CountAI is a ~50-person AI & technology company (engineering, R&D;, field services) based in Coimbatore, now entering its funded growth phase. We've grown on strong people and robust work — and we're hiring our first dedicated People & Culture leader to build the foundation that lets us scale to 150 without losing what makes us positive.

What you'll do
Set and protect culture — turn how we work into explicit values and norms, and defend them as we grow.
Build the performance system — KRAs/OKRs per function (engineering, R&D;, field service, ops), a review cadence, and the discipline to make managers actually run it.
Build capability — map skill gaps and run technical + soft-skills training that moves the needle.
Lay the foundation — clean, compliant HR ops: contracts, onboarding, HRIS, payroll/statutory (PF/ESI/PT), POSH, employee files.
Retain our best — onboarding, 1:1s, growth paths, engagement; keep attrition in our engineering core low.
Hire when needed — own quality hiring for key roles (a part of the job, not the whole of it).

You'll thrive here if you




Have 7–11 years in HR and have been the first or second HR person in a company that scaled (~50→150) — you've built a people function, not just run one.
Have personally built at least two of: a culture/values program, a performance/OKR system, an L&D; calendar, or an HRIS rollout.
Have the backbone to tell leaders hard truths and hold managers accountable.
Earn the respect of technical people and handle sensitive matters (comp, exits, grievances) with complete discretion.
Are fluent in English and Tamil, based in (or moving to) Coimbatore.

Nice to have: HR in a funded startup/scale-up · Keka/greytHR/Zoho/Darwinbox · first-time-manager coaching · MBA/PGDM-HR.

What we offer: a genuine founding-team mandate, direct access to the founder, the chance to set the culture of a company at its inflection point, and the runway to grow into Head of People.

To apply: send your CV with a 3–4 line note on one HR system you built from scratch and its impact.

Pay: ₹588,824.29 - ₹1,293,421.86 per year

Advantages:
Cell phone reimbursement
Food provided
Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 People & Culture Lead Founding Hr Coimbatore
🏢 CountAI
📍 Coimbatore