Lead People Business Partner

Lead People Business Partner
 

What Makes Us, Us

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!  

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

The Lead Location People Business Partner for the India site, is a key strategic partner to business leaders, aligning people strategies with organizational and location goals to drive success.  This role is responsible for driving local People-related initiatives and providing guidance to business leaders on all people-related topics such as engagement and Performance Management.  The Lead Location People Business Partner plays a pivotal role in ensuring a compliant work environment by monitoring and implementing local legislative changes, supporting Health & Safety prevention and procedures, and implementing global compliance updates.  This role typically requires 5+ years of experience in people business partnering, employee relations, or related People roles. 

Working with a degree of autonomy, the Lead Partner supports cross-functional collaboration, drives projects with minimum guidance, influences stakeholders, and ensures the successful localization and execution of People & Culture (P&C) strategies. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Reporting directly into the Head of APAC Business Partners 
• Providing People advice and guidance to business leaders on people-related decision-making. 
• Supporting the local implementation of people programs and initiatives that enhance employee engagement, retention, and overall organizational performance. 
• Leading and executing P&C projects with minimum guidance. 
• Collaborating with P&C teams to ensure integration of people strategies.  
• Managing complex employee relations issues and coaching managers on conflict resolution, performance management, conduct, and well-being aspects. 
• Monitoring and interpreting local employment legislation, ensuring compliance and ensuring proactive policy updates with support from external advisors.  
• Owning the design and implementation of employee policies, ensuring alignment with local labor laws, market standards, and company standards. 
• Ensuring that local compensation and benefits remain competitive with the local market 
• Collaborating with brokers to manage, update, and communicate employee benefits effectively. 
• Partnering with local leadership to address employee feedback and Peakon engagement survey results with actionable plans.  
• Driving initiatives that promote high employee engagement and a positive workplace culture at the local level.  

What We Value

Strategic Planning & Partnership: partnering with the Site Lead and business leaders to develop and implement HR strategies that support business goals and cultivate a high-performance culture 

Change Management: Leading change management initiatives to ensure the effective implementation of organizational changes or transformations 

Handling employee relations and advising managers on sensitive employee issues such as performance management or disciplinary actions. Investigating workplace conflicts or complaints.  

Leading or driving P&C projects with minimum guidance, such as implementing new processes or local campaigns, or programs that promote engagement.  

Collaborating and working cross-functionally with other P&C teams to coordinate activities or share insights to inform broader people strategies. Host local townhalls.  

Monitoring employment law and ensuring policy compliance by reviewing and updating policies to reflect legal changes, ensuring policies meet legal and company standards, and rolling out and communicating employee policies. 

Ensuring competitive and compliant compensation and benefits by benchmarking salaries and benefits against the local market, recommending adjustments to pay or benefits, and managing relationships with benefits providers and brokers. 

Analyzing People data to provide insights and recommendations for local management to improve people practices or organizational effectiveness. Act on employee feedback and survey data by developing and tracking action plans to improve engagement. 

Designing and facilitating workshops, such as Insights, with a focus on team building, well-being, or inclusion campaigns and initiatives, and promote company values and culture locally. 

Skills - People Analytics, Interpersonal Savvy, Business Acumen, Health & Safety Management, Employee Relations, Local Rewards & Benefits Administration   

Benefits

A attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential components of any employment package. At SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. In addition to the traditional benefits, we promote an effective work-life balance, including flexible work hours and a hybrid workplace model. As a large organization, we offer a wide range of career opportunities, with an individualized approach to professional development to support the career path you wish to pursue.

Next Steps

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Reema Bhatia, Manager, Talent Acquisition, at email address. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.  

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

Who We Are?

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds. 

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients. 

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients. 

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