India Executive Human Resources Leader

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

Key Responsibilities

• One-Team Spirit: Promote collaboration and unity across teams, fostering a culture of shared goals and collective success

• Growth Mindset: Encourage continuous learning, adaptability, and innovation to keep India well-positioned in the evolving design and delivery of HR solutions

• Matrixed Organization Leadership: Lead and work successfully within a matrixed organization.

• Relationship Management: Build relationships and coordinate effectively among a wide range of stakeholders and collaborators to influence stakeholder decision making and activation.

• Strong business acumen: Work effectively within the organization’s financial and operational context.

• Strategic and Operational Insights: Partner to provide strategic and operational insights to country leaders in support of Huron’s revenue and margin growth efforts.

• HR Plan Management: Collaborate to define and manage an HR plan that improves HR efficiency, supports the business strategy for global growth, and develops a proactive, responsive, and integrated global HR function that aligns practices and policies across all locations.

• Data and Analytics: Lead using global data and analytics to improve decision-making, business outcomes, and operational excellence and efficiency of the human resources function.

• Global HR Due Diligence: Assist with global HR due diligence (terms and conditions of employment, infrastructure, and documentation) in support of HR administration, M&A planning, etc., in collaboration with Enterprise M&A resources.

• Centers of Excellence Partnership: Partner with centers of excellence leaders to develop and deploy the best solutions possible for Huron and its businesses while meeting local needs and compliance requirements.

• Strategic Partner and Advisor: Ability to strategically partner to develop and execute solutions to business challenges and to influence strategic business decisions. This requires proficiency in problem solving, project management and risk management. 

• Technical HR Expertise: Leverage advanced technical human resources skills to lead strategic initiatives and deliver operational excellence.

• Teamwork and Positive Work Environment: Foster teamwork and a positive work environment through frequent collaboration with other HR teammates in promoting best practices. 

Ideal Candidate
The desired experience and qualifications of the candidate being sought include:

• Experience: Minimum of 15 years of global human resources experience with a combination of line business partner positions and leadership in centers of excellence.  An appropriate combination of education and experience will be considered and preference for candidates with previous experience working in a matrixed environment.

• Executive Presence: Gravitas, self-awareness, and executive presence commensurate with a role of this level.

• Labor Laws and HR Best Practices: In-depth experience working with labor laws and HR best practices for India and the ASEAN region.

• Innovative Solutions: Proven ability to seek out innovative solutions to business challenges.

• Issue Framing and Problem Solving: Strong ability to frame issues and solutions quickly and concisely, marshalling the right team members to get worked accomplished.

• Relationship Building: Ability to build rapport and trusting relationships at all levels in an organization, as well as within a long-distance, multi-cultural environment.

• Communication Skills: Excellent presentation, verbal communication, and writing skills.

• Priority Management: Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.

• Credibility: Effective at building credibility quickly and maintaining relationships with clients, employees, and HR partners.

• Digital Fluency: Strong digital fluency, especially with Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills.

• Flexibility: Ability to occasionally work early or late hours to accommodate overseas offices.

• Travel: Ability to occasionally travel overseas and within the ASEAN region.

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