About

Vijayaraghavan P is a successful entrepreneur and a dynamic, results-oriented leader with over 20 years of experience. He currently serves as the Senior Director of Global Workplace Operations and People Experience at Freshworks Inc. (formerly Freshdesk). Vijayaraghavan is a cultivator of key relationships and leverages keen analysis and insights to drive organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. He possesses superior interpersonal skills and is capable of resolving multiple and complex issues in sales, human resources, legal, financial, and operational areas. He is also skilled in motivating staff to peak performance. As the Senior Director of Global Workplace Operations and People Experience at Freshworks, Vijayaraghavan has owned the Administration and Facility management. He has been a key member of defining and executing the Culture at Freshworks. He has managed Travel, Employee Transport, and Global Expansion portfolio including cost, contracts, and budgets. He has owned and managed all Internal events at Freshworks, including All Hands, Annual Day, Partner conference, Hackathon, Sports, and Special events. He has owned and managed the Food & Beverages portfolio for Freshworks Chennai Facility. He has owned and managed the budget, cash flow for Global Facility expansion at Freshworks. He has owned and managed all employee communications at Freshworks, including email content, video content, and physical content. He has managed and executed diversity programs at Freshworks. He has been the SPOC for all Global Leaders at Freshworks. He is currently managing close to a 20M USD procurement portfolio at Freshworks. He has designed and executed the onboarding kit, annual goodies for all global employees, and managed all global marketing events logistics. He has owned and managed Physical Security, BMS, and Fire Safety portfolio. He has been responsible for vendor management and contracts. Vijayaraghavan has managed to set up the first India development center at Bangalore after Chennai. He has managed and executed global expansions for Freshworks in the US, UK, Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam locations. He has brought efficient technology in place for employee transport to improve transparency, employee safety, and also improve better experience. He has owned and executed Freshworks Annual day for the past 3 years (2000 employees). He has managed and expanded Chennai facility in a short time with a better people experience. He has delivered improved reporting, data for all portfolios to CFO and Finance head for better predictability in cost. He has improved workspace for women and supported special events