About Emeritus

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 90 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn current skills and transform their lives, companies, and organizations.

Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. Following multiple funding rounds, including a $650 million Series E round in 2021 and a $150 million Series F round in 2024 led by TPG, the company is valued at approximately ~$3 billion and is backed by Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, CPP Investments, and other leading global investors.

Job Summary The Director – Human Resources will lead the people portfolio for the assigned business unit, covering the entire employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, business partnering, performance management, employee engagement, compensation management, and policy and process compliance.

The role will work closely with business leaders and stakeholders to define and drive the people strategy for the assigned business units, with a strong emphasis on stakeholder management and delivering business outcomes.

This is a mid-leadership role that will serve as a trusted people advisor to the business, designing and implementing people interventions while operating in a fast-growing, globally distributed environment. The role will be based in India, with exposure to teams and stakeholders across geographies.

Key Responsibilities





- Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business objectives and the organization’s mission.
- Lead HR functions for the assigned business units, including recruitment, onboarding, business partnering, performance management, employee engagement, organizational development, and policy compliance.
- Drive recruitment strategies to attract and onboard high-quality talent globally.
- Partner with business stakeholders on workforce planning and organizational development.
- Manage the people annual operating plan and indirect costs to support business profitability.
- Design and implement incentive and commission structures.
- Provide strategic HR insights to leadership and contribute to business decision-making.
- Manage employee relations and foster a positive, inclusive work environment.
- Support a globally distributed workforce with sensitivity to cultural nuances, adapting people practices across geographies and time zones.
- Own HR reporting, dashboards, and trackers to drive data-led decision-making.
- Drive change management, process improvements, and DE&I; initiatives.
- Bring an outside-in perspective on HR best practices and drive continuous improvement and innovation.
- Develop and oversee HR systems, policies, and procedures.
- Drive employee engagement and continuously evaluate and improve people practices.
- Build scalable organizational structures supported by agile processes.

Required Skills

- Growth mindset and self-driven approach, with the ability to thrive in a complex, fast-paced environment.
- Openness to change and challenging assignments.
- Ability to navigate evolving business requirements and build and execute the people agenda through an agile, iterative approach.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication,



interpersonal, and influencing skills.
- Strong understanding of talent acquisition and talent management practices.
- Systems thinking and the ability to build collaborative relationships across teams.
- Strong data orientation, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Aptitude for automation and new-age HR solutions.
- Solution-oriented mindset with a hands-on approach.
- Strategic thinking combined with a strong bias for action and execution.

Required Qualifications and Experience

- 9–12 years of experience as a hands-on HR qualified, with a focus on talent acquisition, business partnering, stakeholder management, and talent development.
- Proven experience in building and scaling HR functions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment, working independently as well as collaboratively across functions.
- Strong experience in talent acquisition and managing the people portfolio across job levels and functions.
- Preference for candidates with experience in digital consumer businesses, new-age companies, start-ups, and rapidly scaling organizations.
- Experience in talent acquisition and business partnering across both B2C and B2B environments will be an added advantage.
- Strong awareness of people trends and industry best practices.
- Applied knowledge of HR systems.
- Postgraduate qualification in HR from a reputed institute is preferred but not mandatory.

Recent press articles

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📌 Director - Human Resources (India)
🏢 Emeritus
📍 India