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Smitha Subhas

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Director – HR Business Partner, APAC & EMEA Tech at Uber
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Smitha Subhas is the Director and HR Business Partner for APAC & EMEA Tech at Uber, with 18 years of leadership experience in global companies like Cisco. She specializes in driving large-scale change and implementing robust talent strategies. Colleagues describe her as sincere, dedicated, and having high HR acumen.

She is passionate about contributing to the broader HR community by "paying it forward. " Smitha dedicates her time to mentoring emerging HR leaders, sharing her professional experiences and insights to help groom the next generation of talent.

Unique fact: Smitha is a frequent speaker at major industry events, sharing her expertise on panels at the ETHRWorld CHRO Conclave and People Matters TechHR.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director – HR Business Partner, APAC & EMEA Tech
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Recognition & Culture
Recently spoke on a panel about leveraging recognition to drive cultural alignment and reinforce company values at a major HR conference.
Talent in GenAI
Shared insights on a panel about accelerating productive, people-first enterprises in the age of Generative AI, focusing on Uber's people practices.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Director – HR Business Partner, APAC & EMEA Tech
Uber
10-2021 - 9-2025
Head HR - Technology India
Uber
7-2020 - 9-2021
Chief of Staff to Vice President APJC People & Communities
Cisco
2-2018 - 6-2020
People Consultant- APJC Customer Experience Centres and Customer Experience India
Cisco
4-2014 - 1-2018
Human Resources Manager
Cisco
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Education
2005 - 2007
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Manipal Institute of Technology
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