Description:

FACE Prep is Indias leading employability and industry-aligned education company.

For over 17 years, we have partnered with higher education institutions to bridge the gap between academia and industry.

- Worked with 2,000+ colleges and universities across India.

- Trained 6+ million students across disciplines.

- Market leaders in:

- Employability skills & placement readiness.

- Industry-aligned academic papers (credit-bearing).

- Full-scale industry-aligned degree programs with universities.

- Pan-India operations, headquartered in Coimbatore.

- Young, energetic, mission-driven team.

- Fast-growing organization with headcount expected to cross 1,000 employees in the next financial year.

At FACE Prep, people are the platform on which outcomes are built.

Role Title: President People, Culture & Talent.

Reporting to: CEO.

Location: Coimbatore (Preferred) | Open to Other Locations.

Travel: Occasional (Pan-India).

Role Overview:

We are looking for a strong HR leader to build, scale, and protect the culture, talent, and people systems of FACE Prep as we enter our next phase of growth.

This is a strategic leadership role, not a support function.

The incumbent will partner closely with the CEO and leadership team to ensure that culture, performance, and growth scale together.

The role reports directly to the CEO and will own end-to-end People & Culture across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Culture & Values:

- Define, institutionalise, and protect FACE Preps culture and values at scale.

- Act as the custodian of culture in a fast-growing, high-performance environment.

- Ensure leadership behaviour reflect company values.

- Build systems that balance high accountability with care and fairness.

Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding:

- Own and scale pan-India hiring across functions.

- Build a strong employer brand in the education and tech ecosystem.

- Design hiring processes that ensure quality, speed, and cultural fit.

- Partner with business leaders on workforce planning.

HR Operations & Compliance:

- Own end-to-end HR operations:

- Payroll.

- Compliance.

- Policies.

- Employee lifecycle management.

- Ensure robust, scalable, and compliant HR processes as headcount grows.

Learning & Development:

- Build leadership capability across levels.

- Design L&D frameworks for:

- First-time managers.

- Senior leaders.

- High-potential talent.

- Enable continuous learning aligned with business goals.

Performance Management:

- Design and run performance management systems aligned with outcomes.

- Enable a culture of meritocracy, clarity, and ownership.

- Link performance with rewards, growth, and accountability.

Organization Design & Change Management:

- Support org design as the company scales rapidly.

- Drive change management during growth, restructuring, or new initiatives.

- Be a trusted advisor to leadership during complex people decisions.

Candidate Profile:

Experience:

- 10+ years of experience in Human Resources leadership.

- Experience managing HR in a large or fast-scaling organization.

- Proven exposure across all HR functions:

- Hiring.

- Employer branding.

- HR operations.

- Learning & development.

- Performance management.

- Experience leading HR teams.

Mindset & Capabilities:

- Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.

- High ownership and maturity to partner with the CEO.

- Comfortable working in high-growth, high-ambiguity environments.

- Strong judgment, integrity, and people-first mindset.

- Ability to balance empathy with performance rigour.

Why This Role Matters:

- Opportunity to shape the people foundation of a category-defining company.

- Direct impact on culture, leadership quality, and long-term sustainability.

- Work closely with the CEO on critical decisions.

- Build HR systems that will support the company for the next decade.

Compensation:

- Competitive Fixed + Variable compensation.

- ESOPs for long-term wealth creation.

- Compensation aligned with leadership impact and scale.