Chief Human Resource Officer Defence

Position

Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO)

Industry

Defence Mandatory

Location

Delhi

Experience

25+ Years

Role Overview

The Chief Human Resource Officer will provide strategic and enterprise-wide HR leadership for a leading Defence & Aerospace organisation. The role requires a seasoned HR leader with extensive experience managing people strategy, organisational transformation, leadership development, industrial relations, talent management and HR governance within the Defence sector.

The ideal candidate should have operated at a senior HR leadership level in a complex, large-scale Defence/Aerospace environment and possess the maturity to partner with the executive leadership team on critical business and people decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR Leadership

- Develop and execute the organisation's long-term people and HR strategy aligned with business objectives.
- Act as a strategic HR partner to the CEO and senior leadership.
- Drive organisation design, workforce planning and succession planning.
- Build a high-performance and accountable organisational culture.

Talent & Leadership

- Lead executive and critical-talent acquisition strategies.
- Develop leadership pipelines and succession frameworks for mission-critical positions.
- Drive leadership development, capability building and talent reviews.
- Strengthen retention strategies for specialised Defence & Aerospace talent.

Organisation Development

- Lead organisation-wide transformation and change management initiatives.
- Establish robust performance management and competency frameworks.
- Drive employee engagement and culture-building initiatives.
- Build HR systems and processes appropriate for a large, technically specialised organisation.

Industrial Relations & Employee Relations





- Provide strategic oversight of Industrial Relations, employee relations and workforce matters.
- Manage complex workforce environments and stakeholder relationships.
- Ensure effective handling of employee relations, disciplinary and grievance matters.
- Drive proactive IR strategy in alignment with business and regulatory requirements.

HR Governance & Compliance

- Establish strong HR governance, policies, processes and controls.
- Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and statutory requirements.
- Strengthen HR analytics, metrics and leadership dashboards.
- Drive HR digitisation and process improvement.

Compensation & Rewards

- Develop effective compensation, benefits and rewards frameworks.
- Ensure competitiveness of remuneration structures for critical talent.
- Align rewards and performance management with organisational objectives.

Defence & Aerospace Environment

- Understand the specialised workforce requirements of Defence/Aerospace manufacturing, engineering, projects and operations.
- Manage HR requirements associated with highly regulated and technically complex environments.
- Develop workforce strategies for engineering, manufacturing, R&D;, projects and corporate functions.

Mandatory Criteria

- 25+ years of total professional experience.
- Defence industry experience is mandatory.
- Candidate should have held senior/enterprise-level HR leadership roles.
- Strong experience across strategic HR, talent, organisation development, performance management and employee/industrial relations.
- Experience handling large and complex organisations/workforces.
- Strong executive stakeholder management capability.
- Delhi/NCR based or demonstrably willing to relocate to Delhi.
- Robust communication, leadership presence and strategic orientation.

📌 Chief Human Resource Officer (Delhi)
🏢 Genxhire Services
📍 Delhi