Director HR

Pepper is building India's largest content marketplace that brings companies and content creators together to scale up content creation processes across various content verticals and categories, and global languages. Having worked with numerous renowned brands, Pepper boasts a vast network of writers and graphic designers forming the Pepper Cloud. As an HR Business Partner (HRBP) at Pepper, your role involves aligning business objectives with employees and management in designated business units. You will formulate partnerships across the HR function to deliver value-added services that reflect the organization's goals. Your responsibilities will include consistently recruiting excellent team members, assisting various teams with their hiring requirements, and collaborating closely with the Talent Acquisition team throughout the hiring process. Moreover, you will oversee the onboarding of new team members by coordinating with the Talent Acquisition and Admin teams. Conducting onboarding calls, handling paperwork for new joiners, and managing exit interviews are also part of your duties. Staying updated on legal requirements and ensuring regulatory compliance will be crucial, along with maintaining necessary data and filing returns on time. Team engagement and learning & development initiatives will be integral to your role. You will work with management and employees to enhance work relationships, morale, productivity, and retention. Arranging team engagement sessions, conducting surveys and feedback sessions, and organizing learning programs based on team requirements will be among your responsibilities. In addition, you will assist in developing clear policies, ensuring policy awareness, and drafting new policies or updating existing ones as necessary. Developing contract terms for new hires, promotions, and transfers will also be part of your role. Collaborating with teams for OKRs management, providing performance management guidance, and conducting performance reviews in line with industry best practices will be essential. To be successful in this role, you should hold an MBA in HR or equivalent degree, have 6-10 years of experience in an HRBP role, possess experience in startups, and have been part of a scale-up journey. Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential, along with the ability to maintain integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality. A good understanding of employment-related laws and regulations is also required.,