About the Role

This is a strategic yet hands-on HR Business Partner role focused on enabling business performance through people. The role will partner closely with business and functional leaders across areas such as performance, talent, compensation, career progression, employee engagement and organisational effectiveness.

The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of HR experience, with demonstrated experience independently managing the HR agenda for a workforce of approximately 200+ employees.

In addition to strong HR business partnering experience, the candidate should have hands-on experience in designing and implementing HR frameworks and organisation-wide projects across at least 2–3 areas such as Compensation & Benefits, Career Frameworks, Banding & Grading, Performance Management, Talent Management or Organisation Development.

This role is suited to someone who thrives in a lean, high-ownership setting and can combine strategic thinking, stakeholder influence and hands-on execution.

Key Responsibilities

1. HR Business Partnering

- Partner with business leaders and people managers to understand business priorities and translate them into effective people strategies and interventions.
- Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on people, organisational and employee-related matters.
- Provide insights and recommendations on organisational health, talent, performance and engagement.
- Coach managers and leaders on people management, performance, feedback and employee development.
- Proactively identify people-related risks and opportunities and drive appropriate interventions.
- Build strong relationships across the organisation and develop a deep understanding of its people, culture and business priorities.

2. Performance Management

- Own and continuously evolve the organisation's performance management framework.
- Drive goal-setting, performance reviews, calibration and performance improvement processes.
- Partner with managers to strengthen the quality of performance conversations and feedback.
- Support leaders in addressing performance challenges in a fair, structured and consistent manner.
- Identify high performers,



critical talent and performance risks and recommend appropriate interventions.
- Use performance data and insights to identify organisational trends and opportunities.

3. Compensation & Benefits

- Partner with leadership on compensation philosophy, structures and practices.
- Support annual compensation review, promotion and reward cycles.
- Conduct compensation benchmarking and analysis to assess market competitiveness and internal equity.
- Provide insights on compensation positioning, salary structures and movement across levels.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of compensation frameworks and processes.

4. Career Framework & Job Architecture

- Design and implement career frameworks and career paths across functions.
- Develop clear role expectations and progression criteria for different levels.
- Partner with business leaders to establish meaningful career paths and growth opportunities.
- Support the development of banding, grading and job-level structures.
- Ensure alignment between roles, levels, responsibilities, career progression and compensation.
- Drive greater clarity and transparency around career growth within the organisation.

5. Talent & Organisation Development

- Partner with leaders to identify critical talent, high-potential employees and capability gaps.
- Support talent reviews, succession planning and talent development initiatives.
- Develop interventions to strengthen retention and development of critical talent.
- Identify organisational capability-building requirements and partner with relevant stakeholders to address them.
- Support organisation development initiatives focused on organisational effectiveness, leadership capability and collaboration.
- Provide leadership with insights on talent and organisational capability risks.

6. Employee Engagement & Experience





- Drive initiatives that strengthen employee engagement, culture and overall employee experience.
- Analyse employee feedback and engagement data to identify key themes and opportunities for intervention.
- Partner with managers to translate employee feedback into meaningful actions.
- Design and implement targeted initiatives to improve engagement, retention and organisational effectiveness.
- Build effective mechanisms for employee listening and organisational feedback.

7. Projects

- Lead and deliver organisation-wide HR projects from conceptualisation through implementation and measurement of outcomes.
- Projects may include areas in, Compensation & Benefits, Career Frameworks, Banding & Grading / Job Architecture, Performance Management, Talent Management & Succession Planning, Organisation Development, Leadership Development, HR Analytics and People Dashboards

The individual will be expected to independently manage projects, including understanding business requirements, developing the approach, aligning stakeholders, driving implementation and measuring impact.

What We Are Looking For

- 12+ years of HR experience, with significant exposure to HR Business Partnering, preferably within IT Services, Technology or Professional Services.
- Proven experience independently managing the HR agenda for a 200+ employee population and partnering closely with business leaders and senior stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience in designing and implementing HR frameworks/projects across 2–3 areas, such as Compensation & Benefits, Career Frameworks, Banding & Grading, Performance Management, Talent Management or Organisation Development.
- Strong business orientation, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business priorities into effective people interventions.
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, coaching and communication skills.
- Ability to operate independently in a lean, high-ownership environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
- Demonstrated ability to drive change, influence leaders and deliver measurable people outcomes.

📌 Human Resources Manager (Karnataka)
🏢 Bandhan Technologies
📍 Karnataka