HR Business Partner - Product & Technology - EdTech/SaaS

HR Business Partner - Product & Technology

Location: Mumbai

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to work closely with business and leadership teams in a growing technology-driven organisation with a strong focus on digital learning solutions and product innovation.

The role will involve partnering with senior stakeholders to drive people strategy, strengthen organisational effectiveness, and support the next phase of business growth following the integration of a technology product business. The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of product-led organisations, a strategic HR mindset, and the ability to translate business priorities into impactful people initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Business Partnership: Partner with business leaders to understand growth plans, identify workforce priorities, and develop people strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Organisation Effectiveness: Support organisation design, workforce planning, role structuring, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
• Talent & Performance Management: Drive performance management, talent reviews, employee development, retention strategies, and leadership capability building.
• Employee Engagement & Culture: Strengthen employee experience, engagement, and organisational culture while supporting a collaborative, high-performance work environment.
• Talent Acquisition Partnership: Work closely with Talent Acquisition teams to anticipate hiring needs, build talent pipelines, and attract specialised technology and product talent.
• Integration & Change Management: Support people integration initiatives following business acquisitions, ensuring alignment of policies, processes, organisational structures, and employee experience.
• Leadership Advisory: Act as a trusted advisor to senior management on people-related decisions, employee relations, leadership effectiveness, and organisational challenges.
• HR Analytics: Use workforce metrics, attrition trends, engagement insights, and performance data to identify improvement opportunities and support business decisions.
• HR Governance: Ensure consistent implementation of HR policies, processes, and practices while balancing business requirements with organisational standards.

Candidate Profile:

• 15 - 22 years of overall HR experience, with significant experience in strategic HR Business Partnering roles.
• Experience working with well-established technology product companies, SaaS businesses, EdTech organisations, or digital platforms.
• Strong exposure to partnering with business leaders in product engineering, technology, digital solutions, or other knowledge-intensive functions.
• Experience supporting organisational growth, transformation, business integration, or post-acquisition people initiatives.
• Demonstrated expertise in organisation design, talent management, leadership development, performance management, and employee engagement.
• Ability to work closely with senior leadership and influence business decisions through effective people practices.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• An MBA or postgraduate qualification in Human Resources or Industrial Relations from a premier institute such as XLRI, TISS, MDI, SCMHRD, or an equivalent institution.

Preferred Candidate Background:

Candidates from leading technology product companies, SaaS businesses, digital learning platforms, and high-growth product-led organisations will be preferred. Experience in environments undergoing rapid expansion, organisational transformation, or integration of acquired businesses would be an advantage.

We are looking for a commercially oriented HR professional who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution and can effectively partner with business leaders in a dynamic, evolving technology environment.