Manager

Position: Manager: People Partner

Location: Mumbai

Job Position: Full-time

Position Type: Full-time

Qualification: A Postgraduate in human resources, business administration, or a related field with at least 8 10 years experience or equivalent work experience that provides exposure to fundamental theories, principles, and concepts.

Strong knowledge and understanding of HR laws, regulations, and requirements.

Experience with HRIS system and Microsoft 365.

Job Summary:

The People & Culture Partner is responsible for partnering with key business leaders to provide strategic and operational advice, while supporting employees and management across the business.

This role includes day-to-day HR activities such as employee relations, performance management, training, recruitment and general HR advice.

The People & Culture Partner will proactively identify HR requirements within their business groups and work collaboratively with the colleagues in HR team (People partners, Strategic HRBPs , Talent Acquisition and other members of the P&C team to develop and implement HR initiatives and build capability across the function)

Key responsibilities:

Provide end-to-end HR Business Partnering support across the employee lifecycle (onboarding to exit), combining strong HR generalist capability with subject-matter expertise in Employee Engagement, Performance Management, Talent Management, and Learning & Development.

Act as a trusted advisor to employees and leaders, proactively delivering expert guidance on a broad range of people matters, including salary benchmarking, employee relations, and engagement initiatives.

Coach and advise leaders on employment-related matters, ensuring decisions are aligned with applicable legislation, HR policies and procedures, and relevant industrial frameworks.

Lead and facilitate performance management, disciplinary, and grievance processes, ensuring fairness, consistency, and compliance with company policy and legal requirements.

Stay abreast of employment legislation, industrial relations developments, and HR best practices, translating insights into proactive risk mitigation and people strategies.

Lead and contribute to HR projects and change initiatives, supporting continuous improvement of HR processes and delivering business-aligned outcomes.

Partner with business leaders to drive Talent Acquisition strategy and execution across the Group, Business Units, and locations, in collaboration with the Talent Acquisition COE, ensuring timely fulfillment of critical capability and workforce needs.

Lead and institutionalize the People Leadership Development journey, working closely with the Learning & Development COE to build current and future leadership capability aligned with business priorities.

Strong experience in policy review and development, ensuring HR policies are aligned with business needs, compliance requirements, and best practices.

Proficient in compensation administration and management, including salary benchmarking, performance-linked rewards, and pay-for-performance programs, partnering with business leaders to drive fairness and retention.

Demonstrated capability in building and leveraging people and business dashboards, analyzing data to generate insights, and presenting clear, prescriptive recommendations to HR and business leadership to enable informed, data-driven decisions

Key Competencies/Skills Required:

Strategic, commercially minded HR leader with the ability to think beyond tactical execution and translate business needs into people solutions.

Confident communicator and influencer, able to adapt style to diverse audiences and address complex or sensitive issues with clarity and courage.

Strong problem-solver and decision-maker, comfortable navigating ambiguity and resolving complex people and business challenges.

Collaborative business partner, building trusted relationships to drive shared outcomes and high-performing teams.

Results-oriented and customer-focused, consistently driving engagement, performance, and organizational effectiveness.

Change-ready and agile learner, leveraging technology, innovation, and continuous improvement to enhance HR impact.

Inclusive and globally aware, fostering a motivating environment where diverse teams are enabled to perform at their best.

Demonstrated experience working in a global MNC, successfully navigating and influencing within a highly matrixed, multi-stakeholder environment

Key Behaviors expected: Inspired to Innovate, Accountable to deliver and empowered to lead