TMD Partner- S

airtel; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtel is seeking an HR Business Partner to drive people strategies across lifecycle management, culture, performance, recruitment, and retention. You will partner with business units to enable talent needs, implement engagement initiatives, and lead HR analytics initiatives for leadership reviews.

Ideal candidate has MBA/PGDM in HR and 3–6 years in HRBP or talent management roles, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills to work with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM in HR or equivalent.
• 3–6 years in HRBP or talent management roles.
• Strong experience in talent management, employee engagement & retention.

Responsibilities

• Lifecycle Management: manage onboarding to exit with a positive employee experience.
• Culture & ER: drive culture and employee relations with fair approach to consequence management.
• Performance Management: lead cycle, set goals, mid-year/annual reviews, calibration.
• Recruitment & Position Management: partner with TA to drive recruitment and track headcount.
• Attrition Management: analyze trends and design retention programs.
• Campus Program & Connect: drive campus engagement and onboarding.
• Trackers & HR Analytics: maintain dashboards and present insights for leadership.
• Exit Management: ensure smooth exits, knowledge transfer, identify patterns for improvement.

Skills

HR business partnering

Talent management

Employee engagement

Retention

Stakeholder management

People analytics

Communication

Education

MBA/PGDM in HR or equivalent

Job description

Airtel was founded to provide global connectivity and unlock endless opportunities. Our organization embodies a unique blend of energy, innovation, creativity, dedication, scale, and ownership, all aimed at being limitless. At Airtel, we strive to go beyond our duties to create impactful solutions for our consumers.

At Airtel, we believe in taking early ownership, delivering quality, and experimenting with various career paths to boost our trajectories and gain valuable insights into the business, making us the best in the industry. We are committed to creating the ultimate experience for our consumers while maintaining an ecological balance in the world.

About the Role

You will be responsible for solving organizational challenges through people related solutions. You will create people agenda that will enable business to realize their ambitions. You will work side by side with business, completely hands on, to get things done on a variety of people- related areas.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lifecycle Management

• Manage the complete employee lifecycle from onboarding to exit, ensuring a seamless and positive employee experience.
• Partner with business units to understand talent needs and provide HR solutions aligned with organizational priorities.

2. Culture & Employee Relations (ER)

• Champion organizational culture and values through continuous engagement and communication.
• Drive Employee Relations (ER) initiatives, ensuring a transparent and fair approach to consequence management.
• Support Amber/PTM (Pulse/Team Mood) interventions to monitor engagement and design action plans for improvement.

3. Performance Management

• Lead the performance management cycle, including goal setting, mid-year and annual reviews, and calibration sessions.
• Coach managers on feedback practices and performance improvement plans.
• Identify high performers and potential successors through structured assessments and talent reviews.

4. Recruitment & Position Management

• Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to drive recruitment aligned to workforce planning.
• Ensure accurate position management and headcount tracking in HR systems.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements and ensure quality of hire.

5. Attrition Management

• Analyze attrition trends and provide insights to business leaders for proactive retention strategies.
• Conduct stay interviews and drive retention programs for critical talent.
• Implement learning and development initiatives as per the organization’s Learning & Careers Charter.
• Partner with Learning teams to identify skill gaps and create development plans.
• Promote career conversations and internal mobility opportunities.

7. Campus Program & Connect

• Drive campus engagement programs, from recruitment to onboarding of campus hires.
• Maintain ongoing connect and mentoring initiatives for campus cohorts.

8. Trackers & HR Analytics

• Maintain and analyze HR dashboards and trackers related to headcount, attrition, performance, and engagement.
• Present data-driven insights and reports for leadership reviews.

9. Exit Management

• Ensure smooth and compliant exit processes, including exit interviews and knowledge transfer.
• Analyze exit data to identify patterns and improvement areas in retention and engagement.
• Strong HR experience across talent management, employee engagement & retention
• Ability to work in constraints
• Should be comfortable with ambiguity; should display a knack for problem-solving
• Should be an excellent communicator, with the ability to build relationships with senior leaders and a complex set of stakeholders to drive organizational change

Qualifications & Experience:

• Education: MBA/PGDM in HR or equivalent
• Experience: 3 to 6 years in HR business partnering or talent management roles