Senior People Business Partner

Centers of Excellence (COE) are teams whose primary goal is to provide expertise in a specific field. COEs will usually provide support through training, research, and skilled leaders. In the case of HealthEdge, our Centers of Excellence incorporate the Human Resources, IT, Legal and Financial fields, all of which provide support to our Product divisions and allows the enterprise to move forward and achieve its goals. 

Strategic Partnership & Business Alignment 

• Serve as a senior advisor to leaders, aligning business strategy with people strategy to accelerate performance and transformation. 

• Translate business needs into actionable, scalable people initiatives that build capability and enhance organizational health. 

• Anticipate talent and workforce challenges through ongoing environmental scanning, internal insights, and business partnership.  

Organizational Design & Workforce Planning 

• Lead complex org design efforts across business units; advise on structure, role clarity, spans and layers, and change impacts. 

• Identify opportunities to optimize team performance, decision-making structures, and cross-functional collaboration. 

• Partner on workforce planning initiatives to ensure the right people are in the right roles at the right time.  

Leadership & Talent Development 

• Coach and advise senior leaders and managers through change initiatives, leadership transitions, and team evolution. 

• Facilitate talent review discussions, succession planning, and top talent development across functions. 

• Embed a culture of continuous performance, integrating feedback, recognition, and development into everyday leadership. 

Data, Insights & Decision Support 

• Provide data-driven counsel to influence decisions on structure, talent moves, and organizational priorities. 

• Partner with analytics teams to ensure data accuracy and use insights to diagnose root causes and inform action. 

• Lead and support strategic people analytics initiatives to elevate business impact.  

Employee Relations & Culture Stewardship 

• Serve as a senior escalation point for complex and sensitive employee relations issues, applying objective, legally sound approaches. 

• Champion a culture of trust, accountability, and respect through leader coaching and systemic interventions.  

HR Collaboration & Team Leadership 

• Collaborate across HR Centers of Excellence (Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, L&D, Operations) to drive integrated solutions. 

• Mentor and develop junior PBPs and HR team members, modeling excellence and elevating the practice. 

• Contribute to the evolution of enterprise-wide HR frameworks, practices, and programs. 

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic HR, including 5+ years in a People Business Partner or Senior HRBP role. 

• Proven experience partnering with senior leadership to drive transformation, talent strategy, and organization design. 

• Demonstrated success in complex, matrixed environments with enterprise-wide scope and ambiguity. 

• Strong business acumen and understanding of company financials, operations, customers, and market trends. 

• High emotional intelligence, integrity, and ability to handle confidential, sensitive issues with sound judgment. 

• Strong executive presence and ability to influence, coach, and advise at the senior level. 

• Experience in healthcare and/or technology sectors. 

• Advanced HR certification (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR). 

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or Organizational Development. 

• Experience with mergers, acquisitions, or large-scale restructuring. 

• Familiarity with modern HRIS and analytics tools. 

HealthEdge commits to building an environment and culture that supports the diverse representation of our teams. We aspire to have an inclusive workplace. We aspire to be a place where all employees have the opportunity to belong, make an impact and deliver excellent software and services to our customers. 

Work Location: In-office (3 days/week) at Kochi location with requirement to be able to travel and work from Trivandrum office once a month.Type of Employment: Full-time, permanent 

Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:  

• The employee is occasionally required to move around the office. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 

• Work across multiple time zones in a hybrid work environment. 

• Long periods of time sitting and/or standing in front of a computer using video technology. 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the job being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. HealthEdge reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Candidates may be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check.  

HealthEdge is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to workforce diversity and actively encourage all qualified persons to seek employment with us, including, but not limited to, racial and ethnic minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities.