HR Head (Core Team Member)

Talentpad

New Delhi

On-site

INR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

TalentPad in Delhi is seeking a hands-on HR Generalist to lead recruiting end-to-end, manage payroll, and drive appraisal processes in a fast-growing tech startup.

You will help shape culture, build the HR team, and partner with founders to scale operations while delivering a delightful candidate and employee experience.

The role demands ownership, rapid execution, and a genuine passion for people and performance.

Qualifications

  • Experience as HR Generalist in a fast-growing startup environment.
  • End-to-end recruiting experience including JD creation and posting.
  • Payroll setup and management experience.
  • Experience building performance appraisal processes.
  • Ability to drive culture and team-building initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Recruiting: Manage and own end-to-end recruitment at TalentPad.
  • Payroll: Set up and manage payroll systems.
  • Appraisals: Establish appraisal processes.
  • Culture: Create weekly/monthly pulse checks and shape company culture.
  • Team Building: Build and hire the HR team to run HR functions.

Skills

HR Generalist
Recruiting
Payroll
Appraisals
Culture
Team building

Job description

We're looking for the BESTand only the best. Compensation is NO BARfor a person who has a proven experience being a HR generalist in a similar set up like ours i.e. a fast growing tech startup, and is willing to take a whole lot of responsibilities.

Roles and responsibilities

1. Recruiting: Manage and own recruiting end to end atTalentPad

  • Brainstorm with founding team on quarterly and monthly recruiting needs
  • Create JDs for all open positions
  • Manage job posting across online recruitment portals, social media
  • Identify top-talent across different open positions, sell the companyvision to them and get them to apply
  • Setup interviews, conduct screening interviews as required
  • Follow-up post interview for closures, offer communication and acceptance
  • On-boarding of hired employees

2. Payroll: Setup and manage the payroll systems

3. Appraisals: Setup a process for employee appraisals

4. Culture: Create weekly and monthly pulse checks, help the founding team build the right culture

5. Team Building:To build and hire yourteam to manage the HR function

About TalentPad
Brief

Started in Feb 2014, Delhi-based TalentPad is an online marketplace for high quality talent, operating in the large online recruitment market in India. Started by three IIT alumni, it’s a second generation platform which plans to flip the current recruitment process on it’s head. It gives more power to the job-seekers and lets employers make the first move in search for high quality talent.

Basic Info
  • Team Size: 15+ (looking to triple up in the next 2 months)
Founding Team

We believe people learn from people, and hence it’s very important for you to judge the people you’ll be working with. We’re a passionate bunch who don’t hesitate in challenging the stereotypes, have a crazy drive to solve the pain-points for the customers. Below is a short bio:

To solve the pain points for our customers and in the process provide an unimaginable experience

Vision

To help candidates discover their work love and get their dream job in an easy and timely manner.

Values
  • Integrity
  • Ownership
  • Freedom
  • Respect for each other
Culture
  • Customer delight: Everything we do would focuses on solving a pain-point for our customer, and striving to make their experience absolutely delightful
  • No micro managing: We don't believe in micro managing. We believe truly awesome work happens when the motivation is not fear, but flexibility to do what you love
  • Innovation: We challenge stereotypes and impossible is not a word in our dictionary
  • Openness: We believe in openness and transparency
  • Informal/Flexible: We don't care what clothes you wear or what time you work, till the time you get the work done
Company Perks
  • High learning curve: would be the biggest perk. Sue us if that's not the case!
  • High growth path:We believe in capitalism. Do well and you’ll rise up the ladders like no oneelse.
  • Fun: We'll make sure it is afunfor you with frequent beer parties, weekly lunches, dinner, plays and more so a fun work environment
Interview Process:

We believe in moving fast to let nobody hanging, neither you or us, and expect the same from you

  • Step 1: Introductory interaction on call/Skype or can be in person
  • Step 2: Detailed interaction in person with the functional/business manager
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