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Job Description

Role Summary: HCLTech is seeking an experienced HR consulting leader to advise global clients on enterprise HR transformation. The role requires deep expertise in Hire-to-Retire transformation, HR operating models, AI-enabled HR, and workforce experience. Partnering with CHROs and business leaders, the successful candidate will shape HR transformation strategies, accelerate AI adoption, simplify operations, and deliver measurable business value. Key Responsibilities: Advise CHROs and senior business leaders on HR transformation strategy, operating model modernization, AI adoption, and business value realization. Lead enterprise-wide Hire-to-Retire (H2R) transformation, driving process redesign, simplification, standardization, and harmonization across global HR functions. Design future-state HR operating models, including HR Business Partners, Centres of Excellence (COEs), Shared Services, Global Capability Centers (GCCs), and governance frameworks. Define HR transformation roadmaps, target-state capabilities, and implementation priorities aligned with business strategy and organizational goals. Drive employee and manager experience transformation through service design, journey-led process improvements, digital enablement, and AI-powered HR services. Develop business cases, value realization frameworks, KPIs, and executive dashboards to measure business, operational, financial, and workforce outcomes. Provide strategic guidance on HR technology, data, analytics, and AI-enabled HR capabilities, ensuring business-led and platform-agnostic recommendations. Lead executive workshops, strategic assessments, and transformation programs while building trusted relationships with CHROs and C-suite stakeholders. Support strategic pursuits, solution development, and thought leadership, converting advisory engagements into large-scale transformation opportunities. Build, mentor, and grow the HR Advisory & Consulting capability by developing talent, reusable consulting assets, and market-leading intellectual capital. Required Expertise: 16+years of experience in HR transformation, HR consulting, or enterprise HR leadership, with expertise in large-scale transformation programs. Proven experience advising CHROs, C-suite executives, and senior HR leaders on HR strategy, operating model transformation, and business value. Deep functional expertise across the Hire-to-Retire (H2R) value chain, HR operating models, and global HR service delivery. Strong experience in HR process transformation, standardization, harmonization, shared services, and employee experience. Ability to translate HR transformation into measurable business, workforce, and operational outcomes. Experience leading consulting engagements, executive workshops, solutioning, and strategic pursuits; Big 4 or Tier-1 consulting experience preferred. Good understanding of leading HCM platforms including Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, ServiceNow HR, UKG, Dayforce, and ADP. Experience leveraging AI, people analytics, and data-driven insights; exposure to Power BI, Tableau, or Visier is an advantage. Experience working with Fortune 500 and global, multi-country organizations, with a good understanding of the Europe & Global HR landscape. Qualifications: Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related discipline; MBA preferred. Professional certifications in HCM platforms, HR Transformation, AI, Change Management, or Project Management (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, SHRM, Prosci, PMP, GenAI/AI) are an advantage.

Core Responsibilities

Advise CHROs and senior leaders on enterprise HR transformation, including Hire-to-Retire redesign, operating model modernization, AI adoption, and employee experience. Lead transformation strategy and delivery, define value measures and roadmaps, support strategic pursuits, and develop the HR advisory capability.

Requirements

Requires 16 or more years of HR transformation, consulting, or enterprise HR leadership experience, with deep Hire-to-Retire, global service delivery, and operating model expertise. Candidates should have executive advisory and consulting experience, familiarity with major HCM platforms and AI or analytics, and a relevant master's degree; an MBA and professional certifications are preferred advantages.