About You and this Role

As the HR Manager for India and the Middle East, this role serves as the regional subject-matter expert responsible for guiding, advising, and influencing business leaders across both regions. Reporting directly to the Director, People, this position ensures an aligned HR plan that balances global priorities with local market realities.

Working in a matrix structure, you will serve as the regional HR anchor, providing deep market expertise across workforce planning, total rewards, and talent management. You will work in close partnership with local leadership as well as global Centers of Excellence (COEs)including People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Development, to translate global strategies into seamless regional execution. This role balances strategic advisory work with a hands-on approach to HR operational delivery within our 5 day on-site office model in Bangalore. This role has a high level of autonomy in operating in conjunction with the other leaders in India to set strategy and make policy as needed to support the business.





Key Objectives

Regional HR Leadership, Strategy & Coordination
- Serve as the regional subject matter expert to advise, influence, and guide leadership on workforce planning, headcount modeling, organizational design, and team structures across India and the Middle East.
- Lead and support a continuous change agenda advising on decisions to drive employee success.
- Ensure that HR issues are given full consideration in all decision-making.
- Create and maintain a structured, high-touch onboarding experience for all regional recent hires.
- Partner closely with global COE’s including People Services, People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition and Talent Development to align regional talent plans with global functional strategies.
- Lead local employee engagement initiatives and advocate for Liferay’s core values, and vision.
- Provide advice, information, and support to local leadership, act

📌 Hr Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 liferay
📍 Bengaluru