HRBP Lead - GCC

Haleon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 10,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking an experienced HRBP Lead – GCC for India to partner with senior business leaders and HR CoEs. You will shape the strategic HR agenda for the India center, drive workforce design, succession planning, and a culture of high performance.

This role covers India and GFS globally, emphasizing digital, AI, and data-driven HR initiatives. You will act as an executive coach, guide change, and influence outcomes across the Haleon India Leadership Forum while delivering integrated people

Qualifications

• 14+ years of experience in a HR Business Partner role or similar strategic HR role.
• Strong business and financial literacy with a global mindset.
• Proven ability to influence, coach and partner with senior leaders.
• Experience leading organisational change and aligning HR to business strategy.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision making.
• Experience driving digital and AI adoption within HR.

Responsibilities

• Drive implementation of HBS operating models and org design in India with HR Partners.
• Embed strategic workforce and capability plans for HBS India and GFS globally, focusing on digital/AI.
• Participate in Haleon India Leadership forum to align governance, CSR, stakeholder engagement, and culture.
• Oversee enterprise-wide performance management to foster high performance.
• Act as trusted advisor and executive coach to senior leaders.
• Lead culture change toward consumer-first, performance-oriented, agile culture.
• Coach leaders to lead inclusively and enhance manager capability.
• Drive succession planning and talent pipelines for senior roles.
• Provide strategic oversight on complex HR/employee relations cases.
• Partner with CoE teams to deliver India centre and GFS projects.

Skills

Strategic & Business Acumen

Leadership & Influence

Change Leadership

Collaboration

Data Literacy

AI in HR

Job description

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the role

The HRBP Lead – GCC for India Center provides strategic partnership to the HBS Capability Center Head, India and the x-functional HBS leadership team in India, contributing to decision-making and business plans that align with Haleon's ambitions and drive growth. Reporting to the Global HRBL for HBS, the role partners closely with senior business leadership and HR COEs Centres of Excellence (CoEs), and to shape the strategic business and people agenda for HBS in India. The role is accountable for translating business priorities into integrated workforce, talent, organisation, capability, and culture solutions in India center. This role will serve as a key member of the India Center leadership team, challenging and coaching leaders to build strong and high performing teams. The role also holds dual responsibility for covering as the HRBP for GFS (Global Finance Services) function, as part of the HBS ecosystem.

Role Responsibilities

• Drive the effective implementation of the HBS operating models and organisational design in India, in close partnership with functional HR Partners.


• Translate and embed the overarching strategic workforce and capability plans within HBS in India, and for GFS globally with a particular focus on building digital, data & AI capabilities and the continuous excellence and end user experience mindset.


• Participate in the Haleon India Leadership forum to drive enterprise agenda for Haleon across entity governance, cross-business dependencies, risk/legal/compliance oversight, CSR, external stakeholder engagement, reputation and culture in the country.


• Embed and oversee the use of enterprise-wide performance management frameworks to cultivate a high-performance culture.


• Act as a trusted advisor and executive coach to senior leaders.


• Drive culture change, acting as a change leader to create a consumer-first, performance-oriented, and agile culture.


• Coach leaders and managers to lead inclusively, build team effectiveness, improve manager capability


• Drive the execution and embedding of succession planning and talent pipeline strategies for key senior leadership roles.


• Provide strategic oversight, decision making and governance for complex and high-risk colleague and industrial relations cases.


• Partner with specialist CoE teams to deliver India centre and GFS projects.

Essential

• 14+ years of experience in a HR Business Partner role or similar strategic HR role, ability to work with autonomy on the HR agenda


• Strategic & Business Acumen: Strong business and financial literacy, with a deep understanding of the business services model, global market, and competitive context.


• Leadership & Influence: A trusted advisor and sparring partner with strong influencing, coaching, and relationship-building skills to guide senior leaders.


• Change Leadership and Agility: Proven skills to lead complex organisational change, ensure effective communication plans, and embed new ways of working.


• Collaboration: An experienced matrix leader who works in an integrated way with CoE and People Services expertise to deliver results.


• Data Literacy: Strong analytical capability and data literacy to inform decision-making and demonstrate the value of interventions.


• Deep understanding and skill in working with cultural nuances and diverse market labour relations contexts.


• Experience in actively leading digital and AI adoption within HR and the wider business.


• Mindset and Agility – able to navigate complex, ambiguous challenges and find solutions to problems, drawing on a solution focused, growth mindset.

Preferred

• Skilled in assessing and developing senior leaders and future potential.


• Global leadership experience

Location – Bangalore

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Job Posting End Date

2026-11-12

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

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