Senior HR Manager (People & Culture – Builder Role)
Pinklay
5 - 10 years
Mumbai
Posted: 08/01/2026
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Job Description
Location: Mumbai, Khar (On-site)
Type: Full-time
Reporting to: Founders
We are hiring a serious HR Manager with 5+ years of hands-on experience to build and scale the HR function for a fast-growing D2C, design-led, retail and consumer business .
Please note:
- This is not a maintenance role.
- This is a builder role .
- You will work directly with the founders to create hiring systems, performance frameworks, people processes, and a strong culture that can scale.
- End-to-end HR operations and people strategy
- Hiring and team building for key and leadership roles across design, retail, marketing, operations, and corporate teams
- Creating and improving HR systems policies, performance reviews, appraisals, feedback, exits, and compliance
- Workforce planning and organisational structuring in a scaling company
- Partnering with founders on people decisions, culture, and long-term talent strategy
- Ensuring discipline, clarity, accountability, and professional HR hygiene across the organisation
- 5+ years of HR experience in D2C, retail, startup, design-led or consumer businesses in India
- Proven experience scaling teams and building HR processes from scratch or early stages
- Strong understanding of creative teams, retail operations, and fast-paced consumer environments
- Comfortable being both strategic and hands-on
- Mature, grounded, firm, and empathetic someone who treats HR as a core business function
- Someone ready to step up from Manager to a senior leadership role , with long-term ownership mindset
- Direct access to founders and leadership
- The opportunity to build the HR function and culture at a critical growth stage
- High ownership, high impact, and exponential growth
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