Job Description:

ROLE INTENT (IMPORTANT)

This is a senior, high-trust HR leadership role in a founder-led organization.

The HR Manager is expected to:

- Own the entire people function end-to-end
- Act as the Founder’s primary filter for people, culture, and execution matters
- Convert unstructured discussions into clarity, decisions, and follow-through
- Reduce Founder involvement in people-related noise while improving decision quality

This role intentionally combines:

- Strategic HR leadership
- Recruitment ownership
- Discipline, compliance, and governance
- Founder-aligned execution, decision preparation, and follow-ups

The designation remains HR Manager. The accountability is much broader.

PART A: FOUNDER-ALIGNED EXECUTION & DECISION SUPPORT

- Own all people-related interactions involving the Founder
- Structure meetings with clear agendas, pre-reads, and expected outcomes
- Prepare written briefs, discussion notes, and decision summaries
- Maintain a Founder instruction & decision tracker
- Ensure every Founder instruction is followed through to closure
- Escalate only well-defined issues with:

– Clear problem statement
– Root cause
– Options with trade-offs
– Recommended course of action

- Actively filter noise, repetition, and half-baked problems from reaching the Founder

PART B: COMMUNICATION, WRITTEN CLARITY & FOLLOW-UPS

- Draft internal emails, notes, warnings, summaries, and action trackers
- Translate verbal discussions into structured written communication
- Ensure accountability through documented follow-ups
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion in all Founder-related matters

PART C: RECRUITMENT & TALENT ACQUISITION (CRITICAL)

- Own end-to-end hiring across all departments
- Build and maintain a live recruitment pipeline at all times
- Hire, onboard, and manage a minimum of 3 recruiters
- Ensure strict screening for competence, culture fit, and ownership




- Coordinate interviews and significantly reduce Founder interview load
- Implement and fully operate ATS (Zimyo or approved equivalent)
- Ensure all hiring data, feedback, and decisions are recorded in the system

PART D: HR SYSTEMS, PROCESS & OPERATIONS

- Implement and own Zimyo HRMS end-to-end
- Digitize and manage attendance, leave, employee records, and HR data
- Ensure organization-wide adoption of HR systems
- Maintain audit-ready HR documentation and MIS

PART E: PERFORMANCE, DISCIPLINE & GRIEVANCE MANAGEMENT

- Define KRAs, CRAs, and role-wise performance metrics
- Drive performance reviews and improvement plans
- Identify non-performance early and recommend corrective action
- Handle employee grievances firmly, fairly, and professionally
- Draft and issue warning letters, show-cause notices, and termination letters

PART F: COMPLIANCE, SALARY & PAYROLL

- Ensure statutory compliance including PF, ESIC (if applicable), labor laws, and Shops & Establishment
- Coordinate payroll processing with accuracy and confidentiality
- Manage salary structures, deductions, recoveries, and full & final settlements
- Ensure zero compliance or payroll-related escalations to the Founder

PART G: EXIT MANAGEMENT & RISK CONTROL

- Manage exits in a legally compliant and documented manner
- Protect company interests during disputes
- Coordinate with legal advisors where required
- Maintain exit checklists, recovery protocols, and closure documentation

SUCCESS METRICS

- Measurable reduction in Founder time spent on HR and people issues
- Improved hiring quality and speed
- Explicit accountability and follow-through across teams
- Audit-ready compliance and documentation
- Stable, disciplined, and execution-focused organization

Pay: ₹50,000.00 - ₹110,000.00 per month

Benefits:

- Cell phone reimbursement
- Internet reimbursement
- Leave encashment
- Paid sick time
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 Senior HR Manager (India)
🏢 Melhor Group
📍 India