Head of Human Resources – Global Innovation Center

Jefferies
Pune
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: People, HR & TalentExperience: 15+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Matrix influencing","Employment relations","Change management"]

Build, scale, and run the full people strategy for a newly established Global Innovation Center in Pune. Lead the end-to-end people lifecycle, including workforce planning, onboarding, performance management, compensation benchmarking, and employee relations. Serve as the primary HR advisor to GIC and global technology leadership, oversee talent acquisition governance and hiring strategy, and set local culture, engagement, and HR governance to keep the center audit-ready.

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2 months ago

Head of Human Resources – Global Innovation Center

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Job Summary

Build, scale, and run the full people strategy for a newly established Global Innovation Center in Pune. Lead the end-to-end people lifecycle, including workforce planning, onboarding, performance management, compensation benchmarking, and employee relations. Serve as the primary HR advisor to GIC and global technology leadership, oversee talent acquisition governance and hiring strategy, and set local culture, engagement, and HR governance to keep the center audit-ready.
Location: Pune
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Establish the GIC HR operating model aligned to global strategy and localized for the Pune labor market.
  • •Own the end-to-end people lifecycle, including workforce planning, onboarding, performance management, compensation benchmarking, and employee relations in partnership with employment legal.
  • •Partner with GIC leadership and global HR leaders to align HR priorities, represent HR in global forums and governance committees, and help develop and hire the GIC HR team.
  • •Drive the hiring strategy with recruiting leadership, including workforce diversity goals, superday hiring initiatives, and recruitment governance/vendor management and capacity planning.
  • •Define culture, engagement, local HR policies, compensation/performance frameworks, and ensure HR governance is audit-ready and compliant with local requirements.

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of experience in financial services business advisory HR leadership, including leading HR for global innovation centers, shared services, or global operations businesses.
  • •Proven experience building HR functions from the ground up in growth environments.
  • •Extensive knowledge of the Pune talent market with strong local labor law and regulatory experience.
  • •Strong stakeholder management and matrix influencing skills, including partnering with global functional heads.
  • •Proven track record leading employment relations matters and managing HR transformation/change-management initiatives.
Experience:15+ yearsFinancial services
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementMatrix influencingEmployment relationsChange management

Company Brief

Jefferies
Global investment banking and capital markets firm providing advisory, underwriting, trading, research, and asset management services to corporations, governments, and institutional investors.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1962
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