Director – People Partner

Jobtailor; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Mumbai seeks a senior HR leader to translate business strategy into workforce solutions and lead transformation at scale.

You will partner with senior leaders to design organizational structures, implement talent strategies, and drive data-informed decisions across global teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive HR experience with business partnering and transformation.
• Experience working with senior business leaders/leadership teams.
• Ability to drive organizational change and talent strategies at scale.
• Strong business acumen; connect people decisions to business outcomes.
• Executive presence with coaching and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into workforce and organizational solutions.
• Partner with leaders to turn strategy into workforce plans (skills, capacity, location, cost).
• Drive skills-based workforce strategies and talent reviews.
• Lead organizational design, changes, and operating models with business cases.
• Leverage data analytics to provide insights and guide decisions.
• Shape a high-performance, inclusive culture and manage critical roles.

Skills

Organizational Design

Change Management

Data Analytics

Business Partnering

Talent Strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources

Tools

Digital Tools

AI-Enabled Solutions

HR Analytics

Job description

• Translate business strategy into workforce and organizational solutions
• Enable leaders to make better, faster, data-informed people decisions
• Build resilient, future-ready teams and leadership pipelines
• Partner with business leaders to translate strategy into workforce plans covering skills, capacity, location, and cost
• Drive skills-based workforce strategies
• Provide insights on talent trends, productivity, and capability gaps
• Integrate external market intelligence into workforce decisions
• Diagnose organizational challenges and design scalable operating models
• Lead organizational design and restructuring initiatives with clear business cases and outcomes
• Simplify structures, decision-making, and workflows
• Define and track organizational effectiveness metrics
• Build leadership pipelines and succession strategies
• Enable leaders to assess and strengthen bench strength and critical roles
• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence on leadership and learning interventions
• Drive internal mobility and career growth through a skills-first approach
• Lead talent reviews and calibration processes
• Advise leaders on reward strategies aligned to performance and market competitiveness
• Evolve workforce plans based on business needs and future scenarios
• Shape and sustain a high-performance, inclusive culture
• Translate engagement insights into targeted actions
• Address culture, inclusion, and team effectiveness challenges
• Lead and support organizational, digital, and cultural transformations
• Design and execute change strategies to drive adoption and minimize resistance
• Use data and analytics to generate actionable people insights
• Provide guidance on complex employee relations matters
• Ensure alignment with enterprise policies while balancing business context and risk
• Advise senior leaders on sensitive people matters
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on target talent strategies and hiring priorities
• Contribute to HR and business leadership forums
• Drive alignment across HR Centers of Excellence

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive HR experience, with strong exposure to business partnering and transformation
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources
• Proven experience working with senior business leaders / leadership teams
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational change and talent strategies at scale
• Strong business acumen and ability to connect people decisions to business outcomes
• Scenario planning and forward-thinking mindset
• Understanding of organizational design, operating models, and workforce dynamics
• Executive presence with the ability to challenge and influence senior leaders
• Strong coaching and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to interpret data and translate it into clear, actionable insights
• Comfort working with digital tools, analytics, and emerging AI-enabled solutions
• Ability to translate strategy into practical, scalable execution
• Strong change management and program leadership capability
• Ability to work in global / matrixed environments preferred
• Relevant HR certifications such as SHRM or SPHR are a plus

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in translating business strategy into workforce solutions, driving organizational change, and leveraging data analytics for actionable insights. Proven ability to build leadership pipelines and foster a high-performance, inclusive culture.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Organizational Design
• Change Management
• Data Analytics
• Business Partnering
• Talent Strategy

Hard Skills

• Organizational Design
• Workforce Planning0
• Change Management
• Data Analytics
• Talent Strategy
• Scenario Planning
• Coaching
• Stakeholder Management
• Performance Metrics
• Employee Relations

Soft Skills

• Executive Presence
• Influencing Skills
• Communication Skills
• Collaboration
• Coaching

Certifications & Qualifications

• SHRM
• SPHR

Industry Keywords

• HR Business Partnering
• Organizational Transformation
• Workforce Dynamics
• Leadership Development
• High-Performance Culture

Tools & Technologies

• Digital Tools
• AI-Enabled Solutions
• HR Analytics