Fieldpiece Instruments, a privately held US company, is hiring a
Human Resources Business Partner to open our new office in Hyderabad, Telangana. Reporting to the CHRO in the US, you'll be the first and only HR professional in India and be responsible for building this office from the ground up managing the office, working with a local service firm for payroll and compliance, and partnering with US-based managers to hire 20+ high-caliber technical professionals in the first year. This is a founding HR Business Partner opportunity.
If you've successfully built and scaled India operations for a US-based company before and know exactly what day zero to structured growth looks like we want to speak with you. This role is ideal for a confident, strategic, execution-focused HR leader who thrives in ambiguity, builds structure, and enjoys partnering across time zones.
Fieldpiece is a thriving team of innovators - committed to pushing boundaries and celebrating curiosity. We've been providing HVACR professionals with rugged, feature-rich tools like meters, manifolds, leak detectors, and more since 1990. Fieldpiece leads the industry in the way we think, work, collaborate, and remain laser-focused on creating products that empower HVACR professionals today and tomorrow.
What You Will Own
Build the India HR Foundation and Office
- Partner with local HR/payroll vendors and legal counsel to develop India-specific HR policies to ensure full compliance with Indian labor laws, statutory requirements, and local regulations and alignment with global standards and Fieldpiece values
- Act as a trusted advisor to the US-based CHRO and leadership team aligning India talent strategy with global business objectives
- Implement HR systems and processes
Scale the Hyderabad Team
- Participate in workforce planning with US and India leadership to hire 22 professionals in the first year (engineering, software, QA, technical roles)
- Build strong recruiting pipelines and employer branding locally
- Drive structured onboarding and performance processes
- Establish a high-performance, inclusive culture and drive engagement initiatives and retention strategies
- Coach managers and leaders and serve as the go-to HR partner for all employee relations matters
Qualifications
What You Bring
- 10+ years in HR, including senior HR Business Partner or HR Leader roles
- Proven experience building or scaling India operations for a US or multinational company with a focus on engineering or technology
- Expertise in Telangana employment law and statutory compliance
- Experience managing a new office and HR operations as the sole HR leader
- Fluent, professional English (written and verbal)
- Experience with Workday or other global HCM platforms
Our values drive everything we do and our culture.
We are a TRIBE.
- Our collective growth starts with individual growth.
- We are fully engaged and empowered, collaborating to achieve our common mission.
- Our people are central in making Fieldpiece the best place we will work, ever.
We do the UPFRONT HOMEWORK.
- We are prepared before coming together to move forward effectively.
- We begin with the end in mind by understanding The Why upfront, visualizing, researching, and acting.
- We address obstacles head-on with creativity, grit and tenacity, while having fun along the way.
We deliver the RIGHT STUFF.
- We deliver innovative solutions by seeing the world through the eyes of our customers.
- Our culture of purposeful critical thinking leads to greatness now, rather than perfection never.
We earn TRUST.
- We prove our credibility, reliability, and genuine interest in others to build lasting relationships.
- Our tribe, partners, end users, suppliers and channel partners can rely on us to listen, act with integrity, and deliver quality.
We are LEAN.
- We never stop searching for a better way.
- We get started, fail fast, and move forward.
- Our actions deliver valuable results.
We leave our EGO at the door.
- We are unconcerned to be judged by the questions we ask.
- With humility, we value and pursue ideas and feedback from everyone.
- Our personal success is derived from the tribe's success.
