HR & People Operations Executive

Role Overview

We’re looking for an HR & People Operations Executive to build and run the people function for our India team. This is a ground-up role, where you’ll own recruiting coordination, offers, onboarding, documentation, compliance, and payroll administration, and build the employee experience layer we don’t have yet.

What You Will Do

You’ll partner with hiring managers to define roles and coordinate sourcing, screening, and interview scheduling, run background checks, prepare and send offer letters, and handle candidate negotiations within approved bands. You’ll also own the end-to-end new hire experience, coordinate access provisioning, collect and maintain employee documentation, and run structured 30/60/90 day check-ins with new hires.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We’re looking for someone with 3 to 5 years of experience in HR operations, people operations, or HR generalist roles supporting an India-based team, with hands-on payroll and onboarding experience. You should be comfortable being the person employees come to, and comfortable telling a manager something they don’t want to hear.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years in HR operations, people operations, or HR generalist roles supporting an India-based team
• Hands-on payroll and onboarding experience
• Working knowledge of Indian labour law and statutory compliance (EPF, ESI, tax withholding, Shops and Establishments Act)
• Experience building HR processes or policies where none existed
• Comfortable being the person employees come to, and comfortable telling a manager something they don’t want to hear
• Strong attention to detail with numerical and compliance data
• Clear written and verbal communication in English
• Proficiency with HRIS and payroll platforms (Deel strongly preferred), Excel/Sheets, and documentation tools (Notion, Google Drive, Linear)