About Axis Max Life

Axis Max Life Insurance Limited, formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Ltd., is a joint venture between Max Financial Services Limited (“MFSL”) and Axis Bank Limited.

Axis Max Life Insurance offers comprehensive protection and long-term savings life insurance solutions through its multi-channel distribution, including agency and third-party distribution partners. It has built its operations over two decades through a need-based sales process, a customer-centric approach to engagement and service delivery, and a well-trained human capital.

Axis Max Life has been consistently ranked among the best workplaces by the GPTW Institute, reflecting its commitment to creating a positive and empowering work environment.

#ComeAsYouAre LGBTQIA+ and PwD candidates of all ages are encouraged to apply

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

HR Representation in Zonal Leadership Team

- Positively influence business heads that they are aligned to the people agenda and also ensure people’s strategy dovetails with the business strategy

HR Strategy for Respective Zone

- Conceptualize and deploy HR strategy for North Zone of Core Agency to support Business Plans

- Develop and deploy an effective Manpower Plan

- Ensure quality of hire

- Ensure key Talent Retention

- Conceptualize and deploy Employee Engagement Initiatives

Organizational Design

- Assist North ZOne leadership to determine and deploy the most effective organisational structure addressing business requirements

- Track to Budget vs. actual and contribute to Productivity and Cost effectiveness

Talent Management and Development for all North Zpne employees

- Operationalize OTR (Organization Talent Review) for the Growth & Variable Agency





- Create and execute the succession plan for key roles

- Engage and develop Best bets

- Effective execution of MDR (Management Development Review) framework

- Enable training and development of all employees (TNA, delivery and feedback)

- Promote internal mobility and gender diversity

Build Organization Culture and Reinforce Values

- Institutionalize Organizational Values in employees and processes

- Embed effective implementation of Rewards framework, including customer centricity

- Leverage employee engagement activities to build organization culture

- Ensure unbiased investigation and compliance with the policy and process, and closure of issues reported

Performance & Compensation Management

- Oversee implementation of annual performance appraisal process in order to ensure timely completion of performance management cycle.

- Drive moderation of ratings for North Zone Agency and assist the business heads in making promotion decisions

- Support business in decision making (Fitment) & allocation of compensation quantum for North Zone Agency. Effectively use JE (Job Evaluation) and Market benchmarks

- Deploy and monitor effectiveness of Performance review process and compensation actions

Employee Relations and Communication





- Institutionalize employee relation forums that provide chance to employees to connect and bond with management and peers

- Enable productive organizational climate

- Enable openness and two-way communication between employees and management through communication forums such as town halls, skip level meetings, focused group discussions

- Enable employee engagement by executing action plan emerging from employee surveys

- Handle grievances

- Provide coaching & counseling to build a motivated team; and ensure smooth & cordial relations

HR Policy Deployment & development

- Equip business with appropriate tools & knowledge to effectively manage people, in line with the plans eg Performance Management, Career Management etc

- Identify how existing HR policies / systems & processes can be tailor made to North Zone Agency specific needs

- Ensure alignment with all statutory requirements

- Foster a high-performance culture in the Team through strategic talent development, coaching, and team engagement.

Project Management

- Provide project management support & HR expertise to the business with specific related projects outside of the people plans, identify strategic people issues in partnership with key clients & support them with advice & expertise to resolve these matters. Contribute to the delivery of business area on key performance indicators

Provide Training & Coaching as required

Ensure identification of key developmental gaps & work with MDP team to ensure that the right resolutions is identified & created which is effectively deployed to meet the business needs

State:

Maharashtra

Branch:

Mumbai - ZO

Department:

Human Resources

Function:

Proprietary HR - Agency

Posted On:

26-May-2026

📌 Chief Manager (Proprietary HR - Tied Agency) (Maharashtra)
🏢 AxisMaxlife
📍 Maharashtra