People Operations Specialist Job ID: 389535

Kuku FM, Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuku FM, Inc. is seeking a hands-on People Ops professional to build teams from scratch, hire at speed, and keep HR processes clean as we scale in Mumbai. You’ll partner with content and tech leaders to hire the right people and manage day-to-day HR operations.

In this role you’ll lead end-to-end hiring across content, corporate, tech and business teams, own onboarding and HR data, and drive improvements in speed, quality and experience while ensuring policy compliance.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in Talent Acquisition and People Operations.
• Comfortable hiring in content, media, creator-led, or startup environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with HRMS, ATS, and Excel.
• Able to juggle multiple roles and priorities in a fast-paced setup.
• Clear communicator who can work well with creative and business teams.
• Detail-oriented, practical, and solution-driven.

Responsibilities

• Lead hiring from start to finish across content, corporate, tech, and business teams.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand what each role truly needs, not just what’s written on paper.
• Source talent through LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, and content/creator communities.
• Own the candidate journey, screening, coordination, offers, and onboarding.
• Build ready talent pools for recurring and fast-moving content roles.
• Track hiring data and continuously improve speed, quality, and experience.
• Own onboarding, documentation, HRMS updates, and employee records.
• Support smooth employee lifecycle processes and ensure policy compliance.
• Coordinate payroll inputs, attendance, and operational HR queries.
• Maintain simple, useful HR reports for leadership.

Skills

Talent Acquisition

People Operations

Hiring in startups

Content/Media hiring

HRMS

ATS

Excel

Communication

Tools

HRMS

ATS

Excel

Job description

About the role

We’re looking for a hands-on People Ops professionalwho enjoys building teams from scratch, hiring at speed, and keeping people processes clean and reliable.

You’ll work closely with content leaders and tech heads to hire the right people and keep day-to-day HR operations running smoothly as we scale.

What You’ll DoHiring & Talent (Core Focus)

• Lead hiring from start to finish acrosscontent, corporate, tech, and business teams.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand what each role truly needs, not just what’s written on paper.

• Source talent through LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, and content/creator communities.

• Own the candidate journey, screening, coordination, offers, and onboarding.

• Build ready talent pools for recurring and fast-moving content roles.

• Track hiring data and continuously improve speed, quality, and experience.

People Operations

• Own onboarding, documentation, HRMS updates, and employee records.

• Support smooth employee lifecycle processes and ensure policy compliance.

• Coordinate payroll inputs, attendance, and operational HR queries.

• Maintain simple, useful HR reports for leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• 2–4 years of experience inTalent Acquisition and People Operations.

• Comfortable hiring incontent, media, creator-led, or startup environments.

• Strong hands-on experience with HRMS, ATS, and Excel.

• Able to juggle multiple roles and priorities in a fast-paced setup.

• Clear communicator who can work well with creative and business teams.

• Detail-oriented, practical, and solution-driven.