Associate Director/Director - HR Business Partner

Role Overview:

We're looking for a strategic HRBP who can partner closely with business leaders to drive people outcomes - from org design and talent development to employee experience and culture. You'll be a trusted advisor to your business group while rolling up your sleeves to execute.

What You'll Do:

- Partner with business leaders (Tech, Product, or Business teams) as a strategic advisor on all people matters.

- Drive workforce planning, org design, and headcount management in collaboration with Talent Acquisition.

- Lead performance management cycles - goal-setting, mid-year reviews, calibrations, and PIPs.

- Identify capability gaps and work with L&D to design targeted interventions.

- Handle employee relations, grievance resolution, and complex HR investigations with empathy and discretion.

- Use HR data and dashboards to identify trends (attrition, engagement, headcount) and proactively surface risks.

- Champion culture, DEI, and employee engagement initiatives specific to your business unit.

- Collaborate with COEs (Rewards, L&D, Talent Management TA, HR Ops) to deliver seamless people experiences.

- Support organizational change management during restructuring, mergers, or rapid scale.

What We're Looking For:

- 11 - 18 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 11 years in a Business Partner role.

- Experience at a high-growth tech/e-commerce/startup environments or travel-tech company.

- Strong stakeholder management - ability to influence without authority at senior levels.

- Hands-on with HR analytics; comfortable building and interpreting dashboards.

- Excellent communication, conflict resolution skills.

- MBA/PGDM in HR from a reputed institute preferred.