Chief Human Resources Officer

First Quadrants; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Chief Human Resources Officer will spearhead First Quadrants' HR function from Mumbai, steering people strategy to enable growth and organisational effectiveness across diverse locations. This senior role partners with the CEO and top leadership to build a high-performance, future-ready organisation.

Ideal candidate has 18–25 years of HR leadership experience, proven capability in workforce planning, leadership development, and HR transformation, with willingness to relocate to Mumbai if

Qualifications

• 18-25 years of overall experience in Human Resources.
• Experience leading the HR function of a large, multi-location organisation.
• Experience in the services industry would be highly desirable.
• Strong business orientation with the ability to influence senior leadership and drive organisational change.

Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Leadership: Develop and implement the overall HR strategy in alignment with the organisation's objectives and long-term growth plans.
• Organisational Development: Drive organisation design, workforce planning, manpower optimisation and organisational effectiveness across multiple locations.
• Talent Management: Lead leadership hiring, succession planning, talent reviews, career development and leadership pipeline initiatives.
• Performance Management: Establish and strengthen performance management frameworks, goal-setting processes, performance evaluation and reward mechanisms.
• Talent Acquisition: Provide strategic direction to the talent acquisition function, ensuring effective leadership hiring and workforce availability.
• Compensation & Benefits: Oversee compensation strategy, salary structures, incentives, rewards and employee benefits.
• Employee Engagement & Culture: Build a performance-oriented organisational culture, strengthen engagement and retention initiatives.
• Learning & Development: Establish leadership development, capability-building and organisation-wide learning initiatives.
• HR Operations & Governance: Ensure robust HR processes, policies, systems and compliance with applicable labour laws and requirements.
• Employee Relations: Manage employee relations, industrial relations where applicable, and sensitive people-related matters.
• HR Transformation: Drive HR technology adoption, process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement.
• Leadership Partnership: Act as a strategic business partner to the CEO, business heads and senior leadership team on all people-related matters.

Skills

Strategic HR Leadership

People Strategy

Organisation Design

Succession Planning

Leadership Development

Stakeholder Management

HR Transformation

Communication Skills

Job description

Reporting To: CEO / Managing Director

About the Opportunity

We are representing a leading Indian services organisation with an extensive presence across the country and its corporate headquarters in Mumbai.

The organisation is looking to appoint a seasoned Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) who will lead its overall Human Resources function and play a strategic role in driving organisational effectiveness, people strategy and business growth.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced HR professional who can align the people agenda with business objectives while building a high-performance, future-ready organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Leadership: Develop and implement the overall HR strategy in alignment with the organisation's business objectives and long-term growth plans.
• Organisational Development: Drive organisation design, workforce planning, manpower optimisation and organisational effectiveness across multiple locations.
• Talent Management: Lead leadership hiring, succession planning, talent reviews, career development and leadership pipeline initiatives.
• Performance Management: Establish and strengthen performance management frameworks, goal-setting processes, performance evaluation and reward mechanisms.
• Talent Acquisition: Provide strategic direction to the talent acquisition function, ensuring effective leadership hiring and workforce availability across the organisation.
• Compensation & Benefits: Oversee compensation strategy, salary structures, incentives, rewards and employee benefits.
• Employee Engagement & Culture: Build a performance-oriented organisational culture, strengthen employee engagement and drive retention initiatives.
• Learning & Development: Establish leadership development, capability-building and organisation-wide learning initiatives.
• HR Operations & Governance: Ensure robust HR processes, policies, systems and compliance with applicable labour laws and statutory requirements.
• Employee Relations: Effectively manage employee relations, industrial relations wherever applicable, and sensitive people-related matters.
• HR Transformation: Drive HR technology adoption, process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement across the HR function.
• Leadership Partnership: Act as a strategic business partner to the CEO, business heads and senior leadership team on all people-related matters.

Desired Candidate Profile

• 18-25 years of overall experience in Human Resources, with significant experience in senior HR leadership positions.
• Proven experience in leading the HR function of a large, multi-location organisation.
• Experience in the services industry would be highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of business-driven HR strategy, organisation design and workforce planning.
• Demonstrated experience in building HR teams, processes and systems.
• Strong expertise in talent management, leadership development, succession planning and performance management.
• Experience in managing large and geographically distributed workforces.
• Excellent stakeholder management, leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• A strong business orientation with the ability to influence senior leadership and drive organisational change.

Location & Mobility - Mumbai is the mandatory base location for this position.

Candidates must be willing to relocate to Mumbai if they are currently based elsewhere in India. This is a non-negotiable requirement.