Senior Human Resources Manager

## About the Role
The Senior Manager – HR will lead the complete HR function and act as a strategic HR partner to the Managing Director and leadership. This role involves aligning HR strategy with business goals, managing talent acquisition, performance management, engagement, learning and development, compensation and benefits, HR policies, compliance, employee relations, HR systems, and HR team leadership.
## Key Responsibilities
- Align HR strategy with business goals
- Partner with the MD and functional heads on structure, manpower, and people decisions
- Provide HR dashboards and insights
- Support expansion, restructuring, and change management
- Own end-to-end recruitment across all functions
- Prepare manpower plans with business heads
- Build pipelines for critical and leadership roles
- Manage onboarding, induction, and probation
- Strengthen employer branding
- Drive appraisals and goal-setting
- Define KRAs/KPIs with functional leaders
- Oversee reviews, promotions, increments, and PIPs
- Support succession planning and high-potential identification
- Run engagement and recognition initiatives
- Track satisfaction and attrition
- Handle grievances confidentially
- Build a positive, performance-driven culture
- Identify training needs
- Run the annual training calendar
- Coordinate functional, behavioural, leadership, and compliance training
- Build managerial capability
- Manage salary structures, incentives, and benefits with management
- Coordinate increments and incentive processes
- Support benchmarking and internal equity
- Ensure accurate payroll inputs
- Develop and implement HR policies and SOPs
- Maintain employee records
- Drive HRMS and automation
- Improve processes, TAT, and employee experience
- Ensure labour law and statutory compliance
- Coordinate with consultants, legal advisors, and authorities
- Maintain statutory documentation
- Handle disciplinary matters fairly per policy and law
- Lead, mentor, and develop the HR team
- Set KRAs/KPIs and monitor performance
- Ensure timely HR deliverables
- Build a service-oriented, business-focused HR function
- Address HR needs of sales, marketing, corporate, and field-force teams
- Support hiring and retention of MRs, Area/Regional Managers, Product/Marketing, and senior roles
- Partner on sales-force productivity, incentives, and capability
- Support people needs from new products, territories, and expansion
## Requirements
- MBA/PGDM in HR, Personnel Management or equivalent preferred
- 8–10 years of progressive HR experience, preferably in pharma, healthcare, FMCG or a comparable industry
- Hands-on experience in HR operations, TA, engagement, performance management, and policy implementation
- Prior experience managing an HR team
- Good knowledge of Indian labour laws and statutory compliance
- Working knowledge of HRMS, payroll, and HR analytics
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and leadership skills
- Able to work independently and engage confidently with the MD and senior management
## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Certification in HR (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR)
## What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- A dynamic and inclusive work environment
- Access to cutting-edge HR technologies and tools
## Location & Work Mode
- Primary location: Hyderabad
- Additional locations: As per business requirement
- Work mode: Onsite

Work arrangement
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