People Partner, Commercial & Services, India & South Asia

Job Description Summary

The People Partner – Commercial will act as a strategic HR partner to Commercial business leaders, supporting a workforce of up to ~350 employees. This role is accountable for driving the end-to-end people agenda across Commercial teams, with a strong focus on strategic workforce planning, culture, leadership capability, talent management, and data-driven decision-making. The role requires regular field engagement, with travel of ~10 days per quarter, to stay closely connected to business realities and leaders.

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Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• •Strategic Business & Workforce Partnership
• •Partner closely with Commercial leaders to translate business priorities into a robust people and workforce strategy aligned to short- and long-term goals.
• •Own strategic workforce planning for the Commercial function, including capacity planning, role design, critical skills identification, and succession pipelines.
• •Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on organization design, role clarity, productivity, and scaling decisions within a defined employee span (~350).

• •Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience
• •Drive and embed a strong, performance-oriented and inclusive culture across Commercial teams.
• •Lead employee listening and pulse mechanisms, translating insights into targeted, practical actions that improve engagement and effectiveness.
• •Strengthen the employee experience across the entire lifecycle – onboarding, development, performance, career progression, and exits.

• •Talent Management & Leadership Development
• •Own the talent management agenda for Commercial teams, including performance management, succession planning, and development of critical and high-potential talent.
• •Coach leaders on people effectiveness, leadership behaviors, and managing complex employee situations.
• •Identify leadership capability gaps and partner with L&D to build relevant interventions.

• •Learning & Development
• •Drive the L&D agenda for the Commercial organization in partnership with the Learning COE.
• •Ensure learning priorities are tightly aligned to commercial capability needs (sales effectiveness, leadership, change readiness, functional skills).

• •Talent Acquisition & COE Partnership
• •Partner closely with Talent Acquisition to deliver hiring plans aligned to workforce strategy, ensuring quality, speed, and diversity.
• •Collaborate with HR COEs (Rewards, L&D, HR Operations, ER, Analytics) to deliver integrated and scalable people solutions for Commercial teams.

• •HR Analytics & Insights
• •Leverage HR analytics and dashboards to provide leaders with actionable insights on attrition, engagement, performance, capability, and workforce risks.
• •Use data to proactively identify trends, anticipate challenges, and influence leadership decisions.

• •Projects & Change Enablement
• •Lead and contribute to critical people projects across Commercial teams, including transformation initiatives, change programs, and process simplification.
• •Support leaders through periods of change with clear communication, strong change management, and high employee trust.

• •Required Qualifications:
• •Master’s degree in human resource management from an accredited university or college in related area or equivalent with at least 5+ years of relevant work experience supporting commercial or sales business in a MNC .
• •Past Experiences that we think would help you here: Global business exposure, proven ability to deal with and lead thru uncertainty/ambiguity, large scale change, difficult conversations, Org restructuring, design to deployment, behavioural psychology, coaching, influencing Etc.

• •Desired Characteristics:
• •PHR/SPHR certification
• •Learning orientation, thinking out of the box, pushing boundaries, storytelling, desire to punch above your weight, networking, diversity of thought & deep HR functional skills.
• •Strategic mindset with strong business acumen resulting in the ability to connect dots and drive
• •HR agenda with proactive thought leadership
• •Strong ‘storytelling’ ability, crafts a clear and engaging message
• •Ability to work in changing environments, see through complexity and strategically promote an inclusive/diverse workforce
• •Confidence to voice opinions & ideas and willingness to deliver tough feedback/coaching to leadership
• •Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to assess situations make judgments based on practice or previous experience
• •Excellent collaboration, project management, organizational and change agent skills
• •Ability to energize and lead in complex, matrix, goal-driven organization.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity. Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support

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