About the role:
GLG's Gurugram office is a global capability center (GCC) housing the full spectrum of GLG's functions - research, technology, operations, finance, legal, and more. Teams are embedded into global and regional structures, with leaders distributed across time zones. This creates a distinctive HR challenge: the HRBP must hold the site together as a coherent people organization while respecting the diversity of functional reporting lines and global HR frameworks.
The Senior Director / Director, HRBP is the senior-most HR leader in Gurugram. You are the primary HR partner to the Gurugram Site Head and the face of HR for the employees on-site. At the same time, you collaborate daily with global functional HRBPs (who partner with the same business groups from a functional lens).
This is a high-impact, dual-track role: strategic enough to co-own the Gurugram people agenda with site leadership, and hands-on enough to ensure flawless day-to-day HR execution for a complex, multi-function India workforce.
What you will own:
Site HR leadership:
- Serve as the primary HR partner to the Gurugram Site Head -- the go-to person for all people matters affecting the India site, from workforce planning and org design to culture, engagement, and crisis response.
- Represent Gurugram employees in global HR conversations, ensuring their interests, career opportunities, and experience are visible to global leadership.
- Own the Gurugram employer brand and retention strategy, addressing GCC-specific challenges: attrition management, career pathing for employees with overseas functional leaders, and engagement across distributed team structures.
- Ensure full compliance with Indian labor law -- PF, ESI, Gratuity, POSH, Shops and Establishments Act, Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act -- and maintain audit-ready HR practices across the India entity.
Strategic HR business partnering:
- Proactively develop, recommend, and implement a Gurugram people strategy tied to GLG's business goals, covering org development, talent acquisition, performance management, retention, learning and development, and employee relations.
- Assess organizational capability against business strategy; translate business needs into HR interventions that have measurable impact.
- Act as a trusted advisor and coach to senior India leaders and managers, providing thought leadership on team effectiveness, leadership development, and culture.
- Use a strong commercial mindset and deep understanding of your business groups to anticipate people challenges before they escalate.
- Use data and HR analytics to identify trends, focus resources, mitigate risk, and inform the people strategy.
Matrix and global collaboration:
- Navigate a complex multi-stakeholder environment: you have a primary accountability to the Gurugram Site Head while also partnering with global functional HRBPs who cover the same employee population from a functional lens. Clarity of lane, strong relationships, and proactive communication are essential.
- Partner with global HRBPs to deliver consistent, high-quality HR support to Gurugram employees within global frameworks.
- Contribute to and lead local and global HR projects and strategic initiatives as required.
People and team leadership
- Build, manage, and develop the Gurugram HR team, setting clear expectations, coaching for growth, and holding the team to high execution standards.
- Drive a culture of feedback, high performance, and continuous improvement within your team and across the Gurugram business.
- Partner with business leaders on performance management, career progression, promotion processes, and job re-leveling.