Human Resource Manager

Role Overview

You will own end-to-end HR & People Operations: hiring, culture, salaries, documentation, and office operations.

Your goal is to build a high-performance, low-drama environment where people are clear, productive, and happy.

Key Responsibilities

1. Hiring & Onboarding

• Own the full hiring funnel: sourcing, screening, HR interviews, coordination with team leads/founders.
• Draft and post JDs for tech, design, marketing, support, and interns.
• Manage offers, salary discussions and joining formalities.
• Plan and run smooth onboarding, induction and basic ice-breaking for new joiners.
• Handle exit process: documentation, handover, feedback, relieving letters.

2. People Management & Culture

• Handle day-to-day people issues: conflicts, behaviour concerns, attendance/leave queries.
• Implement and enforce company policies and values fairly.
• Reduce politics and gossip; maintain a healthy, transparent work environment.
• Be a safe, neutral point of contact for employees while staying aligned with founders.
• Keep founders informed with a clear “people pulse” of the company.

3. Performance, Salaries & HR SystemsMaintain accurate employee records: salary, role, dates, level changes, documents.

• Coordinate monthly salaries and bonuses with finance; ensure timely and correct payouts.
• Support performance review cycles, probation reviews and performance improvement plans.
• Help evaluate “contribution vs expectations” using impact forms and feedback from team leads.
• Support founders in planning increments and handling salary negotiations.

4. Office Operations & Admin

• Oversee daily office operations: office maintain, stationery, seating, access, basic IT/hardware coordination.
• Manage subscriptions and basic vendor follow-ups related to tools and office services.
• Support general admin/back-office tasks so founders and team leads can focus on product and growth.

5. Documentation & Compliance

• Prepare and maintain all HR documents: offer letters, appointment letters, NDAs, internship letters, experience/relieving letters.
• Keep HR policies, employee database and SOPs updated in Notion.
• Coordinate with CA/consultants for basic labour/compliance requirements when needed.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in HR / People Operations (startup experience preferred).
• Hands-on exposure to hiring, onboarding, exits and day-to-day people issues (not only policy work).
• Comfortable working directly with founders and young team leads.
• Good command of English and Hindi/Gujarati; strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic comfort with tools like Google Sheets, Docs, Notion, HR portals (Naukri, LinkedIn, etc.).

What we value in this role

• High integrity and respect for confidentiality.
• Calm and emotionally stable in tough people situations.
• Fair and neutral – able to see both sides and avoid office politics.
• Comfortable enforcing policies and saying “no” when required.
• Ownership mindset – closes loops, takes responsibility, works with speed.
• Hands-on and flexible to handle both HR and basic office/admin work.