AVP / Manager, People Operations

AllianceBernstein L.P.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

AllianceBernstein L.P. is seeking a Manager, People Operations to lead and develop a team delivering HR administration and employee lifecycle support across multiple regions, including the U.S., EMEA, and growing global needs.

The role focuses on benefits, mobility, time off, vendor management, and continuous service delivery improvements, ensuring compliance and high-quality operations. You will partner withPayroll, Legal, and HR Partners to resolve complex matters and scale processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HR operations or shared services experience.
• Experience leading teams and handling high-volume employee lifecycle work.
• Familiarity with HRIS and Workday is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team supporting HR administration and lifecycle services.
• Oversee benefits administration, mobility/immigration, leave, and vendor management.
• Shape a future-state service model with centralized support and clear ownership.
• Monitor productivity, service quality, and risk; drive improvements.
• Collaborate with People Partners, Payroll, Legal, and stakeholders to resolve issues.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Process improvement

Tools

Workday

HRIS

Case management tools

Workflow tools

Job description

Company Description

As a leading global investment management firm, AB fosters diverse perspectives and embraces innovation to help our clients navigate the uncertainty of capital markets. Through high-quality research and diversified investment services, we serve institutions, individuals, and private wealth clients in major markets worldwide. Our ambition is simple: to be our clients’ most valued asset-management partner.

Manager, People Operations

What You'll Do:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team that supports both specialized HR administration and generalized employee lifecycle support across U.S., EMEA, and evolving global service needs.
• Provide hands-on operational leadership across benefits administration, global mobility and immigration, time off and leave administration, and vendor management support, while ensuring effective delivery of broader People services.
• Help shape and implement the future-state service delivery model by assessing current work, defining the appropriate scope for centralized support, establishing workflows, clarifying ownership, and reinforcing consistent service standards.
• Oversee day-to-day team operations, including intake, workload balancing, case prioritization, and service continuity across a growing and changing portfolio of work.
• Monitor productivity, service quality, and operational performance; identify trends, gaps, and process issues, and take action to improve outcomes and reduce risk.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex or sensitive employee matters, exercising sound judgment to resolve issues independently where appropriate and escalating risk, policy, or stakeholder concerns when needed.
• Ensure accurate and compliant execution through quality reviews, adherence to policies and standard operating procedures, internal controls, audit readiness, and timely corrective action.
• Maintain clear, current process documentation and standard operating procedures, particularly as work transitions into the centralized team or expands across regions.
• Build team capability through ongoing coaching, cross-training, structured knowledge transfers, and day-to-day guidance that reinforces accountability, responsiveness, and consistent service.
• Partner closely with People Business Partners, Payroll, Benefits, Legal and other key stakeholders to resolve cross-functional issues, improve handoffs, and support smooth execution of People processes.
• Use data and operational insights to identify recurring issues, capacity constraints, and service trends, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that improve efficiency, consistency, and service quality.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, and automate manual processes, improve team tools and documentation, and support the continued centralization of key People functions.
• Lead the team through process transitions, policy or system changes, and service expansion while maintaining continuity, quality, and stakeholder confidence.

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources Operations, Shared Services, Employee Services, or a similar centralized service environment, including experience executing processes on behalf of internal stakeholders and hands-on responsibility for complex employee lifecycle work in a fast-paced organization.
• Direct experience in at least two of the following specialized areas within the U.S. and/or EMEA: benefits administration, global mobility/immigration, time off and leave of absence administration, or vendor management support. Benefits administration experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including direct supervision, coaching, performance management, cross-training, and development of teams operating in a high-volume service environment supporting high-touch employee populations.
• Working knowledge of compliance, controls, documentation, and risk considerations associated with HR administration across the U.S. and/or EMEA.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility, influence decisions, and work effectively across multiple levels of the organization.
• Sound operational judgment and discretion, with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, handle sensitive employee matters and escalations with accuracy and confidentiality, and escalating issues involving risk, policy, or broader stakeholder impact.
• Strong analytical and process improvement skills, including experience using operational data to identify trends, assess capacity, determine root causes, and recommend scalable solutions.
• Experience using HRIS, case management, and workflow tools to support operational effectiveness; advanced familiarity with Workday is strongly preferred.
• Ability to operate effectively in a globally connected, U.S.-based corporate environment, balancing regional requirements with consistent service standards and scalable ways of working.

Location: Pune, India

AB does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status or any other basis that is prohibited by applicable law. AB's policies, as well as practices, seek to ensure that employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants, based solely on job-related criteria.