About MantriAI
MantriAI is the search partner for this role. All applications come to us first. We screen and send only shortlisted profiles to the client.
About the Hiring Company
An AI product startup in Bengaluru - lean team, growing rapid across engineering, GTM and design. The company works six days a week from its Bengaluru office. MantriAI is the search partner on this role; the company's name is shared on the first call.
About the role
This is the company's first HR hire. You will own the people function end to end - talent acquisition, payroll and compliance, office administration, and culture - working directly with the founders. This is an individual contributor role: there is no HR team. The role suits someone who wants breadth and ownership, with hustle in an AI-native environment.
What you'll do
- Own recruitment coordination end to end - work with hiring managers and the search partner on scheduling, candidate experience, offer roll-outs and closing across all open roles
- Run onboarding for new joiners - documentation, induction and the first-week experience
- Set up and run payroll - select an HRMS, own the monthly payroll cycle, and manage the compliance calendar with the company's CA
- Own office administration - vendors, assets, travel and day-to-day operations
- Build the basics of the people function as the team grows - policies, engagement and review processes
- Be the first point of contact for all employee matters
What we are looking for
- 4-8 years of HR experience with generalist breadth across talent acquisition and HR operations
- Experience owning HR independently - as a first or early HR hire at a startup, or as a solo HR running multiple functions at a small company
- Hands-on payroll exposure on any HRMS (Keka, greytHR, Zoho People, RazorpayX Payroll or similar)
- Comfort with ambiguity - you will often be creating processes, not running existing ones
- Clear written and spoken communication
- Willingness to work six days a week f