Human Resources Officer

Pooja Talreja is a human resources executive who builds scalable HR infrastructure from the ground up while partnering with leadership to drive aggressive business growth. As Head of Human Resources at Ironclad Environmental Solutions, she established the complete people function post-carve-out from WillScot MobileMini, enabling the private equity-backed company to achieve extraordinary growth across its specialty equipment rental operations.

Human Resources Officer

Pooja Talreja is a human resources executive who builds scalable HR infrastructure from the ground up while partnering with leadership to drive aggressive business growth. As Head of Human Resources at Ironclad Environmental Solutions, she established the complete people function post-carve-out from WillScot MobileMini, enabling the private equity-backed company to achieve extraordinary growth across its specialty equipment rental operations.

Career Snapshot

Transformational HR Leadership

Built scalable HR functions in high-growth and post-carve-out environments, instilling cultures of operational excellence, engagement, and leadership alignment that enabled organizations to thrive through rapid change.

Global Change & Integration Expertise

Directed enterprise-wide change management initiatives at a Fortune 10 company and across international operations, harmonizing compensation structures, fostering cross-regional collaboration, and strengthening engagement during mergers and acquisitions.

Resilient Partner to the C-Suite

Consistently delivered results through complex transitions — including restructurings, Chapter 11, and executive leadership changes—while guiding C-suite leaders on talent strategies, system implementations, and culture initiatives that improved organizational effectiveness.

Biography

Pooja Talreja is a human resources executive who builds scalable HR infrastructure from the ground up while partnering with leadership to drive aggressive business growth. As Head of Human Resources at Ironclad Environmental Solutions, she established the complete people function post-carve-out from WillScot MobileMini, enabling the private equity-backed company to achieve extraordinary growth across its specialty equipment rental operations.

Pooja specializes in creating HR capabilities where none existed before. After serving as a key member of the divestiture team that successfully pitched to private equity firms, she built Ironclad's entire HR function from scratch in under six months. She established core systems, compliance infrastructure, and a high-performing team supporting over 650 employees across North America. Her partnership with finance and business units enabled 270% EBITDA growth from $27 million to over $100 million while supporting 160% employee growth.

Her resilience through organizational turbulence defines her leadership approach. During her eleven-year tenure at CGG, she navigated mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, Chapter 11 filing, and multiple leadership changes while consistently delivering results. She created the recruiting function for the Americas region and harmonized compensation programs following the Fugro Geoscience acquisition. At ExxonMobil, she guided global procurement through major change initiatives while maintaining operational excellence across multiple regions.

A business-first HR executive who understands private equity value creation, Pooja aligns talent strategy with aggressive growth objectives. She partners with C-suite leadership to solve complex workforce challenges while maintaining the team performance and cultural alignment essential for sustainable growth. Her ability to build from nothing, scale rapidly, and maintain stability through constant change has made her the trusted advisor executives call when navigating transformation.

Pooja holds an MBA from Rice University and completed the Chief Human Resource Officer Program at The Wharton School.