Head, People Performance & Rewards

As the Head, People Performance & Rewards with our Pharmaceutical client based in Mumbai, you will be responsible for owning and driving the performance and rewards agenda. Your role will involve: - Building and driving a culture focused on meritocratic success across all levels. - Monitoring the adoption of and continuously improvising global performance and rewards philosophy, framework, and guidelines. - Conducting benchmarking exercises (internal, external) to revamp international compensation & benefits policy as well as framework. - Devising an alignment/re-alignment strategy for better parity internally and with the talent market for mid-management and leadership. - Reviewing and revamping the STI and LTIP plans for mid-management and leadership. - Acting as a dedicated performance advisor to ensure productivity across all corporate functions is assessed, directed, and augmented. - Conducting awareness sessions with managers and senior stakeholders to familiarize them with the performance management process. - Overseeing periodic review, re-design of performance management process including designs of forms, communication templates (stakeholder and employee), goal-setting and goal-tracking mechanism, review process, and frequency. - Leading the performance review sessions between managers/senior stakeholders and employees at stipulated intervals. In addition to the above responsibilities, you are expected to have the following essential skills: - Secondary/tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, preferably from a Tier-1 B-School. - Experience within Global Human Resources Function/ HR CoE in a large multi-country, matrix organization, including a significant amount of time in a performance and reward manager role. - Experience creating bespoke reward programs in tandem with business goals (short-term & long-term). - Experience working cross-culturally with diverse colleagues. - Excellent analytical skills and a proven track record in developing and using metrics and people data. - Excellent communication skills.,