Human Resources Director

This job role is onsite - Noida or Jaipur Only

About Aelum

Aelum Consulting is a fast-growing, founder-led ServiceNow transformation partner , building high-impact digital, advisory, and platform solutions for global enterprises. We are entering our next growth phase , with aggressive plans across India, UK, GCC, and North America .

We are looking for a Director Human Resources who can build, scale, and institutionalize Aelums people agenda not just run HR operations.

Role Purpose

This is a strategic leadership role responsible for shaping Aelums people strategy as a growth engine .

You will:

• Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO & leadership team
• Build scalable HR systems for a high-performance consulting organization
• Balance culture, speed, governance, and retention
• Create leadership depth across sales, delivery, and practices

Key Responsibilities

People Strategy & Org Design

• Design workforce planning aligned to revenue, practices, geographies
• Define org structures for Sales, Delivery, Presales, Practices
• Drive succession planning for leadership roles

Leadership Hiring & Talent Philosophy

• Own hiring strategy for senior & critical roles (Sales Directors, Practice Heads, Delivery Leaders)
• Partner closely with founders on fitment, psychology, commitment
• Build strong post-offer engagement & dropout prevention frameworks

Performance, Rewards & ESOP

• Design and institutionalize:
• KRA / KPI / OKR frameworks
• Variable pay & OTE models
• ESOP philosophy & long-term incentives
• Ensure performance differentiation is real, fair, and data-driven

Culture, Governance & Compliance

• Build Aelums culture code , leadership principles, and values
• Ensure HR governance across India, UK, GCC
• Handle sensitive employee relations & ethics matters

HR Organization Build-out

• Build and mentor:
• GM HR Operations
• HR Business Partners (Sales, Delivery)
• Talent Acquisition leadership
• Shift HR from dependency-driven to system-driven

"I am best to define Aelum culture " must be responded in the screening question -1. This will let us know that you have read the job description. Numeric response - 9

What Were Looking For

Must-Have

• 610+ years in HR leadership roles
• Experience in IT Services / Consulting / SaaS / Digital firms
• Proven track record of scaling organizations (200 700+)
• Strong exposure to: Leadership hiring, Performance & compensation design; Founder / board-level interaction
• High maturity in people psychology & conflict handling

Good-to-Have

• Experience with global entities (UK / GCC / US)
• Exposure to ESOPs, long-term incentives
• Consulting / product ecosystem experience (ServiceNow, Salesforce, SaaS)

What This Role Is NOT

• Not a pure HR operations role
• Not an HRBP-only role
• Not a compliance-only or payroll-centric role

This is a builder + strategist role .

Why Join Aelum

• Direct access to founders & strategic decision-making
• Opportunity to build HR from first principles
• High ownership, high trust, high impact
• Shape the culture of a fast-growing global firm