Senior Manager - Human Resources

Role Overview:

This is a highly visible role with significant exposure to local, regional, and global stakeholders. The successful candidate will act as a trusted business partner to senior leadership, helping shape the organisation's people agenda while ensuring strong execution across the employee lifecycle.

This role is ideal for a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys building processes, driving change, improving employee experience, and influencing business outcomes through people initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic HR Partnership:

- Partner with the India leadership team to develop and execute the people strategy aligned to business objectives.

- Translate business priorities into actionable HR initiatives.

- Provide thought leadership and coaching to managers on organisational and people-related matters.

- Act as a trusted advisor on performance, engagement, talent, and organisational effectiveness.

Organisation Development & Transformation:

- Lead key people and organisational transformation initiatives.

- Review and enhance HR policies, frameworks, and practices to support business growth.

- Drive initiatives focused on culture, employee engagement, leadership development, and employee experience.

- Support change management and organisational design projects.

Talent & Capability Development:

- Partner with business leaders to identify current and future talent needs.

- Strengthen talent management, succession planning, and leadership development processes.

- Design and implement learning and development initiatives across the organisation.

- Ensure a strong onboarding and employee integration experience.

Employee Experience & Culture:

- Develop and implement initiatives that foster an inclusive, engaging, and high-performance culture.

- Build strong relationships across all levels of the organisation.

- Act as a champion of company values and employee wellbeing.

HR Governance & Operational Excellence:

- Ensure HR policies and practices remain compliant and aligned with business requirements.

- Drive continuous improvement across HR processes and systems.

- Leverage HR analytics and workforce data to support decision-making.

- Partner with Finance on workforce planning, annual budgeting, and compensation reviews.

Ideal Background:

- 10-12 years of progressive HR experience.

- Prior experience in HR Business Partnering, Strategic HR, People Partnering, HR Management, or Organisation Development roles.

- Experience working within multinational, matrixed, and fast-paced environments.

- Demonstrated success partnering with senior business leaders and driving transformation initiatives.

- Exposure to regional and global stakeholder management is highly preferred.

- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management capabilities.

- Experience leading HR transformation, process improvement, or organisational development initiatives.

- Strong project management and execution skills.

- Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action.

- Good understanding of performance management, talent development, employee engagement, and organisational effectiveness.

- Experience working with HR technology and digital HR tools.