BU HR Manager

Job Title: BU HR Manager

Location: Chennai

Experience: 1015 Years

Role Purpose

• Act as a strategic HR Business Partner to the Business Unit leadership and manage the end-to-end people agenda for one of the business units.
• Partner closely with business leaders to understand business priorities, workforce challenges, organizational requirements, and translate them into effective people strategies and HR interventions.
• Drive a strong employee-centric, performance-oriented, and high-engagement culture while ensuring alignment with organizational policies and business objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders and employees on all key people-related matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the strategic HR Business Partner for the assigned Business Unit, supporting approximately 300 employees.
• Partner with business leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into effective people strategies and HR interventions.
• Drive the end-to-end employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, talent management, employee engagement, and retention.
• Lead and manage the Performance Management System (PMS), including goal setting, performance reviews, calibration, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Partner with leaders on talent identification, succession planning, career development, and retention of high-potential employees.
• Identify capability gaps and work closely with the L&D team to drive relevant learning and leadership development initiatives.
• Handle employee relations, grievances, conflict resolution, disciplinary matters, and other sensitive employee issues.
• Drive employee engagement and culture-building initiatives to enhance employee experience, morale, and productivity.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders on manpower planning and hiring for critical and business requirements.
• Provide coaching and advisory support to managers on people management, team effectiveness, performance, and employee development.
• Track key HR metrics such as headcount, attrition, retention, performance, and engagement, and provide actionable insights to business leaders.
• Ensure effective implementation of HR policies, processes, compliance requirements, and organizational initiatives across the Business Unit.

Preferred Background

• 1015 years of progressive HR experience, with significant experience in an HR Business Partner / HR Generalist role.
• Experience managing the end-to-end HR agenda for a sizeable employee population.
• Candidates from SME Lending, banking, NBFC, insurance, capital markets, wealth management, investment services, or other closely related industries will be preferred.
• Exposure to a business-facing, target-driven, customer-oriented, or sales-led environment would be an added advantage.
• Experience working closely with senior business leaders and managing complex people requirements is essential.

Education

• MBA / PGDM in Human Resources or equivalent postgraduate qualification in HR / Personnel Management.