HR Manager (Global Print)

Job Description

The HR Manager will be the primary HR leader supporting employees across Asia and the U.K. Based in Hyderabad India, this role partners directly with the CIO, CFO, and VP, AEM Print to align HR strategy with priorities spanning technology, finance, and print/product operations.

This role combines hands-on generalist HR delivery — employee relations, performance management, and execution of cyclical HR processes — with strategic workforce planning and organizational-effectiveness work across a distributed, multi-time-zone client group. The HR Manager also serves as the region's point of contact for global HR colleagues, helping maintain program consistency and compliance across three distinct legal and cultural environments.

As part of a strategic transaction, Thomson Reuters Corporation has entered into a joint venture with KKR, a leading global investment firm. Through this transaction, the Global Print business of Thomson Reuters has transitioned to Westbridge Print, a standalone organization dedicated to serving the legal, tax, government, academic, and corporate sectors.

Please note that this position is with Westbridge Print, and the successful candidate will be employed by and work as part of the Westbridge Print organization. Westbridge Print is a leading provider of professional information solutions, delivering trusted legal and tax content through print and digital platforms, including ProView. The business also provides commercial printing services to a diverse range of publishing customers across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, building on a long-standing reputation for quality, innovation, and customer service.

Key Responsibilities

Trusted Advisor & Strategic Partner

• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to department leaders, acting as their primary HR point of contact.
• Create and implement tailored people strategies that directly align with strategic objectives and contribute to long-term growth.
• Anticipate organizational needs and proactively identify challenges related to talent, structure, workforce planning, and employee engagement.
• Partner with leaders and the Talent Acquisition team to create and implement effective talent acquisition and retention strategies.
• Lead and influence cross-functional initiatives, ensuring seamless execution from strategy development to implementation.
• Navigate complex employee relations issues with sensitivity and discretion, balancing the needs of the business with a people-first approach.

Talent, Workforce & Succession Planning

• Lead strategic workforce planning and headcount forecasting across India, Australia, and the U.K. to support technology, finance, and print-operations growth.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to build and maintain talent pipelines for critical technical, finance, and print/product roles.
• Lead succession planning and development planning for high-potential talent across the IT, Finance, and AEM Print client groups.

Execution of HR Cyclical Processes

• Own the employee relations investigation process for the region, ensuring objective, consistent practice across all three countries.
• Coach and counsel managers on performance management, embedding consistent practices and tools across India, Australia, and the U.K.
• Partner with global Centers of Excellence (Total Rewards, Talent, Benefits) to execute compensation, performance, and talent cycles across the region, including manager training, communications, and required data audits.
• Partner with Total Rewards on pay equity, merit planning, and incentive design appropriate to each local market, including competitive technical-talent compensation in India.
• Liaise on leave programs, accommodations, and return-to-work coordination per local requirements.

HR Systems & Compliance

• Maintain current working knowledge of India, Australia, and U.K. employment law, ensuring policies and practices remain compliant in each jurisdiction.
• Partner with Legal on labor relations matters, statutory requirements, or works-council/union engagement where applicable.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with the company's Employer of Record partner, Globalization Partners (G-P), overseeing onboarding, contract changes, offboarding, and payroll/benefits compliance for employees engaged through the EOR model.
• Monitor G-P's service-level performance and partner with the vendor to resolve employee relations, compensation, or compliance matters consistent with company policy and local law.
• Champion adoption of core HR systems and tools (e.g., case management, HRIS, AI-enabled HR technology) to drive efficiency and compliance across the region.
• Monitor and proactively mitigate employee relations and compliance risk across the region, including data-privacy considerations.

Global & Regional Coordination

• Serve as the India/AEM point of contact for global HR colleagues, providing guidance on program consistency and alignment with global HR standards.
• Coordinate, without formal supervisory authority, on cross-border talent and culture initiatives with the LatAm HR Manager and broader global HR team.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide HR strategy, policy, and resource-allocation discussions given the strategic scope of the region.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR generalist or HR business partner experience
• Demonstrated experience supporting multiple countries; working knowledge of Indian labor law required, with Australia and/or U.K. employment law experience a strong plus.
• Strong employee relations and performance-coaching experience; comfortable independently handling complex, sensitive matters.
• Experience with strategic workforce planning, succession planning, and organizational change.
• Solid analytical and presentation skills; able to use workforce data to influence business decisions.
• Comfortable working across India, Australia, and U.K. time zones, with periodic travel as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting IT, Finance, Customer Support or product/operations organizations highly desired.
• Professional fluency in English required; additional regional languages a plus.

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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