Principal Associate, HR

Capital One; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services leader is seeking a Principal Associate, HR in Bengaluru. This role focuses on improving HR operational processes, collaborating with global teams, and enhancing the associate experience. Ideal candidates should have a bachelor's degree and experience in project management. The position offers an opportunity to lead initiatives that drive HR delivery excellence and operational improvement, making a significant impact in a transformative environment.

Qualifications

• Over 3 years of experience in project, program, process, or product management.
• Experience in process documentation and tools.
• 9+ years as a Delivery Lead or in Human Resources preferred.
• 9+ years HR experience preferred.
• Certification: Professional HR or PMP preferred.
• Familiarity with HR systems (Workday, Salesforce).
• Proficient in G-Suite and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Document and recommend HR operational processes.
• Identify process gaps and implement improvements.
• Collaborate with global teams to ensure integrated HR workflows.
• Create and maintain SOPs and manuals.
• Plan and support associate engagement initiatives.
• Support change management for new processes and enterprise alignment.
• Foster knowledge sharing and operational excellence within the team.
• Balance needs of organization, leaders and associates for cross-functional agenda.

Skills

Analytical capabilities

Attention to detail

Operational discipline

Learning and continuous improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

Salesforce

G-Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Voyager (94001), India, Bangalore, Karnataka

Principal Associate, HR

Today, we are a progressive financial services powerhouse spanning Credit Cards, Auto Loans, Savings, and Commercial Banking and at the same time a high‑tech company, a scientific laboratory, and a well‑recognized brand all in one. We are a passionate and entrepreneurial team with heart – a team that embraces bold ideas, fosters collaboration, and delivers world‑class products and services impacting over 65 million customer accounts. Still founder‑led by Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank, we dare to dream, disrupt and deliver a better way for our customers, the financial industry and for each other. Our goal is simple – bring ingenuity, simplicity and humanity to an industry ripe for change.

At Capital One India, we solve fundamental business problems at scale using advanced analytics, data science and machine learning. We specialize in deriving valuable insights about various aspects of the business – including product and process design, consumer behavior, regulatory and credit risk, and much more – from large volumes of data to build cutting‑edge patentable products at an industrial scale.

Our Capital One India HR Operations team is on a mission to enable game‑changing business results by providing programs and solutions that improve the associate and candidate experience. We create and enable scalable and efficient people practices. We are looking for a HR Generalist to join our dynamic Operations team, where you’ll have an opportunity to create, iterate, and streamline our core programs and processes and drive systems integration that support HR delivery excellence.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical capabilities, attention to details, operational discipline and a passion for learning and continuous improvement. This role interacts with cross‑functional global partners to understand strategies and roadmaps, resolves issues and escalations, and uses data to connect the dots between processes, systems, and people, generate insights and recommend and/or deliver improvements that enhance HR services.

Main Responsibilities

• Document, maintain and recommend HR operational processes to ensure clarity, consistency and compliance across the associate lifecycle
• Identify process gaps and inconsistencies propose and implement improvements through stakeholder partnership
• Collaborate with cross functional and global teams (HR Ops, Payroll, HRBP, TA) to ensure integrated workflows and systems
• Create, own and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), manuals, HR process maps and policies
• Participate in audits and risk reviews by ensuring HR documentation is complete, current and compliant
• Support change management efforts for establishing new processes and enterprise alignment efforts
• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing and operational excellence within the team
• Ability to balance the needs of the organization, leaders and associates to deliver against a robust cross‑functional agenda
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity across HR systems
• Plan, execute and support in associate engagement initiatives
• Enable program and project management of HR processes and initiatives for scalable operations, contributing to global expansion

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 3 years of experience in project, program, process or product management

Preferred Qualifications

• 9+ years of total experience as a Delivery Lead
• 9+ years of total experience in Human Resources
• Professional Human Resources Certification or Project Management Professional Certification
• Experience in process documentation and tools
• Familiarity with HR systems (Workday, Salesforce)
• Proficient in g‑suite and Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Passion for operational improvement and attention to detail
• Data driven mindset

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Human Resources

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