People/HR - Manager/LEAD

PEOPLE/HR - MANAGER/LEAD

• Proven HR leadership with the ability to balance strategic priorities and day-to-day execution.
• Strong business partnering capability with consulting or technology delivery teams.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• In-depth knowledge of HR operations, employment law, and compliance in India (global exposure preferred).
• Experience managing talent acquisition, performance management, and employee engagement programs.
• Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail.
• Ability to operate with complete discretion and integrity.
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trust across diverse teams.

Preferred

• Prior experience in IT consulting, technology services, or professional services firms.
• Exposure to global or distributed team environments.
• Experience driving organisational change or transformation projects.

Core Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, aligning HR strategies with business goals.
• Oversee end-to-end recruitment for midsenior technical and consulting roles.
• Drive annual and mid-year performance cycles, salary revision, and leadership development.
• Lead employee engagement and retention initiatives that build morale and team cohesion.
• Manage payroll inputs, benefits administration, and build HR systems.
• Ensure legal and statutory compliance across all employment matters in India and other operating geographies.
• Partner with delivery heads and project managers to support resourcing and workforce planning.
• Monitor and report HR metrics, providing actionable insights to leadership.

Your Profile

• 12 to 15 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in IT consulting or technology services.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels.
• Strong operational grasp with the ability to manage multiple priorities to completion.
• Track record as a reliable, detail-oriented completer-finisher in delivering HR programs.
• Experience working with senior leadership in high-pressure environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and influence skills.

Life at INNOVERV

• HYBRID

  A hybrid approach with a balance of homeworking, client travel and team-days at our offices (in London or Kolkata, dependant on where you are based).

• MEDICAL

  Medical insurance is standard for all INNOVERVians.

• FLEXIBILITY

  Our culture of collaboration and care places particular focus on diversity, inclusion, and support for working parents.

• LEARNING

  This is your chance to work with awe-inspiring clients, thanks to INNOVERVs incredible client list. From a Europe HQd Pharma major with a $200bn market valuation, to mega global consumer goods companies; our book is growing by the day!

• MENTORSHIP

  The chance to grow alongside some of the industrys greatest minds, including mentorship from our senior leadership and Global Advisory Board. Here youll find inspiration from SAP leaders to Silicon Valley strategists!

• TEAM WORK

  #TEAMINNOVERV stand shoulder to shoulder with their teammates, we are not competing against each other, and there are no bonus points for outperforming other team members.

• WE CARE FOR YOU

  Even if it means we make less money or grow a tad slower. Client satisfaction, brand reputation and being a happy family together trumps mad money making for us. We have been part of large consulting firms before and have given it up to make a different model work.

#LifeAtINNOVERV is empowering, but dont just take it from us! Hear more direct from INNOVERVians themselves: https://innovervglobal.com/career/
Please note Applications are reviewed as and when we receive them, so please get your skates on if youre keen, we wouldnt want you to miss out!
INNOVERV is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to the standard of equal employment for all employees and to create and maintain a workplace free of discrimination and harassment.
All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of any personal characteristic. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, regardless of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identify, age, marital status, family or parental status, physical or mental disability or any other status protected by the laws and regulations in the locations where INNOVERV operates.
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