Human Resources Business Partner

About Emeritus:

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai.

About the role

As the HR Business Partner, you will work closely with business teams to own and drive the people strategy for one or more business lines at Emeritus. The role scope is inclusive of but not limited to recruiting, business partnering & talent management with strong emphasis on internal/external stakeholder management and driving innovative people strategy. This is a holistic role which will own the entire employee life cycle for the business teams, act as a trusted people advisor, design and implement people interventions to enable business outcomes. The role has an added dimension of functioning as a talent management COE for organization wide talent initiatives. You will operate in a fast-growing, globally distributed environment, with remote engagement from India and exposure across geographies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business priorities and organization's mission
• Lead all HR functions for the assigned business teams including but not limited to recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee engagement, organization development and policy compliance
• Partner with business stakeholders to support workforce planning and talent development
• Provide strategic HR insights to leadership and contribute to decision-making
• Drive and implement recruitment strategies to attract and onboard A+ talent
• Manage employee relations and foster a positive, inclusive work environment
• Own reporting, dashboards and trackers to ensure data centricity
• Drive change management, process improvements & champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Own and lead one or more central HR initiatives as part of talent management COE workgroup
• Develop and oversee HR systems, policies, and procedures
• Drive employee engagement, analyse and improve existing people practices

Required Skills/Abilities

• Growth mindset, self-driven to thrive in a complex, fast paced set-up
• Adaptable and an open to change
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Systems Thinking with the ability to build strong collaborative relationships
• High on data orientation, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Aptitude for automation and new-age solutions
• Solution orientation and a hands-on approach

Experience and Qualification Requirements

• 6-9 years of experience as a hands-on HR professional with focus on talent acquisition, business partnering, stakeholder and talent management
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment; work independently but also collaborate cross-functionally
• Experience of recruiting and managing people portfolio across levels & functions – Sales, Marketing, Analytics, Technology etc. with exposure to innovative practices.
• Preference for hands-on exposure to multiple human resource disciplines such as performance management, talent management, organization development and DE&I
• Preference for experience in digital consumer, new age/ start-ups, fast paced set ups and rapidly scaling organizations
• Strong awareness of people trends & industry best practices
• Applied knowledge of HR systems
• Post-graduation in HR from an institute of repute – Preferred but not mandatory

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In the press:

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/start-up/news/eruditus-secures-150-million-funding-for-ai-expansion-business-growth

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/edtech-unicorn-emeritus-story-now-a-harvard-business-school-case-study/articleshow/107648728.cms?from=mdr

https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/emeritus-claims-top-spot-on-time-magazines-worlds-top-edtech-companies-of-2024-ranking-302132093.html