# Senior People Business Partner - APAC

**Company:** [Addepar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/addepar)
**Location:** Pune, India
**Role:** People Ops
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Workday, India Employment Law, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Compensation Reviews, Organizational Design, Leadership Coaching, Hr Compliance, People Strategy, Data Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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