Director - People Success Partner| Corporate Functions

Locations: Hyderabad

Experience: 18+ years preferred | Employment Type: Full-time

About Zinnov

Zinnov is a global management consulting firm that helps organizations make decisions that get used - and deliver results that matter. For over two decades, we've partnered with leading enterprises, high-growth technology companies, and investors to answer some of the toughest questions they face:

- Where should we invest?

- How do we scale globally?

- What capabilities will win in the next decade?

Our work shapes market entry strategies, global operating models, M&A decisions, and long-term growth bets. We're known for being data-led, execution-focused, and outcome-driven - not opinion-heavy slideware.

At Zinnov, how you work matters as much as what you deliver. We value independent thinking, crisp communication, and early ownership. With 450+ professionals across 10 global offices, we work across industries including Digital Services, ER&D, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, Healthcare, BFSI, Automotive, Media & Telecom, and Private Equity.

Zinnov isn't for everyone. It's for people who want steep learning curves, honest feedback, and the opportunity to see their work influence real business decisions - not just presentations.

Why Globalization Excellence (GE)

Zinnov's Globalization Excellence (GE) practice helps enterprises build and scale Global Capability Centers (GCCs) end-to-end - from Design & Discovery to Build, Scale, and Run.

In GE, you don't work in silos. You:

- Own complex, end-to-end client journeys

- Work across GCC advisory, managed services, and BOT / outsourcing models

- Influence leadership decisions that shape long-term talent and operating strategies

This is where strategy meets execution - and where talent plays a defining role.

About the Role :

As a- People Success Partner (HRBP), you will own the full spectrum of people strategy and execution for a large, high-velocity operations environment (1000+ employee scale). This role is designed for a strategic, results-oriented HR leader who can independently drive people interventions that improve talent outcomes, culture, engagement, and operational performance - while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

You will blend- strategic influence- with- hands-on execution, using data, diagnostics, and strong stakeholder partnership to drive measurable improvements across attrition, productivity, employee experience, and capability building.

What You'll Do :

Strategic HR Leadership :

- Integrate people strategy with business priorities to enable growth, operational efficiency, and talent scalability.

- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping people decisions with context, clarity, and strong judgment.

- Drive org-wide HR priorities with tight governance, ownership, and predictable execution.

People Experience & Culture :

- Continuously monitor employee sentiment through pulse mechanisms, health checks, exit insights, and structured listening forums.

- Design and run engagement initiatives that reinforce a collaborative, high-performance culture.

- Counsel leadership on recognition frameworks, culture reinforcement, and engagement best practices.

Talent Optimization & HR Analytics :

- Use advanced analytics to inform workforce planning and talent decisions.

- Drive outcomes such as reduced attrition, improved productivity, and higher employee satisfaction through insight-led interventions.

- Build and communicate decision-ready dashboards and HR metrics for executive forums.

Performance Excellence & Learning Enablement :

- Partner with leaders to implement high-impact performance management systems and continuous feedback rhythms.

- Champion talent assessments and targeted learning interventions to close skill gaps and elevate performance.

- Influence managers to strengthen coaching quality, role clarity, and career development conversations.

Compensation & Benefits Strategy :

- Support strategic compensation reviews using external benchmarks and internal analytics.

- Drive initiatives that clearly link rewards to performance and organizational impact.

- Partner with stakeholders to strengthen pay competitiveness and retention outcomes.

Employee Relations & Compliance :

- Handle complex employee relations cases with maturity, discretion, and consistent documentation hygiene.

- Maintain a strong working understanding of HR compliance requirements and proactively mitigate risk.

- Preserve culture and integrity through fair, firm, and people-first resolution approaches.

What You Bring :

Qualifications & Experience :

- Extensive HR Business Partnering experience in large, high-volume service delivery / operations environments.

- Demonstrated experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving enterprise-wide people initiatives.

- Strong exposure to operating rhythms in dynamic, fast-changing organizations (growth, transformation, scale).

Key Skills :

- Strategic influence:- strong advisory presence with senior leaders; able to shape decisions, not just execute.

- Operational excellence:- balances strategic programs with day-to-day people execution without losing rigor.

- Analytical strength:- translates HR data into actionable insights and outcome-driven interventions.

- Culture leadership:- builds engagement and high-performance programs that leaders adopt and sustain.

- Change leadership:- leads organizations through transformation with strong communication and adoption discipline.

- High ownership, responsiveness, and the ability to operate independently in stakeholder-heavy environments.

What Success Looks Like :

- Enterprise people strategy & business alignment

- Executive stakeholder advisory & influence

- Talent, leadership & succession management

- Org design & change management

- Culture, engagement & employee experience

- Performance, rewards & talent governance

- People analytics & workforce intelligence

- Risk management, ethics & compliance

- HR transformation

- HR leadership, capability & succession planning