Group HR leader

Position: Group HR Leader

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About the Group

talent-tech and leadership ecosystem

AI-led recruitment, CxO platforms, and executive search

Company Overviews & USPs

ExoTalent – AI-Enabled Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

full-service RPO firm

What Sets Us Apart:

• 🧠

  AI-Powered Talent Mapping:

  GenAI tools + multi-source crawlers for high-relevancy candidate matching
• 👥

  Advanced Candidate Management System (CMS):

  Smoother pre-onboarding, exit support, and lower drop-offs
• 📊

  Proven Impact:

  Reduced hiring costs by 55% and improved TATs by 33%
• 🌍 Pan-India presence (Navi Mumbai HQ + Noida, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai) and international offices in Netherlands & South Africa
• 🔧 Deep domain focus in

  automotive, manufacturing, pharma, infra, and tech

LinkCxO – The Exclusive Platform for Senior Leaders & CxOs

premium, AI-powered platform

What Sets Us Apart:

• 💼

  10,000+ Live CxO/Senior-Level Jobs

  across industries
• 📅

  CxO-Centric Events & Webinars

  in one consolidated platform
• 🧠

  AI-Aggregated Business Insights

  from thousands of trusted sources
• 🤖

  Targeted Leadership Mapping

  for companies hiring senior professionals
• 🌐 A one-stop platform to

  hire, engage, and retain leadership talent

LeadersEdge – Executive Search & AI-Based Talent Mapping

premium executive search and leadership advisory firm

What Sets Us Apart:

• 🎯

  AI-Based Talent Mapping:

  Target-company-led, location-specific, role-focused search
• 🌍 Global execution experience for C-suite and leadership roles
• 🔬 Assessment-driven approach to talent identification
• 🤝 Trusted by top industrial, infra, and new-age tech firms for confidential leadership hiring
• 💡 Expertise in

  succession planning, diversity hiring

  , and

  cross-border leadership searches

Leadership Team

The group is led by industry stalwarts with deep expertise in HR, leadership, and tech-enabled recruitment:

• Rajesh Padmanabhan

  – Group Chairman | Ex-CHRO at Capgemini, Vedanta, Welspun

• Gyanesh Kumar

  – Co-Founder | ISB (PGPMAX) & IIM-A alumnus, 20+ years in tech, talent & consulting

• Hema Gupta

  – Co-Founder | 17+ years in executive search for industrial and infra sectors

• Satyajit Iyer

  – Senior Partner | 25+ years in global HR leadership (Capgemini, RIL, Coca-Cola)

Role Overview

Group HR Leader

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR Leadership

• Define HR strategy aligned with the unique needs of all three companies
• Act as a strategic advisor to the Founders and Business Heads

HR Operations & Compliance

• Manage end-to-end HR operations: onboarding, payroll, HRMS, contracts, audits, and legal compliance
• Create systems that scale across multi-location and multi-entity operations

Talent Acquisition & Development

• Support talent acquisition across RPO teams, product teams, leadership search, and corporate functions
• Implement PMS, competency mapping, OKRs, and capability development frameworks

Organization Building & Culture

• Strengthen internal communication and employer branding
• Champion the culture of performance, collaboration, ownership, and well-being
• Build scalable people processes for growing cross-functional and cross-location teams

Who You Are

• ✅ 7–15 years of total experience, with

  2+ years as HR Head or Lead in a startup/SME environment

• ✅ Strong foundation in

  HR operations, compliance, policy-making

  , and system building
• ✅ Ability to manage HR across

  multiple brands/entities with different teams and business models

• ✅ Comfortable in high-growth, high-accountability cultures with flat hierarchies
• 🎓

  Full-time MBA in HR

  from a Tier-1/Tier-2 institution (mandatory)
• ✅ High ownership, maturity, and a people-first mindset

What We Offer

• 💼 A high-impact role at the

  intersection of HR, leadership, and tech

• 🌍 End-to-end responsibility for HR across a

  multi-brand, multi-sector group

• 📈 Career progression into

  Group CHRO/People Officer-level role

  as the ecosystem scales
• ❤️ Culture of trust, autonomy, and cross-functional collaboration
• 🧠 Opportunity to build and leave a legacy in shaping people practices across future-facing businesses

Ready to Build the Future of People, Culture & Growth?

📩 To Apply, Reach Out to:

raksha@exotalent.in

www.exotalent.in|www.linkcxo.com|www.leadersedge.in