Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnering:

- Work closely with the Founding Team and department heads to understand business priorities and workforce needs.

- Provide HR insights to support decision-making and organisational planning.

- Lead manpower planning and organisation structuring.

Talent Management:

- Manage the entire employee lifecycle: onboarding, confirmation, performance, internal movements, and exits.

- Drive succession planning and talent development initiatives.

- Improve retention and capability-building across functions.

Performance Management:

- Lead goal setting, mid-year reviews, annual appraisals, and feedback cycles.

- Coach managers on feedback conversations and handling performance issues.

- Implement PIP plans with timely tracking and closure.

Employee Relations & Engagement:

- Act as the primary HR escalation point for employee concerns.

- Handle grievances, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution fairly.

- Drive engagement, communication, and culture-building initiatives.

HR Operations:

- Oversee payroll inputs, attendance, leave, statutory documentation, letters, and compliance.

- Ensure HR audits, process hygiene, and policy adherence.

- Streamline HR processes and drive digitisation.

HRMS Ownership:

- Manage the companys HRMS platform end-to-end (attendance, leave, onboarding, workflows, MIS).

- Ensure accurate data maintenance and system hygiene.

- Work with the HRMS vendor for enhancements, issue resolution, and feature rollouts.

- Generate dashboards, HR analytics, and reports for the Founding Team.

Learning & Development:

- Conduct TNI (Training Needs Identification) with business leaders.

- Coordinate internal and external training programs.

- Measure training impact and effectiveness.

Policies & Compliance:

- Maintain and update HR policies aligned with statutory and organisational requirements.

- Ensure compliance with labour laws, POSH, and documentation audits.

Strategic HR Projects:

- Lead initiatives on culture-building, HR digitisation, compensation benchmarking, and organisational development.

- Support cross-functional change management initiatives.

Third-Party Payroll & Compliance:

- Coordinate with outsourced payroll partners for salary processing.

- Validate inputs (LOP, incentives, attendance, reimbursements, exits).

- Ensure statutory compliance: PF, ESIC, PT, LWF, TDS, etc.

Vendor Management:

- Manage HR vendors including recruitment partners, training agencies, insurance brokers, and BGV firms.

- Oversee SLAs, contract renewals, commercials, and service delivery.

Key Skills & Competencies:

- Ability to work effectively with the Founding Team.

- Strong stakeholder management and communication.

- Expertise in HR operations, HRMS, and labour laws.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capability.

- High ownership, confidentiality, and execution focus.