VICE PRESIDENT • PEOPLE PARTNER

Objective

Act as the primary HR partner for assigned business units, ensuring a balanced focus on people experience, performance, manpower stability, and adherence to company policies, regulatory norms, and audit requirements. The role supports both day-to-day employee matters and long-term org health.

Key Responsibilities

People Partnering & Business Support

Work closely with business leaders to understand workforce priorities and translate them into actionable HR plans.

Drive manpower availability, onboarding quality, and early-life engagement for new hires.

Handle employee queries, escalations, and routine employee-life cycle matters with speed and accuracy.

Performance, Productivity & Engagement

Monitor attendance discipline, behavioral issues, and productivity red flags; partner with managers to address them early.

Coordinate performance review cycles, goal-setting, and feedback discussions.

Run pulse checks, skip-levels, and ground connects to identify team issues proactively.

Employee Care & Culture

Ensure fair handling of employee concerns, conflict resolution, and workplace behavior matters.

Support health, wellbeing, recognition, and retention initiatives for the assigned teams.

Compliance, Policy & Governance

Ensure adherence to HR policies, labor laws, statutory requirements (PF / ESI / LWF / Gratuity), and internal audit expectations.

Partner with Compliance, Legal, and Risk teams to close audit observations and strengthen controls.

Maintain documentation accuracy for joiners, exits, transfers, and disciplinary cases.

HR Operations & Reporting

Track and report key HR metrics (attrition, headcount, attendance, performance outcomes).

Ensure accurate and timely closure of confirmations, transfers, exit cases, and PIP matters.

Must-Have Skills

Strong grounding in HR operations + basic labor law knowledge

Ability to manage employee issues calmly and objectively

Comfort with data, Excel trackers, and MIS

Ability to work with frontline teams and handle high-volume environments

Good judgement and stakeholder management