DGM - Human Resources

Essar Group; Mumbai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Essar Group in Mumbai seeks an HR professional to design and oversee the annual employee engagement calendar and wellbeing framework. You will partner with leadership to drive inclusion, recognition, and culture while implementing wellness initiatives with external experts.

The role covers learning programs, capability-building, performance governance, and leadership development, with opportunities to shape talent strategies and cross-functional HR projects.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate in HR (MBA/PGDM) or related field.
• Strong program management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Exposure to driving engagement, training delivery & performance management.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement annual employee engagement calendar and strategy.
• Partner with leadership to drive inclusion, recognition, and culture.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive employee well-being framework.
• Introduce wellness programs, workshops, and awareness campaigns with external experts.
• Ensure access to counseling and health-related resources.
• Measure impact of well-being initiatives on engagement, productivity, and retention.
• Track and report engagement metrics with insights and recommendations.
• Design and manage learning programs, workshops, and capability-building initiatives.
• Evaluate learning effectiveness and ROI of training interventions.
• Contribute to performance management cycles, policies and governance.
• Support design and implementation of talent initiatives.
• Drive execution of IDPs and career development pathways.
• Own and drive entry level leadership program design and governance.
• Support in leadership development program & need analysis.
• Lead cross-functional HR projects on engagement, learning, and talent.
• Benchmark and adopt best practices in engagement and learning.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Communication

Analytical mindset

Education

MBA/PGDM in HR

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement the annual employee engagement calendar and strategy.
• Partner with leadership to create initiatives that drive inclusion, recognition, and organizational culture.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive employee well-being framework covering physical, emotional, mental, and financial health.
• Introduce wellness programs, workshops, and awareness campaigns in partnership with external experts.
• Ensure access to counseling, employee assistance programs (EAPs), and health-related resources.
• Measure and track the impact of well-being initiatives on engagement, productivity, and retention.
• Track and report engagement metrics with insights and recommendations.

Learning & Training

• Design and manage learning programs, workshops, and capability-building initiatives (both classroom and digital).
• Evaluate learning effectiveness and ensure measurable ROI of training interventions.

Talent Management

• Contribute to performance management cycles, policies and governance
• Support in designing & implementation of talent initiatives
• Drive execution of individual development plans (IDPs) and career development pathways.

Leadership Program & Development

• Own and drive entry level leadership program for Essar. Ownership for program design, MBA college engagement, program governance, participant orientation etc.
• Support in execution of leadership development program & need analysis

HR Projects

• Lead cross-functional HR projects on engagement, learning, and talent.
• Benchmark and adopt best practices in engagement and learning.

Qualifications & Experience

• Postgraduate in Human Resources (MBA/PGDM) or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in HR
• Strong program management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Preferrable to have exposure around driving engagement, training delivery & performance management

Competencies

• Strong facilitation and communication skills.
• Analytical and data-driven mindset.
• Ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders.
• Passion for culture, engagement, and people development.