Head of people and culture

Haris & Co. is a fast-growing digital marketing and growth consulting company operating across India and the UAE , built with a bold vision Calicut to Global.

With a 300+ member team , multiple business verticals, and rapid expansion plans, we focus on building systems, leaders, and scalable culture , not just services.

HR at Haris & Co. is not an admin function.

It is a business-critical leadership role .

• Must have hands-on experience managing 500600+ employees
• Must have led and scaled HR teams , not worked solo
• Comfortable managing ambiguity, pressure, and leadership conflicts

• Design org structures aligned with:
• Revenue targets
• Departmental capacity
• Growth plans
• Prevent role overlap, over-hiring, and hierarchy confusion
• Plan manpower quarterly and annually , not ad-hoc

• Build scalable hiring engines
• Ensure hiring quality, speed, and cultural fit
• Reduce early attrition through better screening

• Own KRAs, KPIs, and review systems
• Drive differentiation between:
• High performers
• Average performers
• Non-performers
• Enable tough but fair performance conversations

• Identify high-potential talent
• Build future managers and business heads
• Reduce founder dependency

• Protect culture during scale
• Actively address:
• Toxic leadership
• Ego issues
• Politics
• Ensure values are practiced, not preached

• Own onboarding to exit
• Ensure smooth transitions at every stage
• Exit wrong-fit employees quickly and respectfully

This role directly owns the strength, structure, and performance of the HR team itself.

• Design and manage HR sub-functions such as:
• Talent Acquisition
• HR Business Partners (HRBP)
• Learning & Development
• HR Operations & Compliance
• Ensure clear role clarity within HR (no overlap, no confusion)

• Plan HR team size based on:
• Headcount growth
• Hiring volume
• Employee lifecycle load
• Avoid:
• Under-staffed HR (burnout, chaos)
• Over-staffed HR (cost leakage)

• Set KRAs & KPIs for each HR sub-function
• Track:
• Hiring TAT
• Quality of hire
• Attrition control
• Employee satisfaction
• Hold HR team accountable like any other business function

• Upskill HR team in:
• Business thinking
• Data & dashboards
• Difficult conversations
• Ensure HR team evolves from support partner leader

• Ensure compliance across India & UAE
• Manage payroll, policies, disciplinary actions
• Mitigate people and legal risks proactively

• Act as a strategic partner to founders and CXOs
• Provide data-backed people insights
• Challenge leadership when required