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, new-age HR-tech muscle; push contemporary 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.
📌 Head of HR (Bengaluru)
🏢 Z47
📍 Bengaluru