HR Manager
On-site · Pune, Maharashtra, India
Job Summary
HR Manager role in Leidos India overseeing strategic HR partnerships, compliance with Indian employment laws, workforce planning, talent management, employee relations, and HR program delivery. Partners with regional and global HR teams to drive organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, and lifecycle HR activities (recruitment, onboarding, payroll coordination, contracts, visa support, and governance). Requires hands-on HR expertise, strong business acumen, and ability to balance strategic advisory with operational execution in a fast-paced environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience in an HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, or HR Manager capacity
- Strong knowledge of Indian employment law, statutory compliance requirements, payroll regulations, and HR best practices
- Strong understanding of Indian organizational culture, workforce practices, and employment frameworks
- Proven experience supporting multi-state operations and ensuring compliance with both national and state-specific labor regulations
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing HR programs across employee relations, performance management, compensation, benefits, talent management, and organizational development
- Experience supporting compensation planning, salary review cycles, employee compensation actions, and market benchmarking activities
- Demonstrated experience influencing and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders in a complex, matrixed organization
- Demonstrated experience supporting global engineering organizations by partnering with U.S. stakeholders to build and manage India-based engineering teams delivering services to U.S. customers
- Experience supporting payroll processes and working with HRIS platforms
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and HR systems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a regional and global HR team
- Employment Law, Payroll & Compliance Expertise — Deep understanding of Indian employment legislation and statutory compliance requirements, including Code on Wages, 2019 EPF, ESI, PT, TDS, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to partner closely with International Payroll and Finance teams to ensure compliance with payroll, taxation, statutory reporting obligations, and regulatory requirements
- Strong knowledge of gratuity calculations and administration, maternity benefit requirements, statutory bonus obligations, and other employee benefit programs mandated under Indian law
- Working knowledge of regional labor law requirements, including state-specific Shops and Establishments Acts and other local employment regulations across India
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