Senior HR Leadership

Job Summary

We are looking to appoint a senior HR leader for a strategic leadership mandate with a leading financial services organization. The organization is expanding its presence across Wealth Management and Asset Management (AMC) and seeks an experienced HR professional who can partner with the senior leadership team to build and scale these businesses. This is a high-impact, CXO-level HR mandate responsible for shaping the people strategy, leadership architecture, organization design, and talent agenda for the next phase of growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the overall people strategy aligned with the organization's business and growth plans.
• Partner closely with the CEO and senior leadership team on organization and talent-related priorities.
• Support the organization's expansion into Wealth Management and Asset Management by building the required leadership and talent architecture.
• Lead senior leadership hiring across business-critical functions.
• Build a strong leadership pipeline and drive succession planning for key positions.
• Drive organization design, restructuring, and people transformation initiatives.
• Develop appropriate compensation, incentive, and performance management frameworks, particularly for senior and revenue-generating talent.
• Strengthen employee engagement, culture, and leadership effectiveness.
• Build scalable HR processes, governance, and people practices suitable for a growing financial services organization.
• Advise business leaders on talent retention, organizational effectiveness, and workforce planning.
• Establish a strong talent ecosystem across Wealth Management, Asset Management, and other financial-services businesses.
• Act as a strategic HR partner to the leadership team during the organization's growth and transformation journey.

Qualifications

• HR experience, with significant experience in senior HR leadership roles.
• Mandatory experience in Wealth Management, Asset Management, Broking, Capital Markets, or closely related financial services businesses.
• Preferred candidates would currently or recently hold roles such as CHRO, Group CHRO, CPO, Head HR, HR Director, or equivalent senior HR leadership positions.
• Strong experience in partnering with CEOs, Founders, Boards, and senior business leadership.
• Proven experience in building organizations, scaling teams, and managing business transformation.
• Strong understanding of leadership hiring, talent management, succession planning, organization design, compensation, and rewards.
• Experience managing HR for revenue-generating businesses and high-performance teams.
• Strong commercial orientation and ability to connect people strategy with business outcomes.
• Excellent executive presence, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• The ideal candidate would preferably come from a Wealth Management, Asset Management, Broking, Capital Markets, or Securities organization, with an understanding of the talent dynamics, compensation structures, and leadership requirements within financial services.
• Experience in building or scaling a Wealth Management / AMC business or supporting the launch of a new financial-services vertical would be highly advantageous.

Experience

• Relevant HR experience, with a significant background in senior leadership roles within financial services.

Environment

• Location: Mumbai.

Salary

Not specified.

Growth Opportunities

Not specified.

Benefits

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