Job Description

About the Opportunity

Job Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: 02 October 2026

Job Description

Title HR - Business Partner

Department India Human Resources

Location India (Gurgaon/Bangalore)

Reports To Sr. HR Business Partner

Level Grade 6

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Human Resources team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

About your team

The HR Business Partnering team works closely with leaders and managers at functional, regional and enterprise levels; partnering with key centres of HR expertise (for example: reward, talent acquisition, learning & development), to design and deliver people plans in support of business and organisational goals.

About your role

You will partner with senior leaders across Fidelity International’s global Platform teams to deliver people strategies that support business objectives, organisational effectiveness, and a positive employee experience. Operating in a fast-paced, matrix environment, you will work flexibly and nimbly across multiple stakeholders, priorities, geographies, and global teams, applying an agile mindset to anticipate needs, align perspectives, unblock issues, and deliver practical people solutions. As a trusted HR business partner, you will lead a broad range of HR activities, with key focus areas including employee relations, performance and talent management, succession planning, employee engagement, career development, organisational change, and reward and recognition.

In addition, the role involves close collaboration with global HR COE teams such as Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management, HR Shared Services, and HRIS to deliver integrated people solutions and ensure business priorities are reflected in the broader HR strategy. Success in this role will require strong stakeholder orchestration across regional and global teams, adaptability, and the ability to move smoothly between strategic priorities and hands-on execution. The role also involves driving enterprise-wide HR initiatives, contributing to governance and people programmes, championing the use of data and AI-enabled insights, and ensuring that business priorities are effectively reflected in broader HR planning and decision-making. You will also foster Fidelity’s culture and values, and support the delivery of key organisational priorities across the global Platform organisation.

About you

Strategic Business Partnering

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and execute people strategies aligned to business priorities and organisational goals.
• Lead talent and succession discussions to strengthen leadership pipelines and critical role readiness.
• Drive performance management processes, calibration discussions, and capability-building initiatives.
• Support organisational design, restructuring, role evaluation, and workforce transformation activities.

Platform Talent Priorities & Process Enablement

• Support platform-level talent priorities, including performance management, talent management, succession planning, compensation benchmarking, and other annual people processes.
• Partner flexibly with global Platform teams, HR Centres of Expertise, and regional stakeholders to ensure consistent, well-coordinated delivery of core HR processes across regions, functions, and time zones.
• Help drive a seamless process experience for leaders and employees by working in an agile, responsive way, providing clear guidance, timely coordination, and proactive issue resolution throughout key people cycles.

Employee Relations, Reward & Culture

• Coach managers to drive ongoing performance management through open, constructive conversations and structured improvement plans for low performers.
• Support the resolution of employee relations matters e.g. Involuntary termination, Redundancy, Performance Improvement Plan, Disciplinary Meeting etc
• Lead employee engagement and listening initiatives, translating insights into meaningful action plans.
• Partner with Reward team on compensation benchmarking, market competitiveness and annual compensation reviews.
• Work with the business to ensure an efficient management of the year-end compensation review process
• Champion Fidelity's culture, values, wellbeing, and DEI agenda, creating an inclusive and high-performing work environment.

Data, Insights & Change Leadership

• Support organisational transformation initiatives, including restructuring, role design, workforce planning, and change management, ensuring effective implementation and stakeholder engagement.
• Leverage workforce analytics, AI-enabled tools and HR metrics to provide insights that inform business decisions and improve organisational outcomes.
• Contribute to regional, global, and enterprise-wide HR projects, working nimbly across cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business and people outcomes at pace.

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Postgraduate with 12+ Years of work experience.
• An individual with the highest level of personal authority and integrity.
• Can demonstrate a flexibility of thinking, ability to analyse and distil complex information quickly.
• Ability to influence, facilitate and foster meaningful conversation with senior leaders in organisation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a strong presence and the ability to adopt a
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• Equally comfortable dealing with long term strategic issues as with detailed, complex operational issues.
• A natural self-starter with the appetite for the considerable workload, intensity, and challenges
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• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery, managing multiple priorities flexibly and with agility in a fast-paced, globally connected environment.
• A team player, who will be able to work within the overall culture and fit with its entrepreneurial but
• undefined Feel rewardedFor starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.