Satyadeep Mishra named Chief Human Resources Officer at OYO

Satyadeep Mishra has been named chief human resources officer for OYO's technology, product, shared services, and international markets teams. OYO is a hospitality technology platform that is scheduled to go public soon.

Satyadeep will be in charge of all elements of people operations for OYO's product, engineering, and shared services teams. He will also be in charge of teams that serve OYO's overseas markets, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Latin America, and others, according to the business.

"With OYO's continued focus on launching new features for its technology products for hotels and homes (Co-OYO App) and customers (OYO App) in 2022, Satya's appointment comes at a time as the company scales its data science, design, engineering and product teams," it added.

Satyadeep joins OYO from Jio, bringing over 20 years of experience in co-creation and implementation of people strategy, as well as a track record of end-to-end HR programmes and service delivery management aligned with key business targets, according to the release.

He formerly served as the HR Leader for Jio Platforms Limited and has been involved in the expansion of Jio's core telecom and digital platform activities in retail tech, health tech, media tech, fintech, and other sectors for the past six years, according to the company.

He had worked for Microsoft, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Barclays Bank, and the Natwest Group before joining Jio (erstwhile RBS).

Ritesh Agarwal, founder and Group CEO of OYO, commented on the hiring, saying, "I am excited to welcome Satyadeep to OYO's management team. I am looking forward to partnering with him in further building and scaling our teams."

OYO stated in October 2021 that it will hire approximately 300 technological specialists in the coming months, ranging from entry-level to senior leadership jobs, including software development, engineering, and product managers, designers, and data scientists.