Piyusha Sinha

Strategic HR Business Partner supporting R&D functions, driving end-to-end HR initiatives, talent strategy, organisational effectiveness and employee experience. Partnering with leadership to build a high-performance, engaged and future-ready workforce in a regulated pharma environment.

Strategic HR Leadership

• Translate R&D business priorities into workforce and capability plans, partnering with leadership to optimise structure, skills and future readiness.
• Lead organisation design interventions, role clarity, manpower planning and redeployment decisions in alignment with productivity and cost objectives.
• Drive manpower budgeting for R&D, providing insights on workforce optimisation, skill gaps, redeployment solutions and headcount strategy.

Talent Acquisition, Capability & Succession

• Define hiring priorities for critical scientific and operations-facing R&D roles; collaborate with talent acquisition to design targeted sourcing strategies for technical and specialist positions.
• Ensure rigorous competency-based assessments, structured interviews and evaluation frameworks to strengthen quality of hires.
• Lead seamless onboarding, ensuring faster time-to-productivity through structured orientation and manager enablement.
• Co-own talent management and succession planning for key R&D roles, driving career development, readiness mapping and internal mobility.

Talent Development, Competency & PMS

• Lead competency mapping for scientific, managerial and technical roles to inform capability building and career architecture.
• Drive the Performance Management System for R&D, ensuring robust goal setting, mid-year reviews, calibration and data-driven development planning.

Employee Experience, Engagement & Culture Building

• Lead strategic employee connect programs, engagement frameworks, GPTW initiatives and diversity agenda to build a high-trust, inclusive workplace.
• Partner with senior management on employee communication, engagement action plans and leadership connects based on feedback and HR analytics.
• Design and deliver HR practices that enhance employee welfare, work-life quality and overall organisational climate within R&D.

HR Projects, Transformation & Digital

• Lead and support organisation-wide HR projects related to culture, digital HR, simplification, and R&D capability transformation.
• Standardise HR processes across the employee lifecycle and implement data-backed improvements for efficiency and employee experience.

HR Analytics & Governance

• Consolidate and analyse key HR KPIs, reports and dashboards for R&D to drive business decisions on attrition, productivity, skill readiness and engagement.
• Ensure adherence to Glenmark’s ethical standards, diversity goals and risk mitigation frameworks across HR operations.