HR Head/Chief People Officer - Financial Services/Wealth & FinTech Platform

About the Opportunity:

Our client is a premier, institutionally backed financial services powerhouse operating at the intersection of Wealth Management, Asset Management, Capital Markets, and Proprietary Financial Technology.

Capitalized and backed by a consortium of Private Equity and Venture Capital funds, the organization is scaling aggressively in India. Combining deep institutional domain expertise with a modern, tech-first digital architecture, the group manages significant assets while building next-generation financial products for UHNI, HNI, institutional, and retail ecosystems.

The Mandate:

This is a flagship, India Head of HR / Chief People Officer mandate.

The incumbent will serve as a core member of the Executive Committee, partnering directly with the Group CEO, Business CEOs and Global PE/VC Operating Partners.

The core challenge and opportunity of this role lies in architecting a unified, high-performance culture across two distinct talent ecosystems:

- High-Touch Financial and Investment Talent: Private Bankers, Wealth Relationship Managers, Portfolio/Fund Managers, Quant Researchers and Institutional Sales Leaders.

- High-Velocity Technology and Product Talent: Software Architects, Quantitative Engineers, Data Scientists, AI/ML Specialists and Digital Product Managers.

Key Responsibilities:

- Partner directly with the Founders, Group CEO, and global PE/VC Board Directors to translate multi-year business and AUM growth targets into a robust human capital operating plan.

- Anchor the Nomination and Remuneration Committee agenda driving corporate governance, executive compensation benchmarking and organizational audit readiness.

- Lead human capital due diligence, leadership assessment and post-merger cultural integration for domestic bolt-on acquisitions and new business lines.

- Design and govern sophisticated, differentiated Total Rewards frameworks for Wealth and Asset Management and for Technology and Corporate verticals.

- Proactively mitigate ring-fencing and attrition risks among high-performing client-facing bankers and core tech builders.

- Oversee an agile, metric-driven Talent Acquisition engine capable of executing high-stakes leadership hiring.

- Position the firm as an employer of choice across both Tier-1 financial institutions and premier technology organizations.

- Drive continuous organizational design to support multi-product cross-selling, digital wealth transformation and agile product delivery.

- Institutionalize rigorous performance management systems, talent reviews and succession pipelines for critical revenue-generating and regulatory-designated roles.

- Champion leadership development, executive coaching and capability building to transition high-potential vertical leaders into enterprise general managers.

- Modernize the HR Tech stack using data analytics and AI-driven people telemetry to track productivity.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- 15 to 22+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with a full-time postgraduate qualification in HR.

- Must bring deeply rooted experience in Financial Services combined with exposure to scaling Technology / Digital Product / FinTech teams.

- Demonstrated track record of operating in a high-growth, financial services conglomerate with direct accountability.

- A business-first HR leader who understands P&L drivers, productivity ratios and regulatory nuances capable of commanding credibility with seasoned Group CEO and PE/VC Leadership.