Nikki Hand, MS, PHR

Commander
DISC Type : D

Sr Director, People Business Partners, Global GTM at Dataiku

Greater Philadelphia, United States

Overview

Nikki Hand is a business-focused People and Culture Leader at Dataiku, specializing in shaping organizations through strategic people agendas. With an M. S. from Villanova University and a PHR certification, she has extensive experience in high-growth, M&A, and private equity environments. Colleagues describe her as energetic, approachable, and having high integrity.

Her experience includes leading the HR M&A integration for 11 acquisitions at Axia Womens Health and navigating a landmark merger at IQVIA that grew the company from 4, 000 to over 80, 000 employees.

Personality Overview

Impact-Driven

Very Quick

Risk-Taker

More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.  They are not always relationship oriented. They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.

Topics They Care About

Business Partnership
She views herself as a business partner who leads the people agenda, focusing on understanding the business deeply enough to shape it, not just support it.
Change Management
A self-described "Change Champion, " she has extensive experience leading people strategy through mergers, acquisitions, and hypergrowth environments at multiple companies.
Talent Development
Her background includes designing enterprise-wide programs in performance management, leadership development, and career frameworks to help employees grow.

Media Appearances

Nikki has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2024
Sr Director, People Business Partners, Global GTM at Dataiku
9-2022 - 7-2024
Director, People Business Partners, Global GTM at Dataiku
1-2021 - 9-2022
Director, HR Business Partnership and Talent Management at Axia Women's Health
10-2020 - 1-2021
Director, HR Business Partner - Commercial Solutions at IQVIA
11-2019 - 9-2020
Associate Director, HR Program Management - US & Canada at IQVIA

Education

M.S. from Villanova University
2014 - 2016
Human Capital Development Certificate from Cornell University

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 17 Location : Greater Philadelphia, United States Job Level : Senior Designation : Sr Director, People Business Partners, Global GTM at Dataiku
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Nikki

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nikki is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nikki

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nikki move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Nikki take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Nikki

Personality Compatibility


Other Dataiku Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals at the same organization.

More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.