Hire a Head of People for India | Capiens.ai – HR Leadership Talent
Head of People & Talent / CHRO – India Teams
A highly strategic people leader who architects high-performance cultures, designs flawless talent acquisition systems, and ensures total legal compliance while aggressively scaling operations in India.
What Does a Head of People (India) Do?
The Head of People ensures your company attracts the top 1% of talent and keeps them deeply engaged. They build the frameworks for hiring, performance evaluations, and culture, ensuring your remote or GCC team feels like an integral part of the global company.
Talent Strategy & Acquisition
- Develops and executes a massive-scale talent strategy perfectly aligned with the company’s ambitious growth plans.
- Builds highly efficient, rigorous recruitment machines and cultivates a magnetic, premium employer brand.
- Directly sources, negotiates with, and secures elusive A-player talent across engineering, product, and leadership functions.
Culture & Employee Experience
- Designs, implements, and fiercely protects a high-performance, founder-led, and values-driven corporate culture.
- Deploys highly effective employee engagement, recognition, and continuous development programs.
- Drives meaningful diversity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives tailored to the regional workforce dynamics.
Performance Management & Development
- Architects and deploys objective, high-bar performance management frameworks and OKR-based evaluations.
- Creates clear, motivating career progression paths, learning curriculums, and leadership development pipelines.
- Extensively coaches local managers and executives on advanced people leadership and conflict resolution practices.
Compliance & HR Operations
- Guarantees 100% compliance with all complex Indian labour laws, state regulations, and employment standards.
- Manages competitive compensation structuring, benefits administration, payroll operations, and modern HRIS systems.
- Establishes ironclad HR policies, streamlined onboarding processes, and flawless legal documentation.
Organisational Design & Change
- Drives highly effective organizational design, headcount planning, and strategic restructuring initiatives.
- Leads smooth change management and internal communications during phases of hyper-growth or pivots.
- Acts as the primary advisor to global leadership on people strategy, retention risks, and overall organizational health.
Why Hire This Role?
- Lays an unbreakable talent and operational foundation required to support rapid, chaotic scaling.
- Completely eliminates severe legal, compliance, and reputational risks within the Indian employment landscape.
- Massively improves employee engagement, boosts productivity, and slashes expensive attrition rates.
- Transforms your company into a highly competitive, sought-after employer brand in the crowded talent market.
- Provides vital, strategic people counsel directly to founders navigating remote team dynamics.
Why Hire India Leadership Talent Through Capiens?
- India Labour Law Experts: Deep, updated knowledge of complex Indian employment regulations, PF, Gratuity, and compliance.
- Culture + Systems Builders: Unique leaders who combine empathetic cultural thinking with ruthless operational HR efficiency.
- 40–60% Cost Efficiency: Access highly strategic, senior HR leadership at a fraction of Western compensation levels.
- Proven Scaling Experience: Leaders who have specifically built people functions in hyper-growth startups from 10 to 500+ employees.
- Confidential Search Excellence: Highly discreet sourcing processes perfectly suited for sensitive, top-level CHRO replacements.
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