Description:

Head of Human Resources (HR Head)

Location: Jaipur / Hybrid

Experience Required: 5-15 years

Industry Background: Reputed Startup / MNC (Tech, EdTech, SaaS, Services preferred)

Employment Type: Full-time | Leadership Role

About Tallento.ai:

Tallento.ai is a fast-growing, AI-powered recruitment and professional ecosystem built in India, currently serving 5,000+ institutions, 1M+ professionals, and 60,000+ educators across the country.

We are building a new-age hiring, HR, and professional networking ecosystemand to scale responsibly, sustainably, and ethically, we are looking for a strong HR leader who can build people systems, culture, and leadership pipelines from the ground up.

This role is not about maintaining HR files.

This role is about building a high-performance organization.

Role Overview:

As the Head of Human Resources, you will be a core leadership team member, working closely with the Founders and Directors. You will own the entire people functionfrom hiring and culture to performance, discipline, leadership development, and long-term organizational design.

You will shape how Tallento hires, grows, evaluates, rewards, and retains talent.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Leadership & Culture Building:

- Act as a strategic HR partner to the Founders and leadership team

- Build and institutionalize Tallentos culture, values, and behavioral standards

- Create a performance-driven yet humane work environment

- Drive accountability, ownership, and leadership mindset across teams

2. Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:

- Own end-to-end hiring strategy (Tech, Product, HR, Sales, Operations, Leadership roles)

- Build scalable hiring frameworks, interviewer guidelines, and selection scorecards

- Ensure quality hiring, not just fast hiring

- Reduce attrition through better role clarity and expectation setting

3. Performance Management & Productivity:

Design and implement:

KPIs

OKRs

Performance scorecards

Monthly & quarterly review systems

- Identify high performers, average performers, and underperformers early

- Drive PIPs, coaching plans, promotions, and succession planning

4. Employee Lifecycle & Engagement:

Own the complete employee lifecycle:

Onboarding

Training

Performance reviews

Rewards & recognition

Exit management

- Build strong onboarding programs so new hires become productive fast

- Improve employee engagement without compromising discipline

5. HR Policies, Compliance & Governance:

- Design clear, practical HR policies aligned with Indian labor laws

- Ensure compliance across payroll, attendance, leaves, contracts, and documentation

- Handle employee relations, escalations, and conflict resolution maturely

6. Leadership Development & Capability Building:

- Identify future leaders within the organization

- Create leadership grooming and mentoring programs

- Coach managers on people management, feedback, and decision-making

7. HR Systems & Automation:

Work closely with tech/product teams to:

Improve HRMS usage

Automate performance tracking

Strengthen data-driven HR decisions

- Use metrics, dashboards, and reports to drive HR strategy

Who Were Looking For:

Must-Have Experience:

- 8-15 years of progressive HR experience

- Prior experience in a reputed startup or MNC

- Experience managing 50+ to 300+ employee organizations

- Hands-on exposure to fast-growing environments

Skill Set & Mindset:

- Strong understanding of people psychology and business realities

- Ability to balance empathy with accountability

- Excellent communication and conflict-handling skills

- Structured thinker with execution mindset

- Comfortable working directly with founders and senior leaders

What Will Make You Stand Out:

- Experience building HR systems from scratch

- Experience scaling teams rapidly without losing culture

- Exposure to Tech / SaaS / EdTech / Platform businesses

- Ability to say no when requiredand explain why

Why Join Tallento.ai?:

- Be part of a founder-led, mission-driven organization

- Opportunity to build HR not as a support function, but as a strategic pillar

- Direct impact on a platform shaping the future of hiring in India

- Freedom to design systems, not just follow templates

Compensation:

- Competitive leadership-level compensation

- Performance-linked incentives

- Long-term growth opportunity with the company