Job Family:
Human Capital Business Partners (India)
Travel Required:
Up to 25%
Clearance Required:
None

What You Will Do:
The position will act as a core member of the executive leadership team, responsible for architecting the organization’s people strategy to enable long-term business growth, resilience, and competitive advantage. This role goes beyond HR operations to shape culture, leadership capability, organizational effectiveness, and future-ready talent.
Strategic Accountabilities
1. Enterprise People Strategy
· Co-create business strategy with the leadership team, translating it into a multi-year people and capability roadmap
· Align workforce strategy with growth plans, recent markets, digital transformation, and productivity goals
· Anticipate future skills and build internal capabilities ahead of demand
2. Culture, Values & Leadership Effectiveness
· Define, embed, and measure a high-performance, values-led culture
· Serve as custodian of organizational values, ethics, and leadership behaviors




· Design leadership frameworks and executive development programs to build strong successors
3. Organization Design & Change Leadership
· Lead organization design, role clarity, and decision-right frameworks
· Act as the people lead during business transformations, M&A;, restructuring, or rapid scale-up
· Build change management capability across leaders
4. Talent Succession
· Own enterprise-wide talent philosophy: development, mobility, and retention
· Build robust succession plans for critical and leadership roles
· Establish data-driven talent reviews and leadership assessments

5. Performance, Rewards & Governance
· Design performance systems that drive accountability, outcomes, and innovation
· Ensure compensation and reward strategies support business priorities and market competitiveness
· Partner with the Board / Compensation Committee on executive pay, succession, and governance
6. Employee Experience & Engagement
· Create a differentiated employee experience

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