Director, People and Communities

Meet the Team

The People & Communities (P&C) team partners closely with Cisco's business and community leaders to bring our people strategy to life in ways that scale globally while remaining locally relevant. We act as trusted advisors, coaches, and transformation leaders—connecting business strategy, talent priorities, leadership capability, and employee experience to enable business growth.

As Cisco's largest theatre outside of the United States, India represents approximately 17,000 employees and a workforce of nearly 30,000 people across Engineering, Customer Experience, Go-To-Market, and Corporate Functions. This role sits at the centre of that ecosystem, leading the India People Partner organisation and shaping the country people agenda across one of Cisco's most strategically important markets.

Working in a highly matrixed, global environment, you'll partner closely with senior business leaders, global P&C leadership, Centres of Excellence, and regional teams to deliver consistent, business-aligned people outcomes while tailoring approaches to the unique needs of diverse businesses and functions. This is an opportunity to influence the future of work, strengthen leadership capability, and shape the employee experience at scale.

Your Impact

As Head of People Partners, India, you will provide strategic leadership for the India People Partner organisation while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across the business. You will lead a team of senior People Partners (directly and through matrix leadership), ensuring a consistent, high-impact people strategy that enables business performance while remaining responsive to the differing needs of Engineering, Customer Experience, Go-To-Market, and Corporate Functions.

You will:

• Lead the India People Partner organisation, developing capability, driving operational excellence, and creating a high-performing team that delivers measurable business outcomes.

• Partner with senior business and community leaders to translate business strategy into integrated people strategies that accelerate growth, strengthen organisational capability, and enable transformation.

• Drive a cohesive India-wide talent strategy spanning leadership development, succession planning, workforce planning, organisational effectiveness, talent movement, performance, and employee engagement.