DGM - Human Resources

Essar Career Site; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Essar Career Site is seeking an HR professional to design and manage the annual employee engagement calendar and related initiatives. You will partner with senior leaders to cultivate inclusion, recognition, and a strong organizational culture.

Responsibilities include building a comprehensive wellbeing framework, leading leadership development programs, and delivering talent initiatives with measurable impact on engagement and performance.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate in HR (MBA/PGDM) or related field.
• 3–5 years of HR experience.
• Strong program management and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Design and own HR programs including engagement and learning initiatives.
• Partner with leadership to drive inclusion, recognition, and culture.
• Develop leadership programs and talent initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional HR projects and benchmark best practices.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Postgraduate in HR (MBA/PGDM) or related field

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.