People Operations & Talent Lead

Own the end-to-end hiring engine (80%) and lean People Ops (20%). Youll build repeatable hiring processes, keep the bar high, and ensure smooth onboarding/payroll/compliance with minimal bureaucracy.

Talent Acquisition ~80%

• Own full-cycle hiring: intake sourcing screening structured interviews offers onboarding.
• Build top-of-funnel: Boolean/X-ray sourcing, talent communities, referrals, campus, niche groups.
• Drive hiring operating rhythm: weekly pipelines, SLAs, interview panels, scorecards, debriefs.
• Stand up/optimize ATS & dashboards (time-to-hire, funnel conversion, offer-accept rate).
• Run employer branding basics: crisp JDs, careers page updates, candidate comms templates.

People Operations ~20%

• Onboarding playbooks: docs, IT checklists, buddy program, 30-60-90 plans.
• Payroll coordination with Finance (accuracy, cut-offs, pro-rata, F&F).
• HRIS hygiene (records, letters, leaves) and lightweight policy/compliance updates.
• Exit formalities and basic employee relations; keep documentation audit-ready.

What makes you a great fit

• 47 years in HR/TA with hands-on sourcing + HR generalist exposure in startups/scale-ups.
• Proven record closing tech roles (e.g., Python/FastAPI, data/AI) and non-tech ops roles.
• Strong with ATS/HRIS (Freshteam/Lever/Ashby/Keka/Zoho or similar) and spreadsheet reporting.
• Comfortable drafting policies, handling payroll coordination, and India compliance basics.
• Process builder: you ship playbooks, scorecards, and dashboardsnot just ideas.
• Clear communicator; high ownership; bias to action.