Fearless Career Moves with Richa Bansal
Fearless Career Moves is a practical, workshop-style podcast for ambitious women who want to redefine success on their own terms. Host Richa Bansal, a career coach and immigrant mom, draws on her own corporate experience at Schlumberger and Amazon to address common challenges like imposter syndrome, standing out in a competitive job market, balancing career and family, and making career changes. The show features expert interviews and battle-tested strategies to help listeners advance into leadership, earn their worth, or pivot to new paths. Each episode offers actionable advice for women navigating corporate North America.
Episodes
The New Job Market Playbook for Women: 4 Advantages That Landed 54 High-Paying Offers
Is the job market really broken, or have the rules just changed? In this episode, Richa Bansal makes the case that 2026 is not a temporary slump but a permanent structural shift driven by AI, and that the women who stop waiting for the old market to return are the ones landing offers right now. Her team has closed 54 offers this year, averaging $297,000 in compensation and under four months to off
From a 7-Year Career Break to Tech Founder: How Women Can Find Their Next Career Pivot
What does it actually take to build a company from zero to one, especially after leaving one of the biggest tech companies in the world, twice? In this episode, Richa Bansal talks with Suchi Mohan, a technologist and former Microsoft leader who took a seven year career break to raise her kids, went back to tech, and eventually left again to found Learn the Ropes AI. Suchi walks through her entire
Job Offer Negotiation for Women: 3 Strategies That Added $200K to a Client's Offer
Most clients come to Richa Bansal with the same question when an offer lands: should I negotiate? In this episode, she explains why the answer is almost always yes, and why the mindset you bring into that conversation matters more than any script. Richa, founder and CEO of Pink Careers, opens with two real client wins, a $1.4 million offer that grew by $200,000 in August, and a $174,000 offer that
The Three Interview Engines Applications, Referrals, and Inbound
Job seekers keep asking what they are doing wrong this year. Richa Bansal's answer is that the market itself changed in 2026, and her own numbers back it up: over 5,000 applications tracked, and only 3% of those roles remote. This episode is adapted from a live training Richa led inside The Fearless Hire, her coaching program for women in tech navigating today's job market. We are sharing it here
How High-Achieving Women Can Redefine Success, Avoid Burnout, and Build Their Second Act with Colleen Pimentel
High-achieving women can earn the title, build the career, and still wake up wondering why success no longer feels fulfilling. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal sits down with Colleen Pimentel to talk about redefining success, career burnout, second acts, and what it means to live and work with more intention. Colleen shares her journey through 30 years in big tech, 10 reinve
Women in Tech: How to Build Technical Expertise, Influence & Leadership in the Age of AI with Rachel Wu
For women trying to break into AI, real credibility does not come from reading every newsletter or sounding technical overnight. It comes from building, experimenting, sharing your work, and learning how to trust your own career instincts. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal sits down with Rachel Wu to talk about building a career in AI, moving into more technical roles, and mak
How Women Can Build a Personal Brand That Opens Career Doors with Divyaa Ravishankar
A personal brand is not vanity. It is how people remember a woman when she is not in the room. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal sits down with Divyaa Ravishankar, a strategy and growth professional with global experience across healthcare, life sciences, and in vitro diagnostics, to talk about building a personal brand on LinkedIn without shrinking into one box. Together, the
Stop Waiting for Permission: How Women Can Speak Up & Advocate for Themselves with Dr. Jean Latting
Confidence is not something women can simply command into place. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal sits down with Dr. Jean Kantambu Latting, organizational consultant, leadership coach, Professor Emerita, and President of Leading Consciously, to talk about what it really takes for women to speak up, hold their ground, and put themselves first. Together, they unpack why the adv
Every Role Is a First Time: Rebuilding Career Confidence After a Layoff with Rathi Gnanasekaran
Fearless is not built by waiting until every step feels safe. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal sits down with Rathi Gnanasekaran, a senior technical program manager, startup operator, entrepreneur, and former Fearless Hire client, to talk about reinvention, immigrant resilience, career confidence, and learning to take the next step before every answer is clear. Rathi shares h
How to Build Executive Presence in High-Stakes Conversations
