Lead - HRBP, GFL

Godrej Industries Group; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Elder care

Preventative healthcare

OPD coverage

Uncapped sick leave

Flexible remote work options

Mental wellness programs

Recognition platforms

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Godrej Industries Group in India seeks an senior HR leader to drive talent strategy, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness across our diverse business units. You will partner with leaders to design and implement scalable people programs that align with business goals and values.

The role emphasizes leadership development, employee engagement, and a data‑driven approach to people analytics, ensuring a fair, inclusive, and high‑performing workplace across multiple functions.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of HR leadership experience.
• Experience in talent strategy, org design and change management.
• Strong people analytics and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to business leaders on people, organization and culture.
• Drive talent strategy with workforce planning, acquisition, mobility and leadership pipelines.
• Shape organizational effectiveness through design, productivity and capability building.
• Lead the people agenda using analytics to boost productivity, retention and engagement.
• Champion high‑performance culture with performance reviews and leadership development.
• Ensure governance of people processes and deliver an enhanced employee experience.
• Foster fair, compliant, and inclusive workplace, mitigating people risks.
• Drive engagement, wellbeing, diversity and recognition initiatives.
• Translate enterprise priorities into actionable people interventions.

Skills

Talent strategy

Workforce planning

Leadership development

Employee engagement

People analytics

Education

MBA/PGDM in HR

Bachelor's in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS

Workday

Job description

About Godrej Industries Group (GIG): At the Godrej Industries Group, we serve over 1.1 billion consumers globally through our businesses with market leadership positions in the consumer products, real estate, agriculture, financial services and chemicals industries.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to business leaders, enabling achievement of business goals through effective people, organization, and culture interventions.
• Drive talent strategy across the business by ensuring robust workforce planning, high-quality talent acquisition, internal mobility, succession planning, and leadership pipeline development.
• Shape organizational effectiveness by partnering with leaders on organization design, productivity enhancement, capability building, and change management initiatives.
• Lead the people agenda by leveraging workforce insights and analytics to influence decision‑making, improve employee productivity, retention, engagement, and business performance.
• Champion a high‑performance culture through effective performance management, talent reviews, leadership development, and differentiated growth interventions.
• Ensure seamless execution and governance of all people processes while continuously enhancing employee experience across the lifecycle through simplification, digitization, and employee‑centric design.
• Act as a trusted advisor and escalation point for employee relations matters, fostering a fair, compliant, and inclusive workplace while mitigating people‑related risks.
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing, diversity, equity & inclusion, and recognition initiatives that strengthen organizational culture and reinforce company values.
• Serve as the custodian of organizational culture by translating enterprise priorities into impactful people interventions and ensuring strong adoption of people programs on the ground.
• Build strong feedback mechanisms and leverage market intelligence, employee insights, and external best practices to continuously enhance the organization's talent and culture agenda.
• Lead and execute strategic HR transformation projects, supporting business growth, expansion, restructuring, and organization‑wide change initiatives.

Experience

10–12 years.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance plans, as well as accident coverage for you and your family, with top‑up options.
• Elder care for those who might need to extend support to senior family members.
• Preventative healthcare support.
• Outpatient Department (OPD) coverage, including vaccinations, dental, vision, etc.
• Uncapped sick leave.
• Flexible work options, including remote working and part‑time work.
• Mental wellness and self‑care programmes, resources and counselling.
• Structured recognition platforms for individual, team and business‑level achievements.
• Digital and offline instant recognition platforms.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We take pride in being an equal‑opportunity employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.