Deputy Director - HRBP

Myntra; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,600,000 - 5,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Myntra in Bengaluru seeks a Deputy Director - HR Business Partner (Individual Contributor) to act as a strategic HRBP to leadership across its core commercial units. In this IC role, you will collaborate with frontline, mid and senior leaders to align people strategies with business objectives.

You will drive organizational design, talent management, performance culture, succession and development, and change management initiatives to support growth of high-impact portfolios, while partnering

Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent post-graduate degree in HR.
• 6-10 years of progressive HR Business Partnering experience, ideally in e-commerce, retail, or fast-growth consumer internet sectors.
• Excellent communication, project management, data analysis and structural problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory: Partner with business leaders to translate growth objectives into actionable HR and talent strategies.
• Organizational Design: Evaluate and optimize team structures, spans of control, and workflows for agility and efficiency.
• Change Management: Lead workforce planning and transformation initiatives aligned with enterprise goals.
• Performance Culture: Drive annual and mid-year reviews, feedback frameworks, and promotion cycles.
• Succession & Development: Lead talent review and succession planning for critical roles.
• Employee Engagement: Benchmark and enhance engagement and retention strategies for commercial and tech-adjacent teams.
• Data Analytics & Capability Building: Leverage workforce analytics to identify trends and inform leadership narratives.
• Employee Relations: Manage complex relations matters with governance and compliance.

Skills

Excellent communication

Project management

Data analysis

Structural problem-solving

Education

MBA or equivalent post-graduate degree in HR

Job description

As a Deputy Director - HR Business Partner (Individual Contributor), you will serve as a strategic hrbp to leadership across Myntra's core commercial business units.

In this IC role, you will collaborate closely with frontline, mid and senior leaders to align people strategies with business objectives. You will be responsible for driving organizational design, talent management, performance culture, and change management initiatives to support the growth of these high-impact portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory: Partner with business leaders to understand their long-term growth objectives and translate them into actionable HR and talent strategies.
• Organizational Design: Evaluate and optimize team structures, spans of control, and workflows to ensure agility and efficiency across fast-evolving business models.
• Change Management: Lead workforce planning and transformation initiatives, ensuring smooth change management and alignment with enterprise goals.

Talent Management & Culture

• Performance Culture: Drive a high-performance culture by managing annual and mid-year performance reviews, feedback frameworks, and promotion cycles.
• Succession & Development: lead talent review and succession planning frameworks for critical business roles, identifying leadership gaps and building robust talent pipelines.
• Employee Engagement: Benchmark and enhance employee engagement and retention strategies tailored to the unique dynamics of commercial and tech-adjacent business teams.

Data Analytics & Capability Building

• Data-Driven Insights: Leverage workforce analytics and data to identify trends in attrition, headcount velocity, and organizational health to make proactive talent decisions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Talent Acquisition to define strategic hiring profiles for niche positions and collaborate with the L&D team to address capability gaps.

Employee Relations

• Risk Mitigation: Manage complex employee relations matters with maturity and discretion, ensuring adherence to internal governance standards and employment compliance.
• Policy Input: Provide business-specific feedback to the central HR team to assist in the formulation and iteration of company-wide HR policies.
• Business Acumen: A solid understanding of e-commerce, retail, or ad-tech dynamics, along with the ability to tie business metrics to talent outcomes is an added advantage.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to influence, advise, and build credibility with senior, cross-functional business leaders in an independent contributor capacity.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong capability to interpret complex data sets, draw insights, and present data-backed narratives to leadership.
• Adaptability: Comfort operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and dynamic matrix environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: MBA or equivalent post-graduate degree in Human Resources.
• Experience: 6-10 years of progressive HR Business Partnering experience, ideally within the E-commerce, Retail, or Fast-Growth consumer internet sectors.
• Skills: Excellent communication, project management, Data analysis and structural problem-solving abilities.

This role will report to Director HRBP

This is your chance to fashion the future at scale - while paving your own path to growth.