Sareen Vadlamani

Global Compensation - Rippling | OLA | Airtel

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Global Compensation and Total Rewards expert with 10+ years of experience in high-growth tech and telecom companies. Currently Senior Manager, Global Compensation at Rippling, specializing in designing and implementing comprehensive compensation strategies, equity design and product strategy for Performance and Compensation module. Experience spans diverse geographies including the US, LATAM, India, and Africa, leading critical initiatives such as IPO due diligence, equity modeling for fundraising, and HR technology implementation. Advises C-suite executives on compensation strategy, driving pay-for-performance and aligning rewards with business objectives. Proficient in financial modeling, data analytics, equity design and compensation planning and delivery. At Rippling I'm responsible for Compensation Strategy, Business Partnering, and Product Strategy of comp products. Contributed to building Rippling's first compensation planning app.

Experience

  • Director Compensation at Rippling
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Total rewards at Zscaler
    Sep 2024 - Feb 2025 · 6 mos

  • Senior Manager Compensation at Rippling
    Aug 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    We free smart people to work on hard problems. At Rippling, We’re on a mission to eliminate the administrative work of running a company. We believe that people should focus on the hard stuff—the things that only people can do—and that software should manage the rest. I lead all aspects of compensation for employees across North America, India, EMEA, Australia and LATAM. Most interesting part of my role is to partner with Product team as cross functional SME to develop compensation software used for headcount planning, recruiting and comp planning. https://www.rippling.com/headcount-planning

  • Associate Director, Head of Compensation at Ola
    Apr 2022 - Aug 2022 · 5 mos

    At Ola, I head Compensation supporting multiple businesses of Ola (mobility, electric, quick commerce, financial services) including international assignees at UK, NL, Aus with all things related to Compensation : Reviews, Bonus and ESOP programs, salary benchmarking for new businesses, leadership offers and executive compensation.

  • Airtel Africa ()
    • Head Total Rewards & People Analytics
      Apr 2019 - Mar 2022 · 3 yrs

    • Senior Manager- Total Rewards & People Analytics
      Apr 2016 - Mar 2019 · 3 yrs

    • Management Trainee
      Jun 2015 - Mar 2016 · 10 mos