Who You'll Work With
You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
Your Impact
You will be based in our Gurugram office as part of our HR Team. This team works closely with Center and Location Leadership, Regional Leadership, Managers & Team Leaders, PD, Talent colleagues, as well as function and service line leadership and managers to help them achieve their full potential through holistic interventions in team engagement, performance, compliance, and organizational health.You will operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment to facilitate gold-standard processes in support of the people side of our firm’s mission: to be a great firm that attracts, develops, excites, and retains exceptional people and to mitigate risk on behalf of our firm.As an HR Specialist, you will report to the Senior Manager – HR and will have ownership of key HR processes and functions, as part of McKinsey Global Capabilities & Services based out of the Gurgaon Center.In this role, you will provide HR support to colleagues in your geography. Thereby, you will closely collaborate with the broader India HR team as well as other teams in the People Function (e.g., HR & Talent, Compensation, Professional Development, Recruiting, and Learning). We will look to you for deep expertise in one or more areas of HR specialization. You will stay up to date on relevant policy changes, trends, rules and regulations within your specialty, building a network of internal & external HR professionals. You will lead innovation for HR processes across the firm member lifecycle, collaborating with other HR colleagues to execute HR strategy for the location. You will oversee the administration of key HR processes and programs in your geography, as well as actively support exceptional risk management, protecting our firm and firm members. You may support colleagues with everything from absence management, compensation management, mental health support, development, and separation. You may manage lifecycle events, including role changes, advancements, and flexible time arrangements. You may support compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and internal policies (liaising with firm Legal as necessary) and implementing changes. Thereby, you will be accountable for HR standards, People Data, and HR Audits.In addition to process management, you will also be expected to provide advice and counsel to office leadership on the full range of HR issues and policies. Thereby, you will lead collaboration and business partnering discussions as necessary, providing insights through HR Analytics, independently drive efforts, and contribute to or lead other HR projects. Some of the processes may include supporting HR Policies and procedures, HR Compliance (incl. statutory laws), handling sensitive personnel matters, including investigations, Employee Relations, among others. You should be able to adapt and address concerns with the problem-solving approach to complex HR issues, in collaboration with the Senior Manager of Human Resources.This is a People Manager role with direct report(s), and you will be expected to hire, train, and develop junior team members in an inclusive environment.
Your Qualifications and Skills
- Advanced graduate degree (e.g., MBA, etc.) in Human Resources
- 10+ years of corporate and/or professional services experience, preferably with a concentration in Human Resources
- Knowledge of relevant local HR regulations and issues, core understanding of HR Risk topics
- Excellent organizational and project management capabilities, including the ability to manage tasks and see them through to completion
- Proficient in rational decision making based on data, facts, and logical reasoning. Ability to create high quality work product-focused materials
- Exemplary judgment, discretion, and professionalism. Ability to deal with people in a fair, inclusive, and consistent manner
- Non-hierarchical approach, high level of flexibility–being able to work across various time zones and ability to build consensus and stand firm on decisions
- Strong ownership evident through responsibility and accountability for end results; excellent judgement and maturity
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and local office language(s), with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels
