Head - Human Resources, Piramal Foundation

About Piramal Group:

The Piramal Group is a global diversified business conglomerate with operations in over 30 countries and a strong presence in more than 100 markets around the world. Since the late 1980s, Piramal Group has evolved from a textile-centric business to a diversified Organisation, which operates across sectors such as pharma, health care information management, financial services, specialty glass packaging and real estate.

As a Group we have consistently identified opportunities ahead of the curve, even when market situations suggest the opposite. Over the past two decades, our Group has consistently focused on growth keeping the philosophy of - Doing Well, Doing Good- at the center and today we are ranked amongst the leading business conglomerates in India. Piramal Group's balance sheet today is in excess of US$9.5 billion and over 60 percent of the revenues are generated from outside India. We are home to a team of over 10,000 people from around the world and have over 21 nationalities working with us.

About Piramal Foundation:

Our philanthropic arm, Piramal Foundation, runs projects across healthcare, education and water, besides running a Fellowship. Our Projects - Piramal Sarvajal and e-Swasthya are Harvard Business School Case Studies. At Piramal Foundation, we develop innovative solutions to resolve issues that are critical roadblocks towards unlocking India's economic potential. Our core values of knowledge, action, impact and care guide us to imbibe sustainability in the developmental work we carry out. We believe that considerable positive change can occur, when we collaborate with likeminded partners and nurture projects that are scalable ensuring a long term impact.

Piramal Swasthya

Piramal Swasthya's services are spread across 11 states in the country. Piramal Swasthya possesses technological and management strengths and specialized medical expertise and has impacted more than 84 million beneficiaries. The Health Information Helpline (HIHL) is a health contact center that aims to reduce minor ailment load on the public health system. The Telemedicine Services brings the much needed specialist healthcare services to remote areas and Mobile Health Services(MHS) deploys mobile health units - vans equipped with technology, medical devices, medicines and health workers - to villages where public health system is not easily accessible.

Piramal Sarvajal:

Sarvajal is committed to providing pure and safe drinking water for the under-served at an ultra-affordable price. Sarvajal provides affordable clean drinking water to around 450,000 people on a daily basis. Sarvajal is an enterprise implementing an innovative and technology-centric solution for decentralized filtration and distribution. Working with rural entrepreneurs, Sarvajal is creating a self-sustaining solution which uses remote sensing, solar power and RFID technology to ensure quality, transparency, and accountability.

Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership (PFEL)

PFEL works in 3400+ schools across 5 states benefitting more than 5,60,000 children. PFEL believes that there is a need for inculcating the 'right' mindsets, leadership skills and imparting relevant knowledge to school principals, in order to positively impact the quality of education in public schools. PFEL runs two parallel programs- Principal Leadership Development Program (PLDP) and Piramal Fellowship. Principal Leadership Development Program (PLDP) has been designed as a three year Leadership Development Program to provide holistic training and development to school principals to improve learning quality in their schools. Piramal Fellowship a two year fellowship program for fresh college graduates who work with the rural school principals enrolled in PLDP and help them turnaround failing schools and in turn recognize and develop their leadership skills. District Leadership Development Program (DLDP) leverages the experience of PLDP to the entire hierarchy of educational system. DLDP aims to impact an entire education cadre. DLDP will foster comprehensive growth in learning outcome of children. The Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) has been established with the intent of taking the PFEL initiative a step further. PSL collaborates with all sectors of society around world including Governments, academics and corporates to sensitize educational leadership across India.

About the role :

Head - HR, Piramal Foundation

Purpose:

Lead Human Resources function for Piramal Foundation ensuring multiple high impact projects operate in a sustainable manner through a highly motivated team of partners.

Key responsibilities:

- Develop and implement an HR strategy in line with the growth plans in due consultation with CEOs and Group HR. Ensure HR plans support the needs of the Foundation and are flexible enough to cope with changes in the Organisation, where required.

- Responsible for providing strategic direction for the organization, participate in senior level decision making processes and oversee day to day management and compliance requirements

- Actively study, adapt and implement best practices which can help build sustainable organizational practices.

Flex leadership style to ensure that Foundation's big picture is converted into actionable and at the same time, set an example by leading change. Deploy sound cultural practices as the Foundation builds a unique culture based on collaboration, behavior change and an unwavering focus on outcomes.

- Build senior leadership team in the Foundation, including through crossover talent. Actively develop and promote a talent sourcing strategy for the Foundation that builds diversity and resilience.

- Facilitating Organizational Development (OD) & leadership interventions in line with organizational needs for enhancing organizational effectiveness. Strategize and implement a learning and development agenda in consultation with the CEOs that helps create a talent pipeline for future requirements

- Oversee HR Operations that ensure a seamless experience for all employees. Implement appropriate technology platforms for HR process to provide ease of management to all, including the front line employees

- Collaborate with Center of Excellence / Communities of Excellence to leverage collective wisdom on various steams of HR

- Work out Compensation philosophy that can balance between compensation expectations and commitment to the sector - including establishing appropriate benchmarks with comparators.

- Drive compliances with labor laws, liaise with appropriate authorities for the same and handle IR issues wherever required.

Essential skills and qualification:

- MBA from a premier management institute along with a Bachelor's degree from a reputed university/institute.

- Experience in managing Talent Acquisition, Talent Development and Culture Building with demonstrated leadership qualities. Capable of steering the HR function in a development sector in particular or in a variety of sectors.

- Should be experienced in managing large workforce, maintaining healthy employee relations and contractor workers

- Collaboration / influencing without authority

- Ability to work with differing viewpoints and build consensus

- High level of emotional intelligence

- Ability to see the large picture, spot mega trends as also dive into details wherever necessary

- Looking to a long term engagement and commitment to build an institution

Reporting to :

Administratively - Chief Executive Officer - Piramal Foundation

Functionally - President & CHRO (Piramal Group)

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