Location:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Role: Head – People and Culture, Chennai

Experience: 7-10 years

Salary: upto 18 LPA

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Role Overview:

The Head of People & Culture will lead and scale human capital and organizational development functions, a fast-growing nonprofit dedicated to foundational learning. You will build and strengthen HR systems, talent acquisition, performance management, learning & development, culture, and people operations, partnering closely with senior leadership to nurture a high-performance, values-driven workplace that enables the organizations growth and impact.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:

• Create a robust HCM strategy along with the COO and your team and lead its execution through the year
• Design, plan and execute an inclusive and rigorous selection process, from identifying hiring requirements to successful onboarding
• Identify and setup talent acquisition pipelines and leverage such networks to find the best talent.
• Leverage data to build a more cohesive understanding of the existing workforce strengths, gaps/risks, and strategise accordingly.

Culture and Team Management:

• Review, design, and execute improvements to organisational structure; find knowledge and skills gaps and help address them
• Liaison with sub-vertical, domain and team leads regarding vertical climate, employee wellbeing, project updates, proposals, and planning
• Develop and build on relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and responsiveness of existing operations, and help define new operational strategies by working with Vertical and Sub-vertical heads on special projects
• Manage team spaces to foster agility, and cohesiveness and maximise the impact driven by the organisation

Learning & Development

• Nurture development of an organisational culture that emphasizes on quality, continuous improvement, key employee retention and development, high performance and aligns to core value
• Lead the L&D sub-vertical to strategise, create and implement a framework that provides diverse and need-specific learning opportunities for all team members
• Lead the implementation of performance management systems that include performance

HR Operations

• Supervise effective execution of HR Operations systems such as payroll, HRIS, goal setting process, etc. to ensure optimal organisational efficiency and employee satisfaction
• Design Human Resources policies that are fair, transparent, compliant and in alignment to core values.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Relevant Bachelors degree (Masters preferred).
• 710 years in HR/People & Culture, with managerial experience.
• Experience in nonprofit or development sector preferred.
• Outstanding interpersonal & communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a diverse team of people

Hiring Note: Applications will be reviewed on rolling basis. This job is first posted on Feb 25, 2026 onGround Zero