Description
Title: Head of Human Resources – Global Innovation Center

We are looking for a Head of HR for our newly established Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Pune, India. You will be responsible for building, scaling, and running the full people strategy for the Jefferies GIC. In this role, you will play an important part in developing the talent, helping create the culture, and be deeply involved in governance, and the people operations framework needed to operate a high performing, innovation-driven global center.

Key Responsibilities

HR Strategy & Organizational Build-Out
- Establish the HR operating model for the GIC, aligned with Jefferies’ global people strategy, and localized for the Pune labor market.
- Partner with the GIC leadership team to align HR priorities with delivery demands.
- Build and lead the end-to-end people lifecycle for the GIC including workforce planning, onboarding, performance management, compensation including benchmarking to local market, and management of employee relations in partnership with employment legal.




- Establish and continuously refine organization structures, role architecture, and capability frameworks that support scaled growth.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership
- Serve as the primary HR business advisor to the GIC Head and global technology leaders.
- Partner closely with global HR leadership including Global Head of HR, Asia Head of HR, Corporate Head of HR and Global Head of Recruiting to ensure the GIC develops as a seamless extension of Jefferies’ global organizational model.
- Represent the GIC HR function in global forums, governance committees, and transformation programs.
- Provide development, training, guidance, and leadership to current GIC HR team members.
- Help identify and successfully hire the GIC HR team.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
- Partner with recruiting leadership and global stakeholders to support the development and execution of a comprehensive hiring strategy. This will includ

📌 Head of Human Resources (Pune)
🏢 Jefferies Financial Group
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