Human Resources Manager

NeoSapien; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NeoSapien is seeking a proactive HR Manager to own day-to-day people operations as we scale in Bengaluru. This in-office, full-time role reports to the Chief of Staff and CEO and covers end-to-end payroll, onboarding, policy, compliance, and exits.

You'll drive culture, manage statutory filings, and partner with leadership to align people plans with rapid growth. Ideal candidates have hands-on HR generalist experience in startups and strong ownership.

Qualifications

• Hands-on HR generalist with payroll experience.
• Experience with Indian statutory compliance.
• Experience drafting HR policies and employment documentation.
• Ability to build an HR function from scratch in a startup."

Responsibilities

• Own payroll end-to-end and reimbursements, maintain compensation records.
• Manage PF, ESI, PT, TDS, Gratuity, Shops & Establishments, POSH filings and audits.
• Oversee onboarding, confirmations, transitions and offboarding, maintain headcount records.
• Administer leave and attendance policies and improve workflows at scale.
• Drive culture, engagement, events, and handle employee queries with discretion.
• Partner with Founder's Office on people decisions and org-level matters.

Skills

Payroll processing

HRMS / payroll tools

Statutory compliance

Employee lifecycle management

Policy drafting

Tools

Keka

Zoho People

GreytHR

Job description

Human Resources Manager | People & HR Operations

Bengaluru (in-office) · Full-time · Reports to Chief of Staff and CEO

NeoSapien is looking for a proactive, hands-on HR professional to own day-to-day people operations and help build a strong, high-performance culture as we scale. You'll own the full employee lifecycle: hiring, onboarding, engagement, policy, payroll, statutory compliance, and exits. This is a builder role for someone who thrives on ownership, ambiguity, and problem-solving in a fast-paced startup.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• Payroll & Compensation: Run monthly payroll end-to-end, own expense and reimbursement workflows, and maintain compensation records, salary revisions, and full-and-final settlements.
• Statutory Compliance: Own PF, ESI, PT, TDS, Gratuity, Shops & Establishments, and POSH. Manage filings, challans, and audit-ready records, own employment documentation (offers, contracts, NDAs, exits) and background verification, track labour law changes, and act as the point of contact for audits and inspections.
• Employee Lifecycle: Own onboarding end-to-end (offer, documentation, verification, induction), manage confirmations, transitions, and offboarding, and maintain the single source of truth for headcount and records.
• Leave, Attendance & Systems: Administer leave and attendance policies and tooling, and replace manual processes that break at scale with better workflows.
• Culture & Employee Experience: Drive engagement, celebrations, and team events, and be the first point of contact for people queries and grievances, handled with discretion.
• Founder's Office: Partner with the Chief of Staff and CEO on people decisions, hiring plans, and org-level matters, coordinate logistics for investor meetings and offsites, and step into cross-functional gaps as needed.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 2+ years hands-on HR / People Ops experience, ideally as a generalist (startup experience preferred)
• Has personally run a full payroll and reimbursement cycle end-to-end
• Proficiency with HRMS / payroll tools (Keka, Zoho People, GreytHR, or similar)
• Working knowledge of Indian statutory compliance: PF, ESI, PT, TDS, Gratuity, Shops & Establishments
• Experience drafting and maintaining HR policies and employment documentation
• Full employee lifecycle knowledge: onboarding, BGV, documentation, offboarding
• Ability to independently draft board-ready and leadership-ready HR reports
• Comfortable juggling multiple priorities in a lean team with no dedicated HR support staff
• Strong ownership instinct, high attention to detail, clear communication, and discretion with confidential information

If you want to build a people function from the ground up and see the impact of your work every week, we'd love to talk.