Head - Talent Acquisition & HR Business Partner - Pharma

Job Description - TA & HRBP Head

Role : HRBP & TA Head

Key Responsibilities:

HR Business Partnering

-Partner with business leaders and CHRO to align people strategy with business objectives

-Actively participate in annual/monthly business reviews and own the manpower budgeting exercise

-Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on resolving ER/people issues and enhancing workforce productivity as per industry benchmarks

-Act as a strategic HR leader on organization structure, employee engagement, culture, and change management initiatives

-Lead performance management processes including scorecards creation, goal setting, reviews, calibration, and performance differentiation for assigned functions

-Drive employee engagement, retention initiatives, and culture-building programs across different functions/teams

-Monitor attrition trends and implement targeted retention strategies for critical and high-performing talent

-Lead employee relations and ensure effective resolution of people-related concerns

-Drive succession planning and internal talent movement initiatives

-Drive Learning & Development interventions with focus on Skill Taxonomy

-Leverage HR analytics and dashboards to support data-driven people decisions

-Ensure adherence to HR policies, governance standards, and process compliance

-Partner with HR Tech teams to improve automation and HR process efficiency

Talent Acquisition

-Lead end-to-end talent acquisition strategy across business functions and levels

-Build strong external talent pipelines for critical and leadership roles

-Drive hiring excellence through effective sourcing strategies, stakeholder management, and recruitment operations

-Ensure timely hiring with strong focus on quality of hire and candidate experience

-Ensure high talent availability (> 99 %) across roles / functions

-Drive recruitment analytics, hiring productivity, and continuous process improvement initiatives

Ideal Candidate Profile:

-MBA/PGDM in HR from a reputed institute

-10+ years of experience across HR Business Partnering and Talent Acquisition and leading teams

-Strong stakeholder management, strategic thinking, and people leadership capabilities

-Experience in Pharma organizations is highly preferred

-Proven ability to manage large-scale hiring and strategic HR partnering environments