Human Resources Business Partner

Kapiva; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kapiva in Bengaluru seeks an HR professional to join our People team and partner with R&D and Operations to address people challenges through performance, talent, and engagement initiatives. You will drive learning and development and support succession planning, with a hands-on, problem-to-solution mindset.

MBA/PGDM graduates (2024/25) with 1–3 years of HRBP or Talent Management experience are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM from 2024 or 2025 graduation batch, HR focus.
• 1–3 years of experience in HRBP, Talent Mgmt, or HR consulting.
• Strong skills in performance, talent, and employee engagement.
• Data-driven, proactive with stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D and Operations leaders to address people needs.
• Drive performance, talent management, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Support learning, development, and internal mobility programs.

Skills

Performance Mgmt

Talent Mgmt

Employee Engagement

Stakeholder Mgmt

Problem Solving

Communication

Independent Working

Education

MBA/PGDM

Job description

At Kapiva, we're on a mission to bring the wisdom of Ayurveda into the everyday lives of modern consumers. We combine time-tested Indian wellness traditions with scientific innovation to create nutrition-led health solutions that are natural, effective, and convenient.

Our portfolio spans multiple wellness categories including digestion, weight management, diabetes, cholesterol, skin & hair, immunity, and more. Kapiva has built a strong presence across leading e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa and BigBasket, while rapidly expanding its offline footprint through leading retail partners including Reliance Retail, Nature's Basket and Noble Plus.

Backed by leading consumer-focused investors including OrbiMed, Fireside Ventures, Vertex Ventures, 3one4 Capital, Sharp Ventures and Jetty Ventures, Kapiva is entering an exciting phase of scale. As we continue to grow, we are building people practices that are as innovative, agile and consumer-centric as the business itself.

About the Role

We are looking for an HR professional to join our People team and partner closely with multiple business teams across HR Business Partnering and Talent Management.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving problems, working closely with business leaders and employees, and taking initiatives from problem to solution to impact.

You will get exposure to Performance Management, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Employee Engagement and broader HRBP responsibilities — with the opportunity to build a strong understanding of how people practices drive business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering

• Partner with R&D and Operations leaders to understand business priorities, organisation needs and people challenges.
• Provide practical, data-backed solutions across performance, talent, engagement and employee matters.
• Support workforce planning, organisation effectiveness and team development.

Performance & Talent Management

• Drive the Performance Management cycle — goal setting, reviews, performance conversations and improvement plans.
• Support talent reviews, identify high performers, high potentials and critical talent, and drive development and retention actions.
• Support succession planning, career development, internal mobility and promotions.

Learning & Capability

• Identify capability gaps through business discussions, performance and talent insights.
• Partner with managers and the People team to design and execute relevant L&D and capability-building interventions.
• Support manager and leadership development initiatives and measure their effectiveness.

What We're Looking For

• MBA/PGDM graduates from the 2024 or 2025 graduating batch, preferably with a specialisation in Human Resources or a related discipline.
• 1–3 years of experience in HRBP, Talent Management, HR Consulting or similar roles.
• Strong understanding of Performance Management, Talent Management and Employee Engagement; exposure to L&D is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High ownership with the ability to work independently and drive things to closure.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and solving problems without a playbook.
• Data-driven, curious and commercially minded.
• Hands-on, proactive and willing to challenge the status quo.

What makes this role different

• This is not a process-only HR role.
• You will work closely with the business, solve real people problems, build talent practices and have the opportunity to shape how HR works at a fast-growing organisation.
• If you like building, solving and making things happen, we'd love to hear from you.