HR Lead

Location: Gurgaon

Work Mode: Full-time | 5 days a week, in-office

Experience: 7+ years

About the Opportunity

We are hiring an HR Lead for a high-growth technology business backed by a leading investment and operating platform.

This is a high-visibility opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys building, not just managing, and wants to work closely with senior leadership to create a scalable people function.

The role combines Talent Acquisition, HR Generalist responsibilities, Performance Management, Learning & Development, Compensation & Benefits, and HR Operations.

The environment is lean, fast-moving and highly entrepreneurial, making this particularly suited to someone who is comfortable creating structure where there isn't much existing process.

What You'll Own

Talent Acquisition — Primary Focus

• Own end-to-end recruitment across the organisation — sourcing, screening, interviewing, stakeholder management and closing.
• Partner closely with business leaders to understand hiring requirements and deliver quality talent quickly.
• Improve hiring processes, speed and structure in a high-churn, growth-stage environment.
• Build a strong talent pipeline and strengthen the organisation's employer brand.

Performance Management

• Own the performance management cycle, including goal setting, reviews, feedback and calibration.
• Partner with managers to improve the quality of performance conversations.
• Support leadership through performance-related decisions and change initiatives.

Learning & Development

• Identify capability and skill gaps across teams.
• Build L&D frameworks and programs from the ground up.
• Create practical interventions that support employee growth and business needs.

Compensation & Benefits

• Support compensation benchmarking and salary reviews.
• Manage compensation structures and benefits administration.
• Help ensure the employee proposition remains competitive as the business scales.

HR Operations & Culture

• Strengthen HR processes, systems and operating rhythms.
• Oversee payroll operations through external vendors.
• Contribute to culture building and employee engagement.
• Drive people initiatives across a rapidly evolving organisation.

What We're Looking For

• ~7+ years of HR experience across the talent lifecycle.
• Strong experience in hands-on recruitment, ideally in a startup, SaaS, digital or high-growth technology environment.
• Solid HR generalist fundamentals across recruitment, performance management, L&D, compensation & benefits and HR operations.
• Demonstrated ability to build processes and systems from the ground up.
• High agency, resilience and an ownership mindset.
• Comfortable operating independently in a lean team with limited support infrastructure.
• Strong stakeholder management and the confidence to influence and challenge senior leadership when required.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Exposure to APAC or multi-country environments would be an advantage.
• Basic familiarity with payroll and HR compliance; deep payroll expertise is not required.

Why This Opportunity

• High ownership: Build and shape the people function rather than inherit a mature HR setup.
• Senior leadership exposure: Work directly with senior leadership and influence people decisions.
• Broad mandate: Recruitment sits at the centre, with exposure across the complete HR lifecycle.
• 0→1 opportunity: Build L&D and strengthen HR processes from the ground up.
• Change-management exposure: Work across people, processes and organisational change in a high-growth environment.
• Lean & entrepreneurial: Ideal for someone who enjoys autonomy, speed and solving problems without waiting for a playbook.

Location & Working Style

Gurgaon | 5 days a week, in-office

Candidates already based in the NCR region are preferred; relocation may be considered for exceptional profiles.

Notice Period

Candidates with a notice period of up to 2 months can be considered.

The organisation and client name will be disclosed at the appropriate stage of the hiring process.