Executive presence is not just how someone sounds in the room. It starts with whether they have given themselves permission to be there. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal sits down with Colin Boyd, communication and business coach, author of One Presentation Away, and host of The Expert Edge Podcast, for a practical conversation on executive presence, storytelling, and taking
How to Ace Your Next Job Interview Using the SOARR Storytelling Framework
The strongest interview answers do not just explain what happened. They show why the problem mattered and why the candidate was the leader who could solve it. In this solo episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal breaks down her SOARR storytelling framework for answering behavioral interview questions, especially for women targeting senior IC, manager, staff, director, VP, and other leadersh
Motherhood Is Not A Step Down: Owning Your Ambition After Becoming A Mom with Nikita Kawdiya
Motherhood should not be treated as a reason for ambitious women to shrink. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal sits down with Nikita Kawdiya, a product leader and former Fearless Hire client, to talk about ambition after motherhood, self-promotion, leadership language, support systems, and getting comfortable talking about the business impact behind your work. Nikita shares wha
Why High-Performing Women Still Get Overlooked For Promotion
High-performing women are often told they are doing great, but doing great is not always what gets them promoted. In this solo episode of Fearless Career Moves, Richa Bansal breaks down why ambitious women in tech can have the experience, education, expertise, and strong performance reviews, and still get overlooked for promotion. She explains why hard work often leads to more work instead of more
How Product Managers Can Stay Relevant in the AI Era with Aakash Gupta
AI is changing product management fast, but not every PM needs to panic, pivot, or chase the same role. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, I sit down with Aakash Gupta, also known as the AIPM guy, to talk about what product managers actually need to do to stay relevant as AI changes the role. Aakash is a product and growth leader who has led teams at thredUP, Affirm, and Apollo.io, and he n
Redefining "Having It All": Career, Motherhood & Raising a Neurodivergent Child with Anjali Goyal
Some of the most ambitious women carry the heaviest invisible loads, and the world keeps telling them the answer is to want less. In this episode of Fearless Career Moves, I sit down with my longtime friend Anjali Goyal, Amazon leader, former startup operator, and mother of two, to talk about what it actually takes to build a thriving career across four countries while raising a son on the autism
The Path to Leadership Starts with Courage, Not a Job Title w/ Itishree Swain
In this heartfelt and unflinchingly honest conversation, Fearless Career Moves host Richa Bansal sits down with Itishree Swain—a marketing executive, first-gen immigrant, and mother—to explore what it truly means to build a resilient, values-aligned career in today's fast-paced world. Together, they unpack the realities that ambitious professionals rarely talk about: the unspoken hustle culture am
Overcoming self-doubt and cultural expectations to build a career you love w/ Harpreet Kaur
In this candid and thought-provoking conversation, Richa Bansal sits down with Harpreet Kaur, a first-generation product leader at Microsoft, to unpack the layered experience of navigating imposter syndrome as a woman of color in tech. Richa dives deep into the internal struggles high-achieving women often face—especially in male-dominated environments—and guides the conversation toward actionable
How Women in Energy Can Build Purpose-Driven Careers w/ Yogashri Pradhan
In this episode of the Fearless Moves Career podcast, host Richa Bansal interviews Yogashri Pradhan, an award-winning engineer in the oil and gas industry. They discuss Yogashri's career journey, her motivations for staying in the energy sector, the importance of self-advocacy, and how to build a personal brand on LinkedIn. The conversation also touches on overcoming imposter syndrome and defining
Empowering the Next Generation in Cybersecurity w/ Arthi Vasudevan
In this episode of the Fearless Career Moves Podcast, Richa Bansal interviews Arthi Vasudevan, a technology leader with over 16 years of experience in cybersecurity and product management. Arthi shares her journey from engineering to cybersecurity, her experiences in male-dominated industries, and the importance of vulnerability in leadership. She discusses her passion for educating children about
Women Can Have It All: A New Perspective for Ambitious Women w/ Dr. Priya Iyer
In the inaugural episode of the Fearless Career Moves podcast, host Richa Bansal engages in a deep conversation with Dr. Priya Iyer about the multifaceted concept of 'having it all' for women. They explore the importance of defining personal success, the necessity of support systems, and the challenges of balancing career ambitions with family life. Priya shares her journey from the oil and gas in
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