HR Business Partner - Fixed Term Contract

Overview

A fixed-term 12-month HR Business Partner role supporting ABB's Process Industries Division in India, covering a maternity leave. The role reports to the Global BL HR Manager - Metals & Power Conversion.

What you'll do

• Understand business drivers and current and long-term strategies, identifying opportunities for HR to add value and improve organizational performance.
• Define and implement HR priorities aligned with Group, Division, and people strategies, adapting solutions to meet business needs.
• Act as a trusted and independent advisor to the management team, building strong relationships while constructively challenging decisions, behaviours, and established ways of working when needed.
• Coach senior leaders and facilitate open discussions on leadership effectiveness, accountability, team dynamics, and complex people and organizational matters.
• Lead and support organizational and cultural change, helping leaders create clarity, alignment, and commitment while ensuring agreed actions are implemented and sustained.
• Use business, people, and employee insights to identify organizational and leadership barriers affecting performance, collaboration, and employee experience, and work with leaders to address root causes.
• Support the development of high-performing teams through organizational design, restructuring, effective resource utilization, redeployment, and workforce planning.
• Oversee HR Business Partner support across India, ensuring consistent HR delivery while responding effectively to local business needs.
• Ensure compliance with global and local HR standards, policies, processes, and applicable Indian labour laws.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Manager.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders in a global environment to drive people, leadership, and culture development.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and constructively challenge senior leaders while maintaining trust, objectivity, and strong working relationships.
• Experience coaching leaders and facilitating challenging conversations related to leadership behaviours, accountability, team effectiveness, and organizational performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Fluency in English is essential.
• Sound knowledge of Indian labour laws and HR compliance requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and motivate others.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of additional languages.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Work model: Onsite.
• Fixed-term position for 12 months to cover maternity leave.