Senior People & Culture Partner

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Req ID: 58849 Job Function: HR Posting Start Date: 12/08/2026 Posting End Date: 18/08/2026 Division: People & Culture Job Location: IND-Bengaluru-RMZ Ecoworld Advertised Salary: Competitive **Career Grade: C** **Location: Bengaluru** **About the role:** This role partners the newly created Networks and Digital units in India (c. 3000+ colleagues), which are undergoing a period of transformation to accelerate BT’s digital growth. The HR team plays a critical role in enabling this transformation by developing and delivering an integrated, solution-focused people plan. The Senior P&C Partner acts as a strategic architect, connecting the dots between global business partners, Centres of Expertise (CoEs), and local execution to shape the future technology organization and its evolving value proposition. **Role Accountabilities:** **Draw necessary cognizance of intersection points between Tech & India People Plans** to drive initiatives for a consistent colleague experience. **Skill-Based AI Transformation:==** Lead the transition from traditional job-based structures to a dynamic skills taxonomy. You will identify the future skills required for an AI-augmented workforce and implement re-skilling pathways to enhance engineering productivity. **High-Density Engineering Pod Design:==** Oversee the organizational design and evolution of the "Engineering Excellence Embedded Pod Model," ensuring structures promote high engineering density and delivery velocity while reducing operational friction. **STRADA Governance:==** Manage the STRADA Governance framework to ensure a strategic balance between full-time employees and vendor partners, maintaining the 10–15% headcount ceiling while ensuring culture and quality consistency. **Operating Model Simplification:** Work with senior leaders to simplify the operating model, transforming the people-related cost base to create an agile, fast-paced organization. **Next Generation Skills & Location Strategy:** Ensure units have the right skills in the right place by supporting a fully integrated strategic workforce plan that suits agile ways of working. **Performance & Talent Governance:** Drive in-country performance management using data-led weighted scoring models and leverage talent reviews to identify leadership potential (CLB/C/D). **Diversity & Inclusion:** Drive D&I initiatives (such as Lumina and Here4Her) woven through hiring, development, and sponsorship practices. **Influence and coach** the leaders and broader HR team in support of the strategic workforce planning & future skills approach for the Technology units in the country **Drive rewards strategy** for the business unit in the country and Digital Unit (Pay Ranges, Pay Positioning for different segments of talent, Retention Plans, Differentiated rewards strategy for high performers, off-cycle etc.) **Drive – In country performance management** (Ensuring the Technology/Unit goals are broadly cascaded to all, Goal Setting completions, Underperformance management, drive regular performance check-ins and quarterly performance reviews, End of year review process to have a country view of performance distribution) **Leverage Group/In-country LLTD offerings** & influence where something different is needed for Tech Units to ensure we have a structured investment in all talent segments through various learning offerings and a differentiated approach for HiPos to accelerate their readiness for next roles **HR Effectiveness** : Work with the wider HR team, its ways of working and skills to deliver the people plan and strategy. Focus on development of self and the broader team, championing a culture of self directed learning & development. Leading on upskilling pathways to support internal career opportunities and talent development The role has a **responsibility of managing a team of HRBPs** in the Technology Units in India – with a clear focus on their structured goals, careers and development plans The role holder is also expected to **increase the capability of our leaders** to lead and manage change & transformation effectively High performing Teams: Support the business to develop strategic imperatives including pro-active Talent agenda in order to to ensure retention of key employees, developing leadership succession plans, raising people leader capability, performance and overall healthy churn. **Skills & Experience:** **15+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner, preferably in a fast-paced technology or digital work environment.** **+ Experience in Skill-Based AI Transformation:** Proven track record in managing workforce transitions within an "AI-first" environment, specifically focusing on skill-mapping and AI-enabled future of work strategies. **Strategic Relationship Management:** Experience building strong strategic relationships and challenging senior stakeholders (e.g., Chief Digital Officer, Senior Partners). **Commercial Thinker:** Strong analytical skills and commercial awareness; comfortable interpreting data to drive insight-led decisions and evidenced ROI. **Change Agent:** Evidenced experience in leading large-scale people projects, OD, and cultural change management with global dependencies. **HR Mastery:** Strong understanding of India labour law and market. UK Market exposure is an added advantage. Robust technical HR knowledge, and its practical application, including hands-on experience with HRIS platforms like SAP SuccessFactors. **Education: Masters/Post-graduate in HR (preferable, e.g., XLRI, IIMs).** **BT Group’s Behaviours** **Customer First** Prioritize customer needs in every decision and action. **Challengers** Challenge the status quo and bring innovative ideas to life. **Committed** Own outcomes and deliver with integrity. **Clear** Communicate openly and simply, ensuring alignment. **Connected** Collaborate across teams to achieve shared goals. BT Group is the UK’s leading communication