Lead - Human Resource - Operations & Governance

HR Lead Operations & Governance: About the Role: We are looking for an HR Lead to drive people operations, governance, and HR execution across a multi-entity organization. This is a hands-on role focused on strengthening HR processes, ensuring policy compliance, driving operational excellence, and partnering with senior leadership to deliver consistent people practices. Key Responsibilities: - Own organization structure, workforce planning, and headcount governance. - Lead end-to-end hiring for leadership, specialized, and corporate roles, ensuring alignment with approved plans and budgets. - Drive performance management, appraisal cycles, promotions, and performance improvement processes. - Oversee compensation, payroll inputs, HR policies, and benefits administration. - Manage employee lifecycle activities including onboarding, confirmations, contract renewals, and exits. - Handle employee relations, disciplinary matters, grievances, and separations in a compliant and objective manner. - Ensure statutory HR and labor law compliance, documentation, and audit readiness. - Maintain HR MIS, dashboards, and reports covering headcount, attrition, vacancies, and workforce metrics. - Lead the HR operations team, ensuring process adherence, timely execution, and operational excellence. - Partner with business leaders, finance, and operations to drive HR governance and resolve people-related matters. Ideal Candidate: - Postgraduate qualification in HR, Management, or a related field. - 12+ years of HR experience, preferably in education, services, or multi-location organizations. - Strong expertise in HR operations, talent acquisition, performance management, compensation, and employee relations. - Experience managing specialized or academic talent is an advantage. - Strong understanding of labor laws, statutory compliance, and HR governance. - Process-oriented, execution-focused, with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Location : Electronic City, Bangalore