and L&D ladder the company ran on.

Talent AcquisitionLearning & DevelopmentRemote HiringUS · Nepal · India
Toolkit

Everything I bring to a people problem.

People & Talent
Talent AcquisitionPerformance MgmtL&DEmployee RelationsHR StrategyPayroll & ATS
Operations
Strategic PlanningProcess OptimizationComplianceVendor ManagementBudgeting
Tools
WorkableJiraNotionConfluenceDOMOSlackZapierAI Tools
— Closing plateKathmandu · 27.7°N

People don't leave companies. They leave the way work feels.My job is to make it fair, fast, and honest — at every layer of the org.

Pawan Joshi.

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