: HR Executive / HR Generalist

Company: futuregrades

Industry: EdTech / AI Education

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 1–5 Years

Location: Kanpur

Work Mode: On-site

Reporting To: Founders / Leadership Team

About futuregrades futuregrades is an early-stage AI-powered EdTech startup focused on transforming how students learn and prepare for academic success.

We are building futuregrades from the scratch, which means this is not a traditional HR role where you simply manage existing processes. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working in a startup environment, creating systems from scratch, hiring the initial team, building culture, and working closely with the founders.

If you enjoy taking ownership, solving problems independently, and building things from zero to one, this role could be a great fit.

Role Overview

We are looking for an HR Executive / HR Generalist with 1–5 years of experience who can take ownership of day-to-day HR operations and gradually build the complete HR function at futuregrades.

The ideal candidate should be a hands-on HR professional, not someone who only wants to manage paperwork.

You will be involved in:

- Recruitment and talent acquisition
- Building HR policies and processes
- Employee onboarding and offboarding
- Employee engagement and culture
- Attendance and leave management
- Payroll coordination
- Performance management
- HR documentation and compliance
- Employer branding
- Team-building initiatives
- HR MIS and reporting
- Supporting founders in building the organization

Key Responsibilities
- Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

- Understand hiring requirements directly from founders and functional head
- Create and publish job descriptions across relevant platform
- Source candidates through LinkedIn, Naukri, referrals, job portals, communities and other channel
- Screen resumes and conduct initial HR interview
- Coordinate technical and functional interview round




- Maintain candidate pipelines and recruitment tracker
- Manage the complete hiring process from sourcing to offer release and joining
- Build a talent pool for future hiring requirement
- Develop innovative and cost-effective hiring strategies suitable for an early-stage startup

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- Build HR Processes From Scratch

- Create basic HR systems and processes for the organization
- Develop employee policies, SOPs and HR guidelines
- Set up employee documentation and HR records
- Establish onboarding and exit processes
- Create leave, attendance and employee information systems
- Help implement HRMS and other HR tools as the company grows
- Continuously improve HR processes based on organizational requirements

3. Employee Onboarding & Experience
- Manage complete employee onboarding
- Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and required documentation
- Conduct HR induction and company orientation
- Ensure new employees understand company policies, culture and expectations
- Maintain a positive employee experience from joining to exit

4. Employee Engagement & Culture
- Help build a robust and positive startup culture
- Organize employee engagement activities
- Conduct regular employee feedback sessions
- Identify employee concerns and coordinate with leadership to resolve them.
- Help create an environment based on ownership, accountability, learning and collaboration

5. Performance Management
- Assist in designing KRAs, KPIs and performance review processes
- Maintain performance records
- Coordinate periodic performance reviews




- Support managers and founders in performance-related discussions
- Help establish a performance-oriented culture

6. Payroll, Attendance & HR Operations
- Coordinate monthly payroll processing
- Maintain attendance and leave records
- Coordinate with finance for salary processing
- Maintain employee databases and HR MIS.
- Track employee joining, exits, leave and other HR information
- Maintain confidentiality of employee information

7. HR Compliance & Documentation
- Maintain proper employee documentation
- Support statutory HR compliance requirements
- Coordinate with external consultants wherever required
- Ensure HR records and policies remain updated
- Assist in maintaining employment-related documentation

8. Employer Branding
- Help build futuregrades as an attractive workplace for young and talented professionals
- Support recruitment campaigns and employer-branding initiatives
- Create engaging hiring communication for LinkedIn and other platforms
- Help develop employee referral programs and talent communities

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone
- who: Has 1–5 years of HR experience
- Has hands-on experience in recruitment and HR operations
- Is comfortable working in an early-stage startup
- Can work independently with minimum supervision
- Is comfortable creating processes from scratch
- Has robust communication and interpersonal skills
- Is proactive and takes ownership
- Can manage multiple hiring requirements simultaneously
- Is comfortable working directly with founders and senior leadership
- Can balance employee needs with business requirements
- Is comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities
- Has strong problem-solving skills
- Is highly organized and detail oriented
- Startup Mindset Is Important
- At futuregrades, you will not receive a ready-made HR department, large team or established processes.

📌 HR Executive / HR Generalist (India)
🏢 futuregrades
📍 India