Associate Director - Human Resources

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 Associate Director - Human Resources you will lead all HR functions including recruitment, onboarding, business partnering, performance management, employee engagement, compensation management, policy and process compliance for one or more business verticals/functions at Emeritus. You will work closely with business teams to own and drive the people strategy for your respective coverage with strong emphasis on internal/external stakeholder management. This is a mid-leadership role which will own the entire employee life cycle for the business teams, act as a trusted people advisor and design and implement people interventions to enable business outcomes. 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 Sales and Marketing teams including but not limited to recruitment, onboarding, business partnering, 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 DE&I initiatives
• Own and lead one or more central HR initiatives as a part of 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
• Open to change and challenging assignments
• 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

Other Requirements

• 6-9 years of experience as a hands-on HR professional with focus on talent acquisition, business partnering, stakeholder management and talent development
• 3-5 years of experience of managing HR for Sales and Marketing teams
• Proven experience in building and scaling HR functions
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment; work independently but also collaborate cross-functionally
• Experience in talent acquisition and managing people portfolio across levels & functions Sales, Marketing, Analytics, Technology etc. with exposure to innovative practices.
• 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:

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