HRBP Responsibilities:

- Takes overall responsibility for the strategic and operational running of Organizations HR

Department in India while also taking an active leadership role in Global & Regional HR Work.

- Responsible for the overall HR strategy for the India ensuring we develop creative

solutions to attract and retain talent across the region by developing a strong employer brand,

market competitive total rewards and an creative and agile approach to Human Resources.

Creation Date: July 2026

Last Revision: -

- Drive the continuous improvement agenda with focus on engagement & welfare activities,

maximising productivity, devolving HR responsibilities to line managers and building leadership

capability.

- Manages the execution of the HR strategy and the daily administration of the core areas of the HR

Department in India including Onboarding, Talent Development, Performance Management,

Employee Relations, Reward and HR Policy. Partners with the HR Centres of Excellence

on key areas to ensure market appropriate programs are in place.

- Provide professional leadership, support and development to HR staff, in order to increase

knowledge, share best practice and to ensure that relevant professional standards are met.

- Ensure that the company complies with current regulations, accepted professional standards,

policies and procedures and relevant employment legislation.

- Regularly coach, mentor and support senior and high potential colleagues to identify individual

strengths and development needs, develop and maintain effective relationships and encourage

retention.

- Ensure managers are sufficiently skilled and enabled to access appropriate guidance and

information to manage workforce issues. Support managers through the annual performance cycle.

- In partnership with our technology functions, develop and build market appropriate HR systems

(Workday / ServiceNow).

- Manages the HR Budget for the India entity




- Partners with the Organizations Law Department on statutory matters relating to employees to identify

and resolve employee relations matters successfully.

- Provides Employee Relations support to functional areas to solve people related conflicts and acts

as ER lead to close out investigations and perform follow-up actions.

- Key translator of business needs to the remainder of the HR team to help shape company-wide HR

systems and solutions.

- Is an active contributor to an HRBP team that shares best practices and balance the

needs of their own client group with the needs of the overall business.

COE Leadership:

- Drives and owns culture for all HR resources in India, ensuring high engagement and retention
- Owns day to day management (eg time off requests, expense approval, day-to-day prioritization)

of local COE Leaders

- Supports escalation topics that may arise
- Works in close collaboration with Global COE Leaders to ensure understanding of priorities and

focus area’s

- Partners with Global COE Leaders in assessing performance of team and works together to

maximize COE impact.

- Part of the extended HR Operations and Solutions Leadership Team, connecting over all

functional goals of the department to GCC service delivery.

- Any other projects, tasks or activities as directed by leadership

JOB REQUIREMENTS: List knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform this job.

- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline or HR related discipline; advanced degree

such as MBA,



or Master’s in Organization Development or Human Resources is preferred.

- Minimum of 15 years’ HR experience, with at least a number years working within the Indian

pharma/biopharma/biotech industry in an HR or management role. Experience working in a

Global organization is required.

- Experience establishing and growing a Global Capability Centre
- Experience in a number of HR disciplines e.g. Total Rewards, HR Operations, Talent Mgmt etc
- Multi-site ownership (preferable)
- Must have expertise in talent acquisition and talent development within a technically driven

organization.

- Demonstrated track record of taking initiative, entrepreneurial approach, ability to get things done

with a minimum of noise and the ability to prioritize the essential over the non-essential.

- This role is both diagnostic and solution driven, so the ability to take a step back and do root cause

analyses, and then using data to deliver pragmatic solutions are critical for success in this role.

- Demonstrates a strong preference and ability for quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and be

comfortable with a variety of technology, systems and data. This includes being agile with

Microsoft Suite products, HRIS systems, and other people related systems

- Must be learning agile and able to deal with ambiguity, and able to quickly translate complex

people and data issues into clear and coherent solutions.

- Must be able to actively negotiate and influence others, demonstrating courage and the ability to

effectively push back on “that’s the way we have always done it” and focus on “Doing the Right

Thing”. Can identify the “third way” that can meet all party’s needs.

- Significant understanding of HR legal & compliance requirements

Pay: ₹5,396,000.00 - ₹7,610,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hyderabad, Telangana

📌 Sr Director HRBP- Hyderabad
🏢 Winning Edge India
📍 Hyderabad