Lead - People Strategy & Culture

About the Role

This is a strategic People role focused on shaping how the organization scales across

structure, leadership, and culture. You will work closely with founders and senior

leadership to design the people strategy and ensure it translates into strong, consistent

execution.

While the role is anchored in strategy, it requires a hands-on approach in the early

stages to build and embed the right systems, practices, and cultural foundations.

What You’ll Own

• Driving the end-to-end People strategy across org design, talent development,

business partnering, and culture

• Bringing a 360° view of the People function, with the ability to seamlessly

operate across People Strategy, OD/TD, and HRBP responsibilities

• Partnering with founders on org strategy, team design, and long-term workforce

planning

• Designing and driving performance architecture (goal-setting, reviews, feedback

systems)

• Shaping and institutionalizing a high-performance, ownership-driven culture

• Acting as a strategic HRBP to leadership aligning people decisions with business

outcomes

• Building leadership capability and manager effectiveness across the

organization

• Defining compensation and rewards philosophy aligned with growth and

performance

• Translating strategy into simple, effective processes and ensuring strong

adoption across teams

Who This Is For

• Around 5 - 7 years of experience in People/HR roles with end-to-end ownership of

the function (not limited to a single specialization)

• Strong experience in early-stage or scaling startups (0 → 10 / 1 → 50 journeys)

• Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and execution layers

• Experience working closely with founders and influencing org-level decisions

• Clear point of view on culture, performance, and organizational effectiveness

• Ability to bring structure without slowing down paceBackground We Value

• Tier 1 academic background mandatory (XLRI, TISS, MDI equivalent)

• Experience in high-growth, high-performance environments

• Prior experience building people systems and frameworks from first principles

Why This Role

• Shape the people strategy at a foundational stage of the company

• Direct access to founders and influence on key business decisions

• Opportunity to build and embed culture, not inherit it

• High ownership with meaningful impact on company trajectory

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