Senior Manager - Digital HR (HR Technology & Analytics)

Role Purpose:

Own and drive the digital HR agenda for the organization, ensuring HR technology, data, and automation enable a seamless employee experience and sharper business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

- HRIS Ownership: Lead end-to-end management of the HR tech stack (core HR, payroll, recruitment, performance, learning, engagement), ensuring uptime, adoption, and continuous enhancement.

- Digital Roadmap: Build and execute a multi-year HR digital transformation roadmap aligned with business and CHRO priorities.

- Process Automation: Re-engineer HR processes (onboarding, attendance, leave, F&F, helpdesk, workflows) for speed, compliance, and employee self-service.

- HR Analytics & Dashboards: Create real-time dashboards and insights on attrition, productivity, manpower cost, and talent trends for leadership.

- Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Manage HR tech vendors, SLAs, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration with IT, Finance, and business HR teams.

- Data Governance & Compliance: Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with statutory norms and the DPDP Act.

- Emerging Tech: Evaluate and pilot AI, chatbots, and automation tools to improve HR efficiency and employee experience.

- Change Management: Drive user adoption through training, communication, and feedback loops across a large, geographically dispersed (plant, sales, corporate) workforce.

Candidate Profile:

- Education: MBA/PGDM in HR (or equivalent); certification in HR Analytics/Technology is a plus.

- Experience: 8 - 10 years in HR with at least 5 years in HRIS, HR Tech, or digital HR roles; end-to-end implementation and/or management of an HRMS.

- Preferred: Hands-on experience with Darwinbox (implementation, configuration, or administration); exposure to a consumer durables, FMCG, manufacturing, or large-scale distributed-workforce environment.

Skills & Competencies:

- Strong command of HRMS platforms, workflow configuration, and integrations (payroll, ERP, SAP/Finance)

- Proficiency in Excel, Power BI/Tableau; SQL a plus

- Project management and vendor negotiation skills

- Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into business insights

- Strong stakeholder influence and ability to work directly with senior leadership

Success Measures:

- HRMS adoption and employee satisfaction scores

- Reduction in HR process turnaround times

- Accuracy and timeliness of HR dashboards

- On-time, on-budget delivery of digital initiatives