Skeps - Associate Director/Director - Human Resources

Role Overview :

We're looking for a senior HR Business Partner at the Associate Director / Director level, based in Gurgaon, to act as a strategic and trusted advisor to business leadership driving talent strategy, performance management, and employee relations.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced tech/startup environment and can balance strategic thinking with day-to-day execution.

Key Responsibilities :

• Partner closely with senior business leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into people strategies that drive performance and retention.
• Own the end-to-end performance management cycle for the business unit :

• 1. Goal-setting
• 2. Mid-year/annual reviews
• 3. Calibration
• 4. Performance improvement plans

• Drive talent reviews and succession planning, identifying high-potential talent and flight risks in partnership with business leaders.
• Act as the first point of contact for employee relations issues :

• 1. Conflict resolution
• 2. Grievance handling
• 3. Sensitive exits ensuring fair, consistent, and legally sound outcomes

• Provide coaching and guidance to people managers on team structuring, performance conversations, and leadership effectiveness.
• Use people data (attrition, engagement, performance trends) to proactively flag risks and recommend interventions, rather than just reporting metrics.
• Partner with COE teams (Talent Acquisition, Comp & Benefits, L&D) to ensure business needs are reflected in broader HR programs, without owning the design of those programs.
• Lead or support organizational change initiatives :

• 1. Restructuring
• 2. M&A integration
• 3. Culture-building as the business scales

Requirements :

• 12 - 14 years of progressive HR experience, with a significant portion in a dedicated HR Business Partner role (not generalist/HR ops/HR shared services).
• Proven experience supporting mid-to-senior business leaders (Director level and above) in a tech or startup environment.
• Strong, demonstrable experience in employee relations and performance management able to speak to specific cases handled, not just process knowledge.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and limited structure, typical of high-growth/startup settings.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills able to push back on business leaders constructively when needed.
• Data-literate comfortable using people analytics to build a narrative and influence decisions, not just pull reports.
• Prior experience managing or mentoring junior HRBPs is a plus for the Director-level track.