Kausik Rajgopal is a transformational leader who serves as Executive Vice President, People & Sourcing at PayPal Holdings. He leads the company’s global Human Resources, Procurement, Real Estate, and Payments Markets & Partnerships teams. Drawing on 20+ years of experience, Kausik brings a unique blend of senior leadership expertise in human resources, technology, payments and financial services to this role.
The HR team is responsible for global workforce planning, talent acquisition and evaluation, compensation, benefits, payroll, learning and development and as well as culture, diversity, and inclusion initiatives. The Procurement team stewards global supplier relationships and manages spend across all categories, ranging from technology to marketing. The Real Estate team helps shape PayPal’s approach to the future of work including optimization of footprints and formats to support an inclusive culture and flexible work models. He also oversees the Payments Market & Partnerships teams, which is responsible for developing and deepening the company’s global strategic partnerships across the Payments and Banking sectors. He serves as the co-executive chair of Unity, the company’s community of women and allies working together to empower women at PayPal.
Prior to joining PayPal, Rajgopal served as a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company, leading the development of high-performing HR, Procurement and other functions for global companies across industries and sectors. Most recently, he was the firm’s co-Managing Partner for the United States office, where he was responsible for client service across all industry sectors as well as people priorities and initiatives. He also served as Managing Partner for the US Western Region, San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.
While at McKinsey, Rajgopal co-founded the Digital Payments practice, led the Payments & Fintech practice, and served Financial Services, Technology and Private Equity clients around the world. He led engagements and counseled clients on strategy, operations, organization, sales and marketing, M&A, cost optimization, and risk management topics. He also published and spoke extensively on themes across Payments, Fintech, Change Management, and Leadership.
Rajgopal began his career with McKinsey & Company in 1997 as a Business Analyst in San Francisco, and also worked in the Australia and South-east Asia offices. He serves as Chair of the board and executive committee of the Bay Area Council, and as Vice Chair of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. Rajgopal has been actively involved in industry conferences and roundtables on Financial Services, Payments and Fintech, speaking at conferences including Money 20/20 and participating in panels and roundtables with the CFPB and Federal Reserve. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and holds undergraduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Political Science, as well as an MBA from Stanford University.