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

: Key Responsibilities

HR Representation in Leadership Team

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

HR Strategy for Respective Channel

- Conceptualize and deploy HR strategy for Channel 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 Channel 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 Channel employees

- Operationalize OTR (Organization Talent Review) for the Channel

- 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 Channel and assist the business heads in making promotion decisions

- Support business in decision making (Fitment) & allocation of compensation quantum for Channel. 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 opportunity 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 channel specific needs

- Ensure alignment with all statutory requirements

Project Management

- Plan, execute, and monitor key HR projects such as system implementations, policy rollouts, and channel changes.

- Ensure that all HR project portfolios are aligned with broader business and HR strategic goals.

- Monitor key metrics and milestones including attrition, Opex budgets, timelines, and project deliverables.

- Work closely with Business Planning & Strategy, HR COEs, and other stakeholders to drive HR transformation initiatives.

- Establish governance frameworks, maintain project documentation, and provide timely updates and dashboards to senior leadership

Key skills required

- Analytical & process orientation

- Strong presentation & articulation

- Ability to influence and align

- Ability to think creatively

- Networked externally

- Managing intersections and balancing multiple priorities

- Robust business understanding

- Team Player

Desired Qualifications

- Master of Business Administration or Equivalent Degree with 20 years of experience in relevant field

- Exposure to retail / banca sales Human Resources workplace within BFSI preferred

State: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Branch: Gurugram -90C

Department: Human Resources

Function: Human Resources - Axis

Posted On: 10-Sep-2026

📌 Vice President - Axis HR (Gurugram)
🏢 AxisMaxlife
📍 Gurugram