Head Corporate Human Resources

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Role Purpose:

The Head – Corporate HR will act as the strategic partner to Corporate Functions and play a central role in aligning people strategy to business priorities. A key mandate is driving HR transformation initiatives, AI-in-HR integration, and building a future-ready, data-driven HR capability across STL globally.

Key Responsibilities:

A. Strategic HR Business Partnering

• Partner with corporate leaders to understand business strategy, workforce needs, and operating models.
• Translate business priorities into HR outcomes: workforce planning, productivity, talent strategy, cost optimization, and organization design.
• Drive high-performance culture, leadership capability, and succession planning for corporate functions.
• Ensure consistent employee experience across global corporate teams.

B. HR Transformation & AI Integration

• Lead transformation of HR processes through digitalization and AI-based solutions.
• Embed AI tools across the HR lifecycle:
• Workforce planning and forecasting
• Org structure analysis
• Talent risk analytics
• Engagement tracking
• Hiring prioritization and workforce productivity insights
• Support the CHRO in executing the AI-first HR operating framework for STL.
• Co-lead implementation of HRMS upgrades, AI plug-ins, predictive dashboards, and digital employee experience tools.
• Govern change management and adoption across corporate functions.

C. Talent, Culture & Leadership Development

• Partner with COEs to run Talent Reviews, 9-Box, leadership assessment cycles, and development journeys.
• Drive culture anchoring for corporate teams aligned to STL’s values (Promises Delivered, Respect & Empathize, Hunger to Learn, Keep It Simple).
• Create capability-building programs for corporate teams

D. Performance, Rewards & Workforce

• Partner with Performance & Rewards COE to drive:
• Goal setting, KRAs for corporate teams
• Performance calibration
• Ensure workforce governance (policies, compliance, audits).
• Lead manpower budgeting, cost governance and optimization initiatives

E. Data, Insights & Predictive Analytics

• Continue building data-driven HR model using people analytics.
• Partner with Analytics & HR Tech to build executive dashboards
• Org design and workforce productivity roadmap.

F. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

• Lead STL’s

  enterprise-wide DEI strategy

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• Design and implement DEI frameworks covering

  gender, generational diversity, cultural diversity, PwD inclusion, and leadership representation

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• Partner with Talent Acquisition to drive

  diverse hiring mandates

  and inclusive selection processes.
• Own DEI metrics, dashboards, and reporting; track progress and ensure transparency.
• Ensure policies and processes reflect inclusive practices

Experience & Qualifications:

• 12–18+ years of HR experience with strong HRBP exposure; corporate functions partnering preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in HR transformation, digital HR, AI or HR analytics projects.
• Experience in multi-geography HR partnering (India + international).
• Strong strategic HRBP capability
• MBA/PGDM in HR from a reputed institution; certifications in analytics/digital HR/AI beneficial.