HR Lead – India

What you'll do

What success looks like in your first year

You'll be a good fit if you

The HR Lead will run day-to-day HR for a 140+ person India team across Technology and Operations, while building processes to support growth. The role combines hands-on employee support, workforce operations, hiring, payroll coordination, compliance, and regular reporting to company leadership.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Coordinate onboarding, exits, attendance, and leave with relevant teams.
• Plan hiring across Technology and Operations, including agency coordination and batch hiring.
• Manage shift rosters, overtime, and night-shift policies for Operations teams.
• Prepare payroll inputs with Finance and review payroll and compliance vendor work.
• Administer benefits and HR vendors, including background checks and night-shift transport.
• Run performance reviews, probation confirmations, and annual salary revisions.
• Handle employee relations, grievances, POSH matters, and night-shift compliance.
• Track hiring, headcount, and attrition; build HR processes and reporting as the organization grows.

Good fit signals

• Has 7–10 years of HR experience, including serving as the first or sole HR professional in a 50–200 person company.
• Has personally handled payroll inputs, policy writing, employee relations and POSH cases, and hiring.
• Experience with shift-based or operations-heavy teams is a plus.
• Brings strong knowledge of Indian labour law and statutory compliance.
• Communicates clearly with US-based leadership and is comfortable with regular evening overlap.