Director of Global People Operations & AI

Ethos Life; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity

Paid time off

Family planning coverage

Job summary

Ethos Life in Bengaluru seeks a strategic Director of Global People Operations & AI to design and scale a tiered service model across regions. You will drive automation, governance, and experience for employees while partnering with cross‑functional leaders to ensure responsible growth and global compliance.

You will lead a growing team, set SLAs, and own the AI/automation roadmap, shaping how People Services are delivered from self‑service to centers of excellence across the globe.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in People/HR Operations or related field.
• Experience leading global teams and shared services.
• Experience deploying AI or agentic solutions in operations.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the global operating model for People Operations.
• Lead Global People Services across regions with defined standards and SLAs.
• Set the automation and AI enablement strategy for the organization.
• Partner with HR Technology, IT, Legal, Finance and People leaders to align systems and processes.
• Ensure governance, data privacy, compliance, and change management across geographies.
• Manage vendors, budget, and the tooling roadmap for People Operations and shared services.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Automation strategy

AI governance

Global operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

• Ethos is building a People organization that scales through both talent and technology, and this role sets the direction for how we get there
• As Director, Global People Operations & AI, you’ll own how People services are delivered worldwide: the Global People Services team, the operating model that supports every employee, and the automation and enablement strategy for the entire People organization
• You’ll define and stand up a tiered service model that moves work fluidly from self-service, to shared services, to experts, and you’ll set the vision for where AI agents and automation handle repeatable work so our people can focus on judgment, complexity, and experience
• Reporting to the VP, Total Rewards & Operations, you’ll lead a growing team, partner with HR Technology, IT, Legal, and People leaders across regions, and build the governance and controls that let us scale responsibly
• This is a strategic, hands‑on leadership role for someone who can design an operating model and then make it real
• Own the strategy and multi‑year roadmap for Global People Operations, defining how the People organization delivers services across all regions
• Lead the Global People Services team, setting standards, service levels, quality, and coverage across geographies
• Set the direction for automation and enablement across the global People organization, establishing an operating model where AI agents and automation carry repeatable work and people own judgment and experience
• Design and implement a tiered service model spanning self‑service (knowledge, portals, and AI assistants), shared services (People Ops handling routine and mid‑complexity cases), and experts (centers of excellence and senior partners for complex work), with clear routing and escalation
• Build the governance framework for AI and automation in People Ops: guardrails, human‑in‑the‑loop controls, privacy, security, auditability, and compliance across jurisdictions
• Define and own the metrics that measure success: service levels, case deflection, cycle time, cost‑to‑serve, accuracy, and employee experience, reporting outcomes to leadership and using them to prioritize investment
• Lead and coach the People Operations team, including the People Product Managers, building capability in process design, agent oversight, and service delivery
• Partner with HR Technology, IT, Legal, Finance, and People leaders to align global systems, data, and processes, and to advance operations through automation
• Own change management and adoption for new processes, automations, and the tiered service model across regions and cultures
• Ensure global compliance and data governance across the markets where Ethos operates
• Manage vendors, budget, and the tooling roadmap for People Operations and shared services
• Continuously scale and improve the operating model as Ethos grows and enters new markets

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits packages: Awesome medical dental, vision and as applicable insurance coverage and retirement plans (in the US we offer a 401(k) plan).
• Company Equity: We want you to feel and act like an owner.
• Rest, relax & recharge: We encourage our employees to take time off, in addition to our fully paid global company holiday schedule. When you need time away from work, we have paid and flex time options based on your role and location, and additional paid leave programs.
• Generous leave programs: As well as offering a wide array of leave programs, new parents can take leave with 100% wage replacement. Our healthcare plans offer coverage on family planning and fertility.

• 10+ years in People/HR Operations, shared services, or people/business operations, including several years leading teams
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder-management, and executive communication skills
• Change-management expertise, with the ability to drive adoption at scale across a distributed organization
• Strong operating discipline: service-level management, metrics, cost-to-serve, and capacity planning
• Proven experience building or running a People/HR shared services function and a tiered service model (self-service, shared services, experts)
• Sound judgment in handling sensitive, confidential, and high-stakes situations
• Track record setting automation and enablement strategy and deploying AI or agentic solutions in an operations context
• Bachelor’s degree required; relevant certifications preferred
• Experience operating globally across multiple countries, with a working knowledge of regional compliance and data-privacy requirements
• Working understanding of AI governance: privacy, fairness, security, auditability, and human oversight designed-in from the start

At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace