Human Resources Business Partner

Role overview

Curefit is looking for an HR Business Partner in Hyderabad to support employee relations, disciplinary handling, and performance management. This position acts as a trusted advisor to business leaders and employees, helping ensure that workplace concerns are addressed fairly, consistently, and in line with applicable laws and company policy.

Employee relations

• Serve as the first point of contact for employee grievances, workplace concerns, and conflict resolution.
• Carry out impartial and timely investigations into employee complaints while protecting confidentiality.
• Coach managers on how to handle delicate employee relations situations.
• Monitor ER patterns and trends, and suggest preventive actions that improve the employee experience.
• Work with legal counsel whenever needed to reduce risk exposure.

Disciplinary and performance management

• Own the disciplinary process from start to finish, including documentation, fact-finding, and hearings.
• Support managers with performance improvement plans, termination processes, and other corrective measures.
• Ensure disciplinary actions remain fair, consistent, and aligned with company policy and employment law.
• Train managers and leaders on proper documentation and on handling performance and behavioural issues effectively.

Policy compliance and records

• Review and refresh employee relations policies, disciplinary frameworks, and grievance handling procedures as needed.
• Make sure all records and actions are prepared to be audit-ready and comply with internal policies and local labour laws.
• Maintain secure and confidential files for ER and disciplinary cases.

Business partnering

• Develop strong working relationships with function heads to understand team dynamics and business challenges.
• Advise leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, and employee engagement approaches.
• Help business units navigate change initiatives while keeping people-related risks under control.

Employee experience and culture

• Encourage a workplace culture built on fairness, respect, and inclusion.
• Support engagement surveys, action plans, and initiatives that strengthen trust and retention.

Qualifications and skills

The ideal candidate should hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline, along with 3 to 4 years of HR experience. The role calls for strong knowledge of employee relations, grievance management, workplace investigations, disciplinary processes, labour laws, statutory requirements, and HR compliance. Success in this position also requires high emotional intelligence, strong conflict resolution ability, influencing skills, stakeholder management, analytical thinking, clear written and spoken communication, and a solution-oriented mindset. Experience with HRMS platforms and digital HR tools is important, as is proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for reporting and data analysis. Strong planning, organisation, time management, attention to detail, accuracy, and patience are also essential.

Additional information

Location: Hyderabad. Reporting line: HRBP Lead.