Sr Manager - HR Strategy: Role Overview

The Sr Manager HR Strategy will be the driving force behind all HR functions right from HR Strategy, Employee Engagement, Culture Building, HR Policies and Operations by ensuring our people thrive in a high-performance, growth-driven culture.

You will own the design, rollout governance of the core people systems that make that real; Performance, growth paths, rewards, culture, and AI-led HR Ops automation will also act as a hands-on HRBP to drive adoption on the ground.

What you will own (end-to-end)

1) Performance Growth (HR CoE)

- Build and run a high-accountability Performance Management System (scorecards, cycles, calibration, rating philosophy, manager enablement).
- Create career growth paths for every function (IC + Manager tracks), with clear level definitions, competency expectations, and promotion criteria.
- Drive performance fairness: consistent standards across teams, bias checks, calibration rigor, and decision documentation.
- Partner with leadership to align rewards with outcomes, behaviors, and business priorities simple, transparent, scalable.

2) Culture Values (Making values a way of life)

- Translate values into observable behaviors + competency frameworks for each function.
- Build culture rituals and operating cadence: onboarding culture, manager rituals, recognition rituals, engagement programs.




- Own the Employee Handbook and culture playbooks; ensure adoption, not just documentation.

3) AI-led HR Ops (Automation + Scale)

- Re-architect HR Ops to be process-first, automation-first.
- Deliver ~50% automation of the HR Ops charter (tickets, letters, workflow approvals, HRIS hygiene, FAQs, policy queries, onboarding/offboarding checklists, recurring reports).
- Set up dashboards, SOPs, SLA governance, and continuous improvement loops.

4) HRBP Execution (Adoption Change Management)

- Act as a hands-on HRBP for key pods: ensure frameworks are implemented, understood, and used.
- Coach managers, run enablement sessions, and drive adoption through comms + training + reviews.
- Be a trusted advisor to leadership on org design, performance decisions, people risks, and culture moments.

Qualifications

- 1+ years of HR experience in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment/consulting
- Tier 1 pedigree: XLRI, TISS, MDI, SCMHRD (Preferred)
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to HR decision-making.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; Can influence, engage, and build trust across teams.

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📌 Manager HR Strategy (Bengaluru)
🏢 ShopDeck
📍 Bengaluru