Senior HR Partner

Generac Captiva; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac Captiva is building a greenfield GBTC in Pune and seeks a Senior HR Partner to drive HR operations and talent acquisition. The role balances 70% HR Operations and 30% Talent Acquisition, focusing on payroll, HRIS governance, onboarding, and employee experience initiatives.

You will partner with global HR and local leadership to scale processes and policies. The ideal candidate brings 5–8 years in HR Generalist/Operations, strong Workday skills, and a track record of handling high-growth

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–8 years of progressive HR Generalist/Operations experience.
• Experience with HRIS, payroll data management, and employee engagement delivery.
• Experience in GCC/IT/Engineering R&D center or technology enterprise is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Talent Acquisition & Greenfield scaling: partner with COE and hiring managers to plan and execute recruiting across technical/operational roles.
• Candidate experience & offer management: manage communications, negotiations, and pre-joining engagement.
• Onboarding & lifecycle: drive onboarding, pre-joining compliance, orientation, asset allocation, policy immersion.
• HR Operations & payroll: consolidate attendance/leaves and ensure timely payroll inputs; benefits and vendor admin.
• HRIS & analytics: maintain data integrity in Workday; generate dashboards and audit-ready reports.
• Employee engagement & culture: lead engagement programs, manage employee relations, and support leadership with culture initiatives.

Skills

Greenfield agility

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder communication

Employee experience

People operations

Education

Bachelor's in HR/BA or related

MBA/PGDM in HR preferred

Tools

Workday

Job description

Position Summary

The Senior HR Partner plays a pivotal operational & candidate-facing role in building and scaling the greenfield Generacs Business & Technology Centre (GBTC) in Pune. Splitting focus between core HR Operations (70%) and Talent Acquisition (30%), this role drives seamless employee lifecycle management, payroll, HRIS governance, and employee experience programs.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Talent Acquisition & Greenfield Scaling (30%)

a. Target Hiring & Execution: Partner with the Talent Acquisition COE and hiring managers to execute recruiting plans, active sourcing, screening, and interview scheduling across technical and operational domains.

b. Candidate Experience & Offer Management: Manage candidate communication from initial touchpoints through offer negotiations, release, and pre-joining engagement to minimize drop-offs.

c. Market Intelligence & Talent Pipeline: Benchmark industry recruitment standards and leverage modern sourcing channels to meet aggressive greenfield growth targets.

HR Operations (70% Shared)

2. Onboarding & Lifecycle Experience

a. Structured Onboarding & Assimilation: Drive end-to-end execution of the candidate onboarding framework, ensuring seamless pre-joining compliance, day-one orientation, asset allocation, and policy immersion.

b. Offboarding & Exit Management: Administer exit formalities, conduct exit interviews, coordinate clearance workflows, and analyze attrition trends to provide actionable feedback to HR leadership.

3. HR Operations & Payroll Coordination

a. Payroll & Inputs Consolidation: Consolidate attendance, leaves, and variable components to deliver accurate & timely payroll inputs to payroll processing partners/ stakeholders.

b. Benefits & Vendor Administration: Act as the primary liaison for group medical insurance, employee benefits execution, and routine queries, ensuring smooth service delivery.

4. HRIS (Workday) & Data Analytics

a. Workday Administration: Maintain 100% data integrity across Workday for job changes, org updates, transfers, and new hires.

b. MIS & Reporting: Generate operational HR metrics, dashboards, and audit-ready reports to support business reviews and compliance checks.

5. Employee Engagement & Cultural Initiatives

a. Culture & Engagement Execution: Facilitate workplace culture initiatives, team-building activities, cross-functional knowledge sharing sessions, and internal employee engagement committees.

b. Employee Relations: Serve as an approachable, first-line HR partner for employee queries and workplace grievances, escalating complex matters promptly.

6. Compliance, Governance & Audit Readiness

a. Personnel Records: Maintain compliant electronic and hard-copy personnel files, employment contracts, and statutory documentation.

b. Audit Support: Support internal and external HR audits, maintaining strict alignment with local regulations and global organizational policies.

Key Competencies

a. Greenfield Agility: Comfort with ambiguous, fast-paced environments and establishing operational rigor from scratch.

b. End-to-End Recruitment Execution: Proven ability to source, screen, and close technical and functional roles efficiently.

c. Workday & HR Technology Proficiency: Strong hands-on experience navigating HRIS platforms (Workday preferred) and managing clean dataset inputs.

d. Stakeholder Communication: Clear, polished, and empathetic verbal and written communication skills across all career levels.

e. Event & Culture Coordination: Strong organizational skills to plan, drive, and execute site-wide engagement programs.

Qualifications & Experience

a. Education: Bachelors degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field required. MBA/PGDM in Human Resources strongly preferred.

b. Experience: 5-8 years of progressive HR Generalist/Operations experience, ideally within a Global Capability Centre (GCC), IT/Engineering R&D center, or technology enterprise.

c. Core Skills: Hands-on expertise in recruitment coordination, Workday, payroll data management and employee engagement delivery.