HR Manager @Qwest India development center

Company Profile :
Qwest Communications is a $ 18 billion, fortune 500 telecom company headquartered in Denver, US. Qwest provides basic telephony, wireless, long distance and other allied telecom services to over 25 million consumers in US. With an employee strength of over 40,000 - it is one of the biggest telecom players in the US.

Qwest India software development center is one of the 9 Qwest software development centers and the only development center located outside US. It has been set up as a part of strategic initiative to develop high end software solutions out of Bangalore . The center has been in operation since February 2004 and currently employees 75 best of the breed software professionals drawn almost exclusively from IITs.

The center is poised to be 300+ employee strong by the end of 2005 and with it comes the need for augmenting the HR and recruiting function with professionals who can contribute effectively to this growth challenge.

This highly process oriented organization is unique in many respects starting from the profile of employees hired, the quality of projects undertaken, the emphasis on extreme programming, distributed development, the emphasis on employee development and the unique culture that we have built.

For more information on Qwest, kindly visit www.qwest.com . The details of the opening are as follows:

1. Position Title-Manager Human Resources (An HR generalist position)

This is an HR operations job and we are looking for an individual who is conceptually strong and has handled fast paced organizational growth in a systemic organization with business focused HR system and processes. One with an exposure to HR sub functions like Recruitment & selection, Performance management, Training & development, and various employee engagement activities. The candidate should have prior exposure to managing large scale strategic initiatives across the organization. Exposure to PCMM would be preferred. Experience of working in an IT organization is a must.

Other attributes -
Should have the capability of driving employee participation within the organization.
Should have the enthusiasm to keep pace with a quality driven, rapidly growing organization.
Should contribute to developing HR systems with strong focus on employee engagement.

Desired Profile - An MBA with specialization in Human Resources from a premier Institute ( XLRI / TISS / Symbiosis ).
Experience Band 4 - 6 years;
Location - The position is based in Bangalore;
Reporting - This is a middle management position which reports to head of HR.
Selection Process - Bangalore based short listed candidates will undergo personal interview. Out location short listed candidates would undergo telecon followed by Personal interviews.

Please send in your resume by clearly specifying the position title as " Manager Human Resources in the subject of the mail. The resumes could be send to Amitabh.bhagat@qwest.com

Amitabh Bhagat
Director - People Development