Chief People Officer/Head HR Biotechnology & High-Technology Business

Happiest Health Systems; Bengaluru; Vor Ort; INR 5.000.000 - 9.000.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Happiest Health Systems in Bengaluru seeks a Chief People Officer to lead the people agenda across two high-growth biotech and tech-enabled ventures. You will translate business strategy into talent and organisational priorities, guiding executive leadership and shaping culture and systems for sustainable growth.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of strategic HR leadership, with a strong background in technology-driven or research-intensive organisations, and an MBA in HR.

Qualifikationen

• 15+ years of progressive strategic HR leadership experience with MBA HR.
• Strong background in technology-driven or research-intensive organisations.
• Deep expertise in organisational design, talent management, leadership development, culture transformation, and succession planning.
• Experience supporting R&D environments, scientific/technical talent, or advanced technology businesses.
• Exceptional business partnering, stakeholder management, and influencing capabilities at strategic and execution levels.
• Strong institution-building mindset to build a globally competitive employer proposition.

Aufgaben

• Develop an integrated people strategy aligned with business vision and growth.
• Attract, develop, and retain talent across biotech, life sciences, R&D, engineering, and tech.
• Lead building the people function, set processes, and manage recruitment partners within budget.
• Partner with research and business leadership to support advanced research environments.
• Drive enterprise-wide organisational transformation across structure, culture, leadership, and ways of working.
• Accelerate HR tech adoption, AI-enabled solutions, people analytics, and automation.
• Serve as a thought partner to promoter ecosystem, senior leadership, and research teams.
• Create scalable people practices and organisational systems to attract top talent.

Kenntnisse

Strategic HR Leadership

Talent Management

Organizational Design

Stakeholder Management

Change Management

People Analytics

Ausbildung

MBA in Human Resources

Jobbeschreibung

Role & responsibilities

1. Future-Ready People Strategy Develop an integrated people strategy aligned with the business vision, innovation agenda, and long-term growth aspirations.
2. Talent for Innovation — Attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent across biotechnology, life sciences, R&D, engineering, and technology, with differentiated strategies for niche and specialised roles.
3. Hands-on People Function Building — Personally lead priority leadership and specialist hiring, establish essential people processes where they do not yet exist, and select and manage recruitment partners. Build a lean, effective people function within agreed budgets and introducing processes appropriate to each organisation’s stage and scale.
4. R&D & Innovation Ecosystems — Partner with research and business leadership to build workforce capabilities that support advanced research environments and foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
5. Organisational Transformation — Lead enterprise-wide transformation across structure, culture, leadership, and ways of working, while building a high-performance, agile, and accountable organisation.
6. Digital & Data-Driven HR — Accelerate HR technology adoption, AI-enabled solutions, people analytics, and automation to build scalable, data-driven HR systems.
7. Strategic Business Partnership — Serve as a thought partner to the promoter ecosystem, senior leadership, and research teams, translating business strategy into talent and organisational priorities.
8. Institution Building — Create people practices and organisational systems that scale with the business, attract high-calibre talent, and develop future leaders.

Preferred candidate profile

We are seeking an accomplished Chief People Officer to lead the people agenda across two high-growth businesses at the intersection of Biotechnology and High technology part of the ecosystem promoted by Mr Ashok Soota, renowned for building innovation-led organisations such as Wipro, MindTree, SKAN RT, Happiest Minds, and Happiest Health.

This is a strategic leadership opportunity to build the people architecture for organisations driven by advanced research, cutting-edge technology, and state-of-the-art infrastructure. The CPO will work closely with the promoter and leadership team to translate business vision into a high-performance organisation with the right talent, culture, and systems for long-term growth. Right fit will have:-

• 15+ years of progressive strategic HR leadership experience, with an MBA in Human Resources.
• Strong background in technology-driven or research-intensive organisations; exposure to organisations such as Infosys, Wipro, or comparable large-scale IT/technology companies is particularly valuable.
• Deep expertise in organisational design, talent management, leadership development, culture transformation, and succession planning.
• Experience supporting R&D environments, scientific/technical talent, or advanced technology businesses is highly relevant.
• Exceptional business partnering, stakeholder management, and influencing capabilities, with the ability to operate effectively at both strategic and execution levels.
• Strong institution-building mindset with the ability to build a globally competitive employer proposition.