Director – Business Area HR Leader
- Type:
- Full Time
- Location(s):
- Pune, MH 411014, India
- 2nd Cross Road, Mumbai, MH 400102, India
- Date Posted:
- Salary:
- Job Posting End Date:
- 2025-09-04-07:00
- Job ID:
- R250800370
The Strategic Business Area HR Leader partners directly with functional leaders and the CHRO to shape and execute the people strategy for a specific business or corporate function. This role is responsible for translating business objectives into forward-looking HR strategies that drive organizational performance, talent outcomes, and cultural alignment. As a key HR advisor and change agent, the role focuses on strategic workforce planning, leadership development, organizational design, and change management, rather than transactional HR operations.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Partners with business/function leaders to design and execute talent strategies that support current and future business needs.
- Leads strategic HR initiatives including workforce transformation, succession planning, leadership pipeline development, and organization effectiveness.
- Advises leadership on talent trends, culture, change readiness, and organizational health; translates insights into actionable HR strategies.
- Collaborates with the CHRO and HR Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to influence enterprise-level HR programs and ensure alignment to functional needs.
- Facilitates organization design and change management efforts to support business transformations or restructures.
- Provides strategic input into reward, recognition, and performance management strategies to drive accountability and engagement.
- Leads HR-related components of key business projects such as digital transformations, operating model changes, or capability building.
- Serves as a culture ambassador by driving inclusion, values alignment, and leadership behaviors in the function.
- Analyzes workforce and talent data to provide strategic insights and influence leadership decision-making.
- University (Degree) Preferred
- 8+ Years Required; 10+ Years Preferred
Career Level
10IC
Prefer 15 years + experience
Company Overview
At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.
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The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being.
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