Executive Assistant

Executive Assistance – CHRO Office

Department: Human Resources

Location: Pune

About the Role

Role Purpose

The role will serve as a strategic, analytical and execution partner to the CHRO, enabling data-driven decision-making and effective delivery of key HR and organizational priorities.

The role will work closely with HR leadership, Business HR, functional leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to translate data into insights, insights into action, and strategic priorities into measurable outcomes.

The position will have significant exposure to HR analytics, leadership reviews, strategic projects, business planning, process transformation and executive-level communication.

Responsibilities

• HR Analytics & Business Insights
• Develop and deliver executive dashboards, MIS and management reports to enable informed leadership decision-making.
• Analyze HR and business data to identify trends, patterns, opportunities, gaps and emerging areas of intervention.
• Translate complex data into clear, concise and actionable management insights.
• Develop analytical models, scenarios and data-driven perspectives to support strategic HR decisions.
• Support data visualization and reporting automation using tools such as Advanced Excel, Power BI, BusinessObjects or other relevant platforms.
• Leverage emerging AI-enabled tools and technologies to enhance HR analytics, reporting and decision-making.
• Strategic Project Management
• Drive and orchestrate CHRO-led strategic HR initiatives and organization-wide projects from conceptualization through implementation.
• Develop structured project charters, roadmaps, milestones, governance mechanisms, trackers and success measures.
• Monitor project progress and identify risks, dependencies, bottlenecks and deviations, driving timely resolution.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless execution of strategic initiatives.
• Prepare project review decks, executive summaries, action trackers and progress reports for leadership forums.
• Establish appropriate governance and review mechanisms to ensure accountability, visibility and timely delivery.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management
• Partner with HR Business Partners and functional teams to consolidate, validate and synthesize information for leadership reviews.
• Prepare high-impact executive presentations, leadership decks and communication material for senior management forums.
• Track key decisions, commitments and actions emerging from leadership reviews and ensure timely closure and visibility.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders across functions and business units to drive alignment and execution.
• Serve as a central coordination and execution interface for select CHRO priorities.

Qualifications

• Qualification
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Technology / Management.
• Candidates with a strong technical, analytical and business orientation will be preferred.
• MBA/PGDM in HR, Business Analytics, Strategy, Operations or a related discipline will be an advantage.

Experience

• 4–10 years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
• HR Analytics
• Strategic HR / HR Projects
• Business Analytics
• Program / Project Management
• Management Consulting
• Business Excellence
• Strategy / Transformation
• HR Digitalisation / HR Technology
• Data Analytics / Business Intelligence

Required Skills

• Technical & Digital Skills
• Strong proficiency in Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Power BI, BusinessObjects or other BI / visualization tools.
• Strong understanding of data analysis, visualization and dashboarding.
• Working knowledge of AI tools and emerging AI applications for analytics, automation and productivity.
• Ability to work with HRMS / enterprise systems and extract meaningful insights from business data.

Preferred Skills

• Key Competencies
• Strategic and analytical thinking
• Sense of urgency
• Result oriented
• Bias for action
• Strong problem-solving and structured thinking
• Data interpretation and business acumen
• Project / program management
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration
• High execution orientation and follow-through
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong attention to detail
• High level of ownership, maturity and confidentiality
• Ability to work independently and effectively with senior stakeholders