Lead - People & Talent

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  Talent Acquisition: Own hiring strategy, workforce planning, and recruitment across technical and business functions, including specialised and leadership roles.
• People Operations: Establish HR policies, employment processes, onboarding, employee engagement, and performance management frameworks.
• Compliance & Administration: Oversee HR operations, coordinate payroll, and manage applicable employment-related statutory compliance with relevant internal teams and external advisors.
• Background Verification: Coordinate pre-employment background checks, employment and education verification, and reference checks, ensuring appropriate confidentiality and compliance with applicable laws.
• Compensation & Benefits: Develop compensation structures, role levels, and employee benefits; coordinate ESOP programmes with leadership and professional advisors.
• Culture & Organisation: Partner with founders and managers to build a high-performance culture centred on ownership, accountability, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• 6-8 years of experience across HR, People Operations, or Talent Acquisition, including substantial hands-on recruitment experience, including 4+ years of hands-on technical recruitment.
• Proven ability to close senior hires and build effective hiring pipelines.
• Experience in a startup, scale-up, or technology-driven organisation.
• Experience in the deep-tech, aerospace, space, semiconductors, electronics, or AI sectors.
• Working knowledge of Indian employment practices and statutory compliance.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate independently and build processes in a fast-changing environment.

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  Experience establishing a People function from an early stage.
• Familiarity with the Indian Space Ecosystem
• Exposure to ESOPs, international hiring and HRMS platforms.
• Network in similar industry, academia and research institutes