Senior People Business Partner - APAC
The Senior People Business Partner will lead strategic People initiatives for the Pune office, coach leaders, manage complex employee relations, and adapt global programs for APAC. The role requires 8+ years of experience, strong India employment law expertise, commercial acumen, and executive-level influence.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary strategic People partner for the Pune office, aligning performance management, compensation reviews, and organizational design with business ROI and regional scale.
- Coach local managers and directors, identify leadership capability gaps, and develop junior managers' executive presence, commercial awareness, and autonomous decision-making.
- Break down silos between R&D, GTM, and G&A while collaborating with Global People Business Partners across time zones.
- Manage end-to-end employee relations, including grievances, disciplinary matters, and complex investigations.
- Maintain strict confidentiality and discretion in sensitive employee matters.
- Ensure local practices comply with India employment laws while maintaining company standards.
- Use data to identify operational inefficiencies and implement scalable, process-driven solutions.
- Translate global People initiatives for the APAC region and drive cultural adoption without compromising global standards.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive experience in a People Business Partner role, ideally in a high-growth, globally matrixed B2B SaaS, FinTech, or WealthTech company.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to connect talent initiatives to ARR, product delivery, and go-to-market execution.
- Up-to-date expertise in India employment law and compliance.
- Experience handling sensitive employee relations issues with empathy, legal rigor, and professional judgment.
- Confidence to challenge senior leaders respectfully, influence without authority, and guide the business toward scalable investments.
- High integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and proactively improve the employee experience.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Workday as an HR system.
Work Arrangement
- Hybrid role requiring work from the Pune office three days per week.
Skills
Workday, India Employment Law, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Compensation Reviews, Organizational Design, Leadership Coaching, Hr Compliance, People Strategy, Data Analysis
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