HR Lead BSIPL & BILIL India and HR PDE Partner - India

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To partner with business to deliver HR projects and programmes in alignment with the delivery service catalogue.

Accountabilities

• Collaboration across the function to deliver HR cyclical and non-cyclical activities such as: organisational design, talent reviews, D&I strategy, annual promotion processes, pay round implementation, succession planning, and other HR practices.
• Project manage defined cyclical and non-cyclical activity ensuring use of project artefacts and collateral.
• Monitoring and evaluation of project progress, including risks and mitigations and closing of project as appropriate.
• Manage project implementation reviews and ensuring improvements are identified and implemented in line with customer feedback.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships with both HR Business Partners and business leadership using business insights and knowledge to support delivery of key projects.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a HR Lead BSIPL & BILIL India and HR PDE Partner - India , where you will work closely with the CEO – Private Banking and the Head of Investment Banking, India to deliver the People Plan and Leadership Agenda for the regulated entities. You will partner with the business to deliver HR initiatives and support multiple priorities across the Banking and Financial Services sector.

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Be an HR partner with experience delivering a partnering role in the Banking/BFSI sector, especially within Private Banking and Investment Banking.
• Be a change and action-orientated individual with a focus on continuous improvement in all areas of responsibility.
• Be highly energetic and delivery focused, with the ability to handle a varied portfolio of initiatives and a high workload to deliver quality results with a challenging but positive and influential style.
• Have the ability to work with multiple priorities and different senior leaders.
• Be a relationship builder with a reputation for integrity, evoking rapid trust and confidence in clients and colleagues.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with all levels of colleagues.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• MBA in Human Resources.
• Proven track record of HR deliveries in the BFSI sector.
• Proven track record of Project Management and Client Service Delivery.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interface with Senior Management personnel and global stakeholders.
• Practical understanding of the relevant regulatory and legal environment of the BFSI sector in India.

Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of emerging technologies and their applications.
• Good understanding of Copilot, AI and Automation.
• Work experience of a global workforce and stakeholders.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as:

• HR Business Partnering
• Project Management
• Client Service Delivery
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication Skills
• Regulatory and Legal Knowledge
• Continuous Improvement

Job location is Mumbai.