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Sourabh Wadhawan

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Head - Compensation & Benefits at PhonePe
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sourabh Wadhawan is the Head of Compensation & Benefits at PhonePe, where he leads the total rewards strategy for over 13,000 employees. He specializes in pre-IPO equity architecture, executive pay, and large-scale incentive design, leveraging his prior experience from EY and Aditya Birla Capital. He holds an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management.

During his early career, Sourabh demonstrated a commitment to workplace inclusion by helping to formulate a womens sponsorship program. This suggests a passion for fostering diverse environments and supporting career development for underrepresented groups in leadership positions, a theme that may carry through to his personal values.

He once successfully revamped sales incentive structures for a 9,000-person workforce, improving their earning potential by 40%.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head - Compensation & Benefits
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Topics Sourabh cares about

Pre-IPO Equity
He designed and executed the entire pre-IPO equity framework for PhonePe, including automating ESOP management for a large employee base.
Salesforce Compensation
Redesigned compensation for a 9,000-member sales team at Aditya Birla, significantly boosting earning potential and career progression pathways.
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Career

Work history

8-2021
Head - Compensation & Benefits
PhonePe
3-2019 - 8-2021
Compensation & HR Analytics
Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
6-2017 - 2-2019
Consultant-People Advisory Services
EY
4-2016 - 5-2016
Human Resources-Global HR Summer Internship Program
Accenture
12-2011 - 5-2015
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
In the press

Media appearances

Revolutionizing HR Practices with Technology & AI – Infeedo Podcast featuring PhonePe. Featured in Infeedo.ai
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Compensation Philosophy at PhonePe. Featured in PhonePe Blog
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Education
2015 - 2017
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
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