Consultant

Forward Deployed Consultant
Future Fabric | Organisation Design & Talent Advisory
Pune | Work from Office
Org. & Talent Consultant who provides end-to-end solutions and support inside the client to bring about real change – especially in the areas of Org. Design, Performance & Talent Management, Rewards Design
Why this role exists
At People Equation, we believe the best consulting involves not only solutioning but stays close enough to see change happen.
Our consultants work alongside leadership teams and HR functions inside the client's context, helping solve organisation and talent challenges from diagnosis through implementation. We combine strategic thinking with operational capabilities and remain engaged until solutions become part of the way the organisation works.
We call this our Forward-Deployed Consulting model.
Our work for clients spans four interconnected dimensions:
Org. Design & Talent Solutions — Design organisation structures and operating models, workforce planning, build job and career architecture, design performance & talent management processes, and rewards design.
Deployment & Change — Help organisations deploy the solutions and adopt, embed and sustain change through practical implementation, stakeholder engagement and capability building.
HR Partnering & Operations — Work alongside client business and HR teams (as a project / in fractional capacity) to ensure operational efficiencies, compliant functioning, and the right culture and employee experience.
Recruitment — Strengthen organisations through executive search and recruitment advisory that ensure right people are in the right roles.
What you'll do
You'll work directly with client leadership on organisation and talent challenges. Your core work:
Organisation & Operating Model Design — structure, spans and layers, role charters, design options and trade-offs; and how work, decisions and accountabilities flow across the organisation
Workforce Planning — demand and supply modelling, productivity, cost-to-serve, build / buy / borrow choices
Performance & Talent Management – philosophy & process design, performance scorecards, performance & potential assessment, talent review
Job Architecture and Career Frameworks — job families, job levelling, career architecture
Rewards Design — grades and bands, benchmarking, incentive and variable pay structures
You may also contribute across the wider practice:
Leadership development, culture and change
HR transformation and fractional HR services (including operations, compliance)
Learning and development
Executive search and mid-level recruitment, as part of broader client solutions
Apart from project work, you will support client accounts, help strengthen the assets / IP of the practice, and build capability in fellow consultants.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for consultants who enjoy solving business problems through people solutions. Typically, you'll bring:
4 - 5 years of experience across HR consulting and HR COEs / business partnering
Hands-on project depth in organisation design, operating models, workforce planning, performance management, job architecture or compensation design.
Practical exposure to HR operations and business partnering
Working knowledge of executive search, recruitment or talent acquisition
Strong facilitation, communication and structured problem-solving skills
Comfort with data — able to build and defend a model in Excel, and read market benchmarking well
Intermediate or higher-level skills in AI and the ability to leverage it to improve impact
Success looks like
Within your first year, you'll have:
Led organisation design or workforce planning workstreams from diagnosis through implementation
Delivered design artefacts clients actually adopt — structures, scorecards, architecture, pay frameworks
Become a trusted advisor to multiple client leaders
Delivered measurable business and people outcomes
Contributed to People Equation's consulting IP and AI-enabled ways of working
Built lasting client relationships that lead to repeat opportunities
What this role is not
This isn't a strategy-only consulting role, nor is it purely an HRBP, L&D or recruitment role.
It's for consultants who enjoy staying close to clients, solving real organisational problems through advisory & services, and creating lasting change.
The details
Location: Pune, work from office (with reasonable flexibility)
Career Level: Consultant, reporting to Partner
Contact: If you are interested, write to yajna.d@peopleequation.io
People Equation is a boutique advisory firm specializing in Organization & Talent, Applied AI, and GCCs and helping organizations thrive in the age of AI.

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