This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 3500000 (ie INR 20 - 35 LPA)

Min Experience: 12+ years

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
JobType: full-time

Requirements

Roles and Responsibilities

Global People Strategy & Integration

● Build and implement uniform HR policies and frameworks across markets

● Drive alignment in culture, performance philosophy, and employee experience

● Ensure seamless integration across business units and geographies

IPO Readiness & Governance

● Establish HR compliance frameworks aligned with IPO standards

● Drive documentation, audit readiness, ESOP structuring, and governance protocols

● Partner with finance/legal on due diligence and regulatory requirements

Culture & Organizational Design

● Define and scale a high performance, ownership driven culture

● Lead org design aligned to business growth, new verticals, and global expansion

● Build leadership pipelines and succession frameworks

Systems & Process Excellence

● Implement HR tech and systems for data driven decision making

● Drive performance management, compensation benchmarking, and workforce planning

● Build scalable processes vs. founder dependent execution





What We’re Looking For

● 12+ years experience with at least 5+ years as a CHRO / HR Head in a high-growth company

● Background in digital, media, advertising, influencer, or platform businesses

● Experience in scaling organizations (100 → 500+ employees)

● Robust exposure to IPO readiness / listed company standards / PE-backed setups

● Demonstrated ability to build structure in fast-moving, founder led environments

● Strong stakeholder management with founders and leadership teams

What Makes You Stand Out

● Builder mindset: Has set up HR frameworks from scratch (0→1 / 1→N), not just managed existing systems

● Scale + chaos experience: Has operated in high-growth, founder-led environments and brought structure to ambiguity

● IPO / governance exposure: Hands-on with compliance, ESOPs, audits, or due diligence readiness

● Solid founder/CXO partnership: Has influenced strategic decisions, not just executed HR processes

● Institution builder: Proven ability to move orgs from ad-hoc, people-dependent setups to scalable, system-driven structures

📌 Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) (Mumbai)
🏢 Weekday AI
📍 Mumbai