General Manager / Head - Human Resources & People Strategy.

Location: Hyderabad.

Company: Ridhira Group.

About Ridhira Group:

Ridhira Group operates across wellness, hospitality, real estate, preventive healthcare, and lifestyle communities.

As a fast-growing organization, we are building a high-performance, people-centric, and process-driven culture aligned with long-term business growth.

We are looking for a strategic HR leader who can drive organizational effectiveness, talent transformation, leadership hiring, performance management, and HR business partnering across multiple business verticals.

Role Overview:

The GM / Head - Human Resources & People Strategy will act as a strategic HR partner to leadership and business heads, driving organization-wide HR initiatives focused on:

- HR strategy and transformation.

- Talent acquisition and employer branding.

- Performance management systems.

- Compensation and rewards framework.

- Leadership hiring and succession planning.

- Organizational development and employee engagement.

HR analytics and workforce planning:

- This role requires a strong blend of strategic thinking, execution capability, business partnering, and high-growth organization experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic HR Business Partnering:

- Partner closely with promoters, business heads, and leadership teams to align HR strategy with organizational goals.

- Drive workforce planning and organizational design across functions.

Act as a trusted advisor on:

- Talent strategy.

- Team structuring.

- Leadership capability building.

- Employee performance and engagement.

- Support business expansion and scaling initiatives through effective people practices.

Performance Management & KPI Framework:

- Design and institutionalize organization-wide Performance Management Systems (PMS).

- Develop role-based KPIs and measurable performance metrics across departments.

- Implement structured review cycles, feedback mechanisms, and performance calibration frameworks.

- Drive a culture of accountability, meritocracy, and measurable outcomes.

- Build automated HR dashboards and performance reporting systems.

- Talent Acquisition & Leadership Hiring.

Lead strategic hiring initiatives across:

- Corporate functions.

- Hospitality operations.

- Wellness and healthcare verticals.

- Real estate and project teams.

- Build strong leadership hiring pipelines for mid and senior management roles.

- Develop employer branding strategies across LinkedIn and digital platforms.

- Strengthen recruitment processes through structured assessments and competency-based interviews.

- Drive campus hiring initiatives from premier institutions.

Compensation, Rewards & HR Governance:

- Develop compensation benchmarking and structured salary band frameworks.

- Ensure market-aligned and internally equitable compensation structures.

- Design reward and retention strategies for high performers and leadership talent.

- Support budgeting and manpower cost optimization initiatives.

- Ensure HR policies and governance frameworks are aligned with organizational growth.

Organizational Development & Employee Engagement:

- Build leadership development and succession planning initiatives.

- Drive employee engagement and culture-building programs.

- Implement mentoring, coaching, and capability development interventions.

Strengthen employee experience across the lifecycle:.

- Onboarding.

- Learning and development.

- Career progression.

- Retention.

- Promote a high-performance and collaborative work culture.

- HR Analytics & Decision Support.

- Build HR dashboards and workforce analytics systems.

Track key HR metrics including:.

- Attrition.

- Hiring efficiency.

- Employee productivity.

- Engagement scores.

- Compensation benchmarking.

- Generate data-driven insights for management decision-making.

- Support leadership with strategic manpower planning and organizational reports.

HR Operations & Compliance:

- Oversee HR operations, policy implementation, and compliance frameworks.

- Ensure smooth HR processes across multiple business verticals and locations.

- Strengthen SOPs and operational HR governance systems.

- Ensure compliance with labor laws and HR best practices.

Required Experience:

- 8-15 years of experience in Human Resources, HRBP, or People Strategy roles.

- Proven experience in high-growth organizations, startups, consulting, hospitality, healthcare, or multi-business environments.

Strong expertise in:.

- HR Business Partnering.

- PMS & KPI frameworks.

- Compensation design.

- Leadership hiring.

- Organizational development.

- Experience managing large and diverse workforce structures.

Preferred Background:

- Experience in Hospitality, Real Estate, Healthcare, Consulting, or Startup ecosystems.

- Exposure to fast-scaling and transformation-driven organizations.

- Strong stakeholder management and leadership advisory capability.

- MBA / PGDM / Executive HR qualification from reputed institutions preferred.

Core Competencies:

- Strategic HR Leadership.

- Performance Management Systems.

- Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning.

- Compensation & Rewards.

- Leadership Hiring.

- HR Analytics & Reporting.

- Employee Engagement & Culture Building.

Organizational Development

- HR Transformation & Process Excellence.

- Success Metrics (First 12 Months).

- Strong PMS and KPI framework implemented organization-wide.

- Improved leadership hiring turnaround and quality.

- Structured compensation benchmarking framework established.

- Increased employee engagement and retention metrics.

- HR dashboards and analytics systems operational.

- Stronger HR governance and process standardization across businesses.