Head - Human Resource - FMCG/Consumer Durable/Paints/Retail - IIM/XLRI/TISS/MDI/SCMHRD

Head of HR / HR Leadership Role - FMCG/Consumer Durable/Paints/Retail - IIM/XLRI/TISS/MDI/SCMHRD

About the Role:

We are seeking a visionary, high-impact HR Leader who combines the governance, scale, and strategic depth of premier multinational corporations with the agility, product-first mindset, and innovation of a startup founder.

This is a senior executive role designed for someone who has spent the foundational decade-and-a-half of their career driving people strategy across world-class organizations, and then stepped out into the entrepreneurial arena to build scalable, technology-driven HR products.

If you understand organizational complexity at enterprise scale, think like an owner, and have built productized HR solutions from the ground up, we would love to connect.

Key Responsibilities:

- Strategic People Leadership: Architect and execute comprehensive human capital strategies aligned with business growth, organizational scaling, talent management, and culture transformation.

- Product-Led HR Innovation: Leverage a product-engineering and systems-thinking mindset to conceptualize, deploy, and scale modern, tech-enabled HR workflows and platforms.

- Organization Design & Scaling: Lead organizational design, workforce planning, performance architectures, and total rewards frameworks suited for rapid, sustainable growth.

- Executive Advisory: Partner closely with executive leadership and the Board to steer talent strategy, leadership development, succession planning, and culture governance.

- Data & Technology Optimization: Drive people analytics and automation, replacing traditional, fragmented HR processes with cohesive, scalable product architectures.

Candidate Profile & Core Requirements:

1. Overall Experience (20 Years):

- Phase 1 (15 - 16 Years): Established track record in senior/strategic HR leadership roles within Tier-1 MNCs or high-growth, best-in-class enterprises. Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale, complex human resource ecosystems.

- Phase 2 (Last 3 - 4 Years): Hands-on entrepreneurial journey in the HR domain:

1. Must have: Conceptualized, built, launched, and scaled HR-related products (HR Tech, SaaS, workforce tech, recruitment automation, or talent analytics platforms).

2. Exclusion Criteria: We are specifically looking for product builders. Entrepreneurship limited to soft-skills/corporate training, recruitment agency staffing, executive coaching, or general HR consulting will not fit this mandate.

2. Educational Background:

- Full-time Master's / MBA in Human Resources or Personnel Management from premier Tier-1 institutes only:

1. TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)

2. Symbiosis (SCMHRD / SIBM)

3. XLRI, MDI, IIMs, or equivalent top-tier global institutions.