Extramarks - Vice President - Human Resources

Extramarks Education India Private Limited

Extramarks is leading the Education Technology sector in India by providing 360 education support to learners through new age digital education solutions. These solutions are used by schools in class room for imparting education and by students at home to make learning easy and effective. Keeping pace with globalization and technology in education, Extramarks empowers young learners to step in with the latest technology and have anytime-anywhere access to quality learning. In a very short period, Extramarks has become extremely popular among schools and students. More than 8000 schools use digital learning and technology solutions of Extramarks across India, Singapore, Kuwait, UAE and South Africa.

Extramarks Learning App allows students to learn at home at their own pace and space and provides complete educational support eliminating the need of a tutor. The three pronged pedagogical approach of Learn, Practice and Test ensures better learning outcomes for students. All concepts are first explained in an easy to learn manner with the help of rich media then the students are allowed to practice the concept. Virtual Practicing modules and Q&A allow the retention of knowledge that is tested on a robust teaching platform to identify the learning gaps.

Extramarks is currently in the process of scaling up rapidly and is looking to hire for the position of Vice President - Human Resources (VP - HR), to be an experienced professional with unique skill who stretches from strategy to execution. Extramarks is driving student learning through data driven techniques by providing personalized learning recommendations to the students. Apart from such customer facing innovations, we are also implementing internal operational excellence solutions through similar data driven approaches. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join Extramarks and help change the face of education in India.

Job Title: Vice President, Human Resources

Job Role: Functional Lead of Human Resources Vertical

Job Overview: 

An indicative list key roles and responsibilities of the successful candidate include -

- Managing the end to end HR function that includes performance & talent management, career progression, learning & development, employee engagement, strategic partnering for business processes.

- Responsible for conducting large scale recruitment drives to ensure Extramarks is fully equipped to meet business priorities at all times

- Should be able to implement human resources strategies by defining HR department KRAs & KPIs encompassing talent acquisition, records management, employment processing, compensation, training and development, employee retention, compliance and employee relations.

- Responsible for assisting enabling human resource strategies by researching and identifying human resources challenges, contributing high impact solutions, doing analysis and recommendations to assist organization strategic thinking and direction.

- Responsible for enhancing and/ or development, implementation and enforcement of applicable human resources policies and procedures.

- Develop talent acquisition strategies to build strong pipelines for future hiring needs.

- Responsible for implementing annual performance appraisal process in order to ensure timely completion of performance management cycle.

- Develop progressive and proactive compensation and benefits programs to provide motivation, incentives and rewards for effective performance that helps in retaining talent.

- Assessing the competitiveness and effectiveness of all programs and practices against the relevant comparable companies, industries and markets.

- Should be able to support senior management by providing human resources advice, counsel, and decisions.

- Dynamic and innovative leaders who can create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture, setting clear team goals, delegating tasks and setting deadlines.

Qualifications & Experience : 

- Fulltime MBA/ PGDM from a reputed Institution with minimum 10 years of professional HR experience.

- In-depth knowledge of Human Resource operations and legal regulations & hands-on experience in all aspects of HR management.

- In depth experience of Learning & Development, Talent management and Organization development practices.

- Willingness to travel.

- Experience in successfully implementing large scale recruitment drives.

- Strong leadership and project management skills.

Salary Negotiable

Work Location : D -180, Noida, Sector -63