Human Resources Business Partner

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to support our business teams in Mumbai. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in core HR functions, stakeholder management, and strategic people initiatives. This role will act as a trusted advisor to leadership, driving employee engagement, talent management, and organizational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary HR point of contact for business leaders and employees.
• Understand business priorities and provide HR solutions aligned with organizational goals.
• Advise managers on workforce planning, team structuring, and employee development.

2. Employee Experience & Engagement

• Manage the end-to-end employee lifecycle: onboarding, confirmation, performance, development, and exit.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives, skip levels, pulse checks, and feedback mechanisms.
• Address employee grievances and provide timely resolution.

3. Performance & Talent Management

• Lead the performance management cycle: goal setting, mid-year reviews, annual appraisals.
• Identify high-potential talent and partner with leaders on succession planning.
• Support learning & development initiatives and competency-building programs.

4. Policy, Compliance & HR Operations

• Ensure adherence to HR policies, statutory compliance, and organizational processes.
• Partner with COEs (Talent Acquisition, L&D, Compensation, HR Ops) to ensure seamless execution.
• Provide HR analytics and insights to support business decisions.

5. Change Management & Culture

• Support organizational change initiatives and drive communication across teams.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and high performance.
• Conduct workshops, awareness sessions, and culture-building activities.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of HRBP experience
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution abilities.
• Sound understanding of labor laws and HR best practices.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• MBA/PGDM in Human Resources preferred.

Location:

Mumbai

About Havas India

Havas India gathers the expertise of 25 agencies, specialised divisions and strategic alliances across 3 verticals: Havas Media Network – Havas Media, PivotRoots (integrated digital), Arena Media, Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (sports, entertainment & content), CSA (technology, data & analytics), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (pure-play social media); strategic alliances: Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing), KlugKlug (influencer tech stack), and Havas Play SGSE (sports & entertainment); Havas Creative Network – Havas Creative India (creative), Havas People India (talent communications & employer branding), Havas CX India (customer experience), ekino (technology), Think Design (UX/UI), Shobiz (experiential marketing), Shobiz Exhibits (exhibitions), Conran Design Mumbai (branding & design), GateOne (business & digital transformation management), PR Pundit Havas Red (PR), and Prose on Pixels (content-at-scale); Havas Health Network – Havas Life Mumbai (health & wellness communications)

With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurugram and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai, with over 2500+ professionals and associates.

As one of India’s fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 3 years including the group being Great Place To Work® Certified™ twice in a row (Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, London International Awards (LIA), e4m Indian Marketing Awards, ABBY One Show, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and being actively involved in various industry associations is what keeps us invested as a network that has a clear mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people.

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