About MaxIQ

MaxIQ is a revenue intelligence platform that helps enterprise sales and customer success teams forecast accurately, inspect pipeline, and act on customer signals. We integrate with Salesforce, Snowflake and Gong, and our AI agents work on top of MaxIQ’s Context Graph. We’re a quick-growing team in Pune building for global enterprise customers.

The Role

We’re hiring our first senior people leader. You’ll build HR at MaxIQ from the ground up and also own finance and compliance operations for our India entity. This is a hands-on role: you’ll set the strategy and do the work, partnering directly with the founders and leadership.

What You’ll Own
HR policies, employee handbook and statutory compliance (PF, ESI, PT, gratuity, POSH)
Recruitment end to end, managing our in-house recruiter, plus exits and F&F; settlements
Employer branding content on culture, hiring and life at MaxIQ, in partnership with marketing
Onboarding, employee engagement, team events, gifting and recognition
Performance management, appraisals and career frameworks
Compensation bands, increments, bonus planning, ESOP administration and monthly payroll
Banking relationship, FIRC coordination, GST/TDS/ROC filings and statutory audit,



working with our accountant and external CA
Org structure, headcount planning and a monthly people dashboard for leadership
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance program management and people-side controls
Employee wellbeing, retention, culture and L&D;
Advising founders on people and scaling decisions, and building a lean HR team as we grow

What We’re Looking For
10+ years in HR, with at least 3–4 years leading HR in a startup or product/SaaS company
Solid working knowledge of Indian labour laws, payroll and statutory compliance
Hands-on exposure to finance operations such as GST, TDS, banking and audits
Experience setting up HR policies, processes and HRMS from scratch
Exposure to SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits is a strong plus
A builder’s mindset: comfortable owning many areas without a large team
Excellent communication and judgment, with the trust of both leadership and employees

Why Join
Build the people function from day one at a high-growth AI company
Direct partnership with founders and real ownership across HR, finance and compliance
A sharp, cooperative team working on hard enterprise AI problems

📌 Chro / Head Of People & Operations Pune (India)
🏢 Maxiq
📍 India