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Swati Raghunandan

Go-getter · DISC type d
Associate Director People Business Partner at Optum
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Swati is an HR Leader at UnitedHealthcare Tech, specializing in business partnering, leadership effectiveness, and fostering high-performance cultures. An XLRI graduate and certified ACC coach, she previously drove significant diversity and inclusion initiatives at Microsoft. Colleagues describe her as passionate, calm, composed, and a smart go-getter.

Outside of her professional life, Swati is a reflective individual interested in financial psychology, personal growth, and timeless human values like compassion. She enjoys reading and applying lessons from books and articles on wisdom and well-being to her own life, indicating a focus on continuous self-improvement.

She received the IMEA Diversity & Inclusion Individual Award for her significant impact in hiring and onboarding.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Associate Director People Business Partner
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Swati shows up

Decisive
Self-Confident
Fast-Paced

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Priorities

Topics Swati cares about

Diversity & Inclusion
She led D&I hiring plans and won an individual award for her impact in this area while at Microsoft.
Leadership Development
She is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and participated in "The Challengers' Circle Leadership Development Program, " focusing on manager effectiveness.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Associate Director People Business Partner
Optum
9-2022 - 7-2025
Senior HR Manager
Microsoft
5-2018 - 9-2022
HR Manager
Microsoft
3-2016 - 4-2018
Diversity and Inclusion and Recruiting lead
Microsoft
4-2015 - 3-2016
Diversity & Inclusion Champion and Recruiter Lead Services India
Microsoft
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Media appearances

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Education
2009 - 2011
PMIR/HR
XLRI Jamshedpur
2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Engineering
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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