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<p><span data-contrast="none">Job Description: Associate Director – Talent at Anchanto India</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":80}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Location: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Pune, India | </span><span data-contrast="auto">Experience: </span><span data-contrast="auto">15+ years, with senior HRBP and global exposure | </span><span data-contrast="auto">Industry: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Enterprise B2B SaaS / Global Tech | </span><span data-contrast="auto">Seniority: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Senior | Team: 1–2 direct reports</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">About the Role</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Anchanto is a global B2B SaaS company powering commerce for brands, retailers, logistics companies and enterprises across 12 countries — including Singapore, France, the UK, Malaysia and UAE. We are scaling fast, and the quality of our people decisions directly determines the quality of that growth.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">This role is Anchanto’s Performance & Retention Engine. You will own the quality of performance across the organisation — calibration rigour, talent reviews, succession depth, and manager effectiveness. You will drive regrettable attrition down by converting employee signals into org-level action before they become exits. You will be a trusted HR partner to senior leaders, translating business priorities into people decisions on org design, workforce planning, and team effectiveness. You will lead 1–2 HR professionals and bring the experience to operate in a business that runs across 12 countries every day.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">What Will Your Day Look Like?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Strategic Business Partnering: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Be the trusted HR partner for senior leaders and CXO across functions and geographies. Translate business priorities into talent actions</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Performance Quality : </span><span data-contrast="auto">Own performance quality across the organisation. Lead talent reviews and calibration with a sharp lens on performance vs. potential, critical roles, and succession depth. Enable managers to own team performance, not just report on it.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Retention & Regrettable Attrition: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Own the reduction of regrettable attrition. Analyse patterns across tenure, function, and manager. Convert employee signals — pulse data, skip-level insights, exit themes — into org-level actions. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Talent Management & Succession Planning: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Support the identification and development of critical talent across the organisation. Build and maintain a live succession bench for key roles. Map high-potential employees, track their readiness trajectory, and work with leaders to close gaps before they become business risk. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Own the Employee Experience: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Drive a consistent, high-quality employee experience across business units — from onboarding and engagement to career conversations and exits. Understand what employees feel and act on it before it becomes attrition.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Lead and Grow Your Team: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Manage 1–2 HR professionals. Set the quality standard, coach them to take on greater ownership</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">How You Will Build at </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Anchanto</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Anchanto operates in 12 countries, serves enterprise customers with mission-critical platforms, and is growing across geographies simultaneously. This role exists because we believe the quality of our people decisions — on performance, retention, and manager effectiveness — directly determines the quality of that growth. You are not a support function here. You are an owner of outcomes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">As AD – Talent, you will work directly with CXOs and directors and brings a point of view on performance and retention, that drives decisions forward</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The performance and retention work you own is not separate from your business partnering — it is what makes your partnerships credible. When calibration is rigorous, managers trust the process. That connection between what you own and what the business feels on the ground is what makes this role unusually impactful.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Skills and Experience Needed for This Job</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">15+ years of HR experience</span><span data-contrast="auto"> with significant senior HRBP roles in a high-growth technology or SaaS company. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Genuine global experience: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You have operated across multiple geographies </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Strong track record as a strategic partner: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You have worked directly with senior leaders and influenced organisation-level people decisions </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Talent Management & Succession: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Key roles have named successors with visible readiness timelines. Talent reviews result in concrete actions — promotions, development moves, or managed exits — not just documentation. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Manager Effectiveness track record: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You have measurably improved the quality of managers</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Experience leading HR professionals: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You have managed or mentored team members and know how to raise the quality of HR work in a small, lean team.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Analytical mindset: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You use data to make the case and to catch problems early </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">What Success Looks Like</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Business Partnership Quality: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Senior leaders actively involve you in org and people decisions. You are not informed after the fact — you are shaping the conversation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Employee Experience: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Employees in your aligned business units feel supported, heard, and clear on their growth path. Engagement and retention improve in your areas.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Manager Effectiveness: </span><span data-contrast="auto">The quality of managers in your partnered functions improves visibly — in calibration rigour, performance conversation quality, and how they handle their lowest performers. You are not measuring attendance at workshops; you are measuring behaviour change.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Retention & Attrition: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Regrettable attrition in critical segments trends down. You are not waiting for exit interviews</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Global Consistency: </span><span data-contrast="auto">HR philosophy and standards are consistent across geographies, with intelligent local adaptation</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Leadership and Ownership Traits You Must Have</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Business and Revenue Orientation: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You understand how Anchanto creates value and which people decisions directly affect growth, delivery, and customer outcomes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Ownership and End-to-End Thinking: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You see things through from diagnosis to outcome. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">High Accountability: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You own failures as readily as wins and drive closure with clear actions, owners, and timelines.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Global Mindset: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You bring cultural intelligence to every decision. You know what to adapt and what to hold firm on.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Performance Orientation: </span><span data-contrast="auto">You believe performance is the most honest measure of whether HR is working. You set a high bar, hold it, and drive others to do the same. You are not satisfied with process compliance — you want outcomes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Execution Discipline: </span><span data-contrast="auto">Plans you commit to get done. Follow-through is non-negotiable.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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