Head of HR

Company: An early-growth-stage travel-fintech (consumer travel-card) business, venture-backed

Location: Bengaluru — in office role

Experience: 12–15 years

Reporting to: Founder & CEO

ABOUT THE COMPANY A fast-growing, venture-backed travel-fintech company building a new-age consumer travel-card experience for India's young, digital-first consumer. Founder-led, high-growth and tech first and AI-forward, with a young workforce and a brand built for youngsters - a rare chance to shape the people foundation of a category-defining business as it scales.

THE ROLE A senior people leader partnering directly with the Founder & CEO. You'll own talent acquisition, learning & development, people processes and business partnering; act as the founder's essential culture partner; support senior leadership hiring; and build a modern, AI-native people function fit for a young, fast-scaling organisation. Culture is driven from the founder's office — your role is to make it real, every day, on the ground.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

- Talent acquisition: Build and lead a strong talent-acquisition engine for a high-growth organization.
- L&D; & people process: Modern, scalable, light-touch learning, people processes and operating rigor.
- Business partnering: A capable HRBP layer close to the business and its young workforce.
- Culture: As the founder's partner, translate culture from intent into lived,



everyday reality — with a strong people pulse and genuine care.
- Leadership hiring support: Partner the founder on senior screening and executive onboarding.
- People tech & AI: Bring an AI-native, recent-age HR-tech muscle; push modern tooling and ways of working.
- Rewards & experience: Thoughtful compensation and rewards, and an environment where young talent thrives.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Must-have

- 12–15 years in HR, ideally across new-age / consumer-internet / growth-stage tech businesses.
- Strength across talent acquisition, L&D; and people processes, with real culture and people-pulse orientation.
- AI-native / HR-tech fluency
- Experience building for a young, fast-scaling workforce.

Non-negotiables — how you show up

- Deep, genuine care for people, above all else — people-first.
- Reads the room; high EQ and empathy; a trusted sounding board.
- Understands the newer generation of employees and their distinct expectations.
- No ego, no biases; approachable and accessible.
- Thoughtful, not impulsive, with people decisions — while still moving with pace.
- A genuine learner.

You are someone who

- Balances EQ and empathy with execution hustle

THE TEAM Leads a team of 7–8: 2–3 in talent acquisition, 3 in business partnering, and 1 in people processes.

